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Hôtel Drouot

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Georges Seurat, The Watering Can - Garden at Le Raincy, c. 1883, oil on wood, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 2014.18.51

The Watering Can - Garden at Le Raincy

Georges Seurat · c. 1883 · oil on wood ·  Accession ID  2014.18.51

Vettor Gambello, called Camelio, Equity Holding Scales and Scepter [reverse], c. 1501/1510, bronze, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1957.14.745.b

Equity Holding Scales and Scepter [reverse]

Vettor Gambello, called Camelio · c. 1501/1510 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1957.14.745.b

Vettor Gambello, called Camelio, Leonardo Loredan, 1436-1521, Doge of Venice 1501 [obverse], c. 1501/1510, bronze, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1957.14.745.a

Leonardo Loredan, 1436-1521, Doge of Venice 1501 [obverse]

Vettor Gambello, called Camelio · c. 1501/1510 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1957.14.745.a

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Henri Labrouste, 1852, graphite on wove paper, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1995.47.52

Henri Labrouste

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres · 1852 · graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1995.47.52

A man with tanned skin is surrounded by animals as he reclines against a grassy slope in this horizontal landscape painting. The area close to us is darkened or in shadow, so some details are difficult to make out, but the land brightens under a golden sky as it recedes into the deep, hazy distance. In the lower left corner of the canvas, the man faces our right in profile, looking toward the grazing animals. He wears a wide-brimmed hat and a caramel-brown jacket over a knee-length garment. He leans back on his near arm with one leg bent and the other extended. His far hand lies across his torso and holds a short staff. A dark brown goat, tan-colored sheep, and brown and gray cows wander and nibble on muted green, scrubby growth that carpets the hilly ground, which stretches across the center and right side of the composition. Trees with laurel-green canopies grow up beyond the man, and extend off the top edge of the painting. A slender, almost leafless tree frames the scene on the right. Two men walk on a gently arched, stone bridge beyond the spindly tree. Low hills slope down to a misty blue-gray plain, where a river winds along a jagged bank dotted with trees. In the far distance, ghostly buildings stretch along a line of slate-blue mountains. A glowing sun in the upper left corner casts diffused light across the scene. The sky is scattered with wisps of thin clouds.
Anonymous Artist, The Herdsman, 17th or 18th century, oil on canvas, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1946.7.12

The Herdsman

Anonymous Artist · 17th or 18th century · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1946.7.12

Italian 16th Century, Truth Crowned by Victory [reverse], c. 1542, bronze, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1957.14.1020.b

Truth Crowned by Victory [reverse]

Italian 16th Century · c. 1542 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1957.14.1020.b

Italian 16th Century, Pietro Aretino, 1492-1556, Satirist [obverse], c. 1542, bronze, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1957.14.1020.a

Pietro Aretino, 1492-1556, Satirist [obverse]

Italian 16th Century · c. 1542 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1957.14.1020.a

Odilon Redon, Saint Sebastian, 1910/1912, oil on canvas, Chester Dale Collection, 1963.10.57

Saint Sebastian

Odilon Redon · 1910/1912 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1963.10.57

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, View near Epernon, 1850/1860, oil on canvas, Widener Collection, 1942.9.13

View near Epernon

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot · 1850/1860 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1942.9.13

Jean-Antoine Houdon, Louise Brongniart, 1777, marble, Widener Collection, 1942.9.124

Louise Brongniart

Jean-Antoine Houdon · 1777 · marble ·  Accession ID  1942.9.124