Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal), Bacino di San Marco, Venice, about 1738. Oil on canvas. Abbott Lawrence Fund, Seth K. Sweetser Fund, and Charles Edward French Fund.
Oil on canvas. Abbott Lawrence Fund, Seth K. Sweetser Fund, and Charles Edward French Fund.
Henri Hemsch, harpsichord, probably 1736. Poplar. The Edward F. Searles Musical Instrument Collection; Gift of Edward S. Rowland, Benjamin A. Rowland, Jr., George B. Rowland, Daniel B. Rowland, Rodney D. Rowland and M.A. Swedlund in memory of their father, Benjamin Allen Rowland.
Poplar. The Edward F. Searles Musical Instrument Collection; Gift of Edward S. Rowland, Benjamin A. Rowland, Jr., George B. Rowland, Daniel B. Rowland, Rodney D. Rowland and M.A. Swedlund in memory of their father, Benjamin Allen Rowland.
Jean Marc Nattier, Thalia, Muse of Comedy, 1739. Oil on canvas. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Museum purchase, Mildred Anna Williams Collection.
Jean Marc Nattier, Thalia, Muse of Comedy, 1739. Oil on canvas. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Museum purchase, Mildred Anna Williams Collection.
Giandomenico Tiepolo, The Charlatan, 1756. Oil on canvas. Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona. Francesc Cambó Bequest, 1949. © Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona.
Oil on canvas. Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona. Francesc Cambó Bequest, 1949. © Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona.
Folding fan, French or English, 1760s. Skin leaf painted in gouache and gilded; pierced and carved ivory sticks with applied mother-of-pearl. Gift of Miss Annie Jewett.
Skin leaf painted in gouache and gilded; pierced and carved ivory sticks with applied mother-of-pearl. Gift of Miss Annie Jewett.
William Hogarth, The Lady’s Last Stake, 1759. Oil on canvas. Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery Buffalo, New York. Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr., 1945.
Oil on canvas. Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery Buffalo, New York. Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr., 1945.
Suit, French, about 1780. Silk velvet embroidered with gold paillettes and glass and metallic thread. The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection.
Silk velvet embroidered with gold paillettes and glass and metallic thread. The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection.
Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal), The Molo: Looking West, Ducal Palace Right, 1730s. Oil on canvas. El Paso Museum of Art. Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.
Oil on canvas. El Paso Museum of Art. Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.
Giuseppe Gricci for Capodimonte Manufactory, The Doctor, Harlequin, and Colombine, about 1750. Soft-paste porcelain with colored enamel and gilded decoration. Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger, William Francis Warden Fund, and John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund.
Soft-paste porcelain with colored enamel and gilded decoration. Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger, William Francis Warden Fund, and John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund.
François Boucher, Venus at Vulcan’s Forge, 1769. Oil on canvas. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas.
Oil on canvas. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas.
Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal), Bacino di San Marco, Venice, about 1738. Oil on canvas. Abbott Lawrence Fund, Seth K. Sweetser Fund, and Charles Edward French Fund.
Oil on canvas. Abbott Lawrence Fund, Seth K. Sweetser Fund, and Charles Edward French Fund.
Henri Hemsch, harpsichord, probably 1736. Poplar. The Edward F. Searles Musical Instrument Collection; Gift of Edward S. Rowland, Benjamin A. Rowland, Jr., George B. Rowland, Daniel B. Rowland, Rodney D. Rowland and M.A. Swedlund in memory of their father, Benjamin Allen Rowland.
Poplar. The Edward F. Searles Musical Instrument Collection; Gift of Edward S. Rowland, Benjamin A. Rowland, Jr., George B. Rowland, Daniel B. Rowland, Rodney D. Rowland and M.A. Swedlund in memory of their father, Benjamin Allen Rowland.
Jean Marc Nattier, Thalia, Muse of Comedy, 1739. Oil on canvas. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Museum purchase, Mildred Anna Williams Collection.
Jean Marc Nattier, Thalia, Muse of Comedy, 1739. Oil on canvas. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Museum purchase, Mildred Anna Williams Collection.
Giandomenico Tiepolo, The Charlatan, 1756. Oil on canvas. Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona. Francesc Cambó Bequest, 1949. © Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona.
Oil on canvas. Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona. Francesc Cambó Bequest, 1949. © Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona.
Folding fan, French or English, 1760s. Skin leaf painted in gouache and gilded; pierced and carved ivory sticks with applied mother-of-pearl. Gift of Miss Annie Jewett.
Skin leaf painted in gouache and gilded; pierced and carved ivory sticks with applied mother-of-pearl. Gift of Miss Annie Jewett.
William Hogarth, The Lady’s Last Stake, 1759. Oil on canvas. Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery Buffalo, New York. Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr., 1945.
Oil on canvas. Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery Buffalo, New York. Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr., 1945.
Suit, French, about 1780. Silk velvet embroidered with gold paillettes and glass and metallic thread. The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection.
Silk velvet embroidered with gold paillettes and glass and metallic thread. The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection.
Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal), The Molo: Looking West, Ducal Palace Right, 1730s. Oil on canvas. El Paso Museum of Art. Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.
Oil on canvas. El Paso Museum of Art. Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.
Giuseppe Gricci for Capodimonte Manufactory, The Doctor, Harlequin, and Colombine, about 1750. Soft-paste porcelain with colored enamel and gilded decoration. Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger, William Francis Warden Fund, and John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund.
Soft-paste porcelain with colored enamel and gilded decoration. Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger, William Francis Warden Fund, and John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund.
François Boucher, Venus at Vulcan’s Forge, 1769. Oil on canvas. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas.
Oil on canvas. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas.