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that fact is not well established, the report, if such evidence 

 were necessary, would mark him as one of the masters of his 

 time. Mr. Gary was told recently in Rome, where this pic- 

 ture was obtained, that it is well remembered there as " The 

 Eternity " ; a female figure on a mound, holding a circle in 

 one hand, and pointing upward with the other. 



Another painting exhibited by Mr. Gary is supposed to be 

 a portrait of Titian, painted by himself in extreme old age. 

 It was taken by a corsair in the Mediterranean from a Span- 

 ish vessel, and carried into Tunis, when the American consul 

 there was the late M. M. Noah, who became possessed of it, 

 and brought it to New York about forty years ago. It is 

 said that Titian was in Spain late in life, and that he painted 

 to the last. 



A third is a large picture of Dogs watching Game, sup- 

 posed to be by Sneyders and Rubens. It is well known that 

 they frequently united their powers, the latter painting the 

 landscapes. Mr. Gary remarked, that a few months since, in 

 the great exhibition at Manchester, containing many of the 

 choice pictures of England, he had seen one, unquestionably 

 by Sneyders and Rubens, which confirmed the belief that the 

 landscape in this is by Rubens. Although Sneyders usually 

 preferred the violent action of a hunt, he sometimes painted 

 quiet scenes like this. The picture once belonged to an old 

 family in one of our Southern States, and was probably 

 brought to this country far back in the last century. 



Another is an old and interesting picture, bearing some 

 resemblance to the manner of Murillo, brought a long time 

 ago from Smyrna, where it was left with some others by a 

 Spanish artist, who died there. The subject is " The Educa- 

 tion of the Virgin Mary," from the traditions of the Romish 

 Ghurch. 



There were also a Magdalen by Guido, with strong marks 

 of his style; and a Watteau, " The Gountry Party," obtained 

 in Paris from the collection of the Due de Ghoiseul, after the 

 French Revolution. 



