Frick’s Vermeers
Reunited
June 3 through November 2, 2008
Particularly beloved among the paintings at The Frick Collection are its three works by Johannes Vermeer (1632– 1675), Officer and Laughing Girl (left), Mistress and Maid (center), and Girl Interrupted at Her Music (right). These rare canvases
were purchased by Henry Clay Frick before his death in 1919. This summer, the
institution offers visitors their first opportunity in nearly ten years to
examine the paintings together on one wall.
Their presentation in the
South Hall is accompanied by a panel that traces Frick’s interest in
the artist and places him in the context of other early American
collectors of Vermeer’s work. An education program involving Colin B.
Bailey, Associate Director and Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator, is planned
for September. The summer Members’ Magazine features an illuminating
essay on the market for Vermeer’s paintings, written by Esmée Quodbach ("The Sphinx of Delft": Rediscovering Vermeer at The Frick Collection is also available online). Quodbach is the Assistant to the Director of the Center for the History of
Collecting in America.
Permanent Collection
The Frick Collection includes some of the best-known paintings by the greatest European artists, major works of sculpture (among them one of the finest groups of small bronzes in the world), superb eighteenth-century French furniture and porcelains, Limoges enamels, Oriental rugs, and other works of remarkable quality.
There is no special exhibition at this time, however, several are scheduled annually. Use the following links, or use the links at left, to see our featured or current exhibitions and installations, or future exhibitions. You may also visit previous exhibitions and installations or purchase catalogues of past shows from our Museum Shop.
We are pleased to announce a searchable database of works of art in the permanent collection, available at collections.frick.org. You may bookmark the following link "Search Our Collections," which is also available on each page on this Web site.
You are also invited to investigate our permanent collections area by visiting the virtual tour section, available from Tour The Frick Collection Online, on each page of this Web site. This section contains information about the history of The Frick Collection, the galleries used for displaying our permanent collection, and includes a virtual tour and audio files. For questions about visiting The Frick Collection, see Visitor Information.
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