Artist: Thomas Gainsborough (1727 - 1788)
Nationality: British
Movement: Rococo
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Thomas Gainsborough was born in Suffolk, with recognizable talent even as a child. At 13, his family sent him to study in London under French artist Hubert Gravelot. In 1745, Gainsborough attempted to make a living selling his landscapes, but his business ventures soon failed and he returned to his birthplace. He then moved to Bath, abandoning his preferred landscape subjects for the more lucrative career of a portrait artist. In 1768, Gainsborough’s reputation earned him a spot as one of the founders of the Royal Academy in London.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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Gainsborough Dupont Eldest Princesses Mezzotint 18th century
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The Wood Gatherers, 1787 Thomas Gainsborough (British, 1727-1788)Oil on canvas; 58 1/8 x 47 3/8
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A Child with a Cat, 1787 Thomas Gainsborough (British, 1727-1788)Oil on canvas; 59 1/4 x
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Wooded Upland Landscape, probably 1783 Thomas Gainsborough (British, 1727-1788)Oil on canvas; 47 3/8 x 58
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Lieutenant Colonel Paul Pechell (1724-1800) Thomas Gainsborough (British, 1727-1788)Oil on canvas; 30 1/8 x 25
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Artist: Thomas Gainsborough,R.A. Title: The Fallen Tree Date: about 1750 - 1753 Medium: oil on
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Mrs. Ralph Izard (Alice DeLancey, 1746-47–1832) Thomas Gainsborough (British, 1727-1788)Oil on canvas; Oval, 30 1/4
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Mrs. Grace Dalrymple Elliott (1754?–1823), 1778 Thomas Gainsborough (British, 1727-1788)Oil on canvas; 92 1/4 x
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Thomas Gainsborough - The Hon. Mrs. Thomas Graham c. 1775-1777 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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William Anne Hollis
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Portrait of James Christie (1730 - 1803)
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Artist: Thomas Gainsborough Title: Wooded Landscape with Cows at a Watering Place, Figures and Cottage
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The Painter"s Daughter Mary (1748-1826) Copy after Thomas Gainsborough (British, probably third quarter 19th century)Oil
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Charlotte (1744-1818), Queen of England Thomas Gainsborough (British, 1727-1788)Oil on canvas; 23 3/4 x 17
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Thomas Gainsborough Mrs. Fitzherbert oil on canvas 1784
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Portrait of a Woman, Called Miss Sparrow Thomas Gainsborough (British, 1727-1788)Oil on canvas; 30 1/8
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Thomas Gainsborough Portrait of a Woman red chalk 18th century
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Thomas Gainsborough Samuel Kilderbee oil on canvas circa 1757
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Thomas Gainsborough Major General Sir William Draper oil on canvas circa 1765
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Thomas Gainsborough Landscape With Country Carts oil on canvas circa 1784 - 1785
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Thomas Gainsborough Wooded Landscape with Three Cows at a Pool aquatint mid 18th century
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Thomas Gainsborough Eleazar Davy of the Grove, Yoxford, Suffolk oil on canvas circa 1775
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Thomas Gainsborough Wooded Landscape with Two Country Carts and figures Soft Ground Etching 1779 - 1780
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Thomas Gainsborough River Scene with Mill black crayon with white chalk on faded blue-green laid paper circa 1760 - 1780
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Thomas Gainsborough Wooded River Landscape with Shepherds and Sheep Soft Ground Etching and aquatint mid 18th century
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Thomas Gainsborough Wooded Landscape with Figures and Cows at a Watering Place Soft Ground Etching and aquatint 1776 - 1777
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Charles Rousseau Burney (1747-1819), late 1770s Thomas Gainsborough (British, 1727-1788)Oil on canvas; 30 1/4 x
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Thomas Gainsborough Upland Landscape with Figures, Riders and Cattle varnished watercolor with oil paint on cream laid paper circa 1780 - 1790
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Lady Mulgrave (Anne Elizabeth Cholmley, 1769-1788) Gainsborough Dupont (British, born about 1754, died 1797)Oil on
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Portrait of a Man, Called General Blyth Thomas Gainsborough (British, 1727-1788)Oil on canvas; 29 1/2
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A Lady Walking in a Garden with a Child
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Thomas Gainsborough - Portrait of Mrs. Collins c. 1770-1775 Oil on canvas Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami English
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Sir Thomas Gainsborough - Portrait of Mrs. Casberd 1765-1766 oil on canvas Utah Museum of Fine Arts English
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THomas Gainsborough - The Fallen Tree 1750-53 oil on canvas Minneapolis Institute of Arts British
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Thomas Gainsborough - Seashore with Fishermen c. 1781-1782 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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Thomas Gainsborough - Landscape with a pool c. 1746-1747 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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Thomas Gainsborough - Ralph Bell 1772-74 oil on canvas North Carolina Museum of Art British
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Thomas Gainsborough - The Cottage Door c. 1778 oil on canvas Cincinnati Art Museum British
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Thomas Gainsborough - Mrs. John Taylor c. 1778 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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Thomas Gainsborough - The Hon. Frances Duncombe c. 1777 oil on canvas The Frick Collection British
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Thomas Gainsborough - Miss Montagu c. 1774 oil on canvas Chrysler Museum of Art English
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Thomas Gainsborough - Suffolk Landscape mid-1750's oil on canvas Kimbell Art Museum English
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Thomas Gainsborough - Miss Lloyd c. 1750 oil on canvas Kimbell Art Museum English
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Thomas Gainsborough - Edward Swinburne 1785 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art English
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Thomas Gainsborough - A forest road c. 1750 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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Thomas Gainsborough - Philip Dupont c. 1770 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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Thomas Gainsborough - Mrs. John Kirby after 1748 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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Thomas Gainsborough - John Kirby after 1748 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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Thomas Gainsborough, British, 1727-1788 Landscape with a Man and Cart about 1753-57 Water-color touched with
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Thomas R.A. Gainsborough - Man with Book Seated in a Landscape c. 1753 oil on canvas Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester British
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Thomas Gainsborough - The Hon. William Fitzwilliam 1775 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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Thomas Gainsborough - Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan 1785-1787 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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Thomas Gainsborough - Master John Heathcote c. 1771-1772 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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Thomas Gainsborough - Mountain Landscape with Bridge c. 1783-1784 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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Thomas Gainsborough - Mrs. Paul Cobb Methuen c. 1776-1777 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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Thomas Gainsborough - Sir John Edward Swinburne 1785 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art English
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Thomas Gainsborough - Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire 1783 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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Thomas Gainsborough - Heneage Lloyd and his sister' c. 1750 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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Thomas Gainsborough - The Mall in St. James's Park 1783 oil on canvas The Frick Collection British
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Thomas Gainsborough - Lady Anne Hamilton c. 1777-80 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art English
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Thomas Gainsborough - John, 4th Earl of Darnley 1785 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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Thomas Gainsborough - Miss Cathering Tatton 1786 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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Thomas Gainsborough - John Joshua Kirby n.d. oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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Portrait of Anne, Countess of Chesterfield
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Thomas R.A. Gainsborough - Portrait of Mrs. William Provis of Beth 1766 oil on canvas Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester British
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Henry Wolf Lady Lethbridgs - Gainsborough 19th - 20th century
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Thomas GAinsborough - George Pitt, First Lord Rivers c. 1768-69 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art British
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Thomas Gainsborough - Lady Anna Horatia Waldegrave c. 1783 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art English
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Thomas Gainsborough - Portrait of Sir Charles Holte (1721-1782) 1770-1774 oil on canvas Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery British
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Thomas Gainsborough - Landscape with Herdsman and Cows crossing a bridge c. 1772 oil on paper laid do The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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Thomas Gainsborough - The honorable Richard Savage Nassau de Zuylestein, M.P. c. 1778-80 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art English
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Thomas Gainsborough - Portrait of Miss Ann Ford, Later Mrs. Philip Thicknesse 1760 oil on canvas Cincinnati Art Museum British
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Thomas Gainsborough, British, 1727-1788 Haymaker and Sleeping Girl (Mushroom Girl) late 1780s Oil on canvas
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Mrs. John Puget (Catherine Hawkins) Gainsborough Dupont (British, born about 1754, died 1797)Oil on copper;
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Mrs. William Tennant (Mary Wylde, died 1798), 1780s Thomas Gainsborough (British, 1727-1788)Oil on canvas; 49
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Thomas Gainsborough, British, 1727-1788 John Eld of Seighford Hall, Stafford about 1772 Oil on canvas
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Thomas Gainsborough - Portrait of Lewis Bagot, Bishop of Bristol (1740-1802) 1770-1774 oil on canvas Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery British
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Thomas Gainsborough - Portrait of Maria Walpole, Lady Waldegrave, in Mourning Dress c. 1764 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art English
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Thomas Gainsborough, British, 1727-1788 Mrs. Edmund Morton Pleydell Oil on canvas 126.4 x 104.8 cm
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Thomas Gainsborough, British, 1727-1788 Mrs. Thomas Matthew Oil on canvas 76.8 x 64.7 cm (30
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Richard James Lane Armee Hollandaise- Officier et soldat de marine 19th century
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Thomas Gainsborough, British, 1727-1788 Captain Thomas Matthew before 1772 Oil on canvas 77.5 x 64.5
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Richard James Lane Mademoiselle Taglioni Color lithograph with watercolor additions 19th century
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Gainsborough Dupont - William Pitt 1787-1796 oil on board National Gallery of Art British
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William Morris Hunt, American, 1824-1879 The Gainsborough Hat about 1876 Oil on canvas 55.88 x
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Gainsborough Dupont - Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire c. 1787-1796 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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Gainsborough Dupont - Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan 1787-1796 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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John Dean The Harmony between History and Poetry Mezzotint 18th century
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Gainsborough Dupont - George IV and Prince of Wales 1781 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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Mezzetin, probably 1718-20 Jean Antoine Watteau (French, 1684-1721)Oil on canvas; 21 3/4 x 17 in.
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Thomas Sully - Thomas Alston 1826 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Thomas Sully The Reverend Thomas Stockton oil on canvas 1843
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Thomas Gainsborough, British, 1727-1788 John Taylor Oil on canvas 75.9 x 64.5 cm (29 7/8
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Thomas Sully - Thomas Handasyd Perkins 1832 oil on canvas Boston Athenaeum American
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Thomas Lupton Thomas Chalmers, D.D, L.L.D, & F.R.S.E. 18th - 19th century
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Thomas Sully - Mrs. Caleb Newbold and Her Son Thomas 1813 oil on canvas The Columbus Museum
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Thomas King Thomas Parr, aged 152 years 18th century
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Hans Holbein the Younger - Sir Thomas More 1527 oil on panel The Frick Collection German
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Thomas Hill Reverend Thomas Starr King oil on canvas 19th - 20th century
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Thomas Cheesman - Thomas Moor Ld. Chancelour (after Hans Holbien) 1812 colored print University of California, Berkeley Art Museum English

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (14)
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National Gallery of Art: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727-1788
The exhibition was organized by Tate Britain--where it has been on view since October 24, 2002, and will close on January 19, 2003--in association with the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, where it will be ...
Tate Britian: Drawing Materials and Techniques: Works on Paper from the Oppe Collection 1700-1850
Rather than placing emphasis on the artist, or the subject and content of the drawings, the exhibition looks closely at the materials and techniques used to create them. Most works in the exhibition will be on display for t...
Bristol Museums and Art Gallery: Family Fortunes: Paintings on tour from the National Gallery, London
Also on display is work on the theme of the family today by Bristol school children and young people. ...
Museum of Fine Art, Houston: Rembrandt to Gainsborough: Masterpieces from England's Dulwich Picture Gallery
Described as Londons most perfect gallery, Dulwich Picture Gallery houses a renowned collection of European painting from ...
Cincinnati Art Museum: European Masterpieces: Six Centuries of Paintings from the National Gallery of Victoria, Australia
This exhibition, which make its world premiere at the CAM, will travel the United States while the
Walker Art Gallery: George Romney 1734-1802: British art's forgotten genius
At the height of his career he was more fashionable than Sir Joshua Reynolds and Thomas Gainsborough as a society portraitist, but all his life he wanted to paint elevated historical and literary subjects. He lacked the confidence to carry out ma...
Bolton Museum and Art Gallery: Family Fortunes: Paintings on Tour from the National Gallery, London
'Family Fortunes' focuses attention on shifting attitudes towards the family from the 16th century to the present day. For example, the sentimental appreciation of children and childish pleasures which emerged in the 18th century is reflected ...
Tennessee State Museum: The Rau Collection: Six Centuries With The European Masters
Riggins-Ezzell said, "This is truly an all-star lineup of the European masters from several countries, representing the beginnings of European painting in the Renaissance up to the mid-20th century, including French Impressionist and Post-Impressi...
Tate Gallery, Liverpool: Figurative Art at the End of the Century
Many of these works have only just been acquired by the Tate and are on show in Liverpool for the first time. Together, they create a powerful spectacle and raise issues ...
Getty Museum: A Passion for Performance: Sarah Siddons and Her Portraitists
Cultivating a complex public persona to promote her celebrity, Siddons collaborated with the greatest artists of her day to create images which celebrated her renowned majestic ...
Victoria and Albert Museum: Five New Painting Galleries to Open
The V&A has remarkable collections of eighteenth and nineteenth century British landscape paintings and watercolours (the national collection of watercolours is held at the V&A). Three galleries will focus on the image of landscape in Britain as...
Frick Collection: Master Drawings from the Smith College Museum of Art
Among the other artists represented in the exhibition are Northern European masters Matthias Grünewald, Jan van Goyen, Adoph von Menzel, Piet Mondrian, and Paul Klee. Italian artists include Fra Bartolommeo, Rosso Fiorentino, Federico Barocci, Gi...
Haus der Kunst: Masterpieces from Fra Angelico to Bonnard The Collection Dr. Gustav Rau
After the exhibition in Paris and Cologne, this priceless collection is now to be seen in its noticeably enlarged form in Haus der Kunst. A selection of 100 paintings demonstrates in an exemplary manner the development of European painting from th...
Frick Collection: Masterpieces of European Painting from the Toledo Museum of Art
While the collection of the Toledo Museum is considered encyclopedic, the works included in the exhibition will emphasize the period from the early Italian Renaissance to late nineteenth-century France. The selection will notably complement the h...

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