How well do you know The Cummer? If you think you can identify these items—currently on display throughout the Museum as 50 Favorites. Write your guesses in the comment section below and we will give the answers in two weeks, along with the next challenge. One winner will receive a complimentary one-day pass to the Museum. Good luck!
Mar. 16, 2011 Answers!
#1: Jan ten Compe (Dutch, 1713 – 1761), View of Nieuwmarkt, Amsterdam, 1752, oil on panel, 21 3/8 x 29 ½ in., oil on panel, Museum purchase with Membership Contributions, AP.1963.6.1.
#2: Joseph Jeffers Dodge (American, 1917 – 1997), Dancing Pears II, 1992, oil on panel, 16 x 20 in., Gift of Mr. Joseph Jeffers Dodge, AG.1996.2.59.
#3: Edmund Darch Lewis (American, 1835 – 1910), Mount Washington, New Hampshire, 1865, oil on canvas, 51 7/8 x 90 ½ in., Morton R. Hirschberg Memorial Fund Purchase, AP.1990.17.1.
#4:Frederick Carl Frieseke (American, 1874 – 1939), Before Her Appearance, 1913, oil on canvas, 61 1/8 x 61 1/8 in., Museum purchase with Council funds, AP.1985.2.1.
1. Bouguereau, return from the harvest
2. Glackens, the lake
3.gaddi, madonna of humility with angels
4. Heade, orchid with amethyst hummingbird