Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-12-23
HUNDREDS Of Portraits BY Reynolds Ar
Among the Missing Treasures, b.
!. sides Masterpieces Of cerrsssio, Titi-
an, d vinei and Others. r.

found by Sir, Claude Phillips in the
q bathroom OF Hertford House. and Bot
4 ticelli's "PAllas and the Centaur'' wal
identified BY an English critic, forgot
4 ten and unnoticed in an obscure place
in the Udizi gallery-a queer place to
T lose picture in. 3,,c, sxz *
1t 10 declared that no fewer than 400
! portraits BY Sir Joshua Reynolds have
disappeared The historians OF art
the "Anonimo, Vassari and many an
other-speak with admiration OF pic
lures % innumerable which have
{ passed into the limbo OF the unknown
that the announcement OF discovery
II rarely treated with absolute skels
ticism. even In the case Of the greatest
masters. There II plenty Of room fol
h the appearance Of q number Of early
4 works By ValesqueE-de Beruete gives
i list Of them-but especially the por:
trait Of Fonseca. which gave to Veles;
Squez bis footing In Madrid. and more
/ particularly the equestrian portrait Of
Philip w.. which placed him so quickly
upon tho pedestal. # - .s}tl$35 "a
or take Correggio. There Is the pic.
ture Of THE Savior" copy Of which
hangs In the Prado. There II the RE
pose In Egypt" the"Herodias" triptych
the "St. Bartholomew the Young
Man Fleeing From the Captors Of
4 Christ !" 1.-THE Birth Of Venus and st
4 Mary Magdalen" and others besides
i all lost Ii ii! ssf}s5e1 .s@&,Et 81 ~ - 4
And Titan a. group Of whose mas.
- IN n yroot Emo
ilish country housed. where on earth is
bis portrait Of. Isabella Gonzaga and
y lAer son. which Ii known to VI through
the COPY By Pordenone1 Giorsione
I also. He 10 70 rare master-rare
alike % to. numbers and to quality
4 that the recovery Of his Birth Of
B Venus would be an event Of the very
highest Importance in the world ~ art.
The Anonimo speaks OF 1t. bnt since
his day, no, other writer, so far AZ ex'
perts are aware, has ever set eyes
J on It W |, q. s17t h,
Although We have 80 many hundred
canvases Of that amazing genius. Ru'
hens. the loss Of 4 picture such rs his
I .'Cambysesf and the Judge" IL dis.
Z tinct deprivation, inasmuch as 1t Is
said to have been one Of bis 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 IL a, .s a, Eva u &
We might spare. perhaps the, Head
1 OF Christ By Andrea del sarto (paint|
ed in 1924. for similar works: Of his
exist. but it u otherwise with his
I Visitation" Of the same year. II only
because Andrea was painter Of great
est Importance. Historically considered
he who broke away entirely from,
Gothic rigidity and introduced a senti
ment and delightful sense Of gayety
and sweetness that brought art home
! to hearts untouched by the earlier dig
nifty and gravity which they felt $op
Spressive.s 5.. e <; e Il z =,.s
The portraits OF Terburg. again. are
II delight, and a host Of them exist (in
Guiding not 4 few not unworthy Of
I him. but really BY the hand Of his pn.
pill, Koets). yet We cannot read with.
out regret the list of them. az we'll as
of his exquisite subject pictures. which
I II. Hofstede de Groot's researches
have enabled us to make. We may
even regard with relative eqnanimity
the disappearance, OF Nicholas nous,f
sins .'Rinaldo and Armida. But on
quite another plane ID the mystery Of
the portraits which Leonardo dn vinci
painted for Ludoyico sforza and which
vanished into thin air as completely
a. his mona Lisa a couple of years
ago \ Z Il \ s5 4 #
The jocund lady re-emerged into the
light OF day. but the Ludovico porj
traits are practically beyond hope
nniess perchance even. now. unsuspect
ed Of their Identity, they are decorat
ing the upper corridors Of some great
house (mines Of unexplored wealth,
or the back storerooms Of minor deal
efA-New York Press. 81. ~ ~
Caesar Uesd Elsphants In Britain r
Tradition has It that Caesar brought
elephants with him to Britain nnd
that they contributed to his conquest
Of the island. Having unsuccessful!
attempted to cross the Thames. Caesar
built large turret on an elephant and
loading 1t with bowmen and SINGERS
ordered them to pass the stream
whereupon the Britons, terrified at the
sight of the unknown monster. ded In
3tonfnsion.-London Chronicle. L.
# Through want of enterprise and faith
men are where they are-buying and
selling and spending their lives IKE
eerfs.-ThoreAu. Il as.S &, MI g25 ~