The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-04
THIRD OF MORGAN
TAPESTRIES SOLD
Philip Lehman Buyer 81 IA.
nous "St. VerOnica''-Pricc
May BE 5000, 600.
GREAT WORK or ART

FrenH & Co. the art dealers at 6 Eas,
Fifty-sixth street. havc sold to philip
Lehman Of this city the famous 81
Veronica" which was one OF the Nor.
gan tapestries. This IL the third sold
of art. The two others were "The
Mazarin," for which George +. Wiicncr
OF Philadelphia paid $500. 900, and "Tho
Crucihxion," which was bought by Mr..
wldcner for 5000, 900. French 4 Co
refused yesterday to make known tho
price paid by Mr.. Lehman, but the
tapestry has been estimated as worth a;
least as much as The Crucinxion." T.
is the third In importance OF the tapes.
tries which Mr.. Morgan gathered
together.
"st. Veronica" is a late Gothic tapestry
Of To famous knole collection before II
became a part OF tho Morgan collection
II is eleven feet high by eleven feet
one inch broad and Is heavy with gold
At Knole 1t hung in the passage leading
to the chapel. II is said by Judges go
be unexcelled. even by the royal Spanish
collection. In the richness OF lis texture
II liz thought to be the work OF the de-
siGrer who composed The Mass Of 81.
Grskory" In the same collection.
&. In richness of texture Il Is not sur
passed by the superb picture webs boz
Spain. Gold M silk and wool have
been employed with extraordinary skill
to produce contrasts that artfully and
with subtle eloqucnce supplement N.
contrasts OF rib and hatch.ngs T.
.u.srn,, nyI txtF,anv Iufa Insht. barI.r
IL unexcelled. the luxurious Intervening
OF fruit and flower and leaf hciyv cu-
livened by birds that none but a master
designer could create. All OF these are
in exquisite ami elusive color tones thai
suggest the beginning OF the dcNelopmcu'
in the West OF "a color palette worthy
to compare with that worked ont In the
Far East In silk and In porcelain by the
Chinese. and not til the eighteenth ,ca-
fury borrowed by Europeans
The design and composition OF q"
main picture, dating from near the er.
OF the fifteenth century. are both tis-
cinatAng and just. The architecture d.
Gothic, az are the costumes. but he
round toed shoes and fiat hcaddress".
of both men and women announce II,
approach OF the Renaissance, So d.
the lightness and the luminosity OF n,
color scheme. that are far removed from
the heavier effects produced IN WOO,
only. or in o and gold with Only
a little silk. In tapestries OF an earlier
period.
Gothic too are the splendid pomecra-
mates that. in gold. pattern gowns and
draperies: the jewels that enrich bed
posts and necklaces abd millinery and
belts. and border the voluminoIs robes
the landscape in the background
and the clearness of the open air effects
usher in an age reinspired by antiquity.
The designer Is the same as he W.T.
composed the marvellous Mass ~ s.
Gregory" In the royal Spanish collection
where appear not only the same models
and the same postures but also tie
same face OF Christ upon the s1.r,i
veil Of Saint Veronica. The Two tapes
tries are of the same bricht H
so completely identical in style q weave"
that there is 10 doubt tina; 'try We.
woven in the same a~teliers ia lrl...'i
at about the same time.
The date Is fixed approx
abou; 1900 A. d. by the fast ...t
the year 1906 Ferdinand OF Aragoa on
the Acte de Dechargs OF Jean N,.i-4ge2
declares the Mass of Saint Grcg1t,
a present made 10 his Queen, Isabella
the Catholic. by her daughter johanna.
mother of the Emperor Charles Y
1t Is probable that the name Ok he
designer was Quintin Matsys. the great
Antwerp painter. born az Louvli. f.
1866. whose "IIolv Face" m the ANTWERP
Museum so closely resembles the Holy
Face in the st. Veronica" tapestry
There Is certain feminine tenderness
and delicacy. an almost supcrsenS.'ts
and refinement. characterize
Of Matsys's work. which marks No
tapestry strongly and makes Il WORTHY
of comparison with his mastcrp o.o.
The E~ntombmcnt.' in the Antwer7
Museum.
The subject Of this tapestry is ore ~
the most romantic in sacred s'ar,.
veronica, "A pious roman OF Jcrust er'.
moved with pity to see the suffcriu1 ~
Jesus as lie staggered along hcrrt'r
the weight Of tho Cross toward CO.
gotha. gave Him her keryhlef tNai
lie might wipe the drops of agony FROM
His brow. The Lord accepted the onc~.
INK. ana after using II handed i, NI.
with the image OF His face miraculous
impressed upon IL. AS early as 80
twelfth century this well of sam W.
ronica' began to be identified VIII a
painting on linen preserved In it1'r".
which was Itself called Saiu, Veronica
tine holy true image. upon tho ir-
position that the word Veronica " 9
derived from vera icon ,the true tr.uso
icon being the Latin form of tho Grrc,t
instead 81 from Beronike the G'ors
FORM OF Neronica). which appears iH 'a
book called the Acts of PLATE t'H,
iI!Lll', as early as the fourth cc.',r,
4. n,