New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-12


- many portraits during his resi-
), England. notably those cf Sir
.-,-,-.,ss Faccn. Sir Francis Walsing-
ms Lord Nottingham After his
IN ITALY he was knighted in
-, and allowed to complete the dec
or.+ion Of the Cape1a Paolina at the
,-s-;,an He received { commission for
t7scaria1 in Spain. but failing to
80 philip II returned 70 Italy and
..e1islea the Academy Of St Luke at
3. was his brother, Taddeo Zuc-
--sn was buried in the Pantheon
-ss- Raphael
- English galleries there are nunner-
,-ints Of James I. who was as fond
= ,,srine his portrait painted as Eliza
herself. The conraonest are F.
- and John Smiths versions Of
--.-,.,-s.e miniatures. as redrawn and
- nv Van Dyck. Paul Van
- no-t-sits Of him at Windsor.
-,-,---,o5 and Hampton Court were en-
- rv ve-tue and other artists, and
7,,,.s-t Whites prints after Jansen
s-aeIv reproduced. Less faIsiliar
-, ,o-trsits Of James and his chill
v.hfc, were painted by Marc
,-,--.-se--S tor Gerard, Dutch artist
.s-i,g refuge II England with his tafher
= -Aiir;ous persecution in his own
--..-+-r The print OF the King and his
af.e-vard Charles I, st Dorchester
80 &c exceedingly rare In precision
-.,.,s and arrangement Of costume II
-,,,iss the work OF GheeraeTts IL
= an All OF truthfulness and soInore
.,;=-, and is one OF the most charac-
..-is-f- Trints in the collection
-, o-i--s Of Charles I and queen
--.--ie++a in fanciful borders are afeer
- 7,-,k and the engraTers were
-, srrists with individuality OF style
The kings portrait was ensraFea D
-,ss-e- Soutman, whose early years were
,.sss5 in Rubens's studio After eAperi-
.-,r;rp With religious subjects on MS
,.,--7-+ he began TO engraVe MS
---.r-s works and 20 reproduce pof~
- -- -eIebrities This print Is con-
-.---,-,s ra- breadth Of treatment ana
..ss-rass q lighting The companion
-facA n The queen by Soutnlan' s pupil
-1,as Sui1derhcef, Is more hnlshed IN
s--..s H. -erroduced Rembrandt as Wen
:. o-,i,e-s and took as much pains WIN
.sa era 5ovs as with the lights. He was
-. - -ha earliest engravers OF Frans
z,.s and made wonderful plate OF
-.-b-rg,s Peace Of Munster" the little
-sss+s-rfsce OF Dutch art which FSicnard
~-susce presented 70 the National Cal
iery
There : : ane print O Francis Bacon
ro-5 Chancellor and Baron NerulaEl'
among me ambassadors engravlngs.
The massive forehead. penetrating eyes
81 zr5s-Are features shine cut under
Lack hat as simple IS the white rult.
and rhe print is Enclosed by 4 circular
f.~-de-. The plate was made from &
,.r---atr b. Cornelius Jansen or JAMS
ans. Who was IN England from 1913 10
Tg49. He painted portraits q James l.
me --sr Ear Of Portland, Sir Edward
,-ose. William Harvey, Milton and many
ether subjects There Is a portrait or
Bacon II the National Portrait Gallery
-- Van Somer but IL IS inferior 10 Jan
==-fs IS q character study. As the phi
frsavhe- died IL sixty-six in 1875, the
Tz-tcb artist must have painted II during
he first eight years Of his residence IN
England. There is no record Of the en-
grsrers name. but il il sound and ar
-Istic craftsmanship. / think, but am
no- sure, that the plate is after the
painting. which hangs in Gray's I'm,
where the famous Lord ChauCellor's is
the most eminent name on the roll Of
members
Cromwell vas painted by Sir Peter
LEY II 1903. OF five years before death
There - The familiar legend that the sub
ject dictated terms 10 the painter, warn |
Jig him that 1Or I farthing would be
paid for HE likeness unless all the rough
assses and pimpIes We're reproduced |
without fartery. Certainly there were
fever Of Lely's r.annerisns II this per
tran than n his paintings Of the Wind !
81 beauties nov al Hampton Court, /
nth their melting eyes and languishing /
smiles. The ambassadors print was /
MADE in 1875 By John Faber. who en- |
graved HoIbeIn's Henry VII. already /
described. and also Sir Godfrey Kneller's /
X Car series and Beauties Of Haulp- |
fon Court and many famous pictures, /
amonE them Charles Il in his robes, |
after Ley, and Sir Isaac Newton after /
:. Van der BaGck- His incisive. igor /
4as style, which was Is free as John |
smith s. was At its best in this reproduo- |
1er q Cromwell from the Powlett col /
-7ct3on- The Protector IL in arnor. with I
VIE. loose collar. and the face is stern. /
'oagh he7rn in feature and commanding |
Il mier.
Among The authentic portraits OF MI |
1'o are Cornelius Jansen-s At the age Of !
@-'- the so-caiieG Onsiow portrait taken I
al cambridge Al twenty. and often en- /
s-@ted hv Esrtue and other artists; Z
'isyqn drawing engraved by Fsithorne (
'''' another apparently 4 copy OF II, /
eao likeness by Van der Plaas, nov |
IL ne National Portrait Gallery. The /
-'1osseGors print is a rare meZzotiut I
" lean Simon, inscribed r. White sd |
IN lelin.'' Robert White was in the !
'sit O drawing portraits with black /
1poo velIum and engraving them /
-'-' fantastic borders. He vas trained (
al artist with the graver As the best
-. out II time used the scraper and