28 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1953 



of a terra-cotta bust of an old man, Florentine School, second half 

 of fifteenth century. 



PRINTS AND DRAWINGS 



On October 21, 1952, the Board of Trustees accepted 693 prints and 

 drawings from Lessing J. Kosenwald to be added to his gift to the 

 Gallery. On December 3 the Board approved the addition of 96 prints 

 by Alphonse Legros to the gift of George Matthew Adams. On 

 December 30 the Board accepted a gift from Rush H. Kress of an 

 early sixteenth-century German manuscript choral in two volumes. 



EXCHANGE OF WORKS OF ART 



On October 21, 1952, the Board of Trustees accepted the offer of 

 Lessing J. Rosenwald to exchange the following five prints by Van 

 Meckenem for superior impressions of the same works : "Christ Before 

 Caiphas," "Scourged," "Pilate Washing His Hands," "Christ Shown 

 to the People," and "Crucifixion." On May 5, 1953, the Board ap- 

 proved Mr. Rosenwald's offer to exchange the following three prints 

 for superior impressions : "The Spinner," by Van Meckenem ; "Vir- 

 gin with the Pear," by Durer; "Madonna and Child Standing on a 

 Crescent Moon," by Altdorf er. 



WORKS OF ART ON LOAN 



During the fiscal year 1953 the following works of art were received 

 on loan by the National Gallery of Art : 



From 

 Chester Dale, New York, N. Y. : Artist 



Mrs. Chester Dale Bellows. 



Edouard Blau Bazille. 



Le Pont Neuf Marquet. 



The Letter Bonnard. 



Woman in a Chemise Derain. 



Mile. Dora Maar Picasso. 



Dining in the Garden Vuillard. 



Jacques-Louis David Rouget. 



Nude 1^6 la Fresnaye. 



Mme. Kisling Modigliani. 



Morning Haze Monet. 



Woman with a Turban Matisse. 



Putnam Foundation, San Diego, Calif.: 



St. Bartholomew Rembrandt. 



Death of the Virgin Petrus Christus. 



Robert Woods Bliss, Washington, D. C. : 



16 objects of pre-Columbian art. 



LOANED WORKS OF ART RETURNED 



The following works of art on loan were returned duruig the fiscal 

 year 1953: 



