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Private Collection, Paris

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Matteo Rosselli, A Male Nude, Half Reclining, 1622/1624, red chalk on light brown laid paper, Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Patrons' Permanent Fund, 2007.111.152

A Male Nude, Half Reclining

Matteo Rosselli · 1622/1624 · red chalk on light brown laid paper ·  Accession ID  2007.111.152

We look down at an angle onto a pale yellow city street lined with French flags in this tall painting. A carriage drawn by a light brown horse is driven away from us by a person wearing a muted pink jacket and white cap. The passenger wears a black coat and rounded top hat. Closer to us and in the lower right corner of the canvas, two women, a young girl, and a man stand on the white sidewalk running parallel to the street. They all have pale skin. One woman wears a high-necked, long red gown and black cap. She cradles a stick or flower in one arm and holds the little girl’s hand with her other. The girl wears a white dress with tiny black polka dots, and a teal-blue, feathered cap. Both have blond hair. The man stands under the large, gold dial face of a public clock to our right. He has gray hair, wears a brown suit, and appears to look toward the woman and child with his hands in his pockets. Another woman wearing an ocean-blue dress and crimson-red cap walks away. A second carriage is farther down the road on the far curb. Two men and a woman walk across store fronts there. Flags vertically striped with red, white, and blue hang along the street. The scene is loosely painted with some areas of flat color and visible brushstrokes.
Pierre Bonnard, Paris, Rue de Parme on Bastille Day, 1890, oil on canvas, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1995.47.2

Paris, Rue de Parme on Bastille Day

Pierre Bonnard · 1890 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1995.47.2

Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer, Calanque: Morning, 1936, pastel on tan paper, mounted on board, Chester Dale Fund, 2009.96.1

Calanque: Morning

Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer · 1936 · pastel on tan paper, mounted on board ·  Accession ID  2009.96.1

A young girl with long blond hair and smooth, pale skin is shown from the chest up facing our left in profile in this vertical portrait painting. She has large brown eyes under faint brows, a petite nose, and her coral-pink lips are closed. Her hair, which falls below her shoulders, is held in place with a scarlet-red headband, and short bangs fringe her forehead. A black hat with an upturned brim and gently curving crown sits on the back of her head with ribbons streaming down her back, and a loosely painted gold earring dangles from her ear. Her black cape has a pewter-gray collar and hem around the shoulders. A touch of red at the chest suggests a bow. The background is streaked with teal blue over pale yellow. The artist dated the upper left corner, 1873, and signed the top right, “J J HENNER.”
Jean-Jacques Henner, Alsatian Girl, 1873, oil on wood, Chester Dale Collection, 1963.10.32

Alsatian Girl

Jean-Jacques Henner · 1873 · oil on wood ·  Accession ID  1963.10.32