The Frick Collection - Art Treasures from New York at the Mauritshuis

5 February – 10 May 2015

The Frick Collection is beautifully situated in the heart of New York, with a view on Central Park. It is a cherished museum, famous for the high quality of its collection. For the first time The Frick Collection is lending a large part of its world-class collection: no fewer than 36 masterpieces can be admired at the Mauritshuis.

The exhibition includes work by artists otherwise not or barely represented in Dutch museum collections, such as Cimabue, Van Eyck, Gainsborough, Constable, and Ingres. 

Jan van Eyck and Workshop (ca. 1390/1400-1441)
Virgin and Child, with Saint Barbara, Saint Elizabeth of Hungary and Jan Vos, ca. 1441-1443
Oil on panel, 47.3 x 61.3 cm
The Frick Collection, New York; photo: Michael Bodycomb

The Frick Collection - Art Treasures from New York exhibition consists of artworks from the 13th through 19th centuries: paintings, drawings, sculptures, and applied arts. The exhibition thus provides a representative picture of the varied nature of this first-class collection.

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780-1867), Comtesse d'Haussonville, 1845 

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780-1867)
Portrait of the Comtesse d’Haussonville, 1845
Oil on canvas, 131.8 x 92.1 cm
The Frick Collection, New York; photo: Michael Bodycomb 

An undisputed highlight is the enchanting portrait of the Comtesse d'Haussonville by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres - a masterpiece which has become an icon of The Frick Collection. The exhibition shines with other portraits as well, by Frick favourite artists Gainsborough and Reynolds.
Besides portraits, landscapes are also an important genre within The Frick Collection. Jacob van Ruisdaels' monumental Landscape with footbridge from 1652 was restored especially for the exhibition.

John Constable (1776-1837)
The White Horse, 1819
Oil on canvas, 131.4 x 188.3 cm
The Frick Collection, New York; photo: Michael Bodycomb

John Constable's spectacular White horse, a key piece in his oeuvre, is also on view in The Hague.

Hans Memling (ca. 1430-1494)
Portrait of a Man, ca. 1470
Oil on panel, 33.5 x 23 cm
The Frick Collection, New York; photo: Michael Bodycomb 

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (ca. 1525-1569)
The Three Soldiers, 1568
Oil on panel, 20.3 x 17.8 cm
The Frick Collection, New York; photo: Michael Bodycomb 

Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788)
Portrait of Grace Dalrymple Elliott, ca. 1782
Oil on canvas, 76.5 x 63.5 cm
The Frick Collection, New York; photo: Michael Bodycomb

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828)
The Anglers, ca. 1812-1820
Brush and brown wash on paper, 19.7 x 13.5 cm
The Frick Collection, New York; photo: Michael Bodycomb