New-York tribune., 1922-02-15
Universe Gift
Collection Now
Open to Public
c,oup of French impress
s;ouists Len, by the Pope
Estate Alsc on View
Now at the Metropolitan
ysn Dvck Notable Canvas
rhrcc Whistler, and a Num-
her of Paintings by Mary
C.ssett Also Exhibited

The Metropolitan Museum OF Art
,..d an view yesterday for the first
m. articles in the bequest of Edmund
= converse. including the fine portrait
~Nme de Gottignics." by Van Dyck,
collection of paintings by French
a.. .-sssionists and others. lent by the
,mt".J Atmore Pope estate. The work
~ .Lo famous Dutch painter IS oae OF
=. srsst Gift accessiOnS of the year.
three quarters length portrait
NV elaborately begowned woman IN
-, -. % shicn of the seventeenth century
'ne ,e., .".l his. in the Converse bequest. is
~, ars sssomblase cf Far Eastern art.
V..i,dine porcelalns. carved jadeS, hard
Tones and snuN bottles.
The Pope loan paintings arc note
t.rthy specimens They are hung IN
rrious galleries There are three
wbistlers' "W estmirstcr Bridge. THE
'olno wave and "Carmen.' They are
= GALLERY f.. Daumier's "Thc Law
.srs" and "ChevauN de Courses. a
ace painting by Degas. are i'm Caller
% Tho brilliant Girl With g Guitar
md "La Posada." Spanish roomlng
touse subject. both by Manct; STUDY
4or Ia PaiN," by PuVls de Chavannes;
yonet's "Fishing Boats and Poppy
FIELD" and two psstcis by Degas-" Bal
et Girls" and THE Bather'-are in
Gallery q. The Degas pastels are ex-
eeptionally fine specimens, finished
ststches in beautiful color. Other ex-
;mples not yet hung are Monet's Hay
stacks" and "Rocky Headlands" and
Manet's drawing MAN With Tall Hat
Croup by Mary Cassatt
A number of paintings recently re-
ceived from an anonymous donor have
heen placed on exhibition. Nine OF
,att. which have been assembled in a
private gallery along with the mu-
seum's collection of her etchings. max
ing a representative showing of her
work. Other important works in this
rift are a figure Of Christ attributed
to Andrea Solario. three landscapes by
ty Brekelenkam. The are seen in
company with the Cassatt exhibition,
in Gallery %.
the period OF k'ang Hsi. l622-1722.
They predomnatc in the type called
iamille verte. having the characteristic
I'VE -cuoiHSl NV4Oi :, W Olt green pre-
dominating. Among the finer pieces
are rare lump Of egg shell porcelain
ard round LOT covered with blossoms.
The jades, snuff bottles and hard stone
carvings occupy three eases in Room
Z s. where, according with the provi-
sions Of the hequest. they arc shown by
themselves The bottles COMPRISE a
very fine group.
A sixteenth century military skirt
made Of cushioned fabric. beautifully
designed and woven with gold thread.
bM unusual purchase. This "soft'
amor belonged originally to the Waf-
Nanmfner of the Dukes of Saxonv and
W obtained from a we'll known armor
collector in Brunswick.
Large Tapestries Received
A humber of other valuable articles
tnh have come into the museums
msessIo BY anonymous gift include
no large Beauvais tapestries repre-
nntlng. respectively, "Bacchus and
Anadne' and "Nulcan Presenting Arms
Z" Venus They are of tho eighteenth
.ntury and after Bouchcr's designs.
! stucco relief Of the Madonna and
Child by Donatello; another Of the
Fazzi Madonna; an italian terracotta
relief OF the Mother and Child; terra
sotta statuette repre- senting Pomona.
sy Giovanni della Robbia. and Span
s1 alabaster statuette of St Francis