The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-07
$5,OOO,OOO Spent for Old
Masters the Last Season
Most Notable Series of Sales Several Years and Large Prices
Were Paid for Canvases, Gainsborough
Heading the List at s1oo8oo


.o' oi'y IN themselves. but I'm re,at,o, =.
INC existing resources of thu ,..,.,
corrections. Three of the sovn..
en h-acrto represented in the
.>a'iohai Gallery by only ono o, two III
.I..s e@ch' anc one. Peter AIrnard ,v.s
n,nciy l-seprcsented. both in Tra,o,ys.
'luare and at HEREFORD House
."reo Maries." by Annlba,a ca,
az 'i'"'-iGoD is picture OF tho "p,o...
.,pe' representing the holy woman ,.,,,
'no oody OF Our Lord. u.r,,
Desi1hihs of the last GENTRY s,,,.a ~
whon :. u spain offered for the picture
was IN the possession OF tho nut.
dreams as many louis dor Q. o,,,,
as surface. and tina. these a,no,n,.s
.''si 10 5000. The picture ia 60.
eoou example Of the painter. and :,
ceiient Preservation. al e1-
= Landscape with a Shepherd I"
dui Hubens. though not 80 ir,nou.
- s'~e as the Autumn" at the Matt,
oaiieFy' or tho Spring" at uo.,,aN.
oe' IS very finc example Of the
painter. It represents the wooded hsnrs
u stream with sheep attended hy
i'''Spheio III red cloak
| valuable Ac1ufsition.
marty by Lucas Cranach, the Elder
ui'Z-l53). is an extremely ,,.,,,.h,.
ACQUISITION. A small picture on nane, q,
~" eseh's nude woman nursing a baby
one hoids the hand OF one naked cbud
VINO mas doll. while another cling, -,
leg. Cranach. who Is rcprcsoptod l., 49,.
,,"''ohai Gallery only by a portrait of "a
i'"us ana portrait OF "A Man"
was OF the school OF saxony
Hariana Of Austria, Queen of sna,n -
oy Juan Bautista Martinez del Mazo ~
pupil and son-in-law of velasouez NO.
formerly. llko many other works by AZ,
ha@o' attributed to the great painter. Thu
picture measuring q inches by 49, inches
represents the Queen. who was tho soco..,
m"e OF Philip w. and mother OF Don
'os ~ IN white Golf and black mantll-
Id resembling a nuns veil Del Mazo &,
oi'lciaHy represented in the Nationa, Cal
!ery only b. Portrait of Man ;.
though the Admiral" there has been =,
tributed TO him.
an thHnished Gninsborourb
- oitFait OF Mrs. Graham as n House.
'ia'u Is fui length. lifc-sized unfinished
shetch. almost In monochrome. by C;a,rs.
borough. The Hon. Mrs. {; .,b,-
originally the Hon. Mary Cathcar, So
ond daughter OF Charles. ninth Lord Cn,b-
Gar. IN iff she married Thomas Graham.
OF baisowan. Perthshire, who was created
Lord Lynedoch in 1914. There Is ano,bcr
Gainsborougb portrait OF her. painted IN
I''o, In the National Gallery of Scotland
In the Castle-Howard picture which
measures " inches by 5gis inches. she is
represented with broom before a door
way. AS an object lesson in Gainsbor.
ough's method of workmanship the pictpra
Is probably unique
"A Portrait Of pescartes." by Peter
Mignard G610-16e5), shows the pbiloso-
pher seated with an open book in his rirb+
hand and his left resting on q r,obe
Mignard. who was born at Troycs. was a
favorite painter Of Louis XIV. and riva,
| to lie Brun.
The four subjects, "The Coronation =,
the Virgin" The Trinity" Tho Virgin
and Child Enthroned with Donors" and
Inc CruclfiNon." with a prcdella of the
Twelve Apostles, by Barnaba de Modena,
are painted in separate compartments on
one panel. In tempera, with a gold back
ground. This picture again is an ex-
tremely important acquisition. Bernaba
de Modena. of the Slenese School, was
active between 1867 and 1880. He is rep
resented in the National Gallery by Tho
Descent Of the Holy Ghost"