existence, or else was probably at Fontainebleau. Other writers say it
is in other places, but plainly none of them know any thing about it.
The present picture was bought about five years since at an auction by a
gentleman of Hanover. The conception and treatment agree perfectly with
the original descriptions of Leonardo's work, while the coloring,
drawing, and expression are pronounced altogether his.

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The ART-UNION AT VIENNA opened its galleries to the public of that
pleasure-loving city during December last, and more than two thousand
persons visited them daily. The best pictures were by the Duesseldorf
artists Tidemann and Achenbach. The _Religious Service of the Haugians_,
by the first, is said by one critic to overwhelm the spectator by its
spirit of earnest piety, before it allows him to admire the incomparable
art of its execution. The members of the sect are represented as
assembled in a simple room, which is lighted from above. The light is
modified by the dust which is caused by the crowd. Simple grandeur, adds
the writer, makes this picture one of the most remarkable productions of
modern art. It was sold for 2400 florins, or about 1000 dollars.
Achenbach's landscape _Venner Lake in Sweden_, was also greatly admired;
its price was 1800 florins. Huebner's _Emigrants_ and Hasenclever's
_Pastor's Family_ were also favorites. Among the Vienna artists Fuehrichs
carried off the palm in this exhibition. He is a historical painter.

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The Gazette of Cremona states, that a very splendid picture by Raffaelle
has been brought to light in that city by a learned connoisseur, who, of
course, would part with the priceless gem for a fixed sum! The
composition portrays the Virgin worshipping the Infant Saviour, with St.
Joseph in the back-ground. The _Art Journal_ altogether discredits the
story we translated from the German for the last _International_
respecting a picture by Michael Angelo, said to have been discovered in
London.

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Letters from Rome speak in high terms of an alto relievo monument just
modelled there by the German sculptor STEINHAUSER for a family in
Philadelphia. The monument was designed to commemorate two sisters and a
brother, and to be erected in a chapel built specially for the purpose.
The artist has represented the three persons as gently sleeping, in a
partially sittin