Provenance

Heim Gallery Ltd.

est. 1965

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Painted almost entirely in tones of beige and golden brown, we look across a smooth body of water at a row of buildings around a large church and several windmills scattered across the skyline in this horizontal landscape painting. The horizon comes about a quarter of the way up the painting, and the ice-blue sky above is nearly filled with pink-tinged clouds. Closest to us, a man bends over a container or bundle on a narrow spit of land in the lower left corner. Three boats float close by in the water beyond him. A rowboat at the lower center of the painting is filled with at least ten people, wearing bonnets or hats, dressed in tones of muted teal blue, golden yellow, and smoke gray. An empty, smaller boat is tied to and floats off one end of the rowboat. To our left, beyond the spit of land, a second rowboat is pulled up alongside a shallow boat with sails unfurled. Five people sit or stand in the rowboat as a sixth person is helped from the smaller rowboat up onto the sailboat. At least seven people and perhaps some bundles fill the deck of the sailboat. A bird flies low to the surface of the water nearby. A church with a tall, square tower and the lower buildings around it reflect in the placid water on the distant shore. More boats float along the winding shoreline in the deep distance, and a few more spires, windmills, and stately buildings are silhouetted against the sky.
Jan van Goyen, View of Dordrecht from the Dordtse Kil, 1644, oil on panel, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1978.11.1

View of Dordrecht from the Dordtse Kil

Jan van Goyen · 1644 · oil on panel ·  Accession ID  1978.11.1

Paul Huet, The Waterfall at Lydford Gorge, Devon, 1862, watercolor over black chalk, Gift of Donald Stone, 2022.40.22

The Waterfall at Lydford Gorge, Devon

Paul Huet · 1862 · watercolor over black chalk ·  Accession ID  2022.40.22

Anonymous Artist, Entry of Alexander the Great into Babylon, or The Triumph of Alexander, 18th century, bronze, Gift of Frank Anderson Trapp, 2004.166.17

Entry of Alexander the Great into Babylon, or The Triumph of Alexander

Anonymous Artist · 18th century · bronze ·  Accession ID  2004.166.17

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Charles, Duc de Berry

Lazzerini Workshop · second half 19th century · marble ·  Accession ID  1967.14.1

Antoine-Louis Barye, Lion of the July Column, 1836, tinted terracotta, Gift of Asbjorn R. Lunde, 1984.62.1

Lion of the July Column

Antoine-Louis Barye · 1836 · tinted terracotta ·  Accession ID  1984.62.1

Giusto Le Court, A Venetian Ecclesiastic, third quarter 17th century, marble, Ruth and Vernon Taylor Fund, 1978.42.1

A Venetian Ecclesiastic

Giusto Le Court · third quarter 17th century · marble ·  Accession ID  1978.42.1

Nicolas Legendre, The Penitent Magdalen, model 1664, cast probably before 1709, bronze, Andrew W. Mellon Fund, 1971.6.1

The Penitent Magdalen

Nicolas Legendre · model 1664, cast probably before 1709 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1971.6.1

Alessandro Algardi, Saint Matthew, c. 1640, terracotta, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1970.7.1

Saint Matthew

Alessandro Algardi · c. 1640 · terracotta ·  Accession ID  1970.7.1

The body of a man cast from bronze hangs heavily from nails driven through his hands and both feet on a wooden cross in this sculpture, which would hang on a wall. The man’s head hangs down to our left, eyes closed as his shoulders shift to our left and his hips to our right. A ring of thorns encircles long, wavy hair. His torso and legs are lean and muscular, and he wears only a loincloth tied across his hips. His arms are unnaturally long and sinewy. A bronze banner with the letters “INRI” is affixed to the vertical beam near the top of the cross. The surface of the wood cross is dinged and speckled with worm holes, and the edges of the face of the cross are painted gold.
Pietro Tacca, The Pistoia Crucifix, c. 1600/1616, bronze, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1973.9.1

The Pistoia Crucifix

Pietro Tacca · c. 1600/1616 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1973.9.1

François Coudray, Saint Sebastian, 1712, bronze, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1972.24.1

Saint Sebastian

François Coudray · 1712 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1972.24.1