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...special loan exhibition of rare and valuable Italian paintings will be opened at the Fogg Art Museum today, and will last for two weeks. Among the pictures are an Umbrian Madonna by Lorenzo di San Severino; a profile portrait by Paolo Uccello; a picture of the Madonna and Child by Fra Angelico; an unfinished Madonna by Pinturicchio; a head of St. Catharine; a picture attributed to Perugino and some pictures representing the early Florentine, Sienese and Venetian schools...
...time of the German onslaught, little accurate information could be obtained as to the amount of damage done to the valuable collection of rare old books and manuscripts kept there since the early part of the seventeenth century. Now, however, the details of this destruction are known, and the following article by the Bishop of Salford, which appeared a short time ago in the Manchester Guardian, gives an idea of the treasures which have been lost...
...Rare Collections Destroyed...
Appleton Chapel is now supported by a small but earnest group of men who have--so to speak--gotten the "Chapel habit." They go with more or less regularity. The occasional visitor who attends once a week, or once a month, or once in two months is rare...
Today affords the last opportunity to see the painting anonymously lent to the Fogg Art Museum a short time ago. The work is attributed to the Flemish painter, Roger van der Weyden (1400-1464), and represents Christ appearing to Mary. It is of rare value; both artistically and historically, and is said to have been presented by Pope Martin King John II of Castile, passing onwards to his son, Henrique IV, and then to his daughter, Isabelle la Catholic who bequeathed it to the Cathedral Granada...