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Show THE MOST FAMOUS PAINTINGS. Masterpieces in Picture Galleries ot the Old World. Frederic Dolman submits the question, ques-tion, "What are the most precious pictures in the world?" to the curators cura-tors or directors of all the best picture pic-ture galleries outside of Great Britain, and he thus embodies the answers he received. The following catalogue of pictures is interesting. In each case the selection of the picture has been made by the official custodian of the gallery in which it appears: The Louvre Leonardo da Vinci's "La Gioconda." The Prado Velasquez's "Meninas." The Rijks Museum, Amsterdam Rembrandt's "Nig' t Watch." The Hague Gallery Paul Potter's "The Young Bull." The Vienna Belvidere Ruben's "Ildefonso Altar." The Berlin Gallery H. and J. Van Eyck's "Worship of the Lamb." The Dresden Gallery Raphael's "Madonna." The Munich Pinakotliek Murillo's "The Melon Eaters." The Antwerp Museum Quentin Matsys' "The Descent from the Cross." The Florence Ufflzi Gallery Titian's Ti-tian's "Sacred and Profane Iove." The Academy of Fine Arts, Venice Titian's "Assumption of the Virgin." Strand. |