Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-02-05

New wing TO &c Hd0eG 10 the Metro-
poIitan Museum of Art, New York, In
Which to House Then-WiIl Enter
Duty FREQ.
The>J. Z. Morgan art collection. The
blue ribbon collection of the world as
private collections 50, is coming to thi:
country. This collection of art treas
uros gathered BY Mr.. Morgan in The
last fifteen years is usually consiGere"
the finest individual collection in The
world. 1t is conceded to be in manT
respects without an equal anywhere hg
all of the worlds art connoiSSeur> Who
have been privileged to inspect NOT
alone that portion of it which is in the
kensington museum. London, but also
the objects forming, perhaps. the great
er part of the collection with which his
house at Princes Gate is stored. 81
of these treasures. consisting Of pic
lures. bronZcs. tapestries and objects
Of art in general. are to find Il home IL
the metropolitan Museum of Art. New
York, for the instruction of the people
OF this country.
Few persons have been privileged to
inspect closely this array IF art treas
ures Various estimates of their value
as Il collection have bceA made. An
art connois-our ID position to know
whereof lie ..al .rcd the value Of
the collccti' "Hr
The Nor lr placed
III, tl,n a,,. lf apa.-
ton at the Il 4,h ave
nue. side of
Not AL Of IT,. coming
here at once. lmH... call for
bringing to this cC7u.. 0nhin the
next three months only tllat portien Of
it which is in the South Kcmsington
museum. This comprises about 800 OBJ
jects An art connoisseur thoroughly
familiar with this portion OF the Nor
gan collection placed value on it OF
$10,000,000. 1t is only about one-sixth
of the entire collection which Mr. Nor
gan has gathered since he began seri-
ously to bring together art treasures
some fifteen years ago
Art dealers have been expecting for
some time that the collection lent by
Mr. Morgan to the South kenSingtOn
museum and forming perhaps the prin-
cipal one on view in that museum
would be brought over here by Mr.
Morgan at an early date. They arriv-
ed at this conviction at the time the
duty on works Of art was removed
But that the entire collection acquired
by Mr.. Morgan. with the assistance of
the foremost art connOiSseurs and deal
ers of the old world, would be brought
to many.
Mr.. Morgan's art treasures at pres
ent repose in many places There are
some on the continent and some in
Glasgow, besides those in his London
house and in the South Kensington
collection will take considerable time
and will cover number of years.
The objects to arrive here first from
the South Kensington museum in a
general way were grouped by an au-
thority familiar with Mr. Morgan's
plans as follows:
First-A collection of Italian bronzes
of the fifteenth and sixteenth centu
ries, mostly of the Florentine and
raduan schools. comprising one of the
finest private collections of bronzes in
the world.
Second.--A collection of majolica of
the fifteenth century. consisting OF
plates ana taZZas.
Third.--A collection of Objects dart,
consisting of rock crystals and wood
carvings, bought en- bloc from the Bar
on Oppenheim collection Of Cologne.
Fourth.--A collection of marble fig
ures and plaques of the fifteenth cen
fury, the bronzes by Berochio and
the marbles by Rosselino
Fifth.-The tapestries purchased by
Mr.. Morgan from the Kann collection
SiXth.-A collection of sold enamclca
jewelry and the champicye enamels