Show BOSTON FINDS ART TREASURE I Puritan Club Owned a Rare I Bronzino Painting 24 I y Years ars Unawares vares I From tho the Now cw York Herald Boston Bos Bos- i ton ton For For or more than 20 W years cars cultured Bostonians who have had access ReCess to the exclusive club gazed upon a painting ng called A Chap With the Corselet and never ne knew that It Is Isan Isan isan an art treasure of 01 great grent value Tho The club has just st convinced itself that th the painting is by Angiolo Bron zino The r e Italian Holbein a contemporary contemporary of r Michael Michael Angela Since this it H hae- hae t tor the picture which waa was given to the club about 1884 At that time a 3 call Il was sent out among the tho members for pictures to decorate the walls ol ot the tim clubhouse A member of ot the PerkIns Perkins Per Per- kins family sent tho the painting The Tho Chap With the tho Corselet Recently the club decided to have all nIl of ot its paintings sent to J. J F. F Cabot an anat att at decorator for cleaning and repairing repairIng repair repair- ing When rhen Mr Ir Cabot's eye lighted on tho the corselet picture o he re recognized the t technique and stylo style of oC tho the real Bron liron- zino zina He was surprised to a a. paintIng painting paint paint- ing of or such value so carelessly handled George Leo Lee an artist and a t. t member of oC the tho club confirmed the verdict of ot Cabot Cabot Ca Ca- bot and th the tho club generally was noti noti- Oed fled An authority at tho the art museum also Identified tho the picture as the tho work worl of Bronzino Then It was decided to have havo the picture rp re n removed ved to a n storage warehouse for tor safe keeping The club received an offer o ot of and this was almost Immediately followed b by byone byone one of ot Both were refused as was a third offer otter of ot It is exp expected that tho the club will send the picture to the Museum of ot Fine Arts which possesses no example of ot work Most of ot ills hia pictures are in the gal- gal leles of ot Florence Florenco and Pisa though th the tho National gallery galler In London owns two Sensual Lovo an and A Knight of oC St St. t. t Stephen |