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William Andrews Clark

Clark, William Andrews Senator
Clark, William A.

American, 1839 - 1925

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Plate with Saint Lucy and grotesques

Tuscan 16th Century · second quarter 16th century · tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) ·  Accession ID  2015.19.4047

Amisos 2nd Century B.C., Head of a Woman, 2nd century B.C., terracotta, Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection), 2014.136.379

Head of a Woman

Amisos 2nd Century B.C. · 2nd century B.C. · terracotta ·  Accession ID  2014.136.379

We look across choppy waves at a sailboat canting at a sharp angle, with several others floating nearby or in the distance, all beneath a sky filled with charcoal-gray clouds in this horizontal painting. In the bottom third of the canvas, the battleship-gray waves are topped with frothy white crests. The boat closest to us is slightly left of center, and its mast tips wildly to our right. Sunlight catches the straw-yellow sail as it pulls taut in the wind. At least two men crouch or bend over in the wooden vessel below, as white spray kicks up off the far side of the boat. Two white seagulls, tiny in scale, fly closer to the water’s surface to our left of that boat. The next closest vessel is to our right, and it is nearly swallowed in shadow. Two men huddle at one pointed end of the narrow boat, and a crimson-red sail flaps loosely in the wind. At least four more boats in the distance, along to the horizon, range in size from a small sailboat to a three-masted ship. The sail of the smallest boat also tips sharply to our right, but the tall masts of the ship are upright, and those sails are furled. Dark clouds billow up from the horizon, but break near the upper left corner. The sky beyond is pale apricot peach, and a few streaks of light reach the water’s surface.
Willem van de Velde the Younger, After the Storm, c. 1700, oil on canvas, Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection), 2016.22.7

After the Storm

Willem van de Velde the Younger · c. 1700 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  2016.22.7

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Tall two-handled drug bottle with bust of a woman

Orazio Pompei · c. 1520/1540 · tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) ·  Accession ID  2015.19.3989

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The Departure

Jean-Baptiste Joseph Pater · early 18th century · oil on panel ·  Accession ID  2014.136.39

French 18th/19th Century, Noël Bourret, Mantel Clock with Chariot of the Grape Harvest, c. 1800, gilded bronze, enamel on copper, and Verde de Mer marble, Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection), 2014.136.361

Mantel Clock with Chariot of the Grape Harvest

French 18th/19th Century, Noël Bourret · c. 1800 · gilded bronze, enamel on copper, and Verde de Mer marble ·  Accession ID  2014.136.361

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The Watering Place

Constant Troyon · mid 19th century · oil on wood ·  Accession ID  2014.136.49

An armored knight and the rectangular trough he lies next to are both on a slightly larger pedestal base in this freestanding, vibrantly colored maiolica inkstand. The earthenware object was covered with tin-oxide glaze, which, when fired, results in royal blue, grass green, pale orange, and brown hues. The knight’s skin is the white of the earthenware, and his armor is blue and orange. He lies down, using his helmet as a pillow to our left. Both knees are bent, and his hands are by his sides. A staff or lance lies at his feet to our right. The base has a coat of arms on the center front, and two animals, perhaps deer, lie to either side. The base is outlined in green or blue, and it rests on four brown, paw-shaped feet.
Faenza 15th Century, Faenza 16th Century, Inkstand with sleeping knight, late 15th/early 16th century, tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica), Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection), 2015.19.4045

Inkstand with sleeping knight

Faenza 15th Century, Faenza 16th Century · late 15th/early 16th century · tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) ·  Accession ID  2015.19.4045

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Plate with a scene from the Trojan War

Patanazzi Workshop · c. 1575/1600 · tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) ·  Accession ID  2015.19.4037

The "in Castel Durante" Painter, Dish with Orpheus charming the beasts, c. 1520/1525, tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica), Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection), 2015.19.4002

Dish with Orpheus charming the beasts

The "in Castel Durante" Painter · c. 1520/1525 · tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) ·  Accession ID  2015.19.4002