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Joseph E. Widener

Widener, Joseph Early

American, 1871 - 1943

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Pseudo Antonio da Brescia, Sleeping Cupid, early 16th century, bronze, Widener Collection, 1942.9.186

Sleeping Cupid

Pseudo Antonio da Brescia · early 16th century · bronze ·  Accession ID  1942.9.186

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Orlando Furioso (volume II)

Various Artists, Lodovico Ariosto, Francesco Bartolozzi, Nicolas Delaunay, Emmanuel Jean Nepomucène de Ghendt, Jean-Baptiste Blaise Simonet · published 1773 · 1 vol: ill: etchings and engravings ·  Accession ID  1942.9.1215

This is a tall ceramic vase with a narrow neck and a flared rim at the top, curving into a rounder body that tapers down towards a narrow bottom. The vase has a mottled mix of deep red, pale yellow, and light green hues. The rim is white, and the interior appears light green.
Chinese Qing Dynasty, Amphora Vase, Kangxi period, 1662/1722, porcelain with peachbloom glaze, Widener Collection, 1942.9.520

Amphora Vase

Chinese Qing Dynasty · Kangxi period, 1662/1722 · porcelain with peachbloom glaze ·  Accession ID  1942.9.520

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Il Decamerone ... (volume V)

Various Artists, Giovanni Boccaccio · published 1757 · 1 vol: ill: etchings & engravings by Aliamet, Choffard, Lempereur, Pasquier, St.Aubin, Le Mire, Tardieu, Flipart, Legrand, Moitte, and Ouvrier after Gravelot, Boucher, and Eisen ·  Accession ID  1942.9.1433

Shown from the knees up, a pale-skinned man wearing armor stands with his body facing our left in profile but he turns his head to look up and over our right shoulder in front of a distant, gray landscape in this vertical portrait painting. He looks into the distance with brown eyes under dark, arched eyebrows. Chestnut-brown hair flows around his ears and to the back of his neck. His straight nose is slightly hooked at the end, and his pink lips are closed under a wispy mustache. He has plump, lightly flushed cheeks, and sagging jowls lead to a double chin. Light from our left glints off the suit of armor that covers his arms and round belly. He stands with his left hand, closer to us, resting on the hilt of a sword hanging at his side so his elbow points toward us. His other hand rests on the top of a cane. A leather strap crosses his chest, and a thin layer of lace encircles his neck. A ruby-red sash is tied around his upper left arm in a bow and billows around and behind him. The landscape beyond has a dark blue sky with charcoal-gray clouds above a low, sunlit horizon. The painting is inscribed with dark capital letters in the upper right corner: “MDV RAPHAEL RACIVS. H REIP. TRIREMIVM PRAEFE.”
Sir Anthony van Dyck, The Prefect Raffaele Raggi, c. 1625, oil on canvas, Widener Collection, 1942.9.90

The Prefect Raffaele Raggi

Sir Anthony van Dyck · c. 1625 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1942.9.90

This is an ornate wooden side table. The table has slightly curved legs and a lower shelf for storage or display. The edges are trimmed with decorative silvery metallic elements. A small keyhole is visible at the front of the table. The legs appear to be darker wood, while the front and sides of the table are more red-toned wood. The top of the table has a floral design that uses multiple shades of wood.
Bernard Vanrisamburgh II, Work and Writing Table (table en chiffonnière), c. 1750/1760, veneered partly on oak and partly on pine with tulipwood, purplewood, crosscut kingwood, and casuarina; gilded bronze mounts, Widener Collection, 1942.9.420

Work and Writing Table (table en chiffonnière)

Bernard Vanrisamburgh II · c. 1750/1760 · veneered partly on oak and partly on pine with tulipwood, purplewood, crosscut kingwood, and casuarina; gilded bronze mounts ·  Accession ID  1942.9.420

Alfred André, Pendant with Europa and the Bull, 1870/1890, baroque pearl; gold enameled in white, black, dark green, pale blue, translucent red, green, yellow, and blue; 22 colorless stones (sapphires, diamonds), 1 blue sapphire, 19 red stones (rubies, glass), 6 pearls, Widener Collection, 1942.9.304

Pendant with Europa and the Bull

Alfred André · 1870/1890 · baroque pearl; gold enameled in white, black, dark green, pale blue, translucent red, green, yellow, and blue; 22 colorless stones (sapphires, diamonds), 1 blue sapphire, 19 red stones (rubies, glass), 6 pearls ·  Accession ID  1942.9.304

The sculpture features a hanging lantern that is predominantly white with floral and leaf designs in green and red. The lamp is held aloft by a reddish-brown wooden stand, which concludes with a hook shaped like a dragon's head. The stand has an elaborate base carved with swirling patterns. Hanging from the bottom of the lanturn is a white tassel that hangs down to the base of the stand.
Chinese Qing Dynasty, Reticulated Perfume Ball, Kangxi period, 1662/1722, porcelain with famille verte enamels on the biscuit, Widener Collection, 1942.9.566

Reticulated Perfume Ball

Chinese Qing Dynasty · Kangxi period, 1662/1722 · porcelain with famille verte enamels on the biscuit ·  Accession ID  1942.9.566

Paduan 15th Century, Descent from the Cross, late 15th century, gilded bronze, Widener Collection, 1942.9.260

Descent from the Cross

Paduan 15th Century · late 15th century · gilded bronze ·  Accession ID  1942.9.260

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Seventh Day, Seventh Story, Beatrice Sends Her Lover to Beat Her Husband

Hubert François Gravelot · 1757 · pen and black ink with brown wash ·  Accession ID  1942.9.736

Bibliography

1940

  • Widener, P.A.B. Without Drums. New York, 1940.

1943

  • The New York Times (27 October 1943): 23:1 [obituary].

1973

  • Finley, David. A Standard of Excellence. Washington, 1973.

1974

  • Walker, John. Self-Portrait with Donors. Boston, 1974.

2002

  • Quodbach, Esmé. "'The last of the American Versailles': the Widener Collection at Lynnewood Hall." Simiolus 29, no. 1/2 (2002): 42-96.

2003

  • Minty, Nancy T. Dutch and Flemish Seventeeth-Century Art in America, 1800-1940: Collections, Connoisseurship and Perceptions. Ph.D. diss, New York University, 2003:172-194, 444-494