Relocation of Barnes opposed

Opponents of a plan to move the Barnes Foundation’s multibillion-dollar art collection to Philadelphia from suburban Merion, Pa., filed a petition Monday asking a judge to reconsider his decision allowing the move.

The petition seeks to persuade Montgomery County Orphans’ Court Judge Stanley Ott, who has jurisdiction over Dr. Albert Barnes’ trust, to rescind his previous order, remove the current board of directors and place the foundation in receivership.

The gallery, which holds a trove of French masterpieces and thousands of other paintings and objects, won court permission in 2004 to deviate from Barnes’ will, which instructs that his paintings “remain in exactly the places they are” after his death.