The sun., 1910-11-01
NEW TREASURES AT MUSEUM
o>y or FBEM Az ALT-sR PfEfE
RI DI GIDy AVN.
3, 4. ..rhr Nssumptisn sf the Virgin. :"
Da,r. laos Thr Ls Brrtso s"aisc-
t,., aI Fairnrr LOANED 10y > u, m"r-
gan pn,iisn and Othrr Rug On show

tissf. sll llrter l4mahfh 'sy - -""s'
xan Indian aud Othrr Rug ON shs"
Many valuable acressi"ns. including
..,r,tprs Il the Italian school. textiles
,,r,irs. arms and armor. frnitur.
,rd ,l,.-Ical antiquities. were announced
r...tsrday pv acting Director Edward
Robinson a. ~" Metropolitan Museum "'
Lrt
,.,f me most Inrnrtant acquisitions
.. nonurusntaI altar rie"". The Ns-
.,,r,p,,,n u the Nirgn,- 10y Bcnv"n'It0
a, f;,,,unni. which was formerly in ihs
.hurrh - the convent In Grancis
,u,r.rnruA TnscanlI J. prov incs Of GrOsettn,
g,f, from J Plcrpont Morgan t" 'h'
,,,.,um This large picture has heen
Ing m enc q III" Italian rooms which
,-rr part ~ "A scheme of rcarrsngsrnen'
,,,t classification of the schools " paint
,,s. now IA progress AT ths museum
IN. raintins bears IN" signature of the
.r,,.t an Latin and the date iaDS. The
y;,,,p is shown SEATED with hands folded.
,r,rnundei by rher1its and angels.
prvuon Burroughs. curator of raintings
a, the museum. IN speaking NJ this pirturs
savs that the Assumption ~ the Virgin
r.S one ~ the favorite themes Of Siencre
.n The parent type NJ theee assuInp-
,iops seems ~ he the work of Pietro
Ior.nyetti The conception IL further
c,vs,alll 4ad by NecChietta in the triptych
a, Pienza- lie further saws that the
v.cchI.ttas picture resembles in general
.rrsn cement the painting by Giovanni.
and IN. general treatment nf tho work
resembles that followed by practically all
., IN. fifteenth century Sienese artists
In the museum $ picture the pattern Is
fuller than in other renderinGs In ad'ii-
ton 10 rhe host OF attending angels and
prophets there Is u wide landscape where
:, Thomas. st. Francis and ST. Anthony
kn.el near the sarcnphagus tillcd with
flowers The painting is considered an
,mpor,an- addition I" the museums
collection not only because Of the excel
l-0c. II the work but also because of the
scarcity Of early Italian paintings in
America and the difficulty of procuring
mixtures of this character and size
Benvenuto di Giovanni Is represented
bv several works in Americs, Ariong
these are th. larg" altarpies,- Madonna
and SAINTS in III. FoGg Museum at Cam
bridx.. aud little panel "f Low.
Bound nv tn" Maiden. which IL said tn
b.. either by the artist OF his son.
Another important accession is an altar
piece bv rLddcp Gaddi In the central
panel the Virgin sits cnthroned. whil,,
two angels hold a cloth 81 honor behind
her and n" Christ child. In the right
hand panels stand ~. James with his
pilgrim ssf and - stephen bearing a
PALM and attired in deacon's robc In the,
eft hand PANELS stands 81. John the hap
ti-t carrying a cross and pointing Ia the
I hris. child For years this altar piece
near Poggbonsi B..for. the museum
acquired II from hlm " had been exhibited
az the SisT.sa Regional Exhibition of 1895
Two hundred and two pieces oi faienCs
Known IA the IL Breton collection. from
the sixteenth 20 the eighteenth century:
An armchair ~ Louis XIV. two wooden
nusts ~. Catherine and 81. Barh. 81
he early sixteenth century and a
stone statue ~ the French fifteenth cen.
tIry have been loaned by } Pierpont
Morgan.
Through tho b.Ques: of James +.
\ remarkable collection OF Sino u I,owestoft
porcelain. comprising some 2s7 piec..~
4 collection II Japanese arms and armor
including manv important pieces. together
With hooks Of reference. has been pr.-
s-nted 20 IN" museum by DR. Georg. VI.
Lsferts. A fine piece OF japanese armOr
has also been presented tn the museum 10y
Bashford Dean.
A SPECIAL loan exhibition II early Orr
entail rugs comprising fortv-nine OK
amplas and including specimens from
some Of the largest private collectors in
the country viii he opened in the large
z sntral gallery on the second foor of the ,
until 1anunrv - Among the contributors :
are ex-senator W. 4. Clark. Gen. BravtOn !
Ives Ben Jamin Altman. George r Rak"r |
Mrs. Herbert L. Pratt, DR. Denr ". /
Ross. John ID. NcIihannv. p VI. S.Iarpl'-- |
P 4 n Widsner. G. +. Williams. Theodore I
w. DAVIS and the Boston Museum cf Fine .
i-s Three rugs in IN. exhibition are
aid 10 el'al the Graf rug in the Berlin
,his"url The loan Of Mr. Davis includes
our unusual A-ia Minor types q the !
puT'e-Nfh 10 the sixteenth century one /
winch b"iongs 10 he group Of che 40 /
allied Dragon rags The other rug lent II,
" Mr. Davis j. one Of the very rare garden I
arpe'a and Persian production dating I
rom the eighteenth century,
large fragment from an Indian rug /.
, the seventeenth century - n loan from 4
ir Altman and technically il said to he 1
ne ~ he most extraordinary RUG known.
: u u woven with 7U2 knots TO tine ssIuare !
nch tnoth"r fine example Of Indian i
~ 's the hunting rug lent by the Boston
luseum of Fine Arts Two Of the rigs
!, N" lSpahIn tvpc loaned Dy Senator
lark ar- specially important one with l
NHf threads interwoven being most
nusia' ~ there is said 90 b. only one
ih"r -inIlar 70 il in existence. senator
lark loan alsn includes two beautiful 4
* rugs one Il which j. Q Polonaise
\ remarkable Polonaise lent by =. 4. r.
'h~ner has interest. a. u IS one of the
trgest ~ thai type IN existence. 4 six-
a-n'h century, Persian rug II lent by