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...blue to the famous Blue Boy, which Henry E. Huntington carried off last year to his California home for $640,000; Sir Thomas Lawrence's Boy with a Dog and Portrait of a Lady; Sir Joshua Reynolds' Portrait of Mrs. Mathew; Romney's Mrs. Chitty Marshall; Velasquez' Two Princesses; Fra Angelico's Day of Judgment; Piero di Cosimo's panels of the life of Jason; Rembrandt's Portrait of an Old Man, which brought $55,062; four sentimental Boucher panels for $86,184. There were also in the collection paintings by Constable, Hogarth...
...whether or not, a professional. he considers mediocrity of taste to be an excuse for itself, and that nothing further is necessarily to be desired. But good taste is the result of cultivation. Few persons are born with a natural appreciation of Wagner or Debussy, any more than for Velasquez or Rembrandt. That, however, is no reason for being entirely satisfied with the obviousness of Irving Berlin or Bud Fisher. It is simply a question of the difference between the temporary pleasure which results from an effect pleasing to the senses, and the more lasting satisfaction which comes with...
...variety, and setting. Paintings and sculpture from all over the world, and of the different epochs are to be seen harmoniously arranged together. In the collection are original masterpieces by the great Italian painters Raphael, Botticelli, titian, and Giotto, the Flemish Van Dyck, Rubens, and Rembrandt, and the Spaniard Velasquez. Besides paintings, there are numerous other well known pieces of art, such as Romanesque sculptures and a bust by Cellini...
...collection of signed wood-engravings by Timothy Cole is now on exhibition at the Dunster House Bookshop. The subjects are for the most part from Italian and Spanish masters, including Velasquez, Murillo, Raphael, and Glorlone. Cole is probably the greatest master of his particular art in the world. Faithful, reproduction of detail, accompanied by an unusual beauty and softness of tone, is the outstanding characteristic of his work. The exhibit will last a month...
...Goya is very well represented in the Fogg Museum Print Collection by many etchings of portraits after Velasquez, students attending the lecture will be able to see examples of the work described by Mr. Irvins...