New-York tribune., 1920-06-27

eoh ana Q fowlin.
piece dated 1901, said to h.v.
given by Napoleon to Marshal Nev - u
shown in this collection.
French tapestries, sculptur. e..
ture, metalwork and ceramics o. -.
eighteenth century are among the ls,,.
to the department of decorative ~.
The print galleries display r.l,.,
prints, etchings, engravings and iIlu..
trated books in such order "a IA a..
nish sort of anthology of tho h;.,n--
OF the graphic arts. There are 1ss =.
lief prints, many of small size: fsa
etchings, eighty-six engravines ana
eighty-four books. -
The department Of Far Eastern -.
has concentrated on the Cbir.,.
ceramics. Through the addition =,
loans, the collection as it stand. "a,
the fiftieth' anniversary exhibition /.
complete and representative. The coI.
lection of Chinese paintings il anal,
but good, and the Chinese bron,..
which are shown in the same room.-
E-9 and E-11-are representative.
OF the permanent acquisitions Of ths
Metropolitan. the large altar uiec.
painted by Girolamo Dai LibriJ Jfor.ths
high altar of the Church sof SSn
Leonardo, near Verona, is among L.
most pleasing. It has been commsn,eA
upon by Waagen, by Grove and by
Cavalcasel
Tree Seems To Be Living
Vasari writes of it in his life a
Girolamo, in the Lives of Paintersr.
'In San Leonardo del Monte. near
Verona, he also painted the picture oi
the high altar, tho commission for
which he received from the Cor.
teri family. This work, which a
very large and comprises numerous
figures, is highly esteemed by every
one. Above everything else, it is N.
markable for singularly beautiful
landscape. But circumstance. which
is not unusual in our days. then
awakened extraordinary admirstisn}er
the picture now in question; this M
tree, against which large seat or
throne whereon the Madonna is seated
appears to be supported.
"This tree, which seems to bs q
laurel, projects considerably forward
and overshadows the throne, but that
which surprised all men at the time
we refer to was that between the
branches, which are not very thick,
there appears the clear heaven, 50 pure
and beautiful that the tree really
seems to be real and living one.
Every graceful is it withal, and 90
natural that birds which have BY
chance entered the church through its
different openings have been many
times seen to fly toward it for The
purpose Of alighting thereon, more
particularly the swallows which have
their nests among the beams Of the
roof, and which, as we'll as their little
ones, have been seen to do this, q
is affirmed by persons entirely worthy
of credence. and more times than one
Among others who declare this To
be fact Is the Padre Don Giuseppe
Mangiuoli, a Veronese, who has been
twice general of his order and is .
person Of most holy life, who would
not, for all the world could offer, as
sert thing that was not entirely
true. The Father Don Girolamo Vol
PM, also Veronese, and many other
persons relate the same thing"
A new painting by Frank B. A. Lin
ton is on view at the Knoedler sal.
lery. 1t represents Ada Forman IN
her Javanese Palace Dance.
Mr.. Linton first studied With
Thomas Eakins, in Philadelphia, and
then spent five years in Paris in the
atelier of Gerome and Bonat, at tic
Ecole des Beaux Arts. Later h
studied with Benjamin Constant jean
Paul Laurens and Bougereau at me
Academic Julienne. Besides being sn
annual exhibitor at the Paris Salon.
Mr.. Linton displays his work in many
Of the exhibitions in the country.
In the painting Of Ada Forman tho
artist has attempted the extraordinary
postures and distortions characteristic
of the Javanese dance movement
Heavy drsperies of brocades have been
copied from the official" costumes Of
the Javanese palace dancers. Tho
swirls Of the dancers costume add 70
the distorted ppsture of hands and
feet.