Evening star., 1914-02-21

the Metropolitan Museum oi
| Art. New York. This collection is valued
| at over S-OOO0.o00 and is now brought to-
gether and exhibited for the first time.
} Portions of it have been separately lent
| to the great foreign museums; other por-
| tions were long housed in Mr. Morgan :
residences i'll England one in London and
the other near Putney. 1t occupies now
| thirteen galleries on the upper floor of
| the newest addition to the Metropolitan
Museum. which was but recently co'n-
pIeted.
The arrangement is as far a s possible
chronological The first gallery one en-
ters is given over to examples of ancient
art Egyptian. Greek and Roman bronzes,
Byzantine and Romanesque ivories and
enannels. Arabic and Persian glass. in
this room is found an extraordinary piece
of ancient furniture in a marvellous state
of preservation and an exceedingly rare
group of Byzantine euaInels showing
miniature portraits and figures Opening
off this gallery is the Gothic room, with
a wonderful example of Gothic carving,
an aged chest with a fine old lock beau-
titully wrought, ivory carvings that must
have occupied a lifetime, tapestries and
sculpture. Then come \ series of rem
aissance rooms. opening one into the
dominant feature. In one II is small
bronzes, in another beautiful majolicas s,
In third jewelry and 50 on.
The walls of these several rooms or
galleries have been covered with diff
ferent colored stuffs. blue and brown and
a dull rich red. and as one looks through
the opening doorways the vista is pecu-
larly pleasing. In fact, this collection
Is not only rare and remarkable in itself
but it is exquisitely displayed. the utmost
care and much art having been employed
IN its arrangement. The galleries are. 1t
might be said, amply furnished by the
exhibits, but there is no overcrowding
and no bewildering supera bundance Of
material to survey. The chief wall deco
ration is the series of ia pestries SO rare
and SO beautiful which has been scat
tered or rather distributed through the
galleries. lending color and charm
In the first of the renaissance rooins a
| triptych of Filippo Lippi. richly colorful
and splendidly representative, has been
hung In the center of one long wall.
" hile over cases on the short walls are
displayed terra cottas by Della Robbia
In the second renaissance room, on the
main wall. is seen the famous painting
by Raphael which hung for so many
years in the National Gallery in London.
Other walls in this gallery have been
lined with cases containing beautiful
ma jolicas. shimmering with irtdescent
colors. In the so-called Latin renais-
played, among them a portrait of Mich
olas kuts by Rembrandt. 1t is in this
room that the Linoge cnameis and
oewelry are to be found. The English
paintings, in which the collection is es-
pecially rich. have been hung In the large
gallery which terminates the main vista
"a gallery containing beautiful examples
of French furniture and other objects
of French art.
There is a portrait of the Duchess of
Devonshire by Gainsborough. a portrait
group of Lady Betty Define and her
children, a splendid example Of Raeburn
Lady Maitland-but perhaps most ia
nous and charming of all a portrait of
Miss F'arren, the popular actress, who
became the Countess of Derby painted
by Lawrence in 1890. when he was only
twenty-one Years old. but one Of his
greatest achievements. a stipple en-
craving of this painting sold two or
three years ago for $500
In this came room is famous Turner.
The furniture in this gallery is arranged
in the center on a very low platform,
which is covered by handsome rug. and
included set once in Hamilton palace
which was purchased by Mr.. Morgan
from the King of Denmark This gall
!ery. with the next, forms a pair compile
mentins each other. One is decorated in
pale green the other in pale gray: both
|, are paneled and devoted to works of the
eighteenth century. In the second room
are hung Gobelin and Beauvais tapes
tries. the former purchased from the
King of Spain. and they have grounds of
oriitiant l'u Barry rose color. Among