Word: jacquemart
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...transparent glass signify clairvoyance; eyes nearly closed denote serenity and a transition from one world to another. This artistic lexicon is used throughout the Congo region, encompassing several dozen tribes in the modern nations of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola and Gabon. The exquisite Musée Jacquemart-André, in the former mansion of 19th century banker Edouard André and his artist wife, Nélie Jacquemart, houses their exceptional collection of furniture, paintings, porcelain and objets d'art. The current temporary show, like the museum, is a small gem, although the title From Caillebotte...
...duke always tended to encourage the more progressive trends in painting. This, in practice, meant Italian influence. One of the Morgan Library's treasures, a small book of silverpoint sketches on boxwood, probably done by the duke's favorite miniaturist, Jacquemart de Hesdin, is permeated by the Italian trecento-the Madonna stately and subtle as a virgin by Simone Martini. But the greatest impact of Italy was on the artist who was also the greatest of the Berry circle: the Boucicaut Master. An illumination of the Garden of Eden, with Boccaccio sitting reading outside the wall, is full...
...late Italian School, representing the Adoration of the Shepherds; from Paul J. Sachs '00, 12 etchings by Herman A. Webster, which complete the collection of Webster's work to date, 11 lithographs by Joseph Pennell, 6 lithographs by Alexandre Calame, and 1 etching by Jules Ferdinand and Jacquemart; from the Misses Norton, 38 objects including Greek vases, terracottas etc.; from the estate of the Rev. Edward H. Hall, of the class of 1851, 4 small drawings and 2 portions of pages of a Choral; and from R. Ederheimer, the Holy Family, an engraving by Albrecht Altdorfer...
...print collection an unusually large number of additions have been made. Mr. Paul J. Sachs '00 has given Rembrandt's "Great Jewish Bride," the "Sheperdess Knitting," by Millet, sixty-one etchings by Jacquemart, and fifty-one etchings by Herman A. Webster. "The Furnace Nocturne," by Whistler came from an anonymous giver. Mr. Francis Bullard '86 presented the "Clyde" form Turner's "Liber Studiorum" and Lupton's copy of the "Mill near the Grand Chartreuse." Thirteen etchings by James D. Smillie were received form his son, Mr. James C. Smillie. The Nocturne, a lithotint by Whistler was purchased from the income...
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