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...Other paintings of importance in the bequest, not shown here, are the "Portrait of a Lady," attributed to Peter Paul Rubens, and a small canvas of EI Grceo's, "Christ Driving the Money-Changers From the Temples," a favorite subject, of which there are at least nine versions, by the painter or his immediate followers, three others being now in America. There is also a large Flemish tapestry, dating from about...
Under the will of the late Mrs. Aaron Naumberg of New York, the Fogg Museum received last spring a large and important bequest of pictures and other objects...
...Naumberg's bequest consists of the contents of the living-room, dining-room and entrance hall of her New York apartment. The purpose of the donor was to provide a suite of living-rooms which would be something more intimate than the ordinary museum gallery, wherein could be held receptions for scholars, musicales, or ordinary addresses upon art subjects. As long as the essential character of the rooms is preserved and the more important works retained, the directors are at liberty to remove, rearrange, or add to their contents, as may seem desirable. They are to be known...
...paintings, which form the most important part of the bequest, are the works of several of the old masters. They are mostly of the Italian Renaissance School, with a few Dutch and Spanish pictures. Among the latter is a small canvas of El Greco's "Christ Driving the Money-changers from the Temple." The "Portrait of a Preacher" by Franz Hals, is also included in the collection, as is Murillo's "Holy Family...
...Reverend Mr. Scott, who studied in the Harvard Divinity School in 1893 and 1898 and obtained his A.M. degree in Ministry in 1899, died at his home in Knoxville on Monday. The remainder of the bequest was willed to the State Universities of Ohio and Indiana...