. Gérôme : the life and works of Jean Léon Gérôme . he dim light, to arouse his atten-tion, The dealer evaded his questions and declared the canvas was left only onIt happened that the Hon Mr. Kennard was visiting Doctor S. at thisverj nine. Being an ardenl loveroi the fine arts, his curiosity was also aroused,and the next day he look occasion to stroll down to the shop. Long before OUThost had finished his story, we had divined that he was unconsciously furnishingthe missing link. and that the wail was found! The following week westarted for Boston, and traced the treasure to its present home
. Gérôme : the life and works of Jean Léon Gérôme . he dim light, to arouse his atten-tion, The dealer evaded his questions and declared the canvas was left only onIt happened that the Hon Mr. Kennard was visiting Doctor S. at thisverj nine. Being an ardenl loveroi the fine arts, his curiosity was also aroused,and the next day he look occasion to stroll down to the shop. Long before OUThost had finished his story, we had divined that he was unconsciously furnishingthe missing link. and that the wail was found! The following week westarted for Boston, and traced the treasure to its present home in the ArtMuseum. Al (.clonics request, Mr. Kennard wrote the following account ot thecircumstances under which he boughl the unfinished canvas: The story has obtained some circulation thai the atelier ol (leromc alBougival was broken into and sacked by the Germans, or the Communists and■ petroleuses, during the demoralized condition ot affairs in the cm irons ot Parisincident to the lamentable Franco-German war. This is erroneous. The reporl *. LIFE l.\/> WORKS OF II IX I iOX GERdifl 231 arose, however, from an incident which may be worth relating. Unhappily,the atelier of Gerdme had noi that exemption from the possibilities ol the waraccorded to Bonheur at Fontainebleau and to Ed. Frere at Ecouen, obtained fromthe German government through the influence ol the business agents ol thoseillustrious artists m London. Gerdme had not demanded it. It is, bowever, nowwell understood that in an unprotected momenl Ins atelier was entered and asmall unfinished canvas surreptitiousl) carried ofl Some years subsequently this canvas was disci ivered in a small art-mmand picture shop in a western city of the United States, bj a well known Bo tongentleman, who instantly recognized the touch oi the great mastei as the can-vas was unrolled before him, and who purchased it upon the assurance ol itspossessor a German newspaper correspondent that during the siege ol Paris hed a number
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