The sun., 1917-12-18
MORGAN'S ART
TREASURES FOR
METROPOLITAN
Banker Donates 5000 OBJ
jects in Memory of His
Father.
TO BE IN SPECIAL WING
1t Will Bear Name Of Late
BenefactOr-Elihu Root
a Trustee.
% BE IN SPECIAL WING

A; yesterdays meeting o: the trustees
OF the Metropolitan Museum OF Art II
was announced tina. J. p. Morgan Rad
given to the museum all the works OF
art ne had at present on loan to the
museum. with tho single exception OF
the bronze hgure Eros" which was
shown several years ago In the Bosco-
reale room and was recently borrowed
again for the opening Of the new Sal-
leries OF classical art
At the same meeting OF the trustees
Elihu Root was elected frst vice-presi-
dent OF the institution to succeed the
late Joseph H. Choate.
From the time the famous Morgan
collections were brought TO this country
from England there has been great pub
lie curiosity manifested In them. and
when they were first exhibited In the
museum the rush to inspect them vas
great The breaking up OF tho group OF
Chinese porcelains and the subsequent
selling OF the Fragonards and other
Morgan objects caused CONSERVATION In
art circles. as It Ia, been hoped that
the museum was to be the permanent
resting place OF these works OF art.
Size of the Gift.
After the famous collection OF Morgan
miniatures had been withdrawn to Nj.
Morgan's residence the impression
gained ground that Mr.. Morgan had
withdrawn everything lent by his father
and himself except the things given last
year. II may consequently be sur
| prise to ieHn that the present gift con-
| s!sts of upward OF 1000 objects. In ad-
dit.on TO the famous Greau collection OF
! ancient glass and pottery, which is men
toned separately. because tho +,So0
| items Il contains are mainly fragments.
| The significance OF the gift lies In the
| quality OF II, for II Includes many OF the
most valuable things that the late Mr..
| MorEan collected. Chief among these
are the Byzantine and medieval enaneis
| and ivories. includ,ig the marvellous
Svenisorodskoi and Hoentschel coliec'
tions. each unrivalled in it feld. so that
| In these branches OF decorative art our
museum now outdistances all others IN
the world. These objects were formerly
shown In the frs; two rooms Of the Nor
| gan collection and. with the exception OF
the tapestries and the Greek and Roman
hronGes, all that was in thefe room:
now permanently belongs to the city.
! In addition to these priceless enamel'
and ivories Mr. Morgan's gift includes
| the collection OF watches. clocks, snuf
boxes caTnets dc bal. renaissance
Jeweiry. Meroving!au and German an
tiouit!es, italian and Spanish enamels
renaissance glass. Henri II. pottery. th'
lie Breton collection of Rouen faience
many small med!avnl and Renaissance
sculptures not previously given. ant
other objects now shown as loans /,
various parts OF the museum. Th'
Egyptian and classical departments vii
, be enriched and the beautiful SegroI
casoue will belong to the collection o
| armor.
Thirty PaintinRs Included.
Tho paintings included i, the gle
! number thirty, among which are Metsu'
visit to tho Nursery" by many con
sidcred his masterpiece; Van der Wey
denis "Annunciation.' eight decorativ
panels by Hubert Robert. Tom Ring
triptych representing Christ blessing
surrounded by the donor and his family
Rubens's sketch OF St. Theresa. Va
Eyck's head OF Beckett and charming
group by l.onghi.
In making this Gift one Of Mr. Nor
gan's purposes had been to perpetual
the memory of his father ss a collector
an aim. Or. Robinson explained, wit
which the trustees of the museum ar
heartily in sympathy They therefor
voted yesterday that the section Of tn
building devoted TO European decorativ
arts, which is already largely occupie
by Morgan gifts, shall hereafter b
designated as the "P.erpon; Morsa
Wing" and that all the objects IN
cluded in tho present gift which belon
appropriately with the material mn
in II shall be brought together there
Mr.. Morgan having agreed that tn
others shall remain in the depa artment
where they are.
Y,, npseuuenNe A rGarraDRement wi
have to be made in the lower floor c
the wing, so that II will be probabl
several months before the collections ca
ha reinsfalled and shown to the nuhlit