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The Frick Collection

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Welcome to The Frick Collection. Here you can listen to a discussion of works of art on view at The Frick Collection.The Frick Collection was founded by Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919), the Pittsburgh coke and steel industrialist. At his death, Mr. Frick bequeathed his New York residence and the most outstanding of his many artworks to establish a public gallery for the purpose of “encouraging and developing the study of the fine arts.” The art of The Frick Collection includes superb examples of Old Master paintings, sculpture and decorative arts.

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  1. Special Exhibition: Norton Simon Museum, Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)

    Assistant Curator Margaret Iacono discusses Giovanni Francesco Barbieri's (called Guercino) "Aldrovandi Dog" on display at The Frick Collection February 10 through May 10, 2009.

  2. Special Exhibition: Norton Simon Museum, Jacopo Bassano

    Assistant Curator Margaret Iacono discusses Jacopo Bassano's "The Flight into Egypt" on display at The Frick Collection February 10 through May 10, 2009.

  3. Special Exhibition: Norton Simon Museum, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

    Assistant Curator Margaret Iacono discusses Bartolomé Esteban Murillo's "The Birth of Saint John the Baptist" on display at The Frick Collection February 10 through May 10, 2009.

  4. Special Exhibition: Norton Simon Museum, Peter Paul Rubens

    Assistant Curator Margaret Iacono discusses Peter Paul Rubens's "The Holy Women at the Sepulchre" on display at The Frick Collection February 10 through May 10, 2009.

  5. Special Exhibition: Norton Simon Museum, Francisco de Zurbarán

    Assistant Curator Margaret Iacono discusses Francisco de Zurbarán's "Still Life with Lemons, Oranges and a Rose" on display at The Frick Collection February 10 through May 10, 2009.

  6. Special Exhibition: Norton Simon Museum, Cleaning Zurbarán's Masterpiece

    Carol Togneri, Chief Curator of the Norton Simon Museum, discusses cleaning Zurbarán's painting with Mark Leonard, Chief Conservator in The J. Paul Getty Museums Painting's Conservation Department.

  7. 261: Whistler, Two Portraits

    James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), Arrangement in Black and Gold: Comte Robert de Montesquiou-Fezensac and James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834 - 1903) and Arrangement in Black and Brown: Miss Rosa Corder

  8. 217: Hals, Portraits of an Elderly Man and Woman

    Frans Hals (1581/1585-1666), Portrait of an Elderly Man, and Portrait of an Elderly Woman, oil on canvas, 45 1/2 in. x 36 in. (115.57 cm x 91.44 cm), Henry Clay Frick Bequest, 1910.1.69

  9. 280: Boulle, Kneehole Desk with Tendril Marquetry

    André-Charles Boulle (1642 - 1732), Kneehole Desk withTendril Marquetry, c.1700, brass, tortoiseshell, ebony, gilt-bronze, black leather on oak, fir and walnut, 30 3/4 in. x 57 7/8 in. x 2 15/16 in. (78.11 cm x 147 cm x 7.46 cm) Henry Clay Frick Bequest

  10. 237: Houdon, Diana the Huntress

    Jean-Antoine Houdon (active 1741-1828), Diana the Huntress, 1776-95, terracotta, 75 1/2 in. (191.77 cm), Purchased by The Frick Collection, 1939, 1939.2.79

  11. 225: Velázquez, King Philip IV of Spain

    Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (1599-1660), King Philip IV of Spain, 1644, oil on canvas, 51 1/8 in. x 39 1/8 in. (129.86 cm x 99.38 cm), Henry Clay Frick Bequest, 1911.1.123

  12. 223: Vermeer, Mistress and Maid

    Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675), Mistress and Maid, 1665-70, oil on canvas 35 1/2 in. x 31 in. (90.17 cm x 78.74 cm), Henry Clay Frick Bequest, 1919.1.126

  13. 221: Rembrandt, Self-Portrait

    Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606-1669), Self-Portrait, 1658, oil on canvas 52 5/8 in. x 40 7/8 in. (133.67 cm x 103.82 cm), Henry Clay Frick Bequest,1906.1.97

  14. 214: Rembrandt, The Polish Rider

    Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606-1669), The Polish Rider, c. 1655, oil on canvas, 46 in. x 53 1/8 in. (116.84 cm x 134.94 cm), Henry Clay Frick Bequest, 1910.1.98

  15. 196: Bronzino, Lodovico Capponi

    Agnolo di Cosimo di Mariano Bronzino (1503-1572), Lodovico Capponi, 1550-55, oil on poplar panel, 45 7/8 in. x 33 3/4 in. (116.52 cm x 85.73 cm) Henry Clay Frick Bequest, 1915.1.19

  16. 193: Constable, The White Horse

    John Constable (1776-1837), The White Horse, 1819, oil on canvas, 51 3/4 in. x 74 1/8 in. (131.45 cm x 188.28 cm), Purchased by The Frick Collection, 1943, 1943.1.147

  17. 167: Ingres, Comtesse d'Haussonville

    Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780-1867), Comtesse d'Haussonville, 1845, oil on canvas, 51 7/8 in. x 36 1/4 in. (131.76 cm x 92.08 cm), Purchased by The Frick Collection, 1927, 1927.1.81

  18. 137: Bellini, St. Francis in the Desert

    Giovanni Bellini (c. 1430-1516), St. Francis in the Desert, 1480, oil and tempera on poplar panel, 49 in. x 55 7/8 in. (124.46 cm x 141.92 cm), Henry Clay Frick Bequest, Accession number: 1915.1.03

  19. 125: Holbein, Sir Thomas More

    Hans Holbein, the Younger (1497/1498-1543), Sir Thomas More, 1527, oil on oak panel, 29 1/2 in. x 23 3/4 in. (74.93 cm x 60.33 cm), Henry Clay Frick Bequest, Accession number: 1912.1.77

  20. 114: Carlin, Three Late Eighteenth Century Tables

    Martin Carlin (c. 1730-1785), Mechanical Table with Sèvres Porcelain Plaques, c. 1781; Tripod Table with Sèvres Porcelain Plaques, c. 1783; and Gilt-Bronze Tripod Table with Lapis Lazuli Top, circa 1785.

  21. 105: Fragonard (audio), The Progress of Love

    The history of these paintings -- one of the most powerful evocations of love in the history of art -- is linked with the career of the Comtesse du Barry, the last mistress of Louis XV. For a pleasure pavilion she commissioned from the architect Ledoux in 1771, the countess ordered from Fragonard...

  22. 102: Fragonard Room (enhanced)

    The Fragonard Room of The Frick Collection.

  23. 065: Boucher, The Arts and Sciences

    François Boucher (1703-1770), The Arts and Sciences, oil on canvas, H. 85 1/2 in. (217.2 cm); W. either 30 /2 in. or 38 in. (77.5 or 96.5 cm), painted probably between 1750 and 1752, Henry Clay Frick Bequest, Accession numbers: 1916.1.4-11.

  24. 061: Boucher Room (enhanced)

    François Boucher (1703-1770), The Arts and Sciences installed in the Boucher Room of The Frick Collection.

  25. 022: Johannes Vermeer, Officer and Laughing Girl, Girl Interrupted at Her Music

    In Mr. Frick's day, Rembrandt was the most highly regarded Dutch old master. In our time, he has been supplanted by Vermeer. In place of Rembrandt's bombastic splendor and unrestrained emotions, Vermeer offered images of puritanical order and quiet harmony. Each age has its own aesthetic needs…

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  26. 007: History of the Building (enhanced)

    The Frick Collection first opened to the public on December 16th, 1935.

  27. 004: Malvina Hoffman, Bust of Henry Clay Frick

    The sculptor Malvina Hoffman knew the subject of this marble bust well. She recalled that about a decade before she carved it, Mr. Frick had visited her studio to view a bust of his daughter that he had commissioned. In studying his face, Hoffman had been struck by how sympathetic and unhurried…

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  28. 105: Fragonard (video), The Progress of Love

    The history of these paintings -- one of the most powerful evocations of love in the history of art -- is linked with the career of the Comtesse du Barry, the last mistress of Louis XV. For a pleasure pavilion she commissioned from the architect Ledoux in 1771, the countess ordered from Fragonard...

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Welcome to The Frick Collection. Here you can listen to a discussion of works of art on view at The Frick Collection.The Frick Collection was founded by Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919), the Pittsburgh coke and steel industrialist. At his death, Mr. Frick bequeathed his New York residence and the most outstanding of his many artworks to establish a public gallery for the purpose of “encouraging and developing the study of the fine arts.” The art of The Frick Collection includes superb examples of Old Master paintings, sculpture and decorative arts.

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