The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-25
OLD MASTERS WILL
Be SOLD AT AUCTION
no,l.l Collection Has Additions
Belonging TO Nine. de Maui
courant Of Paris.
DIRER PORTRAIT or MORE
Paintings by Guido REM. PicrO
della Francesca. Crivelli.
Romano and Others.

collection " old masters formed by
cr,.se A. DostAl of New York city. with
additions belonging to Nine. Krier de Maui
courtn. of Paris, will he on view in the
galleries Of the Anderson Auction Com
many until the sale on February g.
I,iucludes interesting examples by Guido
Rent piero della Francesca, Crivelli, Guilio
Romano and other Italian artists but the
two chief items are the Albert Durer por-
trait Of Sir Thomas More and the pieta, by
Rbora The Durer portrait is well pre-
served \ descendant of Col Clark took
Il to canada and 1t remained In that fam
fly FOR centuries. In a document upon
the back Of the painting the writer states
that his grandfather showed the picture 20
sir Benjamin West. then president of the
Royal Academy, who confirmed 1t as being
portrait Of Sir Thomas More, and by
purer.
shows Ducr's Care for Details.
Sir Thomas is shown In a three-auar-
ter view Of the face. looking to his left
wearing the usual scholars black cap with
iapels and broad collar of brown sable
fur about his shoulders. The background
- fl lllt SUI SlNfH N'ilt OlttIl t1lDlOyeu
ny the artist, on which to the right above
the head is painted in black the name
More in tho capitals used by Durer.
on the lower corner of the picture to the
left is seen in small letters the name "Sr.
Tho. More and on the opposite side the
remains of the name OF the painter Albert
Durer. Of which the initials and several
letters still remain visible. 1t Is we'll
known how Durer loved to label his pic
lures with all sorts of inscriptions.
In the picture we find Durer's keen sense
OF form the fresh clear coloring and frank
contrasting tones and the minute treat
mont of the hair and fur.
When Durer left Nuremberg in 1870 on
his visit to the Netherlands it was natural
that he should meet Erasmus. who was
then residing at Antwerp. He also me,
Peter Giles of -Egidius. the town recorder.
a man OF literary taste who was the COM
mon friend OF Erasmus and Sir Thomas
More.
More was often on the Continent engaged
IN diplomatic missions and was present a,
the meeting of Francis l. and Henry VIII
with the Emperor Charles V. on the cele-
b-dted Field Of the Cloth of Gold" in
r.,
visiting Erasmus and his coterie at Ant
"erp, where he naturally met Durer. In
MS diary Durer records painting por-
traits of several friends and celebrities at
this time without giving names of his sit
trrs. and nothing could be more natural
tntn that so prominent man among them
should have been portrayed BY the great
artist.
Again More accompanied Cardinal Vol
sey Oh a mission TO Bruges in the spring
of 1921. at the time when Durcr also
visited that city, 80 IL is evident that this
portrait was painted by Durer at one OF
the frequent meetings of the two men In
1870 and 1921.
Ribrra il Large Canvas.
The Ribera is a large canvas with dra-
matte light and shade and portrays the
dead Christ, the Virgin. the Magdalen and
St. Anne. 1t came from the collection OF
Count Poddi. professor of fine arts in the
University of Bologna, who regarded II as
the best picture in his collection and az .
representative example of this master.
There are "A number of portraits in the
collection that have their value as decora
ton as we'll as in their qualities as paint
ings Among these is a portrait of a
Cardinal, attributed to Titan. that shows
a handsome man of 90. wearing a red
cap and pale purple mantle, with white
cowl. A portrait by an unknown Flemisf
artist OF the seventeenth century gives tn,
picturesque features of n serious young
man. and the Thomas Sully is OF a lady
with exceedingly bright eyes and CO
quettish rose in her hair.
In another gallery a large number OF
prints are shown. together with many orig
nal drawings. among which are some by
the car1caturdst Thomas Mast. There are
nine Mcryon items. among which are the
Balm Froid Chevrier" and LA Sale des
Pas persues." There are many Rem
hrandts, Ministers, Seymour Hadens, La
l.anues and examples by the early en-
gravols. The auction begins next Wednes
day evening.