The New York herald., 1922-05-07

panels. with their tops sawed OF. are
| still there. The cornposition Is an ex-
ceedingly formal ono. the drama being
| framed In by heavily ornamented
arched door. and detailed landscape
being seen through the windows and
open door at the back.
From the data compiled by those who
have expertized the painting It might
be concluded that the original triptych
once belonged to Pope Martin and that
1t must therefore have been painted be-
| fore his death in 1881. which was one
year before Van der Weyden completed
his apprenticeship. Sir Martin Conway
doubts this tradition and apparently Mr..
thinking the work shows more maturity
than the artist would have had had he
been born in 14oo.
BY Memling. the great pupil Of Van
der weyden, Is the Portrait Of a Man
with an Arrow" The man Of the por-
trait is Of most sober. serious type,
but he holds an arrow IN the hand
that appears above the frame, and II
indicates that he was skilled bowman
who had won the coveted title OF "Roi
| de Tir a rArc." One OF the most inter
esting pictures In the collection IS the
''Martyrdorn OF Two Saints" thought
to have been painted by Simon
Marnion. a Franco Flemish artist. The
blows Of the executioners have not yet
fallen. though they are just about to-
and under the circumstances the de-
meanor Of the high officials IN atten-
ance seems strangely dispassionate. The
compositions Of the two panels. how
ever. are very beautiful.
Among the italian pictures the head
Of tho youthful est. John the Baptist"
by Piero di Cosino stands out. It was
Aynard. in Lyons. A charming fifteenth
century work is by Domenico Morone
Of Verona. It illustrates a miracle Of
st. Dominic. the painters own name
saint. and shows him restoring to life
Napoleon, the nephew of Cardinal
Stefano di Fossa-Nova, who had been
killed by q fall from his horse. There
Is gay portrait OF a youth IN red
cap. said to be the work OF Lotto;
Martin Shongauers "SS. Catherine
Dorothea and Anne" the Portrait Of
a Lady" supposedly by Cranach, and
a Holy Family by El Greco.
| In the decorative division OF the
| Dreicer collection the largo Flemish
tapestry, showing four scenes from the
| Passion Of Christ. Is OF extreme inter-
| est It Is a magnificent example OF
the transition period from Gothic to
Renaissance, dating from about 1900. II
| wcs formerly part of the well known
Hainauer collection. There Is also n
large carpet OF the so-callcd Ispahan
type. dating from early in the seven
teenth century.
Among the sculpture there is a very
important French carving dating from
the last half OF the twelfth century. II
shows seated figure OF @ prophet
bearing a scroll and came, presumab bly,.
| from the monumental decoration of some
church portal. As this figure was once
In the possession Of q collector al
Chartres It Is consequently supposed TO
have come from Chartres Cathedral. A
| gracious example OF later Gothic work
/ 40 tle NlFSln nOiuiIR lne SnrlSL tnlld
on her arm and regarding Him with
tender affection.
OF fifteenth century Gothic thero are
two impressive figures OF the Virgin and
the Annunciation Angel. The work is
! German and probably Rhenish, with the
delicacy of sentiment and the hammered
treatment of tha drapery characteristic
OF the period. There is also q Warrior
Saint" OF the Burgundian school: a
south German carving of painted and
giided wood representing St Barbara;
relief by Bugiioni. a contemporary of
the Della Robbias, and Virgin and
Child attributed to Germein Pilon.
Among the bronze statuettes are two
satyrs by II Riccio. a statuette OF a
youth In the manner OF SAINT Agatha
and a man drawing a sword, by Poggini.
To the century after them belongs an
italian statuette of Warrior. BY n
Flemish artist under italian influences
is highly finished Neptune and small
Hercules. OF Flemish or italian origin.
dates from the seventeenth century.