The Washington times., 1917-03-02
FIVE VAN DYCKS ON
EXHIBITION IN N. Y.
Portraits Recently Sold by the
Earl of Denblgh Shown
by Art Firm.

NEW YORK, March 2-The number
OF Van Dyck portraits in America has
recently been increased by five can
vases purchased from the Earl Of
-Denbigh by Lewis & Simmons of this
city. The pictures have been placed
upon public view Id the firms gal
leries.
The work that no doubt will pro-
woke the most discussion Is the full
length of James Stuart, Duke of
Richmond, for 1t follows closely the
pose and color Of the famous Duke
OF Richmond that has so long orna-
mented the Metropolitan Museum OF
Art.
In the newly arrived picture, as in
that at the Metropolitan. there Is the
same big dog with the caressing
hand Of the duke laid upon 1t, the
same slenderness In face and figure
given to the royal parsonage, the
same fair curls. the great cloak with
the immense silver star rounding over
the arms and all the other well known
accessories.
No doubt many after seeing the
new importation will be impelled to
restudy the Van Dyck in the museum.
Meantime II may be left to antiquar-
les to decide which picture antedates
the other.
Another portrait Is that of the
Duchess of Richmond, who Is shown
with her dwarf, Mrs. Gibson. The
duchess Is in the act of taking q
glove from a salver held up to her
by the dwarf, the background being
architectural, with q glimpse of land
scape.
Queen Henrietta Maria is another
of the sitters. The fourth Is q por-
trait OF an unknown lady, and the
Of these paintings have been shown
at the Royal Academy in London at
various times.
Redon's Lithographs.
A phase ef the art Of odilon Redon
that is less known In America than
It should be, his Autographs, is on
exhibition to the public in the Ards
ley studios, at 40 Columbia Heights.
BrooklyR. Redon was practically
made known to US at the Lexington
Armory show of modern art, and his
was one of the most pronounced sue
cesses in that exhibition. both with
Line DTeB8 ana Ino
The imaginative power OF his work
compelled his admirers to go back as
far as Blake in the effort to fnd q
fitting comparison. and, In addition
to the meaning OF his lines. Redon
had the power to put strange and
unearthly beauty In his color. The
Iithographs now on view belong to
Hamilton Easter Field. They have
lovely qualities as Autographs, as
well as the characteristics imaginative
traits for which Redon is famous.
A dozen paintings by Bryson Bur-
Foughs, decoratively illustrating clas-
sic Greek legends, are being shown
at the same time.
Peter BreughePs Work.
An unusual work by Peter Breughel
the elder, Christ Driving the Mer-
chants From the Temple is the CEN
ter Of attraction in a group of paint
ings, most of them by little known
masters, now on view in the Satin
over Galleries As usual in the can
vases by Peter Breughel, there are
innumerable personages in the pic
ture and innumerable incidents.
AS an artist he never was especi-
ally restrained by refinement, and the
saueamish who peer too closely into
all the doings OF these medieval folk
are liable to receive shocks here and
there.
For they are medieval. these folk.
BreugheI makes no pretense OF get
ting into the period, and Christ is por-
trayed just as He would have been
had He been q contemporary Of Breu-
gheI. The stupid Dutch money
changers that are being driven from
the fantastic temple appear to have
no realization that they have been
convicted of sin, but raise their hands
in protest at what they consider q
fanatic interruption