J.P. MORGAN RETURNS ASCOLI COPE TO ITALY; Presents Stolen Art Treasure to the Government. NO LIGHT ON THE AFFAIR American Bought It in Paris -- Man Arrested for Theft Killed Himself in Prison ...

J.P. Morgan sat for two minutes; one of the resulting portraits defined his reputation. Edward Steichen “No price is too great,” John Pierpont Morgan once declared, “for a work of ...

Art: Morgan Miniatures. 1 minute read. TIME. March 11, 1935 12:00 AM GMT-5. M onth ago it was announced that J. Pierpont Morgan had sold six of his father’s most valuable paintings (TIME, Feb. 11).

The tale of J. P. Morgan’s librarian is part of the legacy of passing in this country, and it’s alternately heartbreaking, infuriating, and astonishing to walk through a show devoted to a life ...