The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-09
THE WIDENER PAINTINGS.
Remarkable Gallery OF Art In the Home
of n PhiIadclphia Capitalist.

From The Philadelphia DAILY Telegraph.
That Mr.. Y. A.. b.. Widener's superb col
lection of paintings and not sordid business.
was the lodestone which drew Pierpont
Morgan TO Philadelphia was evident to-day.
when the great fnancier and other out-of-
town guests who sat last night about Mr..
Widener's table spent hours in viewing
the rich and almost priceless canvases which
hang on the walls OF Lynnevood Hall.
In mere money the pictures are said TO
represent an Investment of 5000. 900, but
10 the eyes OF a collector at one" so en-
thuslastic and discriminating as Mr.. Wide
ner. the collection IL not purchasable.
Years OF searching and choosing as well
az lavish expenditures are invested In the
collection, which Is one Of the very fnest
owned by one man in this country-indeed,
OF any country.
BEFORE these canvases the guests not a
few OF them connoisseurs- strolled. cata-
logues In hand. this morning. not hav-
ing been satisfied with their inspection
last evening by electric light.
Characteristic Example OF the masters OF
all the important schools are included In 1t.
Turner is represented by two sea pieces.
Whistler ia subdued no one paints such
grays as he. MIR. Widcner's Whistler is
a river piece-in the foreground some boats
aud a shore on which there are some figures:
in the distance. beyond the river. the spires
OF some churches. a high. clouded sky.
a pearl gray effect.
In examples quite as characteristic and
happy as these. modern art has IN the col
%ic"tion seven Cordts. Jour Courhets, 1--WE
Daubignys. a Bastien lie Page. a Cain.
three Coutures. a Dagnan-BouVeret, n Dcga-.
a DnlacroiX. hve Dupres. "a jerome. a Manet,
four Milcts, three Monats.
George lnness. Alexander Harrison and
And there are also four OF the painting Of
Diay. two of Puvis de, Chavann"s.s DEG
o%cH}.o9 i R ,RSsPGTrel, ca H9a a ,I kons.cau lG a sch hsT.
"f:airly English ART is REPRESENTED by Con
RScb,irn' Sir Joshua Reynolds. Komney,
and ancient art by BottlCell, tAnGl"tto,
H,u{p. Albcrt nurGr, Tram Halls nag Ryrk,
tcgna, Hans Mculing. Murillo, Wouwrrman.
Jan steen. Ruy-dael lru!rrs. IrroIis' w.
0stndt. Rembrahdt.. kut"n-, Raphael. An
drea del Sgrto and Nela~pu"2
II would Toe difficult TO imagine, a more
dazzling scene than That presented by the
dinng room last evening when the thirty
seven guests entered
The dining room y in the Louis Quatorze
stvlr, il is Gnishrd ia French walnut and
gold The sid.board aud the chimney
piece are OF French marble" ia" moor COW
ering i a crimson Oriental rug The drH-
p.ri,s. OF the fourteenth century. are red
ELK Iieuo--" velvet Crllst"d Win gpld EN-
table are Of French walnut carved -labo,
rately. picked out with gold, aud covered
With crimson velvet Old GOb"lin tapestries,
depicting IL Cdledonttn boar hunt are hung
upon the walls.
The room i rftv feet squpr" with a lofty
ceiling from Which hidden l'hts Sh'u "a eoit
rA1ilurr 4 hundred toS'rlLg palms along
the Nlls served by their height 10 emphasize
III. arurtment's fine proportions Without
hiding any OF IT, b"auti'~ .
Sparkling sprays OF crystal water PLAYED
over "A tree thai reared it- branches far abOv.
the hcads oi the assembled quests
This tree. a yellow ihburnuiu. nouTishes
only In the Alps, aud j. 4 rare specimen.
neitIv woven among IL, glittcTlng branches
and lea,r- were SCORES Oi suIil Wc1ud"~-
I,.ut lights, giNiug IT the appearance OF b"-
ing All nhIoum. about ia" fountain v"ro
TAT. plaut- and n0Hcrs. aud al the base OF tho
AIuin, tree Was a uiIuiU grut'u That might
nave beech plurk"d from some nook la d
ruuJlug mountain stream.