New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-14
ives REMBRANDTS
STIR ART BUYERS
Three of His Etchings at
Last Nights Session
Bid Up to $l4,43O.
1.-THE THREE CROSSES"
AT SALE BRINGS $500
The 212 Items Dispersed retch
S96.255-TOtal for All to
Date SAT-, 1886.

The fourth session OF the Ives sale
held last night in the American hr'
Galleries. was record breaker IN at
tendance. spirited bidding and results
The 2i2 items dispersed brought s'o'-
255. the top figure for one session OF
the sale to date. making the total TOT
the etchings SAD suEravings so far
$121 .364.b0 and for the entire sale 10
date, with one more session 10 coIne'
S477 $500.
The high prices Of last night began
and ended with the sale Of the Rem
brandt etchings. Ten OF the etchlnEs
brought $26.130, and OF these a. H.
Hahlo & Co. gave Sl4.43O for three ,
For first state superb PROOF OF D.,
Rembrandts "The Three crosses
Hahlo & Co. gave $500. II is printed
on velum .,hich has acquired rIen
ivory tone. The same firm gave S3'3oo
for Rembrandt Leaning on a stone
Sill" second state. painter etch'ng'
end $3.50 for an exceedingly rare sec
ond state impression from the mn
ished plate Of "St. Francis Beneath
Troc. PRAYING" It was executed at a
ed bv pubiic favor. The plate was evl-
IDENTITY done to please himself and with.
out any consideration for the taste OF
the public.
Albert Rouller gave $4,000 for what
is said TO be the greatest Of the Rem
brandt etchings Christ Healing the
cick" generally known es "The Hun
dred Guildcrs Print" The same buyer
raid $4,000 for 1.-THE Landscape, with
Ruined Tower and Clear Fore
crourd. said TO be the "last word" in
landscape art.
lie also gave $1,000 for AN Arched
Landscape, with q Flock OF Sheep a
nainter etching. second state, dated
1850. William Jaretcki gave $500 Tor
rare third state impression OF ne
Landscape with the Three Cottages,
cod ]. +. Drake obtained, for $1,000
each, "The Goldweigher's Field anu
PORTRAIT Of Clement De Jonghc, Print
Seller" For "The Landscape with a
Cottage and Haystack" the Kncedlers
paid $4,000.
The sale will end with this after
rooms session. when etchings oy
Whistler and others will be dispersed
High prices ruled at the third session
Of the Ives sale yesterday afternoon,
which resulted in a total Of So,
Joseph Z. Widener was among the high
bidders. For five OF the choice spec
mems Of engraving he paid $500. The
Duveens, the Knoedlers in fact, all
the well known dealers in high class
art. were represented.
Fitz-Roy Darlington, who is buylng
for the Boston Museum. paid s3.lOO
for Christ Entering Jerusalem
rare primitive engraving of the very
first importance from every point OF
view. Ii is by Master, painter en-
graver Of great originality. who flour
ished in upper Germany about lAOO
and who was known by his signature
: al. co." This example came from the
W. B. Scott and II. s. Theobald col.
lections. Mr.. Darlington also paid
81 900 for "Le Pont au Change a
painter etching by Meryon, fine proof
on greenish paper. =,
"L'Abside de Notre Dame de Paris.
an etching which is regarded as the
masterpiece of Meryon, in right Of its
solemn and austere beauty, was
Knocked down 10 ID. Allen for $500.
Frederick WedmOre, writing OF TINS
print, says: "A rich and delicate i'm
preston OF this print 10 the crown OF
any Meryon collection"
+. L. Colnagh gave s2,575 for set
Of fifty engravings known as THE Ia
rocchi Cards by Master. The set
consists Of five different series. The
first illustrates the different stations
in the life Of man. from begger 20
Pope; the second group shows Apollo
and the Muses.; the third, the liberal
arts and sciences; the fourth, the three
eenii of Light (sun). Time and INT
verse World Cosmico), and the seven
virtues. The last group illustrates
the seven planets. the angels OF the
eighth and ninth spheres and the En-
pyrean Sphere (Prima Causa). The
same buyer paid $500 for Mary
Duchess Of Ancaster.' first state meZ-
zotint. by McArdell after Thomas Hud'
Joseph F.. Widencr's bid Of $500
was the highest for line. early I'M
preston of Mrs. Charlotte Davenport,
"A mezzotint by Jones, after Romney
His other purchases included thTee
color engrhyings by JanInet: for
"L1ndiscretion" he gave SLID; 1or
"L'Aveu Difficile." 1925. and for La
Comparaison," $500. He also paid 500
for Lepere's Rheims Cathedral,
signed artlSts PROOF OH Idlu YdP0'' i"N
plate was destroyed.
"I,Amour" and ia Folie." 2 pair OF
daiptv color cngravings by Janinet
after Fragonard were obtained by ne
Duveens for Sl.375 apiece. The
Flight Into Egypt" painter engraving
by Faster. was sold 70 A. II. Pablo &
Son for sl,225. The only other i'm
pressions Of this print known are N
the Vienna and Berlin museums, and
one which was in the Baron Won Lama
collection al Prague. The same frni
gave sl,l75 for Meryon's de StrTgH.
and Sl.O7J Ger Mocetto's judith. ~''d
the Head o: doiofcrHes," duplicate
from tho British |Yscum. The kroed-
lers gave SITS for nezzotlat 0; 10
mund Burke" by Jones'; ard 90 10.
Janinet's Hal lie Jol. Petit Chen-Le
Petit Conseii," color engravings.