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Jacques Seligmann & Cie.

French, est. 1880

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A woman sits on a narrow plinth representing the ground and holds a baby, who is wrapped in her robe, in this freestanding white marble sculpture. In this photograph, the woman’s body faces us, and her head tilts slightly to our left. Her voluminous mantle drapes over her head and falls in deep folds and creases around her shoulders, arms, the child’s lower body, and her own lap and legs. The front of the mantle lies open exposing the curved neckline of her robe and the upper body of the child. The woman’s hands curve loosely encircle the child’s hip and lower legs. He rests his head and one hand against her chest with his face also turned to us. His legs stretch across her lap and his little feet stick out from the edge of her mantle. The pair sit on a narrow rectangular plinth.
Jacopo della Quercia, Madonna of Humility, c. 1400, marble with traces of gilding, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1960.5.2

Madonna of Humility

Jacopo della Quercia · c. 1400 · marble with traces of gilding ·  Accession ID  1960.5.2

Venetian 17th Century, Tiziano Aspetti, Andiron with Figure of Venus, c. 1600/1675, bronze, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1961.9.101

Andiron with Figure of Venus

Venetian 17th Century, Tiziano Aspetti · c. 1600/1675 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1961.9.101

This painting shows four people, three adults and one child. On the left, an elderly man stands, holding a staff in one hand and a red book in the other. He has a long white beard and a balding head, and he wears a black robe. Next to him, in the center, a woman sits, slightly turned to the left and leaning forward, with her hands supporting a child in her lap. The woman wears a red dress with a dark blue hooded cloak, while the child is nude. To the right, another adult stands wearing a pink robe with a crown over their shoulder-length hair, holding a rod and a sphere. All of the people have pale skin, and the three on the right have blond hair. They all have golden halos around their heads. The background is golden, and the floor has a marbled tile pattern. A small brown pig is on the ground at the feet of the old man.
Neroccio de' Landi, Madonna and Child with Saint Anthony Abbot and Saint Sigismund, c. 1490/1495, tempera on panel, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1952.5.17

Madonna and Child with Saint Anthony Abbot and Saint Sigismund

Neroccio de' Landi · c. 1490/1495 · tempera on panel ·  Accession ID  1952.5.17

Florentine 15th Century, An Old Man, second half 15th century, painted terracotta, Given by the children of Mr. and Mrs. Otto B. Kahn in memory of their parents, 1952.13.1

An Old Man

Florentine 15th Century · second half 15th century · painted terracotta ·  Accession ID  1952.13.1

Anonymous Artist, Bust of a Warrior, 1850/1870, terracotta, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1943.4.74

Bust of a Warrior

Anonymous Artist · 1850/1870 · terracotta ·  Accession ID  1943.4.74

This painting shows a portrait of a man. His head is turned to the left. He has light skin, a straight nose, a soft jawline, and pale lips in a neutral expression. He has closely cropped brown hair mostly covered by a black cap. He wears a red garment with a high gray-and-white collar. The background is a textured, muted blue.
Andrea Mantegna, Portrait of a Man, c. 1470, tempera on hardboard transferred from canvas transferred from panel, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1952.2.5

Portrait of a Man

Andrea Mantegna · c. 1470 · tempera on hardboard transferred from canvas transferred from panel ·  Accession ID  1952.2.5

Shown from the thighs up, a woman and two children are carved in high and low relief on this white marble, vertically oriented rectangular panel. The woman’s body faces us, but she cranes her neck sharply to look up and to our left. She has rounded features and wears a veil that drapes over her head and long robe. She holds up a scroll carved with the word “CHARITAS” in her right hand, to our left, and wraps her other hand around the shoulders of two small children in the lower right. The children face her and tip their heads back, and they appear to drink streams of liquid coming from a flame-shape on her chest. The trio are enclosed in a quatrefoil shape, which has lobes at each corner separated by points along each edge. Stepped molding frames the quatrefoil.
Giovanni di Balduccio, Charity, c. 1330, marble, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1960.5.4

Charity

Giovanni di Balduccio · c. 1330 · marble ·  Accession ID  1960.5.4

A freestanding, winged angel with a halo is carved from white marble streaked with gray. In this view, the angel’s body faces us, and the head turns slightly to our left. Curls frame a round face with delicate features in front of a flat, plate-like halo. The angel’s long robe is pinned at the chest, tied around the waist, and falls in thick folds into puddles around the feet. The angel holds one hand up with the first two fingers raised and holds a scroll down by the hip with the other hand. One pointed shoe peeks from under the robe, which almost covers the round base on which the angel stands. The sculpture is photographed against a pale gray background.
Venetian 14th Century, Angel of the Annunciation, c. 1340, marble, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1960.5.10

Angel of the Annunciation

Venetian 14th Century · c. 1340 · marble ·  Accession ID  1960.5.10

Antoine Coysevox, Louis of France, The Grand Dauphin, c. 1698/1699, marble, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1960.5.7

Louis of France, The Grand Dauphin

Antoine Coysevox · c. 1698/1699 · marble ·  Accession ID  1960.5.7

Bonino da Campione, Prudence, c. 1357, marble, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1960.5.6

Prudence

Bonino da Campione · c. 1357 · marble ·  Accession ID  1960.5.6