Evening star., 1933-06-18
ART COLLECTION
TO Be EXHIBITED
GaIIatly Collection, Worth
$4,000,0OO, to Be Opened
at National Gallery.

The Gallatly collection of paintings
and art objects valued
at more than $4,000, ,000-will be placed
on public exhibition at the National
Gallery of Art in the National Museum
Building next Friday.
This collection, one of the most val
liable in the United States, is an out
right gift to the American people from
the late John Gallatly of New York
City, through the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition, made two years before his death
in 1881. 1t was brought from New
York to Washington this year.
The gathering Of this collection was
the life work Of Mr.. Gallatly. 1t con-
tains las American masterpieces in
oil, watercolor and pastel, and includes
such famous names as Abbott Thayer,
Albert P. Ryder, Thomas w. Dewing,
Childe Hassam, Carl Melchers, John
Singer Sargent, Irving Wiles, j. j.
Shannon, J. Mcneil Whistler, j. H.
Twachtman and others.
Two Old Masters.
In addition, there are two old mas
ters-Rubens' painting of The Artist s
Wife and Son." from the Duke of Marl-
boro's collection in Blenheim palace,
and Van Dykes painting of the Mar
chesa Lima Cattanes." There are also
paintings by Puvis de Chavannes, Pia-
zetta and French and Italian primi-
tives.
The art objects include:
throne carpet with silver and gold
threads, large black jade cup and a
small cup cut from single emerald,
formerly the property of Jahangir
Mogul, emperor of Delhi, India, who
succeeded to the throne in 1905 The
legend associated with the emerald cup
Is that it was carved at the order of
the empress upon the promise of Jahan-
CIR, who was heavy drinker, that he
would substitute it for the large jade
cup and reduce his potations in ac-
cordance.
An emerald box set with diamonds
Great Of Russia to Gregory Orloff, one
of her favorites.
18th Century Jewelry.
approximately 40 pieces of sixteenth
century jewelry and a silver figure of
Hercules, all attributed to Benvenuto
Cellini
A unique Christian glass and gold
necklace date from the sixth century.
It consists of IS golden disks inlaid
with glass mosaic, each disk portraying
one of the IL disciples with the name
inscribed in Greek, the central disk
being reserved for Christ and the two
end ones each bearing in Constantinean
cross.
A large canteen bottle Of pure gold.
once the property Of famous Chinese
emperor: Chinese tomb frescoes eXca-
waited at Turfan and dating from the
ninth century, q unique collection OF
Chinese sculptures in marble, bronze
and stone and collection of Chinese
glassware recognized as among the
finest in the world.
A collection of Syrian, Egyptian,
Greek, Roman and Arabic glass and
necklaces, bottles and glass cameo frag-
ments dating from the first. second,
third and fourth centuries.
Tapestry and needlework chairs OF
| the regency period and furniture OF the
| fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
Stained, Loaded GlNss
A notable collection Of fourteenth,
fifteenth and sixteenth century stained,
/ loaded glass, representing a lost art.
A Russian ikon of gold, studded with
pearls.
/ A piece of fifteenth century tapestry
! from the Cathedral of st. Rupert and
st. Virgil of Salzburg, representing the
| crucifixion.
Two terra Gotta polychromes OF Gio-
vanni de la Robia.
A fifteenth century papal dalmatic
belonging TO one of the Medici Popes
of the fifteenth century.
A silver mirror believed to have been
one of the wedding presents OF Marie
Antoinette.
The entire collection comprises more
than 1000 pieces.