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...four more original works of art have just been added to the collection of the Fogg Museum, three of which are now to be seen on the wall of the upper gallery. They are; A painting in tempera on a gold ground by Benvenuto de Siena, representing the Madonna enthroned with saints; a painting in tempera attributed to Pinturicchio, of the Madonna and Child on a gold ground, and an oil painting of the Venetian School representing the Madonna and Child with the Infant St. John. The first of these is a work of great importance as an example...
...vigorous and full of life. The plot deals with the passionate and unselfish love of a native woman for a white adventurer. The story was, perhaps, inspired by Kipling's "Without Benefit of Clergy," but the author's development of the idea has many original merits. "A Circus Madonna," by Murray Seasongood '00 is a feeble attempt at delineation of character. "Mary," by Ernest A. Wye '01, is a most disappointing story. It starts well, but ends nowhere. After sketching characters and choosing a good setting for a plot, the writer evidently concluded to let "well enough alone...
...most important of these is an original Florentine "tabernaculo," which has the characteristics of Filippo Lippi. It is a beautiful example of Florentine painting at its best, in the fifteenth century, and is painted in tempera on panels, the middle one representing the Madonna and Child...
Among the recent acquisitions of the Fogg Museum are three original paintings which were presented by Mr. Forbes. One of them is a portrait of a man by Tintoretto, the subject of which is unknown. There is an early Italian Madonna of the Fifteenth Century, and another unidentified picture of the same period belonging to the Italian or Flemish school. In the collection of antiquities on the first floor of the Museum are two new objects, a vase, and a fragment of a head which are both by Greek artists. The prints of Turner's "Liber Studiorum" and the collection...
...paintings are: A Florentine Tabernacle, a really fine work in the time of the close of the 15th century, a portrait of a Procurator of St. Mark having the characteristics of the work of Tintoretto, A Madonna and child with saints by Benvenuto di Giovanni (Del Guasta), a Vienese painter of the 15th century, and an Adorazione of the school of Ferrara; perhaps by Lorenzo Costa...