Evening star., 1925-01-04
BRANDEGEE'S ART
WORKS TOBE SOLD
Auction of Notable Paintings
to Be Held at Gallery
Next Week.

Some notable paintings are included
In the Brandegee collection which is
10 be sold at auction at SloanS gal
leries next week. This is the first
time for many years that an auction
sale of valuable works of art has
been held in this city. Such sales are
held regularly in New York, London
and Paris and go far toward making
these cities art centers. creating an
art market In fact. it is the auction
sales of paintings which go far to fix
values, and it was through such sales
instituted by Thomas b. Clark and the
late William T. Evans that American
paintings commercially came into
their own. So notable are some of
the paintings in this Brandgee collec-
tton that it is understood that dealers
and collectors from New York will
come to Washington to attend the
sale.
Among the most interesting of the
very early American painters. One is
a portrait of Alexander roughton by
jeremiah Theus, which was at one
time included in the Thomas r. Clark
collection The subject was a South
Carolina planter. prominent figure
in revolutionary days. Theus, the
painter. was a Swiss by birth. who
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painted in various cities along the
Atlantic scaboard until his death, in
1T14. Another of these portraits is of
Joseph Crawford, d prominent citizen
of Rhode Island, and was painted by
John Smibert, d Scotchman by birth,
who associated himself with Bishop
Berkeley in the project of founding a
universal college in the Bermudas, a
project which never found fulfillment
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until 1851. and is now represented in
some of the leading museums. There
is also an example of what is known
as the ''port-hole portrait" of Wash
ington, by Rembrandt Peale. for
which the late Senator Brandegee is
said to have paid $4,000.
SuIIy Canvas Listed.
Likewise from the Clark collection
has come portrait of Mrs. Joseph
Hopkinson, nee Emily Miflin. by
Thomas Sullr- Mrs. Hopkinson's hus-
band was one of the early presidents
of the Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts.
There is curious, quaint old paint
ing of John Paul Jones: "A small full
length portrait of Gen. Lafayette, at
tributed to Scheffer: a portrait of
Daniel Webster by James H. Wright
ana one or Henry Clay by Healy.
These last are all small canvases.
Among the recent works are three
paintings by George Bellows. a little
picture of Harry Chase. who is rep
resented, it will he remembered in
the Corcoran Gallery's permanent col
lection, and there is q charming little
pastel marine "Morning-Southwest
Wind by d. w. Tryon very similar
to some found in the Freer Gallery
collection. Max Weyl, who for many
years made his home in this city. is
represented by two or three typical
paintings. and there are some clever
water colors by John +. Carlson and
Mary Nichoiena. MacCord: besides
which there are interesting etchings,
ltthogra phs and engravings. OF chief
note among the etchings is one by
Anders Zorn, "Olga b." and two by
Rembrandt-"Old Man With Divided
Fur Cap" and "Old Man, Bald headed
With Long Eeard'-both good inn
pressfons and in perfect condition.
Hung as they are of necessity in
this gallery. which is not designed
for the showing of pictures these
works show 10 the least possible ad-
vantage, but those who know cannot
fail to recognize their value and
there is no doubt that if the sale
could have been advertised longer in
advance it would have attracted the
attention of collectors and connois-
seurs from al parts of the country.
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