The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-01
FHE YERKES PICTURES.

important arttstically. was unforV~een &C
tho time Of tbs owners death Such q
diaperAal Of painting, gathered seemingly
haphAzard. has st buxzing the tongue of
the town. IL h difIicult to recall a similar
sale. After per'lning the catalogue OF ex-
aiming the collection now az the American
Ar Galleries. the chief impression Ia won
derment over the c~tholicity oG lsrSes. Il
would be Idle TO deny him the pns<s,-sion 81
this quality. Not that he admired every
thing in frame-hs achieved considerable
powers of selection-but that he could buy
an Alma-radsma and. say. a Mabuse, and
hang them in the same gallery. He cvi-
IDENTIFY admired the French. Dutch and Flsm-
18Th PriHnitivcs and the seventeenth century
Dutchmen: vet he sought the early English
men and the BaThinon gnoup. In the upper
cutlery you will find Corots not far from q
Meissonior. Millet within hailing distance
Of BougOsreau. All this Is distinctly oon-
fusinG. and when you consider the palpable
fact that takirg tho gathering by and large
the average of the CANVASS h excellent.
the cass 10 further perplexinG. II would
seem that Charles T. Yerkes always secured
good examples. even II his taste did not
always aspire to tho supreme masters.
Therefore, prospective purchasers need not
fear TO buy pig in q pOks at the forth
coming sale. Though there are many
perilous attributions, each picture tells its
story for thoss who can read.
There are nearly tw o hundred pictures in
the catalogue. the number II artists repre-
ssnted heing about one hundred and
twenty. They may be apportioned in
the following manner: Rembrandt. four
examples: Franz Halls. four examples
De Hooch, three examples: Hobbema
four examples; Metsu. two examples;
the Van Obstacles, FIVE examples; Paul
Potter. four examples: Jan Steen. four
examples; Teniers. four examples; Van
Goyen, four examples: Rubens. two
examples; Guardi. four examples. Van
Dyok. one example; Millst. two examples;
Corot. Ave examples: Troyon. four ex-
amplss; Rousseau. two examples; Diaz.
four examples; Daubigny. six examples;
Diprs. Ave examples; Turner. four ex-
Amplcs. and specimens OF the work -
MurillO. Durer. Ruisdael. the two HoI-
helms. Clouet. Luini. MemlinG Roy
nolds. Lawrence. ROmnsy. Harlow,
Burne-JonsS Ctwol. Alma-Ta dena. Ron
cher. 0reuze. Vatican. Monticslh. CAIN.
Meissonier. Detaille (two,. D,lacroiN two'.
Decamp. GNrome. not forgetting the au-
gust names Of Raphael and Botticelli
Certainly a galaxy % names 10 conjire
with.
The elou OF the collection il for VA the
portrait by Halls Of a woman. known AZ IN.
exhibition Of the Old Masters. Royal Acad-
envy. Isss. as a Dutch Nros She = an
old lady. CALMLY regarding the world FROM
her high backed chair " Would h. hlr.ily
fair IN VroW BodolDh. at the Metropolitan
Museum 20 compars. this country woman
with her own " onderfll paint hut thept,-
would make ~ company hung SIDE bv -,l..
The three other pictures by Hats are not -
superior either In paint or psychology hut
they are solid Halls. oil the same. THE
singers a boy and a girl. and two dia-
mond shRped panels. The Violin Player
and The Singing Girl. executed With that
careiessly perfect brush Of the Dutchman
Of the four RembrAndts you nay take your
choice from NJ least two: the portrait ~ a
rabbi. charged with character or the por-
trait % Joris Do Coulery. an authentic
painting. interesting. though without the
mysterious magnetism Of the rabbits head
The Van Dyck 10 not attractive II lack,
divinAtion. IL lacks quality. To the other
Dutchmen We shall return pr esently Let
US follow the catalogue
Alma TademA IL represented by
Spring: for his admirers IL contains all
that 10 Taderne-que and artificial Achen.
bach CAndreasl - a bore. II YOU ike
Vermeer transpo~ed nv a modern brush.
then Joseph Balls Servants Lunching-
ought 10 please You Yet the light that
-.
magical light ~ Holland Van Beers Ne
may slip by. also Bsrchem. with his
Italianats landscape Ferdinand Rolls
portrait ~ man might easily pass for
Rembrandt 20 those who don't under
stand the latter Bonvin IN always inter-
esting Not 30 Both i've prefer him en-
gravedN The circular Botticell will 80
familiar 90 visitors az the Uffzi Gallery
francois Boucher's Toilet ~ Venus has
some q his charm. - his voluptuou-
color IL IL good Boucher The Bou-
guereau - unmistakable: it, title. In
vading Cupid's Realm Az DircS Bout-s
The Alteration q the MaRi- you stare
then pass on To BFonzino's portrait ~ "a
lady Not rad Four Pieter Breughals
all saturated with his coarsa. acid hurnor
They are worth while. u not remarka BILE
specimens The Burne-Jone-e~ ~ cour-.
not NJ his hest. are dreary reminders ~ a
school that deliberately chose a false road
The Cain 10 attractive. Clays. Charlie
mont ara excellent. We leave the Clouet
to the experts. Il IL hardly convincing
though not TO ~ missed.
Tbs Corots arc Corots connecting in
these trOubulOus tinesD. We prefer who
81 Wills d'AvrRy'
Away was indeed HIS beloved tsAitory
Courbet's silent River Ia q solitary ex-
ample. OF Cuyp We have seen better ex-
arnplss: Dagnan-Bouverst 10 agreeable.
and the Sin Dauhignys are bound to please
One only caught our eye. You will $50
Immediately which IL was Gerard David
Is a dangerous name 60 play with. AZ
Brnges' In his best work. Wehaven' much
20 say - the History ~ ~. Augustine =
Two ~ Decamps. Three Of De Hooch. one
being II superior quality. The two Della
croix are characteristic. the tiger. in par
tic,Ilar very strong. Denner's old woman
was a steady model u the German paint
4. a. =