Robert von Hirsch

German, 1883 - 1977

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Veronese, Studies for Judith and Holofernes, David and Goliath, The Finding of Moses, and Others [recto], c. 1582, a) pen and brown ink with brown wash on laid paper b) pen and brown ink and wash on laid paper, The Armand Hammer Collection, 1987.24.4.a

Studies for Judith and Holofernes, David and Goliath, The Finding of Moses, and Others [recto]

Veronese · c. 1582 · a) pen and brown ink with brown wash on laid paper b) pen and brown ink and wash on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1987.24.4.a

Veronese, Studies for the Raising of Lazarus and Other Compositions [verso], c. 1582, pen and brown ink and wash on laid paper, The Armand Hammer Collection, 1987.24.4.b

Studies for the Raising of Lazarus and Other Compositions [verso]

Veronese · c. 1582 · pen and brown ink and wash on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1987.24.4.b

To our right in this vibrantly colored, stylized, nearly square painting, a woman with light, peach-colored skin and chestnut-brown hair sits slumped along a table as she sleeps, her head resting on one extended arm. The lilac-purple tabletop has round forms representing fruit scattered around a potted plant. Many of the forms are outlined with gray and filled in with mostly flat areas of color in mint and sage green, icy blue, coral red, orange, and lemon yellow. The tabletop curves around its edges and the surface is vivid purple, while the skirt and legs of the table are pale ginger brown. The woman’s head rests facing us on her bent right arm, that hand dangling over the front edge of the table. She rests her other hand, closer to us, near the crook of her elbow. She wears a white, blousy top with rows of navy-blue zigzags on the shoulder and elongated dots on the sleeves, and a light, mint-green skirt. Her brown hair seems to be pulled back and gathered into bunches of curving waves. Her stylized eyes, nose, and mouth are drawn simply with gray lines. The round orange, peach, and yellow fruit on the table are scattered near her arm and across the table to the other side, close to a plant in a brown clay pot. The plant has shoots of long, curving stems with vibrant spruce-green leaves. Two more plants are behind the woman near the back wall, in front a rectangular opening over the woman that could be a window or mirror. The glass is painted with streaks of baby blue and pale magenta pink around a field of white, and is outlined with a band of sunshine yellow and then scarlet red. The wall around it is also painted with watercolor-like, soft fields of pale blue and pink. The floor under the table and to our left is a flat field of caramel brown. Behind the table and to our left, forms suggest a wooden chair and a blue and white ceramic pot on a tall, spindly stand. In the lower left corner of the canvas, the artist signed and dated the work with dark red paint: “40 Henri Matisse.”
Henri Matisse, Still Life with Sleeping Woman, 1940, oil on canvas, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1985.64.26

Still Life with Sleeping Woman

Henri Matisse · 1940 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1985.64.26

Paul Cezanne, Study of a Rock [verso], c. 1895, watercolor on wove paper, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1995.47.27.b

Study of a Rock [verso]

Paul Cezanne · c. 1895 · watercolor on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1995.47.27.b

Paul Cezanne, Self-Portrait [recto], 1897/1900, graphite on wove paper, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1995.47.27.a

Self-Portrait [recto]

Paul Cezanne · 1897/1900 · graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1995.47.27.a

Vittore Carpaccio, The Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand, c. 1514, red chalk on laid paper, with unrelated short pen strokes, Woodner Collection, 1991.182.15.a

The Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand

Vittore Carpaccio · c. 1514 · red chalk on laid paper, with unrelated short pen strokes ·  Accession ID  1991.182.15.a

Vittore Carpaccio, Groups of Male Figures, c. 1514, red chalk with pen and brown ink on laid paper, Woodner Collection, 1991.182.15.b

Groups of Male Figures

Vittore Carpaccio · c. 1514 · red chalk with pen and brown ink on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1991.182.15.b

Maurice de Vlaminck, Woman with a Hat, 1906, oil on canvas, Donated by Lolo Sarnoff in memory of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert von Hirsch, 1981.84.1

Woman with a Hat

Maurice de Vlaminck · 1906 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1981.84.1

Fra Bartolommeo, One Angel Blowing a Trumpet, and Another Holding a Standard, c. 1500, pen and brown ink, squared in red chalk for transfer on laid paper; laid down, Woodner Collection, Gift of Andrea Woodner, 2006.11.5

One Angel Blowing a Trumpet, and Another Holding a Standard

Fra Bartolommeo · c. 1500 · pen and brown ink, squared in red chalk for transfer on laid paper; laid down ·  Accession ID  2006.11.5

The head and shoulders of a smooth-skinned boy are drawn with delicate brown and white lines against tan-colored, vertically oriented paper. The boy is angled to our left, and his head and large eyes are raised to gaze up and in that direction. He has a short nose over a small mouth with parted lips that reveal two teeth. Tightly packed vertical white strokes create a highlight on his forehead and more curve around his eyes and cheeks. His fine, shoulder-length hair is created with parallel, wavy strokes and topped by a round cap with an upturned brim. His garment is suggested by faint strokes of brown around the neck and right shoulder, and a line of faint, half moon-shaped buttons down his chest.
Pinturicchio, Head of a Youth Looking Up, c. 1485, leadpoint and brown wash, heightened with white gouache on gray prepared paper; laid down, Woodner Collection, Gift of Dian Woodner, 2017.111.1

Head of a Youth Looking Up

Pinturicchio · c. 1485 · leadpoint and brown wash, heightened with white gouache on gray prepared paper; laid down ·  Accession ID  2017.111.1

Bibliography

1978

  • "Die Sammlung Robert von Hirsch." Du 5 (May 1978):24-73.

  • Meisterwerke aus der Sammlung Robert von Hirsch. Exh. Cat. Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt; Kunsthaus Zürich; Royal Academy, London, 1978.