Evening star., 1936-01-05
Art Treasures Collected by Coke and Steel Magnate in Life
long Quest of Works by Greatest Geniuses Available
in Breath Taking Array in New Museum.

on the band Of wine-red marble that
outlines the parquet floor.
The long lost Fraga portrait, Philip
w. of Velasquez, hangs in the place
of honor. Four notable full-length
Whistler portraits hang here, too
Lady Meux," "Comte Robert de
Montesquiou," Rosa Corder" and
Mrs. Leyland." This room, like all
galleries Of the new wing, of which
it is a part, Is lighted by the softly
diffused daylight from q crystal
ceiling.
A series Of galleries opens from the
oval room. To the right is the east
gallery, Its walls lined with pale rose
velet, its wainscoting painted in soft
tones of taupe and gold. Opening
therefrom is the lecture hall, circular.
its walls brocaded in the same soft
tones Of pink and gray, and with a
small, half Of an oval platform at
one end. A handsome screen holds
the attention here and two full-length
portraits-the only ones in the room
one of Sir Grifdth Boynton and the
other Of Lady Boynton. by Francis
Cotes.
On the opposite side Of the court
is the original portion Of the Frick
mansion, virtually as it stood in the
magnificent days OF its occupancy.
Carriages and cars once rolled
through iron gates, about a circular
drive to the entrance from the East
Seventieth street side, where the
court now opens, and the wide, arched
windows looked out upon gardens
along this inner wall. The West
Gallery, which now opens from the
added Oval Room, is practically as
it was In those days when Henry Clay
Frick loved to conceal himself in some
deep chair to enjoy the entranced
exclamations of private visitors to his
gallery. For this man, who made q
million before he was thirty, knew more
than q pride of possession in his trea-
sures. According to his biographer
and friend. George Harvey, Mr.. Frick
used to slip into the West Gallery late
at night and sit for an hour or more.
first on one divan and then on an
other, absorbing solace and happi.
ness through the mirrors Of his heart"
WHILE this West Gallery is win
w dowless, except for its glass cell
ing, so abundant and well diffused is
the daylight which streams through
that every painting is perfectly lighted
and a strangely fitting hush pervades
the room. This is due, too, in part,
to the deep pile Of jade green velvet
that covers the aisles, and the price
less rugs that deaden ali sound
through the central portion Of the
gallery. Ancient, carved furniture.
massive and stately, Is set about the
walls and there are some fine ecclesi.
astical chairs and benches. uphol.
stored from carved arms to heavy
carved legs In q faded green velvet
that bespeaks their antiquity. The
deep, rich colorings Of the priceless
Van Dykes, veroneses. Bellinis. Titians,
Rubenses. and other Incompatible
masters, set against the walls Of jade
green velvet, create an indescribable
impression Of tranquil ageless beauty.
Two Of the Van Dykes In this col
lection are said to have been part OF
o group of seven that had been lost
mysteriously from the Palaz1o Cat
taneo In Genoa In 1905: 1t is reported
that they turned UP later In the gal
leries OF q New York dealer.
The greatest Rembrandt Of the COLI
lection-ths "Self-Portrait" painted
N i65s-is signed on the arm q the
nair and was secured by the late