New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-15
ANCIENT GLASS ON VIEW
Metropolitan Places 1,e40 Ex.
amples on Exhibition.
MANY NEW ACQUISITIONS
Important Items Include Bronze
Hermarchos and Mexican
Majolica Pottery.

The collection OF ancient glass in the
Metropolitan Museum Of Art. said by Ed
ward Robinson, the director. 10 he the rich
est Of its kind in the world. is now on
public view in Gallery 81, on the lower floor
OF the museum.
! In making the announcement a. 20 the
glass collection Yesterday Mr. Robinson
also spoke Of some important recent ac-
/ QUESTIONS. Among these Is a bronze statu-
cite of Hermarchos purchased by the ru-
+ scum out Of the income Of the Rogers
| Fund; small painting by the Unbrian
master Perugino. the presentation To the
museum Of a Mexican maiollcs pottery
collection by Mrs. Robert W de Forest and
/ the gift by Emerson NcMillin Of q paint
/ Ing ny Leonard Ochtman, the picture hav-
/ ing been shown At the last Academy Of
Design exhibition.
The ancient glass collection numbers 800
| pieces, but only 1910 examples will be on
view. They were chosen al the most rep
resentative objects in the large collection.
/ The museums collection has been drawn
from the Cyprian glass antiquities present
ed TO 1t by General di Cesnola. Of the
Charvet collection presented by Henry G.
Marquand. the Greau collection OF 5000
pieces lent by J. =. Morgan and some eX-
amples Of Syrian glass purchased by the
museum The Edward G. Moore collection
also contains many valuable pieces OF
glass. but restrictions Of the collection
make its separation impossible.
The bronze statuette Of Hermarchos. Mr..
Robinson said. ranks as the finest Greek
portrait on small scale known at the
present time 1t was purchased last year.
hut the work of cleaning and repairing it
delayed its exhibition TO the public. II rep
resents an old. bearded man, wearing
large mantle and sandals Hermarchos was
a disciple of Epicurus whom he succeeded
as head OF the Epicurean school on the
death Of its founder, p c. go. The height
OF the statuette is l0i. inches.
The painting by Perugino. The Resur-
rection," is on panel l07s inches high by
IS inches wide II is a part Of a predella.
the other panels being in the possession Of
Martin Ryerson, OF Chicago.
Mrs Robert ". de Forests gift 10 the
museum OF the most important part OF her
Mexican majolca or tin enameled pottery
follows its exhibition al the museum OF the
Hispanic Society Of America. Mrs. de For
est during trip to Mexico in 1904 became
interested in the pottery Of Puebla, and az
that time gathered together the nucleus OF
her present collection. Since then she has
ADDED many valuable examples. and the re-
cent acquisition by her Of the Albert Pep
per collection has made hers one OF the
most representative Of its kind. II includes
many polychrome pieces. dating from about
1850 to 1850 There are eighty-nine examples
in all.
Winter Light" the painting by Leonard
Ochtman. will he added 10 the contempt
rary American series Of paintings In the
museum. There is on exhibition now pict-
ure ny the Spanish artist Goya, The Bull
fight" lent bv its owner, who wishes his
name withheld.
Twenty-Five drawings purchased by the
museum during the winter are on exhibit
ton in the gallery devoted 10 drawings
which has been opened recently. Raphael.
Francesca Guard Hans Bsldung. Gains
borough. Nanteuil. Whistler, Muirhead
Bone and Jerome Myers are represented in
this exhibit. There are five drawings by
Jerome Myers OF East Side life in New
York City
Samuel T. Avery has presented 10 the
museum library 900 photographs Of artists,
many Of them French and English. 10
which in a number OF instances autographs
are attached. The museum purchased ls2
volumes for the library IN April and nine
were presented.
Other purchases include English inlaid
ca binet examples Of the period Of William
and Mary and Italian brocsde Of the hf-
teenth and sixteenth centuries.