New-York tribune., 1910-01-26
YERKES SALE N Nv
TO SETTLE ESTATE.
Great Art Collection to Go
Under the Hammer.

T, accordance with a decree OF the United
gates Circuit Court in the settlement OF
- estate Of Charles T. Yerkes the paint
.rs tapestries and other art objects in the
,on,e Of the traction man. at No S64 Fifth
,venue. and in the gallery adjoining will
corr be sold at public auction. The collec-
,ion has been valued at more than $1,000. .ooo
since the death of Mr Yerkes on Decern-
her % 1905 his estate has been continu-
o,slv in = maze OF litigation. An in
ren+orv showed that il was not as large as
Gas generally supposed and the great tangi-
NE asset was the art gallery and the Fifth
avenue house The will Of Mr.. Yerkes
showed that even he overestimated the
value Of his estate when he provided that
he gallery should be held by a board OF
trustees for the benefit Of the public and pro-
rided also for the building Of a hospital
IN The Bronx
The settlement Of the estate was delayed
tv the proceedings brought by Mrs. Mary
adelaide Yerkes the widow of Charles T.
yerkes. for a legal share. and also for the
removal Of the Chicago executor. Louis s.
owslev Then on April 6. 1909, Judge Ward.
- the United States Circuit Court appoint
81 = receiver in an action brought by the
London Underground Railway Company on
sort 1T another has prevented the receiver
and the executor from finally settling the
estate.
All these obstacles have been removed
,ow and the property will be sold and the
,-ooeeds distributed TO those who hold
claims. including Mrs. Yerkes. who has a
o-e-rhir6 interest in the value of the estate
FOR dover
The naintings alone In the Yerkes collec-
r3on. which are 70 be sold under the man
agenent Of the American Art Association.
rum5er nearly three hundred and ii will
Re one Of the most valuable collections ever
nrere6 AZ public auction There are four
important works by Rembrandt in the gal
lerv. philemon and Baucis" painted in
-s5S. mentioned in DR.. Bodies catalogue of
certified works and in Smiths catalogue.
and meZzotinted by Thomas Watson. Lon
don I-72. Portrait of Rabbi" from the
Prince Dcnidof and Sir Philip Miles coll
lections mentioned in the catalogue of the
works II Rembrandt by Eugene Dutuit:
Resurrection OF St Lazarus and the
PORTRAIT Of Joris de Coulary''
G. T0smaer. Of The Hague. in his book.
entitled Rembrandt. His Life and His
Works writes. Or A Bredius.' director
Of the Prince Mauritz House-the Museum
Of ancient Art al The Hague-found a will
signed BY Joris de Coulery. dated 1910 in
which this picture is willed TO his SON.
T belonged 70 the Chevalier Charles van
Trord. Of Tne Hague, for more than a
century For charitable purposes il was
exhibited in 1857 st Amsterdam: in 1881 at
The Hague with the collection Of the King
and the Queen Of Holland in their palace,
ard IN Brussels in 1892. It is signed and
dated -552.
Franz Hals is represented by the "Por-
trait OF q Woman" dated 1855: The Violin
Player The Singing Girl and The
Singers Hobbema's paintings are the
"Threar=nIng Storm in Summer ano the
View OF Westphalia."
Pieter de Hooghe is represented by The
Social Glass" and the Music Party
Among the other old masters whose work
Is included are Jan Both. Boucher.
Brsughel. Van Gaesbeeck. Jean Clouet
and Claude Corneille, from the collection Of
sE Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill;
Gerard Dou. Jan Van Goyen, Greuze, Jan
Van DER Heyden. HoIbein. Gabriel Metsu.
Aar Van der Neer. Van Ostade.- Paul Pot
Ter Van Dyck, Raphael. Rubens. Ruys-
6ael Jan steen David Teniers, Van
Mieris. Bronzino. Dlrer. Luini, Memlinc.
Guardi. Van de VeIde, Terburg, Watteau
snd WoUwerman.
The modern painters represented in the
collection are Bonvin, Cain, Corot Gn-
gliding Morning and The Fisherman,
Daublgny. Decamps, Diaz, Jules Dupre.
Millet, Rousseau, Troyon Including Going
10 Market. Israels. Delacroix, Meissonier,
De-aille. JacqUe. AIna-Tadeua, George In
ness Cour5et Rico, Monuceln and others
TIE English masters the Turner Including
st 1IichaeTs Mount" Grand Canal at
Venice and Rockets and Blue Lights'O,
Sir Joshua REYNOLDS Lady O'Brien,'
BUrre-Jones and Sir Edwin Landseer.
The collection Of Oriental rugs and car
pets includes the Great Mosque Carpet
Of A-debil,' dating from the sixteenth