The Leonard Lopate Show: The Frick at 75

The Frick at 75

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Curators Pablo Perez d’Ors and Jonathan Brown discuss two exhibitions at the Frick Collection: "The King at War: Velazquez’s Portrait of Philip IV" (on view through January 23, 2011) and "The Spanish Manner: Drawings from Ribera to Goya" (on view through January 9, 2011), and we’ll talk about the Frick’s 75th anniversary.

Courtesy of The Frick Collection, New York

The Recapture of Bahia in Brazil, c. 1635

Juan Bautista Maíno (1581–1649)
Oil on canvas
121 5/8 x 150 inches
Museo del Prado, Madrid
Photo by: Erich Lessing/Art Resource, NY

Courtesy of The Frick Collection, New York

King Philip IV of Spain, 1644

Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (1599–1660)
Oil on canvas
51 ⅛ x 39 ⅛ inches
Photo: Michael Bodycomb

Courtesy of The Frick Collection, New York

King Philip IV of Spain, 1644 (detail)

Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (1599–1660)
Oil on canvas
51 ⅛ x 39 ⅛ inches
Photo: Michael Bodycomb

Courtesy of The Frick Collection, New York

Pobre e gnuda bai filosofia (Poor and Bare Goes Philosophy)

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746–1828)
(Album E. 28), c. 1816–17
Brush and ink
10 ½ x 7 1/4 inches
Collection Michael and Judy Steinhardt, New York

Courtesy of The Hispanic Society of America, New York/The Frick Collection, New York

Regozijo (Mirth)

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746–1828)
(Album D. 4), c. 1816–20
Brush and ink and wash and chalk
9 3/8 x 5 13/16 inches

Courtesy of The Hispanic Society of America, New York/The Frick Collection, New York.

Peasant Carrying a Woman

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746–1828)
(Album F. 72), c. 1812–20
Brush and ink and wash
8 1/16 x 5 5/8 inches

Courtesy of The Frick Collection. New York

Head of a Man with Little Figures on His Head, c. 1630

Jusepe de Ribera (1591–1652)
Pen and ink with wash over some chalk
6 11/16 x 4 1/16 inches
Philadelphia Museum of Art: The Muriel and Philip Berman Gift,
acquired from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts with funds
contributed by Muriel and Philip Berman and the Edgar Viguers
Seller Fund (by exchange), 1984

Courtesy of The Frick Collection, New York.

Studies of a Head in Profile, c. 1622

Jusepe de Ribera (1591–1652)
Chalk
9 13/16 x 8 1/8 inches
Princeton University Art Museum
Museum purchase, Laura P. Hall Memorial Fund and Fowler
McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund (2002-97)

Courtesy of The Hispanic Society of America, New York/The Frick Collection, New York.

Four Heads of Men, c. 1660

Antonio Castillo y Saavedra (1616–1668)
Pen and ink
8 5/16 x 6 inches
Private collection, New York; promised gift to The Hispanic Society
of America, New York

Courtesy of The Hispanic Society of America, New York/The Frick Collection, New York

San Matías, 1642

Francisco de Herrera the Elder (c. 1590–1656)
Pen and ink, over traces of chalk, with reinforcing touches of darker ink
11 11/16 x 7 ½ inches

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Guests:

Pablo Perez d’Ors and Jonathan Brown

Comments [1]

jayr from queens

was Rembrandt aware of Velazquez, and vice versa?

Dec. 21 2010 01:22 PM

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