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"To be given away, free, gratis and for nothing, half a Velazquez painting for which 100,000 pesetas were once offered. His intest bo work "The Bohemians" will
bo cut in half, une portion to given to a foreign art gallery, the other to be sold. Apply to Doha Consuelo Ruiz, 9 Andrea Mellado Street, Madrid."
This advertisement, published in a Madrid morning newspaper, in the climax to an 18 year struggle to pereunde the Spanish government to purchase the pic- ture for the state, and exhibit it in some public art gallery. The struggle has ended in failure,
TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, JUNE
DIAMANTE STAR
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A diamante star pives a pretty finish to neck and shoulder drapery on a dinner- gown of grape-purple crepe
satin.
NEW BATHERS
THE newest bathing suits are to have no visible means of sup- Thirty years ago, the painting, which represents the head and port this summer, but they will bo shoulders of two beggars, came made of a material which clings Into the possession of a modest to the figure and so makes them painter Jose diaz Pavon, exactly safe. how is not known.
to
After his death, the dirty-look-Lulsa, a short, dark-haired, round- ing painting lay hidden away in faced senorita, visited ministers
the attic. But
painter's and civil servants, with daughter, Luisa, grew up Alled energy, attempting with a passionate love of art, them to take over the
and When success Was inherited from her father, one day, whilst cleaning the attic, grasp at the time
came agross the plcture, Barnes was minister of education, new with dust, completely the government fell, and a
minister held the portfollo.
she covered forgotten.
cx-
17, 1985.
TRADESMEN HOUSED IN PALACES
ONLY VIENNA'S BEAUTY SURVIVES
OLD FAMILIES IMPOVERISHED
Vienna.
With the sale of Prince Salm's palace here lately, Vienna's palaces, former homes of wealthy aristo- crats of the 'Austro-Hungarian Empire, are now practically all used as shops, hotels, offices and foreign embassies.
Money has been too scares and Vienna's love for them too great to permit that they be torn down for modern commercial purposes and they still retain the old facades and ooter architecture of former times.
In Vienna's fashionable streets of modern shops the upper storeys with their mediaeval windows, In the style of the 17th and 18th cen- turies, still reveal the respective taste of aristocratie families.
of
The palace of the Counts Esterhazy is now the home of an English tailoring firm. The Bar- tolotti palace, with its charming madonna statue in a niche in the wall, houses a well-known dress establishment; likewise also the palaces of the Counts Cavriani, Sina, Walterskirchen and Erdoedy.
On the famous Josef Square, celebrated for the perfect sym- metry of its ground plan, Marquis tireless Pallavicini's palace, crowned by an persuade enormous double eagle, now houses a large number of firms. It was painting, in front of this palace's classically within her designed doorway that the sculp- Domingo tor, Baron Zauner, committed sui- add the horses' hoofs to cide when he discovered he had for- gotten
his equestrian statue of Emperor Josef, which stands in the middle Here is also the Her work had to be started of this square.
Pallfy, with whose ancestor Bis- from the beginning again. But beautiful palace of the Prince of still she persisted with her self-mureke stayed for his son's wed.
at last, ding. imposed mission, until she has now found herself obliged to give it up.
down
A swift cleaning revealed withi life-like vividness the old, bearded tramp leering out of the canvas, with a vicious dissipated. young man at his side. The colouring, the subject and the treatment ap- peared to be Velazquez, but the Now she is willing to sell the painter's daughter was not sure. painting to anyone making a good So slie took the picture in its cheap offer, after having turned
previous offers ranging from brass frame along to an art
50,000 to 100,000 pesetas. pert, who told her he thought it
WHY CUT IT UP? Velazquez. En- a genuine
But there is condition at- couraged, Luisa Dinz persuaded
the the Academy of Fine Arts to have tached to the parting with
will. cut the the picture examined by experts. picture. Luisa This was done on two occasions, portrait in half, selling one por In 1923 and 1932, when no attion to any private buyer or
presentative of an art gallery, and tempt was made to deny that the other will go free to a foreign was the last work of Velazquez. gallery. That is, if in despera- tion, Luisa does not in the mean- time damage the picture beyond repair.
WOB
HAND OF MASTER Further support was forthcom-
the ing from
painter, Carlos
3
was
rc-
The palace of the family of Caprara is now the offices of the British Consulate. Mr. Bernad- Austria, caused a tremendous sen- otte, then French Ambassador to sation by hanging the French re- volutionary tri-colour out of one of these windows in 1798, from which the street Fahnengase got its name.
Bernadotte Inter be- came King of Sweden, following the murder of Gustav III, at a masked ball.
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Across
Describes a race.
8 Quite an ancient alteration with
which Londoners are
(two words, 3. 6).
familiar
Many duels have been fought outside the Rufrane palace, now a row of shops. It was here that the celebrated fight occurred be tween Prince Eugene of Savoy, famous Austrian war-hero, and a young man who had provoked him. The latter, on finding out from the the spectators who his adversary was,
11 The spirit that a Frenchman can appreciate, as shown in a trio of killed himself with his own sword. occurs in the
letters (three words, 3, 2, 3). iz Gives the rest to me, not being The name Rofrano
in the least near. opera "Rosencavalier".
"As a justification," reply. "If I damage the painting, then the state will have to have it repaired, as, It is one of the
Medlavilla, who atated "the at mosphere, the attitude of both busis, are unmistakable. Only our masters of that great school treasures of Spain. Then when the picture in restored, they will could have created the picture. see that it is all that I have made But there is even more,
If this it out to be. Then I shall not the torture and atmosphere is examined, one can have suffered not do less than attribute it to agony of these past 18 years for
figures reveal nothing. Velazquez. The in a clear and definite manner the sure hand of this master."
This opinion was borne out by Francisco Alcantara who was Director of the School of Ceramic Art. Both these experts gave Luien Diaz signed certificates affirming the genuineness of the painting.
10
Polite and sure to give satisfne-
FIL
14 It might be as well. 10 Rested.
Prince Eugene, wealthy bachelor and grand seigneur, built himself the most famous and luxurious of 18 Gives a soft sound to the third
letter. Vienna's palaces, The Belvedere 20 This dog is never down at
Gruft'
now a museum.
cere..
The Czecho-Slovakian Legation 22 Biblical king,
friend has taken over Prince Lobkovitz's 24 It is thus arranged to close. "A condition will attach to the palace and the Swiss legation that 28 How to make a
moniously. presentation of one half of the of the Duke of Coburg, while Count 20 Backchat, as used in the best
circles, picture as a gift to a foreign art Schoenborn's palace, alongside the gallery. This is that the gallery offices of the United Press, houses should make known ordeal the Dutch legation and the "All I have gone through these past People's Association". The Duke shall have of Wurttemberg's grand residence 18 years. Then I justified myself and my falth in is now an International Hotel, "The
Imperial". the painting."
the
Three ostrich feathers, cont of The sun caught the painting at an angle as I was going out of arms of the Counts of Harrach, the door. The ruddy face of the still mark the entrance to their
seemed FIGHT WITH STATE
to palaces, now owned by the Italian bearded old beggar Then began the struggle which crease in a knowing wink. But Consulate. The old shop where was to inst 18 years, to persuade when I looked again, the one leor the Counts of Harrach manufac- her stilla famous attraction for buyers. the state to purchase the picture, was back and the painter's daugh- tured and sold their glassware, is
ter was looking fondly at Inspired with her love of art, precious possession.United Press. United Press.
SALESMAN SAM
There's a Catch to It!
30 If it is, it can't be strong.
31 The jollity that is a reminder of
Joke and ditty.
32 What is the fruit? The answer
need not be a lemon.
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2 Food once much in evidence in
the streets of London.
3 Canadian territory which main-
tains its own guard.
4 Though a great composer he was
not entirely human.
An endearment that may give rise to alarms.
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6 Encorel
D Where the animals livo-at the
top of the valley, 13 Drons,
16 What Shakespearean character
said, "We cannot all be master" 7 55211 17 It might
19
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Egreement,
which show no restraint.
21 In among idols, so one thinks. 23 If it does it shows that some
effect has been made.
25 A shout at us crosses the gap. 27 Torn away.
28 The serf come to take the part of the male, though, of course, the female was also included.
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