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Gannon Ino M Models d ls on J iii V- V T r f Vi v e r N Now t. t j. j t YORK TORK YORK CITY CITY Tho Tho M Metro Metro- tro- tro M l M Museum seum of ot Art a announces of ot a a. decora tl tib ri by by Ioian Francois Boucher entitled BIrth and d Triumph of ot Venus Venue This sought ought painting p WM was wa acquired through gh the efforts ol ot of Henry Walters Water a trust trustee o of or the mu museum seum and nd who With Germain Selig- Selig co contributed gen generously toward rd Its Us purchase price This Is p painting wall wag part of ot the thera azu a- a n zu collection colle ilon b aC Sir Richard Wal al alI I Il e e which Which was 1111 bequeathed tJi d to to- the tte British nation and which Is now housed at al Hertford house formerly th the home homi of at Sw Sk Richard Wallace The Tiie Birth ad ad Triumph of ot Venus of iras iras' as form formerly rh c called l d the tho Triumph museum armor aror galleries re are n no no- no noless less ess than nine objects mote moJe more or r Je Ie Intimately associated ted tedi i th ith IS IV To Ta thes these have hay r re recently beert added five bronze bronzo cari- cari can can- comprising two s sets ts and nd an odd one all al of vt which bear bea tho the tho royal nal m a arms arms- of ot Franco France arid id the 8 ot the Duo du Maine Atthe Ath t th tH br end ind nd of three of th tho models models' fr are br Chiseled the thc arms arms of ot l l- l ln n flanked b by f flag tag fa trophies and suzn surmounted u t d by the te h head d of ot ct Apollo Apolo b BUn above by sun rays above which Is ia a listel for l not unequal unequal to Jn many ny that the genius s of tl the king Dicing sufficed ed or or w would uld suffice to govern govern inny many kingdoms w On On the cl t. t of oC the m muzzle Is is sculptured s the shield shIel of ot France surrounded by bya a a. crown n also the collar olar of 1 th the I bf Orde the Holy Ghost with wih trophies pf f flags a on e each ch aide Ilde toie this are ro SS These These were w re for for- forthe the the nathe of ot the cannon cannon- for r Ui the moto motto ln and for tor the name me Louis Luis de Bou Bourbon on Duc du Maine who was a grand gand ma master ter o of ot artillery lerY r. r NA NAMES ES FOR THE THE- C CANNON It was It-was l' l not unusual to to- give nam names s st t to early c lh thus s Louis Luis XII XII had c can n 1503 twelve brass bras bras' cannon of ot enormous size Ize which h he named after th the twelve pe peers rs of ot France when hen the Emperor Charles V went against t U t p Turks h he had twel twelve wet which 11 he ho called le the Twelve Apos Apostles tle tea and nd some lome of oC ofus u us Telve will wU recall recall- real account t of tho the naive answer which a soldier gave to to a e C Medici who ask asked d why the llie th Huguenots had christened a a hug Luge after her Madame said the s soldier It U Is bec because use its iLs L caliber r is Js larger Jare and I stouter than tian 41 all at the ther r rest st. st Te The pair of df t models dlf cut t fet tet er from th those se e Juat just described In In proportions material br arid jiri hi brna- brna ora- ora rna rna- T They ey correspond to th the type Illustrated by Remy SaInt in hl hi his Memories as being of the new 1 Invention v ton In in the marner mariner manner In In- which they are cast In Flanders a der Thus they are divided Into cven equal parts that is Js breech 2 tr 1 1 1 muzzle 4 and correspond correspond- to the theodel model odel V which was wai not officially accepted accepted ac ac- ac- ac until 18 1782 Tho The m material of ot nU ItU the models Is bronze In the tho or- or i thc thc- arc are laurel laurei rel leaves leve nd a mantling The pair par of oC models with laurel leaves corresponds in d detail tal to ten tn r In the the- Musee In Paris It It- I Juts Ims been established that these e ten cannon canon formed torme part part- part of ot a aH a H tries of ot twelve models presented in n i 1694 69 by the officers tt e of th the city o of ot Paris Pars Pars' t to to tho Due du u Mine Maine on jh the t oc occasion I In n cit Jf t hl hi his appointment as 9 ter of artlery artillery It I Is 1 a a aa- aa cd that the two models model how now o bV the thern them museum se m are are th- th rrt ones which belonged t to th resented to the Due Duc du duo gro z p pf five yearly prints a A sele ton of ot hang Jn In I the Boom r of Recent nt Accessions of cc w Ich 1 w were w ere r Ih given en to the 1 museum rl y anonymous donor makes make's a ad a d decided de addition to th the museum museums T print 1 collection U. U n. n six Fifty of ot t these e n ot Italian origin si six of German nr n and three of ot Dutch Dutch They They are ae well wel worth orti careful study re arid and highly distinguished hM I d n cotton n abrIc recently ac- ac q red d by bj the museum now hangs hans 1 iti the R Room of of Recent Ac Accessions lons loth r picture picture- in Jn in is i's Is The he Jak Bakers Baker's s Cart which has be been n ut at attributed nt- nt tr ut d 0 to to the tho aln Assistant sl r nt 1 r b anted 1 |