The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-12-31
Hundreds Of Portraits by Reynolds Are
Among the Missing Treasures. Be-.
sides Masterpieces Of corrsggio, TIT.
an, da Avinci and Others.

original Of that BY Pantota de la cruz
IN the Prado-was finally identified at
the Grafton gallery, to which the Gaek.
war OF Baroda had lent it; when IT.
tians "Perseus and Ariadne'' was
found by Sir Claude Phillips in the.
bathroom Of Hartford House, and Bot
hcelH's "Pallas and the Centaur'' was
identified by an English critic, forgot
ten and unnoticed in an obscure place
In the Ufizi gallery--a queer place to-
lose picture in. 4. ,
1t is declared that no fewer than 400
portraits by Sir Joshua Reynolds have
disappeared. The historians Of art
the "Anonimo," Vassart and many an,
other-speak with admiration Of pic
lures SO innumerable- which have
passed into the limbo of the unknown
that the announcement Of discovery
is rarely treated with absolute skep-
ticism, even in the case Of the greatest
masters. There is plenty Of room for
the appearance Of a number of early
works by Valesquez@ de Beruete gives
list Of them-but especially the por.
trait Of Fonseca. which gave to Veless
quez his footing in Madrid, and more
particularly the equestrian portrait Of
Philip w, which placed him so quickly
upon the pedestal.
Or take Correggio. There is the pic
ture Of 'aThe Savior" copy Of which
hangs in the Prado. There is the IRE
pose In Egypt" the" Herodias' triptych,
the "St. Bartholomew" the young
Man Fleeing From the Captors Of
Christ, "r'.The Birth Of Venus" and .tSt
Mary Magdalen" and others besides
all lost. 81 .ss.s5E
And Titan "a group of whose mas
terpieces We're burned In great Eng
lish country house, where on earth is
bis portrait Of Isabella Gonzaga and
her son, which is known to us through
the copy by Pordenone? Giorgione
also. He is so rare master-rare
alike as to numbers and to quality
that the recovery Of his birth of
Venus" would be an event of the very
highest Importance in the world of art.
The Anonimo speaks of it, but since
his day no other writer. so far as ex-
perts are aware, has ever set eyes
on it.
Although we have so many hundred
canvases Of that amazing genius, Ru
bens. the loss of a picture such as his
"Cambyses and the Judge" is dis:
tinct deprivation, inasmuch as it is
said to have been one of his finest
efforts. It was painted in 1923 for the
magistrates hall in the town hall Of
Brussels, and no less than 5000 forms
was paid for it.
We might spare, perhaps, the Head
Of Christ by Andrea del Sarto paint.
ed in 1924, for similar works Of his
exist, but it is otherwise with his
"Visitation" of the same year, if only
because Andrea was painter Of great
est ,importance, historically considered
The who broke away entirely from
Gothic rigidity and introduced a senti-
ment and a delightful sense of gayety
and sweetness that brought art home
to hearts untouched by the earlier dig
nifty and gravity which they felt op.
pressive q. 49,
The portraits of Terburg, again, are
delight, and host of them exist (in-
acluding not a few not unworthy of
him. but really by the hand of his pu-
pill, Koets). vet we cannot read with
out regret the list of them, as we'll as
of his exquisite subject pictures. which
M. Hofstede de Groot's researches
have enabled us to make. We may
even regard with relative equanimity
the disappearance Of Nicholas Pous-
sins "RinaldO and Armida." But on
quite another plane is the mystery Of
the portraits which Leonardo da Vinci
painted for Ludovico Sforza and which
vanished into thin air as completely
as his Mona Lisa" couple Of years
ago.
The jocund lady re-emerged into the
light of day, but the Ludovico por.
traits are practically beyond hope:
unless perchance even now. unsuspect.
ed of their identity, they are decorat-
Ing the upper corridors Of some great
house (mines of unexplored wealthy
or the back storerooms Of minor deal
ers.-New York Press.
Caesar Used Elephants In Britain.
Tradition has it that Caesar brought
elephants with him to Britain and
that they contributed to his conquest
Of the island Having unsuccessfully
attempted to cross the Thames. Caesar
built large turret on an elephant and.
loading it with bowmen and singers
ordered them to pass the stream.
whereupon the Britons, terrified at the
sight of the unknown monster. fed IN
confusion. ~ London Chronicle.
Through want Of enterprise and faith
men are where they are-buying and
selling and spending their lives like
serfs Thoreau.