New-York tribune., 1911-02-26

tablished for the publication of works OF
art not generally accessible. The I'M
portance OF this work is emphasized al
the moment by the simultaneous appear
ance Of portfolios from three or these
societies. The Arundel Club in London
issues for it's seventh year a collection
Of twenty photographers from paintings
Of various schools. in private collectlons'
The Hon. Mrs. Baillie Hamilton contrib
utes no fewer than five interesting pct
ures, including that curious souvenir oi
VelasoueZ's early period, the Christ aho
/ the Disciples at Emmaus," which ne
painted in much the same spirit tha'
went TO the making Of his thoroughiS
mundane bOdCgORcS. The Italian pictures
make a particularly fascinating group
I beeinning with the noble Masaccio dis
] covered only three or four years ago
| and containing n beautiful Mantegha'
striking altar piece, with lunette' D!
| Zaganelli: a charming sketch by Ilepoll
--one made for his great fresco IN tiie
7 Palazzo Labia-a fine Nativity as
cribed 10 Fra Bartolomeo's pupil Ma
! riotto Albertinelli, ana several other I'M
portant paintings. There are only t"'
English pictures in the portfolio pu'
one of them. THE Watering Place IS
masterpiece by Gainsborough, one of the
loveliest Of his studies Of landscape.
The Vasari Society, likewise of Lon
don. which does for the drawings of th'
old masters what the Arundel CluD doe'
for their paintings, has most senerousi!
served its subscribers in its sixth port
folio. Just issued This contains thirty
five drawings. freely divided among tn
different schools. They are all of value
but we would especially signallze wv
fine Landscapes by Rembrandt and
MAGNIFICENT portrait by Durer, TN
"Paulus Hofheimer,' in the British Mu
scum. The German pieces are of grea
interest, Hans Schauhein and Hans Sc
bald Beham being remarkably well rep
resented. The Italian section, interest
ing throughout and including one glo
rious drawing by Mantegna, is RENDERED
of peculiar significance through one espe
cially happy undertaking. Every love
of Leonardo is familiar with his srea
cartoon in black chalk, preserved in tn
Diploma Gallery of the Royal Academ.
NJ Arts. This monumental drawing o
..rThe Virgin and Child. with ST. Ann
and st. John the Baptist" is one Of on
most precious relics OF the master,
work ranking with the two jewels of TN
Louvre ana the great Alteration" a
Florence. The Vasari Society gives Il
its present portfolio not only a fine fac
simile of the drawing. but separate re
productions Of the four heads. II ha
never performed a more useful service
In Paris the Societe de Reproductio
des Dessin. de Maitres has publishe
the concluding instalment of its draw
ings for the second year Of its existence
sheaf Of ten Flemish, Dutch, Italiar
German and French productions. The
are all from the collection at Chantilly
The most important of the Italian draw
ings is a study by Raphael for the "Hol
Family" at Munich, but Of great interes
are also two souvenirs OF Perugino an
Fra Angelica. or Dutch origin is
striking drawing in red chalk Of jaw
anese market girl, "A drawing which ha
been attributed To Rembrandt. anC
though more probably executed by on
Of his pupils or imltators, is not un
worthy Of him in its strength. Their
is a fine sixteenth century French draw
ing in the portfolio, a portrait Of tn