. The art treasures of Washington : an account of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and of the National Gallery and Museum, with descriptions and criticisms of their contents; including, also, an account of the works of art in the Capitol, and in the Library of Congress, and of the most important statuary in the city. he Dutchman portraysa less finished man of the world, from whom theearthly fripperies have been expunged. The portrait is impressive and dignified. The head is well painted, the pose simple, with a certain archaic stiffness. It was executed by order ofLafayette and presented by him t«&
. The art treasures of Washington : an account of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and of the National Gallery and Museum, with descriptions and criticisms of their contents; including, also, an account of the works of art in the Capitol, and in the Library of Congress, and of the most important statuary in the city. he Dutchman portraysa less finished man of the world, from whom theearthly fripperies have been expunged. The portrait is impressive and dignified. The head is well painted, the pose simple, with a certain archaic stiffness. It was executed by order ofLafayette and presented by him t«> Congress, on the occasion of his second visit to the United State-, in iSjj. Ary Scheffer, though born in Dordrecht, wascounted a Frenchman, before the civil law. because under the name of the Bavarian Republic, his birth-place Was within the limits of the new French De partments. Hamerton makes the following justanalysis of his contribution to art: Scheffer, a- an artist, owes his rank, almostentirely, to the elevation of his feeling. His draw-ing is usually correct, and his ta-te refined; hut hiscolour is had. and though his handling is neat, frommuch practice, it has no artistic Subtlety. The ex-cellence of !ns personal character had some concern in his success. ... lie will he reinemhere I as an. P|>v of the Stuar tiled Lansdowne portrait, made by John Vanderlyn. The lobby of the House of Representatives con-tains an interesting series of portraits of s]x?akcrsof the House, including a few fine works of art. Am >ngs1 the oldest portraits here assembled isthat of Henry Clay, by Giuseppe Fagnani (1819-[873), a Neapolitan artist of marked ability, whocame to this country, in 1851, and lived in NewYork. His career as an artist was that of a kindof conn painter. He painted the Archduke Charlesof Vienna, and in 1842 accepted an engagementfrom the queen regent of Spain, Maria Christina,to make album portraits of the distinguished per-S who shared her
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