The sun., 1916-11-18
DAYANZATI PALACE
ART GEMS ARE HERE
FamOusC Collection Of Paintings
and Medieval Furniture
Now on Exhibition.
70 90 UNDER HAMMER
Rare Specimens Of Craftsman
ship Shown by American
Association.

The famous DavAnsatl Palace OF
Florence has been brought 10 New York.
rh., IL. II has been stripped Of It's won
aer,ul medieval furniture. ,ts majoiicas.
,,pestries and pictures. that made Il m
~ the show places Of Italy. and they
have been set up In the galleries Of the
American Art Association and will b
so,d there at auction.
Art enthusiasts who thronged the
rooms yesterday mingled with their adj
mir,tion words Of regret that II had not
been possible to keep the collection in
tact. Prof. volpi's knowledge and re-
sources had made ~ possible TO restore
the forsaken aud abused hourc OF the
Old family OF the D~avansatt into .
splendid replica Of a Renaissance strong
hold and dwelling. a much more effective
appeal to the mind than that Of such art
objects when coldly distributed in the
usual museum.
Gems Of Medieval Art.
The Davanzat! Palace was n museum
q a superior order. without doubt
many OF the pieces will ind their way
more or LEES directly into Dur public co,-
lections. 1t Is even not unreasonable to
hone that the sight Of SO immense and
complete a collection OF rare specimens
q ancient craftsmanship and artistic
skill will FIRE soine ambitious amateur
with the idea Of assembling such . mu-
scum Of medieval art In his country.
Prof. volpi ardcntly desired that the
Davanzati Palace might be sold to the
Italian Government. but Il waa impos-
slble a. this time. This Is a fair enough
Indication Of the opportunities presented
to American art lovers by the condition
Of affairs across the seas. Mrs. John
Gardner's Venetian Palace on the Fen.
way In Boston Ia IN object Of interest
and a place Of pilgrimage for all astuts
Americans. There seems to be no rea-
son why a similar artistic venture should
be denied to New York.
In the meantime the ancient carved
benches. the chests and tables ant
reliquaries that could tell so much his
tory II they would. are installed In thu
rooms In Madison square South. TIT
babel OF tongues in tho galleries yester
day showed that students and expert
were fully alive to the importance OF III,
occasion. The association galleries ar
spacious and the installation OF the fur
niture and palace accessories has beef
accomplished t~astefully.
Famous Artists InclaAed.
The pictures in the collection are b!
artists whose names are written large Il
history. There are two large Titan
AID a still larger S%ignorelii the sam
~Signorelli. Sc James Addingtou Symond
insists. that set tho pace for Michel
angelo. There is a painting by Jacop
Palma of n famous beauty. a circula
madonna by Sandro Botticeli and
Madonna with the Child ard Saints.
BY Francia. 4 small but highly inter
esting canvas b. Francesca Guard
pictures a masked ball In h Ridottc
and two heads. evidently studies. b
Tiepo,o. exhibit the freshness Of handlin
for which ne Is famous. Peruzzi. tn
great architect. who vas also a painter
10 represented by his own portrait an
ne has not scrupied to make himself on
as handsome as possible.
There are also portraits by Ruben
and Vnndyke, tho latter with h usus
grace and refinement showing In bot
sitter and artist. A copy Of tho Rem
brandt self-portrait II said to be by n
less a person han Ferdinand Boil. VIII
was Rembrandt's best known pupil. Tn
pr!mltives are numerous. Some OF Oh
panels In the affairs have been painte
by vel, known men. One. for instance
10 BY Ghirlandaio.
However, the great impression pre-