The sun., 1919-04-20


noted. Part Of the face Is In shadow,
but the eyes peer out at the beholder
with the prophets earnestness.
. The painting is very direct and simple,
with the incision OF Rembrandt's early
years IT is probably among the ten
earliest works OF the master in this coun-
try. 1t Is already well known 10 the art
lovers of this city. as II was very con-
spicuous in the Hudson Fulton Exhibit
ton at the Metropolitan Museum, which
attracted an enormous attendance.
This painting is thought to be the
st. John" by Rembrandt, that In men
toned as "in the vestibule" In the In
ventory OF the bankrupt, Jan Ingels, an
advocate of Amsterdam, dated January
4. 1854. II comes from the collection
OF Lord Palmerston. Other owners, In
times past, have been the Right Hon.
W. Cowper Temple, at Broadlands, and
Lord Mount Temple. II is described by.
Michel. DIR. Bode, Sodelmeyer, Malcolm
Bell, Graves and Dutru.t. and also In
the klassiker der Kunst. 1t was ex-
hibited at tho Royal Academy in 1875.
The general atmosphere OF the coll
lection In that emanatIng from BarbiEou,
and for that reason II will DO popular
with collectors. No school has ever met
with such, a popular response In America
as has the Barbizon school, and 1t is
admired OF the American landsoapists
under this heading. Certainly theIe Is
no incongrulty In hanging an Innfss or
Wyant on the walls with Daubigny
or Rousseau. To add to the collectors
interest, there Is quite a group OF early
American portraits: for ever since the
success of the Thomas II. Clarke sale Of
historical portraits these works have
taken on new value.
Four Inness Landscapes.
The 1nness landscapes are four In
number and cover his various periods.
One 10 In his broad early manner, one
with the clear light and brilliant detail
of his early years and one with the
warmth and vigor Of the middle period.
1t is doubtful II Harpignies, who in a
way bridsed the -Barbizon influence to
the present time. with his ins;stence
upon the Puvis like decorative quality
In landscape. has ever been better rep
resented here than in this show. The
Landscape with Figures" the "Vieux
Pont" and the "Bords dune Riviere"
have that exuberant delight which this
artist fecls in the spiritual lines of GER
tain tree forms. and all of his good color
besides.
| An unusual Corot. the .'Environs de
Vile d'Avray," Is unusual chiefly from
its shape. which IL so wide panel that
a novel composition resulted. II has the
admired pearliness of tone that Is gen.
orally associated with the name OF Corot.
The Rousseau landscape is small but
very delightful 1t shows fiat, Dutch
like country and the straight road that
cuts the foreground has been drawn in
with especial skill.
A Daubigny that came from the sale
of the artists work IL an example that
will particularly appeal to artists for
II has an easy freedom that all artists
strive for. The sky of this Daubigny
10 opalescent and full OF quality. A
small still life OF flowers by the great
J. F. Millet will surprise tho students
Of that rugged painters talent. 1t has
the tenderness of a Bonvfn.
An Impressionist Picture.
The nearest point in inpressionism
that this collection touches is the Ven
ice," by Eugene Boudin. but 1t is a
lively. brilliant piece Of work. A large
| and important cattle picture Is by Emile
Van Marcke. showing a group Of cattle
on the plains. The compost Ion..is ex-
| tremely able and the animals are all IN
dividualized. The cleverness Of the
brushwork may be understood, az It ma y
also in the two works by Troyon, who
was Van Marcke's master. An Ameri-
| can who 10 better known in England
than at home 10 George II. Boughton.
two of whose most important figure
pieces are here. Another American who
seldom appears in auctions Is the late
w. NJ. Hunt whose forceful study of
the Niagara Rapids Is included.
The Cleaners" by Jules Breton. is
| one OF this painters most characteristics
l nj ha ria
kacsy has the direct, swift handling Of
| this master. Detaille and Do Melville
| show grim scenes in the Franco-Prus-
sian war, and Cain. Courbet. Monticello.
| Thaulow, Weissenbruch, Keyer and
| Descamps sign interesting pictures.
| Descamps's example is OF a gruesome
suicide. The Death of Polonius'' is by
the brilliant Delacroix, and there are
| carefully finished works by Charlemont.
Domingo. Charles Bargue and e. Meis-
| sonier.
| Upon the whole, the collection de-
mands study throughout all It's numbers,
| and the dispersal is sure to be an event
! Of Importance.
| Mr. Smiths Oriental art, which Is 10
DO sold April IS and rs, includes rare
| single color porcelains, blue and white
| and other decorated porcelairs carved
| jades, Chinese glass. snuft bottles, sword
mounts and guards japanese knife
handles, lacQuers. netsukes, worries and
| bronzes.
Among these n star example Is a tall
sang de boeuf vase OF the rare baluste1
form. The glaze has the true Lang.
yao" quality with characteristic cloudi-
ness passing into ruby red and deeper
tones Of oxblood. This vase was sold
once many years ago at the American
| Art Association and comes from ca Mt
Brinkleys collection. There are other
sang de boeuf vases in this present sale
and one of the smaller objects has ar
especially interesting "clotted blood
glaze.
Among tho metal objects are two
Barye bronzes, a set OF remarkable stee
lasrow heads. braziers censers and
specimens of cloisonne. There Is also ar
interesting group OF early Rhodian and
Greek pottery.
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