. What pictures to see in America. realize 66 WHAT PICTURES TO SEE the muscles and joints under the garments andto show us that he understands the humanbody. Michael Angelo found inspiration instudying Signorellis frescos at Orvieto. The present catalogue of the Jarves col-lection was made in 1867, before students ofart history began a careful study of the rela-tive value of old paintings, consequently manyof the ascriptions are erroneous. Many ofthe paintings labeled by Raphael, Botticelli,Masaccio, and other great masters, would bemore correct with a question mark after theartists name. I un
. What pictures to see in America. realize 66 WHAT PICTURES TO SEE the muscles and joints under the garments andto show us that he understands the humanbody. Michael Angelo found inspiration instudying Signorellis frescos at Orvieto. The present catalogue of the Jarves col-lection was made in 1867, before students ofart history began a careful study of the rela-tive value of old paintings, consequently manyof the ascriptions are erroneous. Many ofthe paintings labeled by Raphael, Botticelli,Masaccio, and other great masters, would bemore correct with a question mark after theartists name. I understand that a new cata-logue is in the process of making. At the time when Yale University loanedJames Jackson Jarves money on two-thirds ofhis collection the late L. E. Holden of Cleve-land, Ohio advanced him money on the otherthird. At the consent of the collector the mort-gages were foreclosed. To-day many of thepictures of the smaller collection Mrs. Holdenhas kindly loaned to the Metropolitan Mu-seum of Art, New York -%*^
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