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Mr. and Mrs. John Goelet

Goelet, John and Henrietta (Yetta)

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The sculpture is a round relief featuring two young girls facing each other. The girls are engaged in a gentle interaction, with one girl looking at the other girl as she points towards her chest area. Both girls are wearing long-sleeved attire, detailed with folds and textures. The medium of the sculpture is a dark bronze material. Surrounding the girls are engraved flowers. There are inscriptions around the sculpture's border stating "Daughters of Frederick and Elizabeth Shattuck" and the artist's initial "S. L. Pratt 1887."
Bela Lyon Pratt, Clara and Lizzie, Daughters of Frederick and Elizabeth Shattuck, model 1893, cast 1894, bronze, Gift of John Goelet in honor of J. Carter Brown, 1992.80.1

Clara and Lizzie, Daughters of Frederick and Elizabeth Shattuck

Bela Lyon Pratt · model 1893, cast 1894 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1992.80.1

A nearly nude woman wrings out her long hair as a young boy peeks around one hip in this free-standing bronze fountain. In this photograph, the woman's hips and shoulders are squared toward us. Her face turns to our left, and she looks down in that direction so we see her in profile. She gathers her curly hair in a long tress and wrings it with both hands. Her right leg, to our left, is straight, and her other knee is bent so that foot rests on a stylized fish. Cloth drapes over the top of the bent thigh to cover her groin and falls between her legs to her ankles. The fish faces us with its mouth open and two canine-like teeth flanking a hole where water would have spouted. The child gazes around her left hip, to our right, so his eyes, snub nose, and one round cheek angle into view. He has a pile of short curls atop his head, and he holds out a conch shell with one hand. His feet straddle the woman’s in a wider stance so his left foot, to our right, rests with hers over the fish. The patina of the sculpture's polished bronze surface has turned minty green in some areas, especially on the back of the woman’s head, her arms, hands, along her left side, over the bent thigh, and the shell the boy holds. Other areas are darker gray. The pair stand on a piece of flat metal, which is on an off-white, stone pedestal against a light gray background.
Italian 16th Century, Venus and Cupid, c. 1575/1580, bronze, Gift of John and Henrietta Goelet, in memory of Thomas Goelet, and Patrons' Permanent Fund, 1991.242.1

Venus and Cupid

Italian 16th Century · c. 1575/1580 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1991.242.1

The image depicts a group of figures in a religious setting. The central figure is a seated woman holding a child who reaches out to another figure. The seated woman, likely the Virgin Mary, appears with subtle facial features and draped garments. The child she holds, likely Jesus, extends towards another child, possibly John the Baptist, held by a kneeling woman on the right side. Other figures in the scene include a kneeling man and at least two angelic figures above them, one of whom crowns the central figure. Additionally, there is a notable kneeling figure at the top left. Background elements include faint decorative designs.
Fra Bartolommeo, The Virgin and Child Surrounded by Saints and Angels, c. 1500, pen and brown ink heightened with white lead over metalpoint underdrawing on prepared pink paper, Anonymous Partial and Promised Gift, 2003.119.1.a

The Virgin and Child Surrounded by Saints and Angels

Fra Bartolommeo · c. 1500 · pen and brown ink heightened with white lead over metalpoint underdrawing on prepared pink paper ·  Accession ID  2003.119.1.a

The image depicts the lower portion of a person's figure, primarily from the waist down to the knees, in a kneeling position. The figure is positioned slightly towards the right side of the image. The person's facial features are not distinctly detailed. The figure appears to have long hair and is wearing a flowing garment, possibly a robe or dress. There is a circular form near the figure. The background is a lightly textured, pale surface with variations in shade, but there are no distinguishable features or objects.
Fra Bartolommeo, A Kneeling Angel, c. 1500, pen and brown ink heightened with white over metalpoint on gray-blue prepared paper, Anonymous Partial and Promised Gift, 2003.119.1.b

A Kneeling Angel

Fra Bartolommeo · c. 1500 · pen and brown ink heightened with white over metalpoint on gray-blue prepared paper ·  Accession ID  2003.119.1.b