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William Randolph Hearst

American, 1863 - 1951

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A woman and baby are modeled with papier mâché and stucco in low relief and then painted and gilded in this vertical panel. The woman and child both have peachy, pale skin and dark brown, wavy hair. To the left, the woman looks in profile at the baby she holds to our right. The woman has large, dark eyes, a delicate nose, and her lips are closed. Her head is covered by gold fabric, which falls over her shoulders. A burgundy-red dress is edged in gold under a navy-blue cloak. More gold cloth covers her lap along the bottom edge of the panel. She cradles the baby in both hands. One of the child’s shoulders and his hips are draped with pale gray fabric. He has pudgy arms and legs but a slightly muscular torso. He also has delicate features in a round, pudgy face, and he looks up at the woman. One hand grips the gray fabric and the other hooks onto a strap holding the woman’s gold cloak closed. The background is a muted greenish-brown.
Jacopo Sansovino, Madonna and Child, c. 1550, papier mache and stucco, painted and gilded, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1961.1.6

Madonna and Child

Jacopo Sansovino · c. 1550 · papier mache and stucco, painted and gilded ·  Accession ID  1961.1.6

A woman with pale skin, wearing a shimmering, azure-blue gown, stands next to a child with a pale pink complexion, wearing a flame-red suit in this vertical portrait painting. The woman stands at the center of the composition with her body angled to our left, but she looks at us from the corners of her brown eyes. She has a straight nose, softly arched brows, and her full, coral-pink lips are closed. A hint of a shiny silver earring pokes through brown ringlets, and one curl falls over one shoulder. Two long, white feathers droop off the side of her wide brimmed, black hat. The bodice and full skirt of her blue dress are trimmed with bands of gold along the hems, down the sleeves, and down the front of the skirt. The blue fabric is covered with short, diagonal strokes of lighter blue. White fabric covers the front of her bodice under a tall, wide, stiff, lacy white collar that extends from her chin to her shoulders. Two rose-pink bows are tied on the white fabric on her chest. The cuffs of her elbow-length sleeves have layers of white ruffles. She touches her skirt with her left hand, to our right, and with the other touches a monkey on the boy’s shoulder. To our left, the boy’s body faces us but he looks up at the woman with dark eyes. He has rounded cheeks, and his lips are parted in a slight smile. His shoulder-length blond hair reaches to his wide, lacy collar. His red suit has long sleeves, and the coat is buttoned down the front. Ivory-white gloves reach back over his forearms, and the tops of his knee-high, fawn-brown boots are folded over. He raises his left arm, closer to the woman, to hold a monkey on a tether. The monkey stands with its feet on the boy’s forearm and its front paws on the boy’s shoulder. The woman and boy stand on a wide, curved, peanut-brown stone step. A fluted column rises to our right of the woman, and a gold, brocade curtain hangs down the right edge of the canvas, partially in front of the column. A pearl-encrusted crown is tucked into the folds of the curtain. On a ledge to our left of the woman, a miniature orange tree grows in a pot. The landscape beyond has soft green trees against a blue sky mostly screened with parchment-brown clouds.
Sir Anthony van Dyck, Queen Henrietta Maria with Sir Jeffrey Hudson, 1633, oil on canvas, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1952.5.39

Queen Henrietta Maria with Sir Jeffrey Hudson

Sir Anthony van Dyck · 1633 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1952.5.39

French 19th Century, Belgian 19th Century, Saint Barbara, c. 1860/1910, alabaster, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1952.5.102

Saint Barbara

French 19th Century, Belgian 19th Century · c. 1860/1910 · alabaster ·  Accession ID  1952.5.102