January 16, 2019
All Blogs
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Henry Clay Frick’s Limoges Enamels
In 1916, Henry Clay Frick converted his private office at his home on Fifth Avenue into a gallery for the collection of Limoges enamels that he had purchased from the estate of J. Pierpont Morgan for the then-staggering sum of $1,157,500. What was so compelling about these delicate, jewel-like objects that Frick paid such a high price and was willing to sacrifice his sanctuary for their display?
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A Masterpiece of Spanish Painting Enters the Collection
Reprinted from the Winter 2015 issue of the Members’ Magazine, this article details a significant gift to the Frick’s permanent collection, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo’s Self-Portrait (ca. 1650–55). -
Visualizing the Spanish Artists Dictionary
Photoarchive intern Alexandra Provo and her collaborator Diana Sapanaro discuss their projects to use visualization technologies and Python scripts to make one of the Library's research tools, Spanish Artists from the Fourth to the Twentieth Century: A Critical Dictionary, accessible to the public in new ways.
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Intimate Sketches of New York
One of the most popular series completed by the American illustrator Vernon Howe Bailey was his "Intimate Sketches of New York," which records the city during a period of dramatic growth — and change.