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George Robins

active 1833

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Giovanni Paolo Negroli, Helmet (burgonet) in the Form of a Dolphin Mask, 1540/1545, iron or steel, repoussé, embossed, and chiseled, Widener Collection, 1942.9.355

Helmet (burgonet) in the Form of a Dolphin Mask

Giovanni Paolo Negroli · 1540/1545 · iron or steel, repoussé, embossed, and chiseled ·  Accession ID  1942.9.355

This painting depicts a coastal scene with a large group of people with light skin dressed in draping fabric in shades of red, yellow, blue, and purple. In the bottom left corner, two men, one old and one young, stand in front of a dark, stormy sea, upon which a large ship is tilting dramatically to one side near large, rocky cliffs. The sky above the ship is full of dark clouds, with streaks of bright yellow surrounded by magenta breaking through the gray. The men face the right, and the young man has his hand outstretched towards a group of women in a grassy meadow dotted with small flowers. One woman at the front of the group faces the men, her arm outstretched towards them. Three women sit at her feet, and a group of five women cluster behind her, hugging one another tightly. On the right, four more women dance in a group, their arms upraised and knees bent. Behind the meadow are tall, olive-green trees.
Benjamin West, Telemachus and Calypso, c. 1809, oil on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Bernice West Beyers, 1963), 2015.19.98

Telemachus and Calypso

Benjamin West · c. 1809 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  2015.19.98

In the left half of this horizonal painting, a winged angel gestures with arms raised over a man and woman being forced away from a bank of clouds set against a flat and barren landscape. The angel, man, and woman all have pale skin. The blond angel is dressed in a flowing white robe with coral-red fabric that hangs over one arm and billows behind. Kneeling in front of the angel, the woman wears a toga that appears to be made from an ivory-colored animal skin. Her long auburn-brown hair falls in waves around her shoulders, and she looks up to the sky, her mouth open. She kneels with her body facing our right, and she grasps the man’s right arm, closer to us. The man wears a chestnut-brown fur garment around his hips and he covers his face with his other hand. His brown curls and the animal skin blow in the wind. Gold and cream-white clouds envelop the angel to our left and give way to the shadowed landscape to our right. A dagger-like spear of light thrusts out of the clouds from above the angel, toward the man and woman. Thistles grow close to us in the foreground and, to our right, a striped serpent lifts its head and flicks out its tongue. A lion attacks two horses beyond the people, and in the sky above, an eagle swoops down on a heron. The navy-blue horizon line in the deep distance could indicate a body of water. Small patches of blue sky appear through breaks in the clouds.
Benjamin West, The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise, 1791, oil on canvas, Avalon Fund and Patrons' Permanent Fund, 1989.12.1

The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise

Benjamin West · 1791 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1989.12.1

Bibliography

1833

  • A Catalogue of a Magnificent and Unique Collection of Ancient Armor...sold by Mr. George Robins...at Lang's Shooting Gallery.... Auction cat. London, 10-11 June, 1833.