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Robert von Hirsch

German, 1883 - 1977

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Vittore Carpaccio, Groups of Male Figures, c. 1514, red chalk with pen and brown ink on laid paper, Woodner Collection, 1991.182.15.b

Groups of Male Figures

Vittore Carpaccio · c. 1514 · red chalk with pen and brown ink on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1991.182.15.b

Vittore Carpaccio, The Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand, c. 1514, red chalk on laid paper, with unrelated short pen strokes, Woodner Collection, 1991.182.15.a

The Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand

Vittore Carpaccio · c. 1514 · red chalk on laid paper, with unrelated short pen strokes ·  Accession ID  1991.182.15.a

Fra Bartolommeo, One Angel Blowing a Trumpet, and Another Holding a Standard, c. 1500, pen and brown ink, squared in red chalk for transfer on laid paper; laid down, Woodner Collection, Gift of Andrea Woodner, 2006.11.5

One Angel Blowing a Trumpet, and Another Holding a Standard

Fra Bartolommeo · c. 1500 · pen and brown ink, squared in red chalk for transfer on laid paper; laid down ·  Accession ID  2006.11.5

The head and shoulders of a smooth-skinned boy are drawn with delicate brown and white lines against tan-colored, vertically oriented paper. The boy is angled to our left, and his head and large eyes are raised to gaze up and in that direction. He has a short nose over a small mouth with parted lips that reveal two teeth. Tightly packed vertical white strokes create a highlight on his forehead and more curve around his eyes and cheeks. His fine, shoulder-length hair is created with parallel, wavy strokes and topped by a round cap with an upturned brim. His garment is suggested by faint strokes of brown around the neck and right shoulder, and a line of faint, half moon-shaped buttons down his chest.
Pinturicchio, Head of a Youth Looking Up, c. 1485, leadpoint and brown wash, heightened with white gouache on gray prepared paper; laid down, Woodner Collection, Gift of Dian Woodner, 2017.111.1

Head of a Youth Looking Up

Pinturicchio · c. 1485 · leadpoint and brown wash, heightened with white gouache on gray prepared paper; laid down ·  Accession ID  2017.111.1

Swabian 15th Century, A Sibyl, c. 1470, pen and black and gray ink with gray wash on laid paper, Woodner Collection, Gift of Andrea Woodner, 2006.11.22

A Sibyl

Swabian 15th Century · c. 1470 · pen and black and gray ink with gray wash on laid paper ·  Accession ID  2006.11.22

Paul Klee, Junger Wald (Young Forest), 1925, pen and black ink and watercolor on laid paper, on Klee's original mount, Donated by Lolo Sarnoff in memory of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Martha von Hirsch, 1990.136.1

Junger Wald (Young Forest)

Paul Klee · 1925 · pen and black ink and watercolor on laid paper, on Klee's original mount ·  Accession ID  1990.136.1

An ice- and powder-blue sky swirled with faint peach takes up the top two-thirds of this landscape painting. A farm, field, road, and fence lie beyond the snow-dusted, spiky branches of a tree jutting into the scene from the lower right corner. The road extends from the bottom left corner into the distance near the left edge of the canvas. The fence cuts across the space closer to us, and the snowy field beyond reflects the cool blues of the sky. The pale green and peanut-brown farmhouse and buildings are topped with pale blue, snow-covered roofs. Dark forms near the road in the distance could be a person or a person and child, and two more people lean into the wind alongside the buildings to our right. The artist signed the lower left corner, “Sisley.”
Alfred Sisley, First Snow at Veneux-Nadon, 1878, oil on canvas, Donated by Lolo Sarnoff in memory of her grandfather, Louis Koch, 1983.98.1

First Snow at Veneux-Nadon

Alfred Sisley · 1878 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1983.98.1

Paul Cezanne, Self-Portrait [recto], 1897/1900, graphite on wove paper, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1995.47.27.a

Self-Portrait [recto]

Paul Cezanne · 1897/1900 · graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1995.47.27.a

Maurice de Vlaminck, Woman with a Hat, 1906, oil on canvas, Donated by Lolo Sarnoff in memory of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert von Hirsch, 1981.84.1

Woman with a Hat

Maurice de Vlaminck · 1906 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1981.84.1

Paul Cezanne, Study of a Rock [verso], c. 1895, watercolor on wove paper, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1995.47.27.b

Study of a Rock [verso]

Paul Cezanne · c. 1895 · watercolor on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1995.47.27.b

Bibliography

1978

  • "Die Sammlung Robert von Hirsch." Du 5 (May 1978):24-73.

  • Meisterwerke aus der Sammlung Robert von Hirsch. Exh. Cat. Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt; Kunsthaus Zürich; Royal Academy, London, 1978.