The 50 works in this impressive exhibition, Master Paintings from the Scottish National Gallery,
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range in date from the 15th to the 19th centuries and feature both European and American artists, with works ranging from devotional subjects to portraiture. The exhibition, filling six galleries at the Georgia Museum of Art, is arranged to give visitors an overview of the history of European painting from the Italian high Renaissance to 19th-century British and French romanticism.
The earliest work, Andrea del Verrocchio’s The Virgin Adoring the Child (1470), was among the prized possessions of John Ruskin, the influential 19th-century English critic and artist, who described it as “an entirely priceless painting, exemplary for all time.” Other Italian works include paintings by Guido Reni, Perugino, Domenichino, Guercino and Veronese.
Spain is represented by El Greco’s Christ Blessing and Goya’s The Doctor, which he executed for a series of tapestries to decorate the royal palace in Madrid. Flemish and Dutch painters include Frans Snyders, master portraitist Frans Hals and Meindert Hobbema.
American painter Frederic Edwin Church’s Niagara Falls from the American Side was sent to the National Gallery of Scotland in 1887 by Scottish-born New York iron and coal magnate John Stewart Kennedy. Its inclusion in this exhibition marks its first appearance on this side of the Atlantic in years. |
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