The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-19
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their son. Clyde Fitch. Nh. dramatist
NEARLY wear dead. consists II "a large
group in wax and n numher "f portraits
! The August BWHsiia remarks that II lat"
the art 10 modelling portraits in wax
has received hut Erant attention. vet
history tells rs that II - one Of IN" most
ancient NJ all arts. In Egypt magi-
clan 10 the odd Empir. fashioned n crocn-
di- in waN and hy means 81 charms or
magic formula endowed II with life and
, with Il destroyed his enemies Al a
more apprNCiable epoch. during the life
time II Alexander the Great. the sculptor
l.ysistratus modelled many bIsts in
colored WAY Under the Romans por-
traits - departed ancestors and sacred
/ household images weT, fashioned in wax
A. Ia it, use between an" DAYS uf imperial
Rome and the fifteenth century nothing
j. known. vet early IN the latter period
IN" sculptors and jewellers IT Italy ~
Niv''i the custom Mich"Lngro. Leon.
laOnl benVsnuto Ceilini and many other
artists famous IN the annals 81 the follow
ing century made lisa Of this plastic ma
t"riil both ia oval portraits bustS ami
groups
III" exquisite culorS often seen IA these
old wax portraits are due Ia accident or
chemical change in ia. pigments. changes
that might ls eJpeCted after the lapse
II several centuries The artist who
modelled them thoroughly understood
his material a. he had early discovered
IN" secret of mixing powdered color with
oil and adding to this when in a state II
fusion. ~ the pieces presented hv Cap
tain and Mrs Fitch. "a half length portrait
huSt ni Victor Amadeus Ill II sardinia
lI1;3-sSI - remarkable Other piecs- ~
much interest are Italian three quarter
length portraits in oval m-dallions,
colored papal seal. a large group repre-
-enting the Rape II Prnserplna. and
French portrait Of charming lady in
green and whit. striT-'i summer CnstrIme
~ the late eighteenth century
In the ha u 81 the new wing ~ decorative
arts there ~ now on exhibition large
bronze mortar Il Italian workmanship
modelled in low relief II ~ recent ac-
QUESTION and IL shaped ike hell IN
circling the mortar Just below the rim j.
AN inscription in I.atin, which Translated
reads In the year i5gI Msnnus CroC'ills
Amerinus caused this Ia l." made The
decoration. apart from an acanthus leaf
mot lding. consists of four oval ClrtouChes
enclosing figure reli"fs. separated from
each other hy balanced arrangements. I
also m relief. - foliage. grptssquc- and
putt IN" subjects are from the Trojan
cycle. or more particularly from the his
tory II Paris and Helen. The~e sculp-
lures IN low relief have ha-n attributed
to lacnpo Tattl. called Sansovinn uiS- /
ii7oI. famous master 1t the Italian
Renaissance However. this HttrIhutInn
H. unfortunately. opan To- question. adts
a writer in the BuH'fH Although the
rrli-f- are admirable in design. m the .
expression of movement and In the feeling
for beauty ~ form and pose. with deco
rative e1ect that - incidentally enhanced
ny the brilliant play Il hight on m" rough
surface. there - nevertheless lacking
the convincing impression - the master
II uu' 10y Sansnylnn himself the mortar
u a superior work - h.s atencr rejecting
IN more than q FAINT image IN" sansuuus
TichneSs OF the master art
The room which has heen rIr.si for recent
acoes-ions IN the last four wears IL now
needed In the scheme for tn. arrangement
oi Egyptian antiuutr - 50 room t-at-
ter adapted for the display ~ mlsc.llans-
OTIS objects has been arranged on the
first floor 10 the right ~ the main staircase
np-ning out " the Fifth avenue entrance
halt. Two CATALOGUES IN act.v" pr-para-
ton for publication IN IN. autumn are
"a revised aud greatly enlarged catalogue
IT the paintings and a catalogue - the
collections II pottery. PORCELAIN and
faienos. except that Of Chinese porcelaIns
lent 10y Mr. J Pierpont Morgan which has
"A SpeCIal catalogue Another CataIosu.
now under way - that - IN. collection Il
textiles which through recent "Ntenslv.
purchases and gifts has grown - To- one
IL Importance. With few exceptions the
larger examples ot recent accrs-ions Of
modern sculpture. Of the French. German
ana american schools, including the ngurr
groups Nv Rrdin. the -Bacchant.- 10 Mac ..
Ia unnls- Rar'letts Rear Tanner and
several r,.li-fS # SAINT Gaudens are now
exhibited in the corridor and alcove 90 IS =,
and ~ of the first floor where formerly
was shown Part ~ the Egyptian coliec-
lion. An interesting group II plaster
rasts from works Nv IN" French sculptor
Paul du Bois - also on exhibition. these
include several portrait
busts. among them the well known Flor I
.ntinn Singer and a Young 81 John
Through recent purchases th.r. have .
been added 70 the collection 81 small
hronzes nine pieces by Antoine Louis
Barye THIS acquisition - Of importance
because. with the exception of a cast m
plaster ~ the Lion Crushing a Serpent
IN the Garden 81 the Tuiieriaa presented
~ the French Government IN lSe0. the r
yroupof Theseus and C-ntaur. presented q
~ samuel y Avery IN lsSS. N" -Crocp- D
lille and Antelope. received through the
,~quNst - Miss Mary Maghee IN is95. I,
md tn. large serpentne stone group - 1
Tiger Devouring "A Galelle given by
Mrs Theodore Kane Gibbs m 1919 this v
treat sculptor 81 animals has hitherto
peen Inadn1uatay represented in the
museum. az tn" new pieces perhaps the
most important ar" IN" pair II canda-
abra and their accompanying centre =
,i"c- made ~ Bary. in Isto. among
liz earliest works. for his patron the =
Duke ~ Montpensier. youngest son ~ :
souis philippe. In the candlesticks there =
: little Ia suggest the sculptor ~ the lions. 2