The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-08
new EGYPTIAN ROOM
OPENED AT MUSEUM
Metropolitan Adds Notable ry.
hibits to Collection Of
Antiquities.
MORGAN LENDS A.kMcY

a new room has been added n IN.
already imposing Egyptian collection a,
the Metropolitan Museum Of Ar. and
was opened to the public yesterday. 4,
is the eighth room in tho series Of ra,.
leries devoted to Egyptian antIqul,..
objects that have been discovered nv
the museums exploring expedition IN
Egypt.
The objects now placed on view con.
tinue h representation of the ,welrs
dynasty, partly shown in the seyen,b
gallery. and extends TO the intermedia,
period. which begins at the th!r,eer,h
dy nasty, a time OF confusion and an.
archy, and ends with the eighteet,l
dynasty, the most flouriehing pcrlod a,
all In the Nile Valley.
In the centre OF the room have hs..
placed the shrine of the "Anuhis sym.
Dol" and the statuette ~ Sesostr.s |
which were found together by the mn.
seum's staff In clearing away tie tor,
Of lmho,cp ut Lisht. Objects thar VII
prove OF great interest to Egg p~'olpgs,
are models OF the 'suu gods bark" and
illuminated photographs of the cNc.,,.
tons that yielded them.
Statuettr Of Horse Tound.
The feature that VIII probably hs.
most popular Interest. whilc sign,nrer,
to scientists as well. Is a wooden stain.
ette OF the eighteenth dynasty og A
man upon horseback. This is ore ~ tie
earliest representations Of tn, al,.
in Egyptian art and surely the on,
representation Of "a riding horse nod.
elled in the round. II is thought 20 B.
a rather accurate portrayal of tn. Hrv
breed of horse hat WIS introduced M,
North Africa. and while not supposed
to be the work of "A great sculptor .
nevertheless modelled with i,s,nc.
and grace. II bears ,cri,.u ,Iru.s
zebralike markings which may repre-.
sent the chalking OF animals which n.
Egyptians sim practise upon Their do.
keys and camels.
With the collection - armur = e..
was shown yesterday q ilrhll ,uh~s,i
Milanese Casuuo by the tiWuls ~.
morer Philip de N.groli, which Ia 10.
loaned to the museum b, T. U'.rioa'
Morgan. This casdue formed par .
the collection of MIR. Morgaus father
and long stood in his library ou q .a,
opposite his ~favorite chair. The A,,
Mr.. Morgan purchased 1t from ;u' =.
de Luynes.
Such pieces of armor are cNrcodHsN
rare. Most OF them date from The mid,
die or latter parts of the slN,ees,h ye
fury, decades OF great luxury, and rer,
resent the supreme effort Of the armor,
10 enrich his work to the limit Few
now exist outside Of the museums. b,
Bashford Dean. the curator Of arms a
the museum, has said. and there a.,
now only two other specimens ~ III,
country that he knows of that are
private collections.
banquet Hall Reproduced.
A carefully finished model Of a ne
d!Rval hunque; hall. which las tee
placed IN an alcova near the Hall %.
Casts. is intended for the use Of J,s 81,
ers and pupils In history classes. i, d,
the great hall at Penshurst Place.
Kent. the seat OF the famous Sir Phi
Sidney. Dwight Franklin made II
model. which not only gives all the DE-.
tail of the furniture and decoration WI
astonishing fidelity. but small hel-.'
artlstically placed indicate the s.ae d.
the room and suggest graphically the
manner Of its use.
In the room OF recent acc-~s.uus ar
shown a number of works Of art q.
great interest. Paul Mar-h.ps Ia
length figure OF a baby. which va, Re.
Gently seen In the artists e\H.b.Ao
at the Berlin Photographs CuUpaa
gallery. has been given TO the ns,eI
by Mrs. Edward +. Dwight \ b.s' o..
the young Greek athlete hat dates iron
the fourth century II. G, and IS c.asa.
cred TO be one of the most beautif.. spe,
mems OF Greek art that have come 'o ;'
museum, was purchased out III the hug
Fund. Some portraits OF gcitlcrl,r "es'
ing armor have been LOANED by j
BaShford Dean and twu iuivr,s; =
drawings by the great irru.,u arts
Adolf Mcneil are the Giits e ,,eors
Blumenthal.