Past Exhibition

R. Horace Gallatin Collection

The image shows a water level perspective with a stone bridge on the left and a grand building on the right. The horizon is low with the bridge dominating the foreground. The building has multiple pointed towers and detailed architectural elements. The brushstrokes resemble detailed line etchings and depict architectural details and water textures. The color palette is monochromatic with varying shades of sepia. In the foreground, small boats with figures can be seen. Various architectural features of the building are visible in the distance. The composition combines water activity with stone structures.
Charles Meryon, Le Pont-au-Change, Paris, 1854, etching on green laid paper, Rosenwald Collection, 1943.3.6170

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    Ground Floor, Central Gallery
The image shows a water level perspective with a stone bridge on the left and a grand building on the right. The horizon is low with the bridge dominating the foreground. The building has multiple pointed towers and detailed architectural elements. The brushstrokes resemble detailed line etchings and depict architectural details and water textures. The color palette is monochromatic with varying shades of sepia. In the foreground, small boats with figures can be seen. Various architectural features of the building are visible in the distance. The composition combines water activity with stone structures.
Charles Meryon, Le Pont-au-Change, Paris, 1854, etching on green laid paper, Rosenwald Collection, 1943.3.6170

Overview: Recent acquisitions from the Rosenwald collection and the R. Horace Gallatin bequest were shown. Included were engravings and etchings by Jacques Callot, Albrecht Dürer, Rembrandt van Rijn, Charles Meryon, and James McNeill Whistler. 10 paintings from the bequest were to be exhibited later. R. Horace Gallatin was the great-grandson of Albert Gallatin, secretary of the treasury from 1802 to 1814.

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