Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-03-27 | Page 31 | Portrait of Charles I

0 PORTRAIT OF CHARlES L 1 English Clergyman Believes He Has Hasa a Genuine Velasquez Painting Fainting in His Possession Special Cable to London March 26 The Reverend James Stephen Barrass rector of St Lawrence Jewry has found hat he be believes believes believes to be a portrait of Charles I 1 by Velasquez of ot which nothing has been heard from the time it was painted In Madrid nearly three hundred years ago This discovery of ot a portrait by the greatest master of the brush the world has las yet y seen will rank among the most remarkable artistic finds in history If J the flood of criticism which Is bound to I burst upon UDon It bears out the belief bellet which Mr Barrass entertains as to the I authenticity of the work The Reverend Barrass purchased the picture from a family in London In whose possession It had been for sixty years Critics and qualified experts who have viewed the picture are agreed that the reconciliation of a single apparent dis discrepancy discrepancy discrepancy between the canvas in the possession of ot Mr Barrass and the most Dost authoritative description of ot portrait of ot Charles I would go far to establish the picture as the work of If f the great Spanish master The apparent discrepancy is found in inthe Inthe inthe the fact that whereas the tho rectors picture pic picture picture ture Is a more or less finished study the tho of ot Velas Velasquez Velasquez quez refers reters to the Velasquez portrait in question as merely a sketch While I 1 have seen the Reverend J JS JS JS S Barrass picture on several occa occasions occasions occasions I find it extremely difficult to ox IX express press any definite opinion said C Gasquoine Hartley Mrs the art critic In a 0 recent Interview Mrs Irs Gallichan Is the author of Velasquez Velas Velasquez Velasquez quez and A Record of Spanish Paint Painters PaInters ers ersI If I 1 believe the picture Is Spanish I believe It Is a portrait lt of ot Charles I I doubt anyone except Velas Velasquez Velasquez quez could have painted it Parts of the face tace and collar certainly look like his work Mrs Gallichan added that there could be no two opinions ns about the ex extremely extremely extremely Interesting nature of the pic pie picture picture ture