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Netherlandish 16th Century, The Four Cardinal Virtues: Prudence, c. 1550/1600, undyed wool warp, dyed wool and dyed silk, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection, 1970.20.5.a

The Four Cardinal Virtues: Prudence

Netherlandish 16th Century · c. 1550/1600 · undyed wool warp, dyed wool and dyed silk ·  Accession ID  1970.20.5.a

French 19th Century, Amandier a feuilles de saulle, color stipple etching, hand-touched, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection, 1970.19.16

Amandier a feuilles de saulle

French 19th Century · · color stipple etching, hand-touched ·  Accession ID  1970.19.16

French 19th Century, Insects and Flowers, published 1837, hand-colored (?) engraving, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection, 1970.19.9

Insects and Flowers

French 19th Century · published 1837 · hand-colored (?) engraving ·  Accession ID  1970.19.9

Shown from the knees up, a pale-skinned woman sits and leans on the arm of a seat in this vertical portrait painting. The woman’s knees and shoulders are angled to our right but she turns her head slightly to our left so she looks out at us from the corners of her green, wide-set eyes. She has an oval face with a short nose, full pink lips, and a cleft in her chin. Her brown hair is set in loose finger waves and is either chin-length or pulled back. Her sleeveless, scoop-necked, ivory-white gown has spaghetti straps edged with gold. A sheen on the fabric suggests that it shimmers between white, mauve pink, and gold, and gold tracery around her hips mimics the look of a drop-waist over a long, flaring skirt. A rose-pink shawl drapes over her left arm, to our right, which rests on the arm of her seat. A long strand of pearls is looped twice around that wrist like a bracelet as the other end is pulled over her fingers, which she holds in front of her chest. Her other arm, to our left, is stretched straight by her side, and she wears a ring on that hand. The seat has an arched back and is painted with streaks of gold and tan. A darkened opening behind her is shaded midnight blue. Gold frames or molding flank the opening along the left and right edges of the canvas. The portrait is loosely painted, especially in her clothing and the background. The artist signed and dated the bottom right corner, “de Lászlo 1626. III.”
Philip Alexius de László, Ailsa Mellon Bruce, 1926, oil on canvas, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection, 1970.20.1

Ailsa Mellon Bruce

Philip Alexius de László · 1926 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1970.20.1

French 19th Century, Amandier de la Georgie, color stipple etching, hand-touched, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection, 1970.19.13

Amandier de la Georgie

French 19th Century · · color stipple etching, hand-touched ·  Accession ID  1970.19.13

Joh. Baptist Pfitzer, Flamingos and Shells, published 1833/1839, hand-colored (?) engraving, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection, 1970.19.8

Flamingos and Shells

Joh. Baptist Pfitzer · published 1833/1839 · hand-colored (?) engraving ·  Accession ID  1970.19.8

Netherlandish 15th Century, The Vision of the Centurion Cornelius, c. 1460, tapestry: undyed wool warp, dyed wool and silk weft, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection, 1970.20.3

The Vision of the Centurion Cornelius

Netherlandish 15th Century · c. 1460 · tapestry: undyed wool warp, dyed wool and silk weft ·  Accession ID  1970.20.3

French 19th Century, Amandier de la Georgie, color stipple etching, hand-touched, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection, 1970.19.12

Amandier de la Georgie

French 19th Century · · color stipple etching, hand-touched ·  Accession ID  1970.19.12

American 20th Century, View of the Skyline of New York from Central Park, 1947, watercolor, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection, 1974.12.1

View of the Skyline of New York from Central Park

American 20th Century · 1947 · watercolor ·  Accession ID  1974.12.1

French 19th Century, Amandier d'Italie, color stipple etching, hand-touched, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection, 1970.19.17

Amandier d'Italie

French 19th Century · · color stipple etching, hand-touched ·  Accession ID  1970.19.17