7 FEBRUARY 1920, Page 21

The new Journal of the Imperial Arts League (97 Jermyn

Street, 6d.) contains an interesting article by Professor A. P. Laurie on the " Rokeby Venus," attributed to Velazquez, in the National Gallery. Professor Laurie applies chemical and photographic tests to determine the authorship of the picture, but we doubt whether he will convince the many artists who decline to see the hand of Velazquez in the picture.