The sun., 1919-07-27
NEWS AND COMMENT IN THE WORLD OF ART

, tony and Cleopatra, seventeenth cen-
fury fetched f3.oa7 los. and three
Flemish panels Of Scrfptural sub
iects. seventeenth century. f693 (Jam-
jotchian); four Brussels panels Of
Darius and Cyrus. $3.50. and two
other Brussels panels of classical
scenes. fss3 los. (souhani); two pan,
els OF Northumberland Scripturalsub-
jects In architectural and floral det
signs, late sixteenth century. Gl7s5I
(Barber), and three panels OF Beau,
walls, Cyrus and Queen TomyriA early,
eighteenth century. E1.5se sos. (KshnG
A set of four panels Of Mortisis %
pastoral scenes, seventeenth ceunrN
fI,155; a panel Of Beauvais.. DaxfuG
and Alexander. ft.071s two Flemish
panels, gardens with animals ana
birds. sixteenth century, 1850. and:
four panels Of Flemish OF Diana ana
Apollo. seventeenth century. f94&'
were all acquired by the Kent GailerysS
The total realized by the sale on,
June rs at Christie's OF the AIthorpi
collection Of etchings by old mastersi
was f9,8sS It's. Cd. Rembrandt'x
Three Trees" f1,155: his Christ.
Healing the sick" (second stated, f756s
Van Dyck's "The Artist" {first states
EST los, and Diirer's Nativity" $780,
and est. Hubert" f37s. were all
bought by Messrs. Colnaghi & Obach.
Rembrandt's "Three Cottages" (third,
state) was sold for 1885 (ArthurtonE
On June rs in the Drummond sale a
Christ Healing the Sick" was sold for
f220 los.
In more than one respect the sale
at Christie's on June 20 and 26 was
record. 1t was the occasion OF the
dispersal OF the picture collection OF
the late Sir George A. Drummond, OF
Montreal, and it realized 100000. The
chief item was the portrait of Joseph
Coymans by Frans Halls. which fetched
f2,500 in 1891, the price at which It
was now bought by Messrs. Agnew
being f26,775, the highest English auc-
ton price for Halls. Daubigny's
large "Retour de Troupeau," bought in
1889 for $3.50, was secured by Lady
Drummond for $3.50 for presentation
to the Art Gallery at Montreal. The
same artists "On the Oise," a panel
is inches by 26 inches, fell to Messrs,
Knoedler for f3,7S0, and "A Woman
Cutting Bread and Butter. with Boy
Praying" rs inches by 2oh inches.
| by p. de Hooghe, sold in 1893 for
f2 $40. was purchased also by this firm
for 1880. Corot's lille Heureuse'
was sold for f7.140 (Croal Thomsonl \.
and his Evening for 5000 (Knoed-
ler). There were many other Barbizon
School pictures at high prices. >.
Israels's age and Infancy" f5,o40
| (Wallace); "A Girl with Goat and
Kid" by Matthew Maris. f3,7s0 (CroaJ
Thomson); "Ploughing," by A. Mauves
f2,625 (Tayior). and 1.-THE Artist in
his Studio" by Degas, 15M inches by
10A inches. f2 ,2o5 (Colnaghi & Obach),
were other high prices for modern
works. The fine Turner "Pont Rugs
dael," sold in 1899 for 5000, was
raised to f6.720 (Knoedler), and 1.-The
Sun OF Venice Leaving PORT" 12h
inches by 1917 inches, which belonged
to Sir w. Q. Orchardson, was bought
for f2,205 Peacock). Guards "Fete
on the Grand Canal, Venice"-the gem
of the whole collection, brilliant pic
ture-was secured by Messrs Knoed-
Ter for f6,510. The portrait of Mariana
of Austria, by Velasquez. went for
f4,095; Van Dyck's Queen Henrietta
Maria for fS,sS5, and Goya's "Peps
lilo, the Bull Fighter" for f2,s25
(Gooden & Fox). Turner's water color
drawing, Zurich" which forty years
ago was sold for 1880, was secured
by Messrs. Agnew for $3.50, and
Messrs. Gooden & Fox paid $3.50 for
| his drawing Dudley Castle"