中文简介：

本书从多方面描绘了美国金融家皮尔庞特·摩根（J. Pierpont Morgan，1837-1913 年）作为艺术品收藏家的形象，对摩根收购的古董、中世纪手稿、古代大师绘画和欧洲装饰艺术品进行了引人入胜的探讨，向读者介绍了他如何以及为何积累了大量收藏。

这些生动的文章也是对康涅狄格州哈特福德市瓦兹沃尔斯雅典娜艺术博物馆馆长琳达·（Linda Roth）的致敬，她在四十年的职业生涯中一直致力于研究摩根及其收藏的1500多件作品。这本亟需的出版物侧重于摩根作为收藏家的身份，面向对收藏史、镀金时代的美国、皮尔庞特·摩根和欧洲艺术感兴趣的学者和普通读者。

英文简介：

The essays in this lavishly illustrated volume offer a multi-faceted 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.