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Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc.

est. 1937

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This painting shows several people in the sky, surrounded by billowing fabric. In the center is a person who appears to be sitting on a cloud-like form. The person is on their back with their legs towards us and their head tilted up. They have short, curly hair and wear a garment of red and green cloth, with their arms raised upward above their head, their hands cupped together in a circular shape. On either side of them, three other people are partially visible, two to the left and one to the right. These people appear to be supporting the cloud and the central person, lifting them upwards. They have large blue and green wings with cloth draped around them, and no distinct facial features. One of the people on the left looks like a child, perhaps a cherub, although their upper body and head are blocked up the wings of the other person. What looks like the back of another person's head is visible in the bottom left. All of the people have pale skin. The background features a blue sky with streaks of cream and pink. The painting is enclosed within an oval shape and bordered in reddish-brown.
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Saint Roch Carried to Heaven by Angels, c. 1735/1745, oil on canvas, Gift of Howard Sturges, 1956.9.16

Saint Roch Carried to Heaven by Angels

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · c. 1735/1745 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1956.9.16

Johannes van Doetechum the Elder, Lucas van Doetechum, Claes Jansz Visscher, "Verdorde Nel" and "Jan Afterlam", c. 1564/1565, etching, Andrew W. Mellon Fund, 1975.112.10

"Verdorde Nel" and "Jan Afterlam"

Johannes van Doetechum the Elder, Lucas van Doetechum, Claes Jansz Visscher · c. 1564/1565 · etching ·  Accession ID  1975.112.10

A white marble sculpture shows the head and upper chest of an elderly, gaunt, bald, smiling man. In this photograph, the man’s face is angled to our right, and he looks off in that direction with hooded eyes under bushy brows. His forehead, eyes, and mouth are lined with wrinkles. He has a bulbous, slightly hooked nose and high cheekbones. He smiles with his thin lips together. There is a fringe of hair over the ear we can see, and his head is otherwise smooth. The tendons on his neck stand out. The narrow base of the sculpture curves in a U down past his collarbones, and is supported on a charcoal-gray, polished marble base. The sculpture casts a light shadow against a pale gray background to our left in this photograph.
Jean-Antoine Houdon, Voltaire, 1778, marble, Chester Dale Collection, 1963.10.240

Voltaire

Jean-Antoine Houdon · 1778 · marble ·  Accession ID  1963.10.240

At least one rowboat occupied by two people floats on a lake, which is surrounded by lush green vegetation in this vertical landscape painting. The scene is loosely painted with short and long parallel brushstrokes, so some details are difficult to make out. The white of the four geese lining the bank near us break up a color palette almost entirely dominated by spring, mint, and sage green and royal and baby blue. Three of the geese stand in a line and the fourth bends down to peck at the grass. A bed of deep pink flowers is indicated with touches of vibrant color to our right of the geese. One person wearing a golden yellow garment and a butter-yellow hat rows the boat near the center of the lake. A smudge of cobalt blue could be another person in that boat. Other curved lines in the water could be additional boats or may be reflections in the lake’s surface. Barely discernable, a person, possibly holding a stick, stands among the tall trees lining the opposite bank. The horizon line comes about three-quarters of the way up the composition, and the sky above is painted with watery blue, pale yellow, and ivory-white brushstrokes. The artist signed the work with dark letters near the lower left corner: “B. Morisot.”
Berthe Morisot, Girl in a Boat with Geese, c. 1889, oil on canvas, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection, 1970.17.50

Girl in a Boat with Geese

Berthe Morisot · c. 1889 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1970.17.50

This painting depicts a man seated on a dark surface with his body facing the left, looking out at us from under the brim of his hat. He has light skin and a white mustache, and he wears dark clothing and white shoes. His gray cap has a golden headlamp on it, and a pipe is clamped in his thin, downturned mouth. His hands are dirty, covered in streaks of black and gray, and he holds a silver pail with a metal container on it. The background is a blend of black, gray, and dark blue.
George Luks, The Fire Boss, 1925, oil on canvas, Chester Dale Collection, 1954.2.1

The Fire Boss

George Luks · 1925 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1954.2.1

Odilon Redon, Pansies, c. 1905, pastel on brown paper, Rosenwald Collection, Gift of the Adele R. Levy Fund, Inc., 1961.14.1

Pansies

Odilon Redon · c. 1905 · pastel on brown paper ·  Accession ID  1961.14.1

Johannes van Doetechum the Elder, Lucas van Doetechum, Claes Jansz Visscher, "Voorsichtighe Krijn" and "Broentje Spaer-pots", c. 1564/1565, etching, Andrew W. Mellon Fund, 1975.112.33

"Voorsichtighe Krijn" and "Broentje Spaer-pots"

Johannes van Doetechum the Elder, Lucas van Doetechum, Claes Jansz Visscher · c. 1564/1565 · etching ·  Accession ID  1975.112.33

Shown from the waist up, an older, pale-skinned man wearing clerical robes gestures to our right with one hand and turns his head to look off to our left in this vertical portrait painting. His shoulders angle to our right, and that arm hangs by his side. His other arm is bent at the elbow, and the hand is held palm up so the fingers loosely point to our right. His gaunt face turns to our left, and he looks off with dark, deep-set eyes under heavy, curved brows. He has a high forehead, a long, thin, hooked nose, and hollow cheeks. His full, smoke-gray beard is painted with blended strokes so appears soft. His crimson-red hat comes to four rounded points over ear-length, dark gray hair. An elbow-length red cape has buttons down the front, and he wears a white garment with a red cuff around the hand we can see. The man is lit from our left in front of a brown background.
Titian, Cardinal Pietro Bembo, 1539/1540, oil on canvas, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1952.5.28

Cardinal Pietro Bembo

Titian · 1539/1540 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1952.5.28

A man and woman sit across from each other at a small, narrow café table under a porch-like roof in this vertical drawing on tan paper. The people’s skin is the color of the paper, and their clothing and hints of the surrounding are painted with streaks and thin washes of vivid color. Closer to us and to the left, the woman sits in a chair with an arched back. Her face is mostly angled away from us, but she has a delicate nose, and her lips appear to be closed. Her pale turquoise-blue dress has a high neck, a tight bodice, a long skirt, and long sleeves puffed along the upper arm. A black hat with short sprays like a spurting fountain is tucked into her yellow updo. Across from her, the man also has yellow hair. His eyes are almost slits under thin brows, and his small lips are closed and possibly pursed under a thin mustache. He has a square chin and prominent jawline. He wears a black tie and dinner jacket with a white flower tucked into the buttonhole. His shirt and the tablecloth are the tan of the paper. A decanter of a yellow liquid, presumably wine, sits on the table. A gray fenced at elbow height for the seated couple runs across the back of the space. The view under the overhanging roof is cobalt blue with tree canopies shaded turquoise green. A store window across a black street shows a mannequin wearing a pink dress. The scene is loosely sketched and details fade beyond the main couple. The artist signed the lower left corner with his initials, HTL, conjoined in a circle.
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Fashionable People at Les Ambassadeurs (Aux Ambassadeurs: Gens Chic), 1893, oil à l'essence over black chalk on wove paper, mounted on cardboard, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1995.47.67

Fashionable People at Les Ambassadeurs (Aux Ambassadeurs: Gens Chic)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec · 1893 · oil à l'essence over black chalk on wove paper, mounted on cardboard ·  Accession ID  1995.47.67

Antoine-Louis Barye, General Bonaparte on Horseback, model c. 1838, cast after 1847, bronze, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1980.44.3

General Bonaparte on Horseback

Antoine-Louis Barye · model c. 1838, cast after 1847 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1980.44.3