Show 3 I Old Masters' Masters Brought to Light Rare Canvases Owned by Peruvian LIMA Peru Aug 6 United Press Two Press Two paintings by the Flemish Flem- Flem ish sh master Van Dyck and another long forgotten treasure from the brush of ot Murillo are about to make their heir reappearance in the world of art after more than three centuries of seclusion in the ancestral manion mansion man- man ion sion of ot Senor J. J I. I de la ha laPuente laPuente Puente d descendant of one of the most celebrated members of ot the old Spanish nobility in Peru Pem the Marquis de Villafuerte y de la Ia Puente The three works valued by the owner at approximately have lave been pronounced genuine by bythe bythe the he late Castillo CastUlo Peruvian Peruvian Peruvian Peru Peru- vian artist and critic who enjoyed a high reputation In European art circles They have been vouched for by other critics who have in some cases made special Visits to Peru to view them Of Ot the trio the most valuable Is the he Murillo prized by the owner as asworth asworth worth Its subject Is Saint Joseph and the Infant Jesus Its canvas measures approximately approximately approximately ap ap- ap- ap proximately three feet in height by two wo feet In width The picture is unsigned but is proclaimed genuine Inc ine ne by Castillo in an article which appeared In the Varieties Magazine Maga- Maga zinc ine of November 4 4 1914 Castillo wrote It is vouched for tor b by the age of the he canvas by its its its' robust yet precise pre- pre cise Ise and unmistakable treatment the he brush scrupulously following folioing the he construction of ot the human frame rame by its luminous coloring and its ts freshness It is undoubtedly a a Murillo genuine and well thought though in a slight state of deterioration r tion by a miraculously are circumstance this picture re be- be to the last and most brilliant epoch in the masters master's career when a veritable magician in color and effect everything his brush touched was converted into light music melody The first of the Van Dycks is painted on copper plate its subject being The Magdalen Distributing Her Jewels The masters master's masters master's mas mae ter's signature appe appears rs in an obelIsk obelisk obelisk obe obe- lisk at the bottom being divided into two parts A Van being placed above the second part Dyck It is rectangular in shape and is smaller than the Murillo This work is In a perfect state of preservation and is valued at j The n l Dyck Is unsigned but nevertheless contains all the characteristics char of the Flemish painters painter's work Its title Is The Worship of ot the Golden Calf Calt It has the same dimensions as the first and Is painted on copper copper plate The owner values this picture at DOO All thre three pictures pictures' were brou brought ht to Peru more than years ago by the Marquis de Villafuerte y de deha dela dela la ha Puente It is declared they were purchased by the marquis during his stay In Flanders from Van Dyck himself They have remained in possession of the de la Ia Puente family family fam fani- ily lly continuously since their pur pur- chase For that reason they do not appear catalogued in in European or American collections In South America no similar system of ot cataloguing cataloguing cataloguing cata cata- has ever existed The owner has recently de decided to sell all three works and has offered offered of of- them to the British museum He has Invited the museum to send sendan an expert to view them and is confident confident con con- that the most reliable critics in the world cannot pronounce the works oth other r th than n authentic |