International studio (36.1908/1909(1909))

Miss Alice B. Muzzey, Aliss
Ma.bel Comstock and Miss
Jennie Clinton.
Among the few loan ex-
hibits in the gallery are a
number of old Itaiian re-
naissance wood - carvings
from the collection of Eiihu
Vedder, of Rome, Itaiy. A
collection of old South
American Spanish siiver
chalices, cups, etc., and a
rare and beautiful antique
Orientai hiigree belt, ioaned
by Mrs. Angeia Vedder.

PLATE IN SLLVER

BY GEORGE C. GEBELEIN

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and master of Brenner, who persuaded the modern
public to employ this delightfui mode of portraiture,
and to Mr. Brenner is due the credit of having made
this beautifui method of artistic expression possibie
in this country.
Mr. Brenner aiso exhibits a centennial anniver-
sary medal of Abraham Lincoln.
Kari von Rydingsvard and his pupils exhibit
an interesting group of carved desks, chairs, chests
and hand mirrors, mostly in natural woods.
A Gothic hymn board and jewel box are carved
by E. A. Eullerton, of Pittsheld, Mass., and are
worthy of notice. There are elaborately carved
and gilded candlesticks by Messrs. Thulin, Troc-
coli and Miss Page, a pupil of Mr. Hermann
Murphy, of Boston; all good work.
The leather workers are well represented. Mrs.
J. B. Thresher exhibits desk sets. The Catnpan
eros shop a fuil line of card cases, pujses, etq.
Mr. P. E. Miller an original and beautifuliy
hnished arm-bag.
While there is room for improvement in the de-
partment of basketry, there are good examples by

, H E Metropol-
itan MuseunVof
Art has issued a
valuable cata-
logue o f t h e
collection of casts in the
Museum, prepared under
the supervision of Edward
Robinson the assistant
director. T h e Egyptian
section is by Albert M.
Lythgoe, A.M., curator of
Egyptian art; the Oriental
and Greek and Roman sec-
tions are by Gisela M. A.
Richter, M.A., assistantin the department of classic
art, and those of all post-classical periods by Ethel
A. Pennell, of the cataloguing staff of the Museum.
The object of the book is merely to provide students
of the collection with a hand book in which they will
hnd each cast accurately identihed, with the brief-
est possible statement of the subject and date of the
original, the place where it is at present, and the
artist, school or period to which it belongs. In the
Greek and Roman sections a statement of the resto-
rations, compiled from the most careful authorities,
has been added where sculptures have been re-
stored, as it is often of importance to students to
have these pointed out; and in the same section
each subdivision opens with an introduction giving
a brief resume of the period or the characteristics of
the sculptures that are included in it. In 1895 the
collection of casts attained practically its present
size, and the space which could be given to it in the
Museum was already more than comfortably hlled.
The most notable additions which have been made
since that time are the Colleoni statue and the
reproductions of objects found in Crete.

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