The Frick Collection
The West Gallery of The Frick Collection
 
Special Exhibition
 

Masterpieces of European Painting from Dulwich Picture Gallery
March 9 through May 30, 2010

 

Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669)
A Girl at a Window

1645
Oil on canvas
Bourgeois Bequest, 1811

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  Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684–1721)
Les Plaisirs du bal (Pleasures of the Dance)
c. 1717
Oil on canvas
Bourgeois Bequest, 1811

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All of the podcasts below, including this introduction to the exhibition, are by Charlotte Vignon, the newly appointed Associate Curator of Decorative Arts, The Frick Collection.   Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788)
Elizabeth and Mary Linley — The Linley Sisters
1771–72, probably partly repainted 1785
Oil on canvas
Linley Bequest, 1835

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All of the podcasts below, including this introduction to the exhibition, are by Charlotte Vignon, the newly appointed Associate Curator of Decorative Arts, The Frick Collection.   Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617–1682)
The Flower Girl — Spring
c. 1665
Oil on canvas
Bourgeois Bequest, 1811

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All of the podcasts below, including this introduction to the exhibition, are by Charlotte Vignon, the newly appointed Associate Curator of Decorative Arts, The Frick Collection.   Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665)
The Nurture of Jupiter
c. 1636–37
Oil on canvas
Bourgeois Bequest, 1811

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All of the podcasts below, including this introduction to the exhibition, are by Charlotte Vignon, the newly appointed Associate Curator of Decorative Arts, The Frick Collection.   Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1599–1641)
Samson and Delilah
c. 1618–20
Oil on canvas
Bourgeois Bequest, 1811

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Colin B. Bailey, Associate Director and Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator at the Frick, interviews Xavier F. Salomon, Arturo and Holly Melosi Chief Curator at Dulwich, in this interesting podcast in which they discuss the history of Dulwich Picture Gallery and the origins of the exhibition at The Frick Collection.

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The exhibition, in the Frick’s Oval Room and Garden Court, is co-organized by Colin B. Bailey, Associate Director and Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator at the Frick, and Xavier F. Salomon, Arturo and Holly Melosi Chief Curator at Dulwich. A fully illustrated catalogue, written by Dr. Salomon, features an essay on the origins of the collection at Dulwich as well as comprehensive entries on the nine works.

Principal funding for the exhibition is provided by Christie's and Melvin R. Seiden.

Additional support is generously provided by John and Constance Birkelund, Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Eberstadt, Fiduciary Trust Company International, Barbara G. Fleischman, Francis Finlay, and Hester Diamond.

The accompanying catalogue is made possible by Jon and Barbara Landau.

This exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.

 

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