The Washington times., 1909-12-18
PAINTINGS OWNED
BY LEOPOLD HERE
CanvaSeS Once in the Royal
Palaces of Belgium Are
In Kleinberger Gallery.

NEW YORK. Dec 1S.-As an art col
lector King Leopold II gathered togeth-
eT in his palaces at Brussels and Laeken
q large number Of old masters OF the
Dutch and Flemish schools and a great
array of canvases by modern painters,
Belgian and others.
Recently he decided to sell almost all
Of his collections tie commenced by
privately disposing OF his old paintings,
including the celebrated Rubens repre-
senting the martyrdom Of st. Lawrence,
which had been purchased for him at
the sale Of the Tence collection at Lille
The Kleinberger Gallery, q branch OF
the well known Paris house Of the same
name, which recently opened in the
Kimbel building L West Fortieth street,
New York city, has some forty paint
ings which Mons. Nleinberger acquired
from the King Of the Belgians. Among
them arc a Solomon van Ruysdael en-
titled The Halt Before the Inn"
Teniers representing soldiers playing
cards in a guard house, and a Berghem
depicting A Battle Of Cavalry" All
are exceedingly fine examples and are
In an excellent state Of preservation.
Important Pictures.
Among the many fine works. in the
new gallery are Van Dyck. a Goya.
and a Rubens, all large and important
ca nvses.
The modern works, previous to being
offered for sale. were exhibited on be-
half of a charitable object at the Palais
des Beaux Arts at Brussels. The works
calling for comment belong for the most
part TO the Belgian school Among
them are canvases by Louis Gauait.
Henri Legs. Alfred Stevens, WiHems.
Madon, Wauters. Wrappers. Verbock-
hoven, Knyfs, Braekeleer, Casters. and
Cluys, without counting various works
by masters belonging to other schools,
such as Ingres, Carolus Duran, J. F
Millet, Picon, Mesdag, AIRY Scheffer. and
Schreyer.
There are in all 15S paintings, of which
four by Baron Henri Legs are: Faust
and Marguerite" Soldiers Throwing
Dice" Institution Of the Order Of the
Golden Fleece and THE Blacksmith. -
Baron Henri Leys was one Of the most
celebrated and popular Belgian painters.
This artist, a pupil Of Breakeleer, was
made a baron In 1852 by Leopold I. He
died in 1863 at Antwerp, at the age OF
fifty-fOur.
BY Louis GaIlait. born in 1910. a p,1pfl
numerous historical pictures, Of which
the celebrated are THE AbdiCatiOn of
Charles W and Jeanne la FOlle. i"
there were in King I.eopold's collection
THE Reading OF the Sentence on Count
dEgmont and Count de Horn" THE
Temptation Of st. Anthony" Portrait
OF Pope Plus * and fifteen sketches
OF historical personages on gold ground
BY Alfred Stevens. author of "Impres-
sious sur Ia Peinture." an excellent
treatise on art, there are three pictures
OF the genre, Scenes de la Vie Femi-
nine Elegante," I'm which the painter
eXcelled, and also four panels Of the
seasons. Stevens. who was taught by
Ingres, was born I'm 1893.
Work of Martin
OF J. 3. Martin. born in 1886. the col
lection includes only one work. ''ThS
Rat Hunt" OF F1orent Williams pic.
lures there are The Music Lesson
and The Lady In White" BY Wrappers
born at Antwerp in 1903. where he wa,
director Of the Academy, there is th'
celebrated picture. Charles Is Fare
well TO His Children and the one rep
resenting CamOens and two younl
girls. By Wauters there is an interior
view of St. Mark Church in Venice
Among the works Of painters foreign
to the Belgian school the principal are
Blind Homer" by Ingres. The Fenc
ing Master" BY Carolus Duran; a sea
scape, by Mesdag; Dawn Chasin,
Might a ceiling by j. F. Millet; ''Th
Fountain Of Love" by Picon. ''Th
Temptation OF Marguerite by Ar,
Scheferi l"Wallachian Horses" b.
Schreyer. and "Shipwreck and Port.
by Joseph Vernet.
Other works are by Belgian artist
such as Louis Artan. JET Anten, Asset
bergs, Beernaert, Blot, r. j. BoulanzeT
BOssuet. CampOtOstO, Claus. CIuysenaer
Courtens. Anethan, BaerdemackeI
Bievre. GrouX, NOnghe, keyser, Ii
Charleree. Deifosse, DelsauX. Scham
pheleer, Ermel, FOntaine FourmOis
Frederic. Geirnaert, GllsOul GoethaIe
Jdagemans, Hannah, Harmon, Herb0
4mpens, Jacobs, LanEerOck LINING
Mennier, MOls, NOteTnaun. PanWels
Fortaels, Robbie. Robe. Smits. Hallaeri
Joseph Stevens. Stroobant, Tschaygeny
lytterschaut. Van Beers, Van Kuyh
Van Leemputten. Van Lupin.