New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-22
WORKS BY THE LATE
WILLIAM KEITH
The Russian Leon Gaspard's
Brilliant Impressions of the
War at Reinhard Gallery.
BY ROYAL CORTISSOZ.

book on the subject Everybody had
always known the lame OF the great
collection at the IT rm t4~c. but few
were aware o. The art .t.c riches lying
in scores OF other galleries. VI.
Neiner, in thc opening pages o. the
volume aforesaid. made - plain. 100,
that the Russian conncisseur had long
been active In the European markets.
In New York at the present moment
there may be seen some erestlns
evidences of this fact VI. Nicolas
Riabouchinsky. Of Moscow. is showing
az the American Art Galleries thirty
two old paintings from the collection
. of Prince Golinicheff- KOutousoff, func-
/ tionary in the imperial circle al Pet
/ rograd. They Will be sold at the
/ Plaza next Wednesday evening Apart
/ from their intrinsic merits, they awake
amused reflections on what the Ger
mans, looking around for excuses for
their crimes against civilization, are
wont quantity 10 call "the Slav peril
At this particular time, when the.
world is rejoicing over the landing OF
I Russian troops in France. IL is pc
culiarlv appropriate and pleasing 10
note also another testimony 10 Rus
gia's interest IN the things Of the mind.
Though this is not a great collee-
ton il has very serious and begull-
ing character. The traffic OF the Rus
sian Court with the French IN the
eighteenth century. which promoted
the importation into the country OF
much Of the more frivolous art OF that
rcriod. is recalled here by only SIN
Gle minor piece. the little sleeping
Nymphs," attributed TO the schoo. or
Boucher All the other paintings are
Of grave significance There are
several devotional subjects Of the
Italian school. For pure charm the
best Of these - the Madonna ana
+ Child" given 20 the school OF Leon
ardo, a work whose Milanese origin
is unmistakable. not only IN the type
Of the Nadonnas face and head. but
i'm the sweet sentiment pervadlng the
whole composition The two pant
ings by Sodoma and the Madonnas by
Iippi and picro Oh COsimo, IT not OF
the highest quality. are az all events
/ characteristically beautiful examples
of the earlier Italian tradition. We
would give almost as much apprecia-
ton 10 the Portrait of Man.
assigned 10 Moroni When that mas
ter is al his best he is superb. THIS
canvas was one of his pot boilers. But
n pot boiler by Moron Is not to ne
desuised. The second OF the two
French pictures, the "Bacchanal, oy
Poussin. is admirably representative
Of his quality, both in the noble land
scape and i'm the vivid rout OF nympn5
and satyrs.
But the special import OF this eNhI-
hilton IS traceable 20 the northern
primitivcs and their successors. II Is
strongest in the landscapes OF Patlnir,
a. a Horn Net iD
Hles. those naive masters who turned
nature into a kind Of chlld's dream,
cotting the scene with romantic cas-
ties. peopling it with figures hall hu-
rlorous ito our modern eyes and hali
stately. and somehow contriving de-
spite their essentially Typographical
hvpCthesis Of wood and mountain 10
fiji their paintings with an exquisite
atmosphere. They had color; they had
in their way light and air, and es-
pecially they had Imagination. All me
pictures in this category count win
real weight IN the show. As pendants
10 them or rs the full fruits OF the M
epiration they embody we may cite the
4 lotGv "Waterside with Boats. oy
Sa,omon isdael. the River Fishing
Scene" by Van Goyen. and the Milk
ii.g Scene" by Paul Potter. These are
ali mastery illustrations Of the more
rcItred naturalism Of the Low Coun-
trios. The figure subjects b. the prlm-
elves include jewel by Mabuse. the
"Virgin EnthrOned,' an interesting II
not altogether convincing "thrist
Amongst the Doctors attributed TO
Jerome Bosch. slightly more persua-
size "Flight into Egypt given 20 va"
der Goes. a couple OF me paheiS ny
G,rald Van der Metre. and two curl
Gus panels by an anonymous ntteentn
century German. The Peasants fignt-
ing" by the elder Breughel. the por-
traits by AmDerEcr. Van DycH az ana
Woreclse. are of slight interest. The
nortraits bv Cranach are Of no greater
val.e. hut his Madonna and Child is
- round souvenir of his art. In the
entire company Of paintings there are
bat three or four things that are quite
negligible. In the main. as We have
indicated. il iustifes itself IN a delight
fll manner.
me upper rooms are filed with
ancient Chinese rugs and carpets from
the Tiffany Studios. collection ot lA2
rioccs which viii be sold next Friday
a,c Saturday afternoons. There is one
astounding object in the lot. the grand
tcmole Garnet 30 1861. which was
made for the late Empress Dowager a
masterpiece iu orange and apricot
Measuring little more than 81 by 81
feet. In Us vastness and IN IFS beauty
u is nightly dominating affair. But
tbere - choicencss everywhere Do this
c.hibition. One has only 20 step INTO
~, next room. for example, 20 observe
The Chinese artist working on much
smaller scale and i'm more intimate