Lower-Level Galleries

alabaster and glazed bronze sculpture of standing woman, with headdress of vines
Luigi Valadier: Splendor in Eighteenth-Century Rome
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Of the many artists who flourished in Rome during the eighteenth century, the silversmith Luigi Valadier (1726–1785) was particularly admired by popes, royalty, and aristocrats across Europe. Luigi Valadier: Splendor in Eighteenth-Century Rome, curated by Alvar González-Palacios, brought togethe

Painted bust portrait by Murillo showing a man wearing black in a trompe l'oeil oval frame
Murillo: The Self-Portraits
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Bartolomé Esteban Murillo was one of the finest painters of the Spanish Golden Age; this exhibition brought together the only two known self-portraits by him, one in The Frick Collection, and one in the National Gallery, London, along with a small selection of additional works by the artist.

Red chalk profile portrait study of Julius Caesar
Andrea del Sarto: The Renaissance Workshop in Action
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From about 1515 until his death, Andrea del Sarto (1486–1530) ran the most successful and productive workshop in Florence, not only leaving his native city richly decorated with his art but also greatly influencing the art produced in the remainder of the century.

Drawing of a park with trees and sculpture features.
Drawings by Fragonard in North American Collections
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The Frick Collection presented an exhibition entitled "Fragonard Drawings in North American Collections," previously shown at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and at the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge.
drawing of punchinello and donkeys
Tiepolo Punchinello Drawings
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An exhibition of Domenico Tiepolo's tragicomic and enigmatic Punchinello drawings. Previously shown at the Indiana University Art Museum and the Stanford University Museum of Art, this exhibition was organized by Adelheid Gealt, Curator of Drawings at the Indiana University Museum.

Watercolor of hunched winged man reading book
William Blake Watercolor Illustrations for The Pilgrim’s Progress
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The Frick Collection once again presented an exhibition of William Blake's illustrations for John Bunyan's Pilgrim’s Progress. The exhibition complemented the collection of Blake's watercolors and illuminated books then on view at the Morgan Library.

Photograph of gold mantle clock featuring two putti reclining on either side of clock face
French Clocks in North American Collections
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An unprecedented exhibition of nearly one hundred French clocks on loan from North American collections.

painting in greys, blues, and lavender of ocean with ships in the distance
Whistler in The Frick Collection
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In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of the American artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834–1903), The Frick Collection exhibited all of its Whistler holdings.

Woman standing in front of mantle and mirror wearing light blue satin dress with red ribbon in her hair.
Ingres and the Comtesse d’Haussonville
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The Frick Collection's first show built around a single work of art was a loan exhibition devoted to Ingres's celebrated portrait of the Comtesse d'Haussonville.

Painting of regatta on a Venetian canal
Venice/Paris (Guardi, Whistler, and Meryon)
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An exhibition focusing on the cities of Venice and Paris as depicted in paintings, drawings, and prints in The Frick Collection.