Provenance

Adam A. Weschler and Son

est. 1890

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Reuben Rowley, Dr. John Safford and Family, c. 1830, oil on canvas, Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1980.62.46

Dr. John Safford and Family

Reuben Rowley · c. 1830 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1980.62.46

John F. Flanagan, Portrait of a Bearded Gentleman, probably c. 1890, marble, Gift of John Russell Sale, former Curator of Education, and his family, 2018.136.1

Portrait of a Bearded Gentleman

John F. Flanagan · probably c. 1890 · marble ·  Accession ID  2018.136.1

Anthony Vandyck Copley Fielding, The Coming Storm: A Fishing Boat Making for Home off Whitby, 1840, watercolor over traces of graphite with scratching out, Gift of James Mackinnon, 2022.151.1

The Coming Storm: A Fishing Boat Making for Home off Whitby

Anthony Vandyck Copley Fielding · 1840 · watercolor over traces of graphite with scratching out ·  Accession ID  2022.151.1

Charles Toft, Candlestick with Masks and Cupids (copy of "Henri Deux" ware), 1875, minton ware ceramic, Gift of the State of Sarawak and people of Malaysia, 1988.25.1

Candlestick with Masks and Cupids (copy of "Henri Deux" ware)

Charles Toft · 1875 · minton ware ceramic ·  Accession ID  1988.25.1

Against a distant, hazy, verdant forest, a petal-pink and amethyst-purple orchid grows from a mossy branch close to us, to our left, while three jewel-toned hummingbirds gather around a nest to our right in this horizontal painting. Two pale pink, ruffled petals of the orchid flare up and out from the hot-pink, furled center. The lip-like petal below is amethyst purple brushed with pale yellow along its top. Three narrow, pink petals create a triangle behind the center of the bloom. Some of the pale honeydew-green pods and leaves growing from the base of the plant are speckled with brown spots. The orchid grows on a gnarled brown branch painted with daubs of white, burnt orange, goldenrod yellow, and scarlet red along its length, which spans the width of the painting. Three hummingbirds with narrow, pointed beaks tend a nest built further along the branch to the right of the orchid. The largest is perched with its back to us. It has a vibrant green body and a two-pronged, crimson-red tail. Its head is turned up and to our left, looking at the second bird fluttering on a branch across the nest. The second bird’s avocado-green and dusty rose-pink body curves downward from outstretched wings. The third bird is perched on a nearby branch to our left, its head turned to the right to look at the others. Two white eggs are partially visible in the nest, which is shaped like an upside-down cone. The nest is woven with wavy, dangling strands of burnt-orange plant material. The orchid, birds, and nest fill the center of the composition. The scene is brightly lit from upper left. More leafy branches covered with hanging vines rise on either side of the painting. The background is filled with a dense growth of plants and trees, painted with blended shades of muted greens and pinks creating a diffuse, watery haze. The sky takes up the upper third of the composition and is filled with smoke-gray clouds except for a small circle of blue sky peeking through the branches of the tree in the upper right.
Martin Johnson Heade, Cattleya Orchid and Three Hummingbirds, 1871, oil on wood, Gift of The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, 1982.73.1

Cattleya Orchid and Three Hummingbirds

Martin Johnson Heade · 1871 · oil on wood ·  Accession ID  1982.73.1

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As You Like It, Act IV, Scene III

William Charles Wilson · 1798 · hand-colored etching with engraving on laid paper ·  Accession ID  2017.53.53

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Shakespeare, Tempest, Act I, Scene II

Pierre Simon II, Henry Fuseli, John Boydell, Josiah Boydell · 1797 · etching and engraving with stipple on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2017.53.31

Joshua Johnson, Adelina Morton, c. 1810, oil on canvas, Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1980.61.4

Adelina Morton

Joshua Johnson · c. 1810 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1980.61.4

Rigaud Benoit, Marketplace, 1965, oil on fiberboard, Gift of Kay and Roderick Heller, 2023.44.1

Marketplace

Rigaud Benoit · 1965 · oil on fiberboard ·  Accession ID  2023.44.1

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Veduta della Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore (View of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore)

Laura Piranesi · c. 1780s · etching on laid paper ·  Accession ID  2025.49.1