La Junta tribune., 1908-12-05

lery Is Magdaien In Grief. by Guido
Rein. am an admirer OF Rein. l
have not seen an inferior painting
from his brush. His Aurora, which
is fresco in Rome, Is his most
celebrated work. Dolci, Botticelli and
Bellini are also represented by credit
able paintings. do not admire any
of their works. Yet Grant Allen, a
great art critic. a sort OF French
Academy among connoisseurs. says
Botticelil painted the greatest paint
ing the world has seen, the Seasons.
have no conception of art. II this
painting is Il great painting. Israel
is represented by beautiful and
touching picture, The Happy Family.
Israel is an old man of over eighty
and resides at the Hague. Millet.
the painter of The Angelus. has
two pieces, one Going to Work, which
is in the style OF the Cleaners and
The Sheepfold. Troyon, the greatest
animal painter except Rosa Bonheur
has two paintings, Returning from
Market and Cate Piece. Ostade,
celebrated for his domestic scenes
and street scenes, Is well represent
ed. There are three pictures. all
good. Probably the most attract
i've, If not the most artistic. is Peas
ants Drinking and Smoking. Nelas-
queg, the great Spanish painter, has
Phillip ". superior portrait. Jan
Steen is seen in his usual vein. A
Dutch Family Merry -making-a comic
boisterOus scene. Rubens appears in
seven works, and they reach from
The Wild Boar Hunt TO The Infant
Christ and st. John-A Portrait of
Himself, Nature Adorned by the
Graces, Combat of Persens with the
Amazons and two portraits. Van Dy-
ok has there, The Reposc in Egy-
pt,-Portrait Of an Old Man, and An
Equestrian Portrait OF Charles II.
This last he has repeated several
times have seen II in no less
than two or three other ga leries-
all originals. The Repose in Egypt Is
beautiful painting. There are JOS
eph. Mary. Christ the Child, several
pretty cherubs. birds. flowers. fruit.
rocks. trees and sunflower. There
Is, also, in this same room a RepOse
In Egypt by venyillo, painter OF
equal fame. This. however, is simple
in design. Joseph Is ecining. more
representative OF the idea OF repose.
Mary, the Christ child. a donkey.
trees etc A Madonna by Murillo Is
here, Spanish Madonna; for the
Madonnas, saints and Christs are gen
orally representative OF the pictures
and Characteristic OF the nature Of
the painter. Ribera has Peter Repen-
tant, a picture of great greif and
sadness. One that will attract the
ordinary visitor is Gambling Scene
by, Theodore Rambouts. A lady and
gentleman are gambling. Several on
lockers are crowded about the table.
The woman is consulting man at
her left. intently studying her cards
and his pointers, while the gentle
man has extended his hand behind
his back with cards to confederate
who is changing the hand. and, at
the same time, boy has thrust his
hand underneath the gentleman's arm
and Is filching card from the
table, presumably a confederate OF
the lady. Teniers. Rysdad. Cugp.
Pouassin, Maurix, Fyst and great
many others are to be seen. Francis
Halls has two pictures Of a boys head
the same boy.
visited the city hall. The guard
advised me the hall was not open
to visitors until some time in the
afternoon. talked to him couple
minutes and explained ] wanted to
learn something about the various en-
terprises OF the city Of GLASGOW. l
ingyatiated myself into his good grac-
es and he told me to go and see a
certain officer, who could give me
the desired information. entered,
I stopped when reached the ele-
CANT staircase, to admire II; for 1t
is the most beautiful work OF the
kind ever saw. save the staircase
of the Grand Opera House Of Paris.
1t is vision of teauty. Az ! look
ed upward. the corridors seemed gal
leries of fine marble and a'ahaster.
the ceilings heavy paneled work with