New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-11
MORE OF MORGAN
ART WORKS SOLD
Tapestries Bring S2,000,.
000-WhOle Collection
to Go, Is Belief.

One more set Of Morgan art treas
ures was withdrawn from public exhi-
bition at the Metropol tar. Museum yes
terday with the sale of forty rare
tapestries for approximately 100000
probably the largest single transsc-
tion of the kind on record.
The collection, which has excited the
envy Of connoisseurs since It was
brought together by the late J. p. Nor
gan. was sold by the present head Of
the house Of Morgan to p. W. French
& Co., Of East Fifty-sixth Street. The
sale is looked upon as another evidence
Of the apparent intention of Mr.. Nor
gan to disperse the S50,000,0OO collec-
zion of art treasures left to him by his
father.
The most important transaction Of
this sort involved the sale Of the eigh-
,eenth century art furniture and statu-
ary. which were on exhibition at the mu
scum, for sum ranging between 49,
OOO, 900 and s4,OOO,0O0. Then came the
sale of the Fragonard panels TO Henry
c, Frick for 81 .a25, 900. This sale alone
represented profit Of more than ST.
600 900 over the sum paid for the col
lection.
SIO,OO0,00O Already Realized.
In addition to these transactions, the
Chinese porcelains and several other
sections of the Morgan loan TO the
museum were withdrawn and sold. II
is believed that not less than 100000
600 already has been realized from the
sale of the Morgan treasures. The
cream of the collection remains, how
ever in the masterpieces Of Gainsbor-
ough. Raphael, Rubens, Turner, Rom
ney, Raeburn, Van Dyck. Constable,
Millet and Troyon. II is almost impos-
sible to estimate the value Of these
paintings.
Financial associates of Morgan
credi. him with raising cash on these
collections 10 &c used in meeting the
demands Of the warning nations for the
sinews Of war. In doing so, he is ena-
bled TO hold up the prestige Of the
house his father founded, and, incl
dentally, TO follow out a programme he
believes his father would have mapped
Mazarin Tapestry Finest Piece.
The finest piece IN the Morgan COL
lection is the Mazarin tapestry. so
called because it was once owned by
the famous Cardinal Mazarin, who
guided the government of France dur
ing the minority Of Louis XIV. II is
said to be the finest tapestry in the
world. There are. perhaps, ten in the
royal Spanish collection worthy to hang
in the came room with it, yet none of
them. II IS said, are equal to 1t. Tho
Mazarin tapestry is said to excel all
others in weave and perfection Of text
ure and in picture and story interest.
This splendid picture cloth was the
product Of the golden age OF tapestry
weaving, dating from about the year
1900 The subject is "The Triumph OF
Christ and the New Dispensation.'
Christ sits on the throne in the upper
half OF the middle wing OF the tapestry,
His right hand raised in benediction,
His left hand holding open richly H.
Illuminated book Of the Gospels. On
one side OF Him stands the Angel OF
Mercy with long lily branch; on the
other side the Angel Of Justice with "A
sword. Between Christ and the world
below interyenss, In the centre of the
tapestry, n delicate landscape. sepa-
rating the heavens from the earth be
meath.
There hrs two other tapestries IN
Coniisusd on psgo 2, column