The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-29
,ROt w THE GALLERIES.

I That mysterious DutCh painier os las
cinating portraits yariously cllied An
TOMS Nor. or Moor. and IN Spain Antonio
Moro. Ia represented at the kle,nberger
Gallery 10y a port raft 0f AN unknown pr'n-
cess formerly in the collection Of the lat"
Baron H,rsch. Nor Was born NJ Utrecht
IN I5Ic. di.Sl at Antw cTP. 1919 or ~. and
first -tuded with Jan van SCORED, an artist
OF quaint and slightfIl pictures, several
of which are in ~. RIks Museum. Am
sheridan. His pr:ph assiduou-ly studied
the manner Of HolheIn hut he is something
moro than an imitator. as 10y he seen M
the Pradn. Madrid. where IA takers dozen
OF his works hang Tn" Prado. indeed.
owns the majority ~ his rare port rats
though Berlin. Brunswick BrIi-sels. Ores
den. London. Paris. Vienna. ~. Peters
t:::=-, boast n few splend u specimens. AZ
the Hague Gallery there j. the port raft
of man and in the port rat gallery
London. may be seen a inl-te rly compost
ton "A port raft Of Sir Thomas Gresham.
At the Prndo are the heads Of Queen Mary.
the -Bufoon Of the Bcn"vent"s.- tn"
Philip II ." and other port rai's of royal
and noble born DANES. His CanVa-es
hang hard hv the Holhein port raft Of an
unknown man and near rhe two DurerS
one NJ which IL the famous Hans
Imhof." copy NJ which IL in the Ufizi
The Morsio not suffer in such exalted
company.
Antonios career il lost in ,he mists II
careless chronicles But recently Henri
Hymans in his Antonio Nor. son Ouvre
ct son Temps has cleared away lot Of
rubbishy legends. One. however, set forth
in organs Dict lonary seems to have some
basis OF truth. He made the ncuuaint
ance 81 Philip II. when h" was Prince.
painted him. painted his first wife. Doha
Maria. After painting Queen Mary in
England previous to her becoming The
second wife II Philip. he r"turned I" Spain
with that deCadant monarch and became
50 familiar with him that once when the
King slapped the painter on the shoulder
he retaliatei by smearinG the royal fin gers
with Carrnine. Philip smiled his slow
chilly smile. and Nor. throwing himself
on hls knees. asked PARTON for the revolt e.
/ ing crime of touching Gods anoin;ed. lie
was forgiven. N.Vert hcle-S he packed
up his traps and g9t across the border a.
soon ~ dissertation permit "d. Some cour-
tier hal given him friendly hint Tn"
King could ~rnIn and smile and snil" hut
never forgive such presumption On tn"
part OF "A base born Dut on painter VI" I--
purz had moro tact. He pain'e ed the prog
nathi noodle "a he really was for the
drlecrn'ion and scprn of Succeeding con-
turtles.
The example Of Nor which Mr. Emil
Sp"rling. director IT th. kleInbcrgcr Gal
| lery. brought over with him tow week =
ago IL interest ing though not Very lis
tinguishei Nor Il must b" \ late work
I for IL j. ia,ai 1871. Tn" royal liy has
that -pathet iCaily pal" glare 4 which
Henry James writes. ant she j. nov i'm
pr.ssive Or particularly attractive. ""
n"ssri not challenge the Ltt rihutI ION because.
apart from IN" Indubitable p"siIgr-e ot
the picture. these old mast ers have "a dis
agreeable habit of proving THAR genuine
ness IN unexpected WAYS. III" 'inr. fat
modelling the simplicity with which N"
values ar. distributed. the easy g.lrria ge
II the princess and m" thin. even paint
Enthusiastically proclaim ~" method if
nothing clsa rf Nor But who X the
hnma' Mr. Sporting do"S not know.
! Narh"r did the Hir-Ch family.
! There ara many n"w WORKS M this
gallery. \ port raft II Rembrandt father
the top # the bald and FURNISHED skull
/ lou look around Tor the in"vrahl" candl"
Ugh, IT G"rarl Another portrait of the
same subj.Ct isa-rribH~l 20 'hemigh,y -on
/ VI the miller Harmancz P.ubrandr him o.
self and Nv Bpsia see hi- -ReIn1r-lnt!t %
volIm" - III" OH father was fond Of
posing We recall another portrait AZ
the Riiks. no longer a-crihei To- Rem
4 a. 1. i
a. "a fierce warrior on screen al the
MauritshrIis. Tn" Hague. hangs a small
head ~ Rembrandt mother. which. 80
Mr. Sperl.nG thinks might he u companion
piece 10 his eNarp"
! Van den NH.r ~ .yc"llrnt quality
fishermen IN tn" moonlight. attracts
Tarbers j. represented hv IN" port rnii "
the Prince II Oring" -n!d al the Minis
collection. Isgs. Tn. still life IL arinirabl.
Van der ueyien IL u VIrtUo-o Of the brush
A. a landscape 81 his httrstS Tho tower
scene w Jan S,"en - capital Tho fun
~ broad. fast and furious. the quality
prime. Two marines 10y Van der Capell"
a summer and ., Winter painted with
much feeling win a slippery brush IN
-liv.4rv tones. make Won wonder whv
This artist - - often rlnk,sr. below Van
Goysn. These Two specimens ara th.
/ most import ant outside OF IN" J q John
son collection m Philadelphia Cuyp
| cattle. three romantic Van GoyenS and
a solid SHonthor-t h"Id the attention 4
Large Fran- Halls. broadly brushed. ~
the portrait e Dutch cavalier II
comes from the Maurice kann "pllrC, ion
and - hated 1925. A small panel shows a
hoy wearing "a brown cap which recalls
| the manner ~ DIRK Halls. bur Il IL s.lIi 10
he authentic Frans. Two landscapes 10y
jacob Ruysdn.l- and one by Solomon
com. next in IN" LIST. They nre fair
witnesses TO tn" genius and industry Of
their creators
Pi-ter De HooG~. an Interior with "A
beautiful lighting effect from All open win
dow you -py IA waterway and a distant
-pir- IL worth close sturiy. An elderly
couple - at table eating and drinking
III ,he hearty Dutch style. maid. IN the