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...Italian artists represented the most important are: Andrea Mantegua, Marc Antonio Rainmondi, Boldini, Giovanni Antonio, and Robetta. One whole case is given up to the "Liber Studiorum" of Turner and beside these are placed some valuable etchings by Claude Lorraine. There are some beautiful impressions by Durer from "The Melencolia," "The Great Fortune," and "The Shield and Skull." In addition to these are his portraits of Melanchthon, Piekheimer and Erasmus. These are all metal engravings. Among the wood engravings by Durer are a number from "The Great Passion," and "The Little Passion," which are two of his most valuable series...
...Marc Klaw, business manager of the Greek play, says that the name of Prof. Paine should become immortalized on account of the music composed by him for the OEdipus. It is rumored that Theodore Thomas will produce parts of it in his concerts this year...
...Athenaeum records a sale at London of a number of the prints that have been heliotyped: Durer's "Melancholia," pound 31; Marc Antonio's "Adam and Eve," pound 59, and his "St. Cecilia," pound 50; Rembrandt's "Three Trees," pound 123; a print from Van Dyck's "Iconographia," pound...
Among the first that will be issued are four engravings by Durer, two by Marc Antonio, and probably one by Mautegna. Three etchings will also be among the first: one portrait from Van Dyck's Iconographia, and two of Rembrandt's landscapes. These are selected with special reference to helping in art-study, by the Curator. An equal number, selected by the publisher, will be of this issue. They are mostly from Toschi's engravings after Correggio's frescos at Parma...
...word ought to be said about each of this issue, but my space will only allow me to mention Marc Antonio's exquisitely graceful Cleopatra. We have almost Raphael himself here, for Marc Antonio was thoroughly imbued with his spirit, and worked under his eye. The superiority of the heliotype over the autotype process will be very apparent, in one instance at least, if you compare Durer's Nativity of this issue with the English autotype of the same engraving...