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Tag Archives: 50 Favorites

#45 Johann Gregor Höroldt for Meissen Porcelain Manufactory

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Feb

08

The Ralph H. and Constance I. Wark Collection of early Meissen porcelain is one of the three finest and most comprehensive collections in the world. Ralph Wark (1902-1907) bought his first Meissen piece in 1922, and over the next sixty years acquired more than seven hundred pieces.

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Do You Know The Cummer?

by , Marketing Manager in Art

Feb

02

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 complementary one-day pass to the Museum. Good luck!

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#47 Master of the Stötteritz Altar: Mother of Sorrows

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Jan

25

Keep an eye out every week for more visitor favorites. We will be highlighting each of the top fifty pieces during our 50th Anniversary year. If you want a more intimate encounter, stop by the museum and see these masterpieces for yourself!

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#48 Mary Cassatt: Simone in a Large Plumed Hat

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Jan

18

    The daughter of a wealthy family from Pennsylvania, Mary Cassatt received her initial artistic training at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Against her family’s wishes, she […]

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#49 Herman Herzog: Figure in a Landscape

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Jan

11

    A native of the German city of Bremen, Herman Herzog entered the Düsseldorf Academy when he was seventeen.  The young artist was attracted to landscape compositions and traveled […]

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#50 Giorgio Vasari: The Holy Family with the Infant, St. John the Baptist

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Jan

04

    The intense, bright colors and exaggerations in scale of this asymmetrical composition demonstrate Giorgio Vasari’s close affiliation with the Mannerist style of painting.  The Virgin Mary and St. […]

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