I never got around to visiting the Frick back when...

I never got around to visiting the Frick back when I was living in NY, so I made it a mission to finally hit this place up on my recent trip. The building is very impressive; on 70th St near 5th Ave, it's right across from the park and it's a grand old NY residence you might read about in an Edith Wharton novel. The size of the museum and the collection reminded me a lot of the Huntington Library in CA. Frick and Huntington were around at about the same time and seemed to have very similar taste in art, mostly European pieces from the Renaissance to late 1800s. I most enjoyed the 18th century French and English society portraiture, reading about the individuals and finding out how, beneath their placid and elegant demeanor, some of them led quite scandalous lives, lol. Every corner is filled with something interesting to look at and I whiled away a most enjoyable few hours meandering from room to room and relaxing in the indoor fountain area, as it was a blustery, rainy day outside. If you're interested in mostly classical art in a setting that's more welcoming than overwhelming, the Frick is for you.