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The J. Paul Getty Museum’s collection of European sculpture featured in this volume ranges in date from the late fifteenth century to the very early twentieth and includes a wide variety of media: marble, bronze, alabaster, terracotta, plaster, wood, ivory, and gold. The earliest sculpture represented is the mysterious Saint Cyricus by Francesco Laurana; the latest is a shield-like portrait of Medusa by the eccentric Italian sculptor Vincenzo Gemito. Among the more than forty works included in this handsomely illustrated volume are sculptures by Antico (Bust of a Young Man); Cellini (a Satyr designed for Fontainebleau); Giambologna (a Female Figure that may represent Venus); Bernini (Boy with a Dragon); and Carpeaux (Bust of Jean-Léon Gérôme). Well represented here is the Museum’s splendid collection of Mannerist and early Baroque bronzes, including such masterpieces as Johann Gregor van der Schardt’s Mercury and two superb works by Adriaen de Vries: Juggling Man and Rearing Horse. These works are indicative of the extraordinary quality of the J. Paul Getty Museum’s collection of post-Classical European sculpture.
Spans the history of European painting from Veneziano in the mid-14th century to David Hockney in the mid 20th century.
Cover features Marie Denise Villers, 'Marie Joséphine Charlotte du Val d'Ognes (died 1868)' 1801
A Feast for the Eyes: European Masterpieces from the Grasset Collection features 40 superb Old Master paintings from the 17th and 18th centuries by major Italian, Spanish, German, and Netherlandish artists. This is only the second time this collection has been shown publicly. The Museum of Fine Arts is honored and thrilled to be able to share these extraordinary works of art with our visitors. Carefully collected and assembled over the last five decades by the Grasset family in Spain, this exhibition will offer a rare glimpse into an exquisite European private collection. The exhibition includes a wide variety of themes, such as sumptuous flower still lifes, as well as splendid banquet scenes--such as Floris Claesz. van Dyck's Still Life with Fruit and Olives. View seascapes celebrating maritime life, as well as urban scenes capturing the grandeur and beauty of Europe, such as Canaletto's The Grand Canal. The exhibition will also feature a number of genre scenes, including Esias van de Velde's Winter Landscape with Elegant Skaters, which beautifully evokes day-to-day life centuries ago.
In association with the North Carolina Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the Seattle Art Museum, and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.