The sun., 1919-01-12

In the room OF recent accessions \.
the museum are now to be seen iva
early italian paintings; triptych Of
Sieness workmanship attributed by
Langton Douglas and Oswald Siren 4,
Segna di Buonaventura and cassou.
panel of the fifteenth century in
Florence.
Tho triptych Is the oldest painting in
the museums collection, with the cX-
ception Of the frescoes from Pompeu
and exemplfes time of transition
from Byzantine Journalism. The compo-
sitions Of the scenes and the poses o, tho
figures are derived from the great altar
piece of the Siena Cathedral by Duccio.
"1n the small panels" writes Mr. Bur.
roughs in the Bulletin. at Is curious 10
notice how by relying on Duccio our
| artist Stimulates a dramatic expression
| that he Is not able to sustain In the
carrying out OF his pictures. The preva.
| lence Of the Byzantine character In tho
work points to Its early date. soon after
the finishing OF Duccios great altarp.eco
In 1911.
Tho cassone panel came frbm tho
| Dollfus collection In Paris. where IT was
| called "Ahasuerus Married to Esther"
TT In not Esther and Ahasuerus how
ever. nor Is DR. Schubring's name for
It IEneas Visits Dido any better II
| Is a marriage of course" writes Mr..
Burroughs. At the left q prince with
large cavalcade rides through tho
streets of Florence; back OF them are
| the Medici Palace and a church and bell
tower that may be intended for tho
Cathedral and the Campanile Tho
prince wears n gold brocade doublet.
trimmed with fur. a gold cloth hat and
riding boots. His sergeant-at-arms. also
In gold, rides ahead on horse covered
with gold trappings. In the retnue IL a
queer figure in a pointed cap and with
long hair braided down his back, a
| Tatar or an Oriental evidently A
| loggta where nine ladies' sit at dinner
occupies the right half of the picture,
and from It a page. hat In hand, steps
out to welcome the guests. In front Of
the table q gentleman, the prince per-
| haps (though he wears no boots. and
| any change OF costume was rarely par
mitted In these narrative p!cturesl,
points to one OF the ladies'; her com
panion. seated next to her. raises hsr
hand as II astonished at the excellencs
OF the gentleman's choice.
In the print galleries of the museum
a oteworthy exhibition is made OF illus
trated books lately acquired. among them
being group of German Renaissance
woodcut books. the gifts OF Mortimer l.
Schin and Felix NJ. Warburg. For the
purpose OF emphasizing the importancs
Of the group of woodcut books about
seventy-five noteworthy woodcuts OF
various times and schools have been
hung about the gallery.
Tho selection OF tho prints shown has
been quite eclectic. ranging from a prtm-
tive, gaudily painted. German anony-
nous print OF the fifteenth century IN
the work Of such contemporaries as
Auguste Lepere IN France and Rudolph
Ruzicka In this country. and was made
with the intention Of bringing together
within a small compass a series OF
single prints representative in one way
or another OF number OF the most I'm
portant types OF work embraced NY ths
museum collection.
The number OF color prints included
IL comparatively large. Most of the
prints exhibited have not hitherto been
put on exhibition. although number Of
them were included In the exhibition.
last year Of italian Renaissance wood
!, cuts and OF more important accessions