The sun., 1919-07-13

about sixty OF its items are reproduced
In facsimile. Fifteen OF our purchases,
writes the Bulletin, from this collection
are included in this volume.
The earliest work In our group and
the earliest in our collection OF draw
ings Is a copy, dating perhaps from
tho middle of the fourteenth century,
of the mosaic by Giotto on the wall
of the old Church OF st. Peters in
Rome, which is known as La Navi-
celia. It shows Christ saving Saint
Peter from the waters, with the ship
of the Apostles and an enigmatical
figure OF a fisherman who does not
seem aware of the miracle which Is
taking place In front OF him. Giotto
executed the mosaic IN 1898; 1t has
been frequently restored and now, with
none Of Its original aspect, has been
placed over the main door In the vesti-
bule Of ST. Peters. In the opinion OF
many critics. notably Of Bernhard
Berenson, who attributes the work to
an early Sienese artist, our drawing
gives the most faithful idea Of Giotto's
| original design. A note, undoubtedly
by the draughtsman, written on the
side OF the ship, La nave di Giotto
che We Santo Pietro a Roma ID
musaicho" (The ship OF Giotto which
is in st. Peters in Rome in rnosaic).
suggests that the drawing was In
tended only for the purpose Of repro
ducing the famous work. On the
| mount, In an eighteenth century hand
writing, a former owner has written,
"Giotto. 1276-13s6. The picture is in
mosaic above 80. feet Broad & 20. f.
High; II lie at ye top of ye entrance
of st. Peters as big as we Life . {.
We bottom Is about so. feet High. a
great Weight to be so rais'd for ye
Wall was saw'd & Fram'd out Of old
st. Peter's-This figure angling 10
mention'd in his Life. there Is another
Drawing without It."
The other drawing spoken Of IL that
which was at one time in the Richard
son Collection and which IL repro
duced In Ottley's italian School Of De-
sign. There is also a fresco painting
on the ceiling Of the Spanish chapel Of
Santa Maria Novella in Florence which
Is an adaptation OF Giottos mosaic,
executed about 1850.
| The drawing of a horse with ana
tomical measurements was attributed
, In the Pembroke collection to Andrea
Verrocchio, but the handling connects
1t with Antonio Pollaiuolo." says Bern
lizard Berenson, land the quality with
more than one other drawing Of his
school," The attribution to Antonio
or to his school is agreed to by Her
bert Horne and Langton Douglas.
The profile of a woman had always
been ascribed to Leonardo until Strong
suggested as the author Ambrogio de
| Predis or Boltraffio Berenson accepts
| II unquestionably, considering 1t one Of
| the studies for the cartoon OF the Nir-
gin and Saint Anne In the Royal Acad-
envy In London. Allowing for the
restoration" he writes. cit Is Of the ex-
act quality and kind of two other heads
| a: Windsor" both being studies for
the Royal Academy cartoon.
! OF the three drawings BY Correggio
| in the group. the most beautiful is the
/ Annunciation, sketch for fresco
! PAINTED about 1924 for the Church of
I the Administration at Parma. Strong
! (No. 25) praises It in these words:
The group is contrived TO fill the
! space and tell the story with some
thing of the mastery comprehension
! that We admire In a Greek gen. while
there is an unearthly sublimity about
| the angel borne forward in the midst
of a cloud that the painter OF the
| Graces rarely achieved" T. s. Moore
I'm his book on the artist speaks Of this
work as one OF the capital drawings
by Correggio.
The High Priest in the Temple Re-
ceiving the Offering of Lamb, tradi-
tionally asCribed TO Durer, has been
attributed first by Sir Sidney Colvin
and afterward pretty generally TO
DirclS Nellert, called from his usual
signature Dirck Won Staren. an en-
graver and glass painter who was a
pupil OF Lucas Van Leyden.
A work which cannot be passed
over, even in this most cursory article,
Is the sketch OF Saint Catherine py