Single Picture Loan Exhibition

Painting of three women preparing the body of christ with two men on crosses in the background.
Pietà by Konrad Witz
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Miss Helen Clay Frick loaned this painting in the summer of 1975. She later donated it to the Frick Collection in 1981.
Painting of young man holding a spear.
Pontormo's Portrait of a Halberdier
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A single picture loan exhibition of the Pontormo painting, Portrait of a Halberdier, displayed June through October each year from 1974 to 1976.

pencil sketch of man playing a violin
Degas's Violinist
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A single loan exhibition of Edgar Degas's Violinist, a study for The Frick Collection'sThe Rehearsal,  in memory of Harry D.M. Grier (1914–1972), former director of The Frick Collection. The loan was extended after the drawing's initial display in the H.D.M.

impressionistic painting of flower garden
Vincent van Gogh, Flowering Garden
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Vincent van Gogh's luminous landscape, Flowering Garden, executed by the artist at Arles in the summer of 1888, was placed on loan by a private foundation for a two-year period.

Painting of pastoral estate by a river lined with trees.
Mortlake Terrace: Turner’s Companion Pieces Reunited
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On loan from the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., Joseph Mallord William Turner's Mortlake Terrace, Summer’s Evening of 1827 hung for six months beside its companion piece, The Frick Collection's Mortlake Terrace: Ea

Painting of a half-length woman wearing a round headdress, big blue sleeves, and holding a white fan
The Poetry of Parmigianino’s “Schiava Turca”
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Born in Parma and known as Parmigianino after his native city, Francesco Mazzola (1503–1540) lived only thirty-seven years, yet his eloquent, innovative art inspired his contemporaries to name him “Raphael reborn” and praise him as one of the greatest painters of his age.

oil painting of man from shoulders up in green coat and yellow hat with blue background
Vincent van Gogh's Portrait of a Peasant (Patience Escalier)
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Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) painted his Portrait of a Peasant (Patience Escalier) in August 1888 during a highly productive fifteen-month stay in Arles in southern France.

Still life painting of pitcher and several round fruits on a blanket

Paul Cézanne (1839 – 1906), Bouilloire et Fruits (Pitcher and Fruit)
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A magnificent late still life painting by Paul Cézanne (1839–1906) entitled Bouilloire et Fruits (Pitcher and Fruit)  was lent from a private collection and remained on view in the North Hall for approximately one year.

painting of a seated partially-nude woman wearing a turban and holding her exposed breasts
Special Loan: Raphael's Fornarina
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From December 2004 through January 2005, in collaboration with the Foundation for Italian Art & Culture, The Frick Collection displayed La Fornarina by Raphael Sanzio (1483-1520) from the National Gallery of Art at the Palazzo Barberini in Rome.

half-length portrait of a man wearing a hat and holding book against a dark background
Special Loan: Portrait of a Man with a Book by Parmigianino
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Frick Collection visitors had the extended opportunity to view a painting by the Renaissance artist Parmigianino (1503–40), Portrait of a Man with a Book. The work was on loan from the York Art Gallery, and took its place as part of the highly praised special exhibition A Beautiful and Graci