New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-02
Duveens to Show Famous
Collection Of Renais-
sance Furniture.
HAVE RARE EXAMPLES
or WOOD SCULPTURE
Schools of Lyons. Bovrgognc
and Fontainebleau Are
Represented.

A. price 3aid 10 exceed = million
dollars the Duveen Brothcrs have ac-
CURED the famous collection by The
tate ". Chabrieres-Arles, Of Paris and
Lyons. Of important French and Italian
Renaissance works Of art. The coiiec.
ton is to be displayed m the DuTcen
Galleries in a few weeks.
Some Of the objects have already
been shown at the Retrospective Ezpo-
sition. held a. Lyons in 1877. and The
Petit Palais. a. Paris, iu 1900, bu'
others have never been seen b. The
public. American connoisseurs nay
thus look forward 20 ENJOYING Fe"
OF what is said tO.be the choicest coli
lection Of French Renaissance flf'i-
ture existing IN private hancs.
The collection is especially fich 10
meublcs and wood carving o. the -.-
tcenth century, cmbellished with pa
reliefg. They include some or t.r
finest productions 0f the SCHOOLS OF
LIONS. Bourgognc and Fon.a'uco
after DESIGNS BIZ such celebrated art
as Jean Goujon D520-l566I ana
Jacques Acknowledgment rc-
nowned French architcc. and enZfa CO.
who was much in request By the f1.-
atty and nobility Of his day.
Examples Of Du Cerceau's Art.
The sculpture OF walnut tables vac
one IL the triumphs Of the Burgund
school. Three in this collection are re-
garded az nc finest specimens chI..-
ing OF tables executed in the style n
the competitions or Du Ccrccau. OF
equal Importance are some cab net.
and cassoues, with the laWn-colofed
and red patine characteristic OF tI'
period All are monuments Of eNql
tie carving IN almost DeWlldei ng DEE
tail. and Of the greatest charm.
There are a few pictures, also co.,
lection OF arms, In which are some
engraved swords. There are also CLOCKS
and watches from the splitter co.c.-
ton: also some bronzes and cXsmp
Of Italian faience of the sixteenth
century. with some Hispano-Noresou'
dishes Among the smaller objects arc
rel gious gold work. reliquaries, ltor-
les, medals and brass WORK.
Sculptures in Walnut Shown.
A rectangular walnut cabinet is COM
posed of a single large panel fanhed
by pilasters decorated with delicate
sculpture. This cabinet was regarded
as one Of the most precious pieces OF
decorative sculpture shown a. the Ly-
ons Exposition.
Another large cabinet is in two tiers
and has a wealth Of carved decorative
detail. Il was found at Nourles,
small town near Lyons.
Art in Wood and Marble.
4 smaller cabinet OF OAK. also with
two tiers. has four folding doors. deco
rated with incrustatlons OF marble
with the figures OF Summer and inter
ard Mars and Venus.
Two ornate walnut tables have mo-
tives OF decoration spreading out Do
fans Nude figures show cariatidcs
formed by sphinXes with lions feet
and women's faces, sometimes ram
They we're executed under the influence
OF Du Cerceau.
Alegory in Relief.
Another walnut cabinet has ale
Scrical carved subjects in relief. 4
seated woman. having near her boo>
and n Tyre. is depicted listening .'
Mercury. To the left small Cupid
appears 20 be Sorrowlng. Other deco.
ration depicts Venus and Cupid and
Juno Near the goddess Is peacock
a bird consecrated to her.
Panther from Plot Collection.
Among the bronzcs an admirable
work is the panther from the old pIot
collection. Walking with Omen jaw
and tail erect. it is treated with tro
truth and scientific rigor or figure
almost without skin, 50 maryellous 1872
the cleyerness with which the play OF
the muscles was studied and rendered
Another bronze Is a portiy little per
son holding m one hand a vase and IU
The other cup, representing o Sllonut
This little parsonage with rough HAIR.
his lip shaded by a moustachc, has q
peculiar style similar 10 tho example
IN the Martin le Roy collection. II ,s
attributed to Valerie Chiolli, who must
have been inspired by the dwarf ~
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