The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-12
FAMOUS LAMBERT
ART WILL Be SOLD
Auction Of Large Collection a,
Paintings and Sculpture
in February.
TWO IN LIST

The sale Of the Catholina t.ambs,
collection Of paintings and sculptur,
which had been reported az probable D..
some time. was officially announced vss
terday by John Kirby Of the America,
Art Association, who Is TO conducs n.
sale. The announcement Of the saI.,
Of two such American collections ri. IN.
Lambert and Hugo Reisinger saller,..
in one aso Ii an evidence OF retur,
ing confidence IN the American rsc,,,.
market.
Mr.. Lambert's collection IL notsA.
not only for its size but also for qusl,,,
and variety. as It's owner has been co,
lecting In ar enterprising fashion fer
nearly half a century. and he has mar.
aged to obtain fine works from man,
schools and periods. TIL home Of hs
collection. Belle Vista Castle, at Pa,.,.
son. has been a mecca for art pilgrim.
, ases by both native and foreign picture
lovers.
Beginning with tho early italian
schools and eliminating in the French
and American developments of yes,er.
day. the collection may be described a
an epitome Of the art Of four centurie.
The dispersal OF such pictures is SURE
to provoke wide interest and proy,d.
interesting topics for discussion amort
other art collectors. not all Of whom
have had Mr.. Lambert's chances In ss,.
ting examples from foreign galleries.
The two greatest pictures among a..
early Italian works are by Andrea del
Sarto and B0tticelli, both pictures Of III,
Madonna md Child. and both of which
are paintings with interesting historic.
The Del Sarto Madonna was TO ha,.
been bequeathed by the late Martin Co.
nagii with his other pictures TO the Ma.
t!onal Gallery of London. and 1 was
only after a great deal OF ins!stenc.
upon the part of MIR. Lambert that NJ
Colnaghi parted with the picture.
The example by Botticelli, whoa,
works are so rare that an appearanc.
Of one In an auction is in Itself q uss,
event, came from the collection Of sf
william Agnew Of Thomas Agnev 1
Sons. London.
Among tho other great names thai 4,
pear In his sale is that of Luinl, who's
fne altar piece was ranked by Sir VIII.
lam Agnew as one of the three grss,
Madonnas Of the world, the two othey
being Mr.. Morgan's Raphael now II
tN0 MetTopOtitdN Museuii- anu INV
Dolci's Madonna OF the Eighl stan-
which was then in Blenheim Palace
The Spanish school includes some Of the
best known men. such as Murillo. PeredA
FL Greco, Carreno de Miranda, Coslh
and Ribera, most OF which paintinp
formerly adorned churches and chapeh
in Spain.
In Dutch and Flemish pictures Of he
seventeenth century the collection 10 ~
pecially important. and at the head "
these comes IA portrait or de Geids'
signed by Rembrandt. dated 1882. and
which was obtained from Miss Durand.
Ruel. Portraits of men and women b.!
Mytens. Janssens. Mierevelt, Jan "a
RaVensteyn. Van der Hest and two m.
posing subject pictures by Van Dycs
and Jordans are among the features H.
this section of the amber pictures
The English school is both Wei and es
tensively represented-Reyrold. pv i've
examples, Lawrence by eight, Gains'
borough by two. Romney by two, VII
son by three. and Hoppner, Raeourn.
Beechey and other later and less vel
known men. .
Among the Barbizon master, and
their contemporaries Corot IL rcpresen'e
by two fine Landscapes. Rousseau
Troyon and Dlaz each by a represena'
tive work Daubigny by two imporiam
works, and Jules Duprc by IA marine and
a landscape; Delscro!x by two Lep'h'
and Boudin zach by three examples
The distinguished artist Pu1s O.
Chavannes is represented by Srs
paintings, among them his master woes
saint Genevteve." Georges Michel Y
represented by seventeen works AL y
them Of unusual Interest. -,
French impressionis,i ara re1ressnwa
t.. t.,,I Nfppnt Nth SIN CAnyN9t4
Renoir with four, Sisley Win eight AND
Pissarro with seven. The series "
Monticello IL said IN be anong the nrs'
In existence, exhibiting. as It does, tt'
unfortunate genius In all HE moods wv
Of these were painted for tho Enpre'
Eugene and were to have decorated or
, Of her salons. Courbet, Huset and near!
all the other great names OF y" ia'N'
, half OF tho nineteenth century ate rV'
, resented.
!. The famous Nerestchsgtn e. tTf@
. scented by his monumental Work. 'Vh'
Kremlin at Moscow" his Paw Noe1''
, at Agra" and several smaller 'N"ln7'e'
. In tho modern American tchooI i
= fine series OF Blskolock, uuno'Fr'
: eleven works Of great merit, sTor'
which IA hts famous picture "LsriSe.,
and Moonlight" canyes i.N"s
inches. All OF Theses works came d''e'N
from the artiat ~ Sir Lsmnert ~
majority OF them h"ing eVern'.1 ~
y him. George Innsss. Al'Sar1er FaH''
son. Arthur Quarterly, Boyer, Ns'.
kost. =. VI. Boges, Carleton "iSsN
and other American art'sts ~. r%h w
resented.
Moro than fifty pleces ~ statusry ~
IN the collection. ino'u1ius 'Na foA'"
d ing:
Young Apollo" by A = - Wn'
. '1fiswstha' by hiram Power 'T"r
" dora by G. II. Ivee, 'ThH Eo'e "
n Sharon" by p, Ronsnsli "ThN N'np
n ful Tasso' by Lelio Toreli ''''a 81
n Psyche" nv 1sdent 'T0" leS'
Maiden nv G. V. Twas, "inprr x -
+, F'Nosiaus' and "CTssr'' 'ro- W
M1tbiuc. "Crouch,nG N"ru' u.
Eri2Irti, "Sussuah' Hv '"ha'.
d '%l!,uro Cepello'' ny 9 - ''''''
8 "irrliuing Venus and 'Rnt" '' :
N ~Fteeborne, Night" Va E
'Modcs,y' by e. h ives
n The sale Will be hold ia A.. "''
OF the Hotel Plaza on foI1 0i'
February. The pa'ntinas Vs. .r 70. W.
lie exhibition at the Am .tN Ny II"
%lertes. Madison Squar" South "'
a previous 10 the date Of ...
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