Copenhagen

T H E SIGHTS OF COPENHAGEN.

TH E "DANISH HALL" IN TH E GLYPTOTHEK

of the head of a fat bishop by Rubens; and am ong st the Teniers are two which are considered to b e long to his very best, viz., a kitchen w ith a new ly-killed pig, and an interior with an old m arried couple hav ing a quiet talk. The Dutch School, however, is the one best represented. The gem of the collection is Rembrandt's adm irable picture of an old woman, painted about 1656. Besides a g reat many o ther goo d Dutch pictures, the collection possesses beautiful g en re-pain ting s by Ostade, Metsu, and Jac. Ochtervelt; tw o excellent landscapes by Hobbema; four landscapes by Ruisdael; and a fine marine picture by Dubbels. Kcirl Madsen. TH E "NY CARLSBERG GLY PTO TH EK ". The Ny C arlsberg G lyptothek is an independen t public institution, founded in the year 1888 by Mr. Carl Jacobsen, the g reat brewer, and director of the Royal Collection of Sculpture, and his wife O ttilia J., w ith the cooperation of the Danish gov ernm en t and the municipality of Copenhagen . It

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