An amateur of Valenciennes has just made a discovery which,
if it is con- firmed, will make an epoch in the annals dart. According to the report, this amateur has discuveted a picture of Rubel's, representing the delivery of Andro- meda by Perseus. It is known that the discovery of the " Chapeau de Paine" of Rubens was worth to the person who made it the sum of 60,000 francs. If the simple portrait of a woman has fetched this price, what, in the eyes of the artistical world, will be the value of a picture of the importance and dimension of that of Perseus arid Andromeda.— Constitutionnel.
For "an epoch in the annals of art," read "a large sum of money ;" how much, we leave to those who calculate the value of pictures by the Rule of Three. It is just possible that this unknown " amateur " may be entitled to a higher share of merit than be- longs to a mere " discoverer "—namely, that of an inventor.
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