The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1915-02-06
LOST GEMS OF ART
Many Famous Paintings Have
Mysteriousiy Vanished.
WORKS OF THE OLD MASTERS.

WORKS OF THE OLD MASTERS.
Hundreds Of Psrtraits BY Reynolds Ar
Amsns the Missing Treasures, De-
sides Masterpieces II csrrsssis, It'll
an, d. vinei end ot.ssrs.
There are many famous paintings BY
tho old masters that have mysterIously
vanished. They are known to have
been painted. but their whereabouts
has been an enigma for several hun.
dred years
From time to time lost pictures come
again to the knowledge Of the world.
~ when the original Of the Dulwich
velasquez, the "Philip w." was found
In a Polish nobleman's castle; when
the portrait Of Isabel de valois, King
Philip Ills third wife. BY Cosilo-ths
original Of that BY Pantoja de Ia Crux
In the Prado-was finally Identified at
the Grafton gallery. to which the Gaek.
war Of Baroda had lent It; when IT,
tian's "Pefseus and Ariadne" was
found BY Sir Claude Phillips In the
bathroom Of Hartford House, and Bot.
ticeli's "Pallas and the Centaur' was
identified BY an English critic. forgot
ten and unnoticed In an obscure place
IN the Ufhzi gallery-a queer place to
lose picture In.
portraits BY Sir Joshua Reynolds have
disappeared The historians Of art
the "Anonimo." vassari and many an.
other-speak with admiration Of pic.
lures 20 innumerable which have
passed into the limbo Of the unknown
that the announcement Of q discovery
b rarely treated With absolute skep-
ticism. even In the case of the greatest
masters. There il plenty Of room for
the appearance Of q number Of early
works BY valesques-de Beruets gives
list Of them-but especially the por-
Trait Of Fonseca. which gave to veles-
Quez his footing In Madrid. and more
particularly the. equestrian portrait Of
Philip w.. which placed him 20 quickly
upon the pedestal.
Or take C0freggio. There II the pic
ture Of 1.-THE SAVIOR copy Of which
hangs In the Prado There u the RE
pose In Egypt" the "Herodias" triptych.
the "St Bartholomew" the young
Man Fleeing From the Captors Of
Christ" 1.-THE Birth Of Venus" and ''St
all lost
And Titan q group Of whose mas
terpicces were burned in great Eng
lish country houseD. where on earth 10
bis portrait Of Isabella Gonxasa and
her son. which u known to % through
the copy By Pordenonef Giorgiooe
also. He y 20 rare 4 master-rare
alike a to number and 10 quality
that the RECOVERY Of his birth Of
Venus would b an event Of the ysry
highest Importance In the world Of art.
The Anonimo speaks Of It. but since
bis day NO other writer. 70 far 10 ex-
pefts are aware. has ever set eyes
on It
Although We have 70 many hundred
canvases Of that amazing genius. Ru-
bens. the loss Of picture such ~ his
'Cambyses and the Judge" b q dis
t1nct deprivation, inasmuch ~ It II
said to have been one Of his finest
efforts. 1t was painted in 1923 for the
magistrates hail In the town hall Of
Brussels, and no less than 5000 dorins
was paid for 1t.
We might spare. perhaps. the Head
Of Christ" by Andrea del sarto tpaint-
ed In 1924, for similar works Of his
exist. but II b otherwise with bis
visitation Of the same year. II only
because Andrea was painter Of great.
est importance. Historically considered
he who broke away entirely from
Gothic rigtdity and introduced 4 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
pressive.
The portraits Of Terburg. again, are
a delight and host OF them exist lin;
Guiding not few not unworthy OF
him. but really BY the hand Of his pu.
phi. Koets,. Jet We cannot read with
out regret the list Of them. as well a.
Of bis exquisite subject pictures. which
N. Hofstede de Groot's researches
have enabled rs to make. We may
even regard With relative equanimity
the disappearance Of Nicholas Pous
sins -Rinaldo and Armida." But on
quite another plane 10 the mystery Of
the portraits which Leonardo d vinci
painted for Ludovico sforsa and which
vanished into thin air a. completely
a. his "Mopa Lisa" q couple Of years
ago
The jocund lady rs-emerged into the
light Of day. but the Ludovico pof-
traits are practically beyond hope-
unIess perchance even now. unsuspect.
ed Of their Identity. they are decorat-
ing the upper c0rridors of some great