| Description |
287 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, plans, portraits ; 28 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (270-278) and index. |
| Contents |
The collector and the curator: Linda Roth and the J. Pierpont Morgan collection / Vanessa Sigalas & Jennifer Tonkovich -- A privateer's mission: Morgan, the collector / Neil Harris -- Bringing the biblical lands to New York: Morgan's collection of Babylonian things / Yelena Rakic -- Moses in the bulrushes: Morgan in Egypt / Francisco H. Trujillo -- Morgan's ancient bronzes: the Greek warrior at the Wadsworth Atheneum / Lisa R. Brody -- Late medieval monumental sculpture at the Met: three Morgan acquisitions and the evolution of their display / Christine E. Brennan -- Morgan and manuscripts: the Bennett Catalogue as a window onto Morgan's taste in illumination / Roger S. Wieck -- Morgan's bibles: splendor in scripture / John Bidwell -- Three stars and a dud: addenda to the study of Morgan as a collector of Italian maiolica / Timothy Wilson -- Belle da Costa Greene: Morgan's librarian as private collector / Daria R. Foner -- A taste for luxurious and finely executed objects: Morgan's gold boxes / Jeffrey Munger -- Gazing east: Morgan, the Garland Collection, and Chinese art / Cynthia Volk -- Morgan's courtly taste: a rare Dresden miniature clock purchased by the Wadsworth Atheneum in honor of Linda Roth / Vanessa Sigalas -- Personal touches: some intimate images on Sèvres porcelain / Rosalind Savill -- Mr. Morgan's London house: a tour through Princes Gate / Linda H. Roth -- An assimilation of aesthetic taste: Morgan's "artistic house" at 219 Madison Avenue / Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen -- Morgan before the Old Masters: collecting contemporary paintings / Jennifer Tonkovich -- Mr. Junius: Junius Spencer Morgan II and the building of Morgan's library / Colin B. Bailey. |
| Summary |
"The essays in this lavishly illustrated volume offer a multifaceted portrait of American financier J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) as a collector of art. A riveting exploration of Morgan's acquisitions from antiquities to medieval manuscripts to Old Master paintings and European decorative arts, Morgan: The Collector introduces the reader to how and why he amassed his vast collection. The lively essays also serve as a tribute to Linda Roth, curator at Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT, who dedicated much of her forty-year career to researching Morgan and the over 1,500 works from his collection now in the museum. This much-needed publication focuses on Morgan as a collector and is directed at both a scholarly and more general audience that is interested in the history of collecting, America in the Gilded Age, Pierpont Morgan, and European art"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913 -- Art collections.
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Art -- Private collections -- Connecticut -- Hartford.
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Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art -- Catalogs.
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| Added Author |
Sigalas, Vanessa, editor.
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Tonkovich, Jennifer, editor.
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Roth, Linda Horvitz, honouree.
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| Added Title |
Essays in honor of Linda Roth's 40th anniversary at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art |
| ISBN |
9783897906792 (hardback) |
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3897906791 (hardback) |
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