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New York, nineteenth century
panorama of the gardens and the palace at Versailles—and the facade of the Branch Bank
New York, nineteenth century
panorama of the gardens and the palace at Versailles—and the facade of the Branch Bank
The Artist: Hugo van der Goes (ca. 1440–1482), born in Ghent, was one of the leading Flemish artists of the second half of the fifteenth century. Initially, Hugo followed in the grand tradition of the illusionism of Jan van Eyck’s paintings, with a palette of richly saturated colors and a clear organization of space that depended on single vanishing-point perspective
Commissioned by Tommaso Portinari, the Medici bank branch manager in Bruges and counselor
composition to a painting by Mondrian called „Trees in Moonlight (Trees on a River Bank
This picture and its pendant (1970.134.2) formed a series of possibly five panels illustrating the life of Saint John the Baptist
Lorenzo the Magnificent; his grandfather was papal banker and manager of the Medici bank
HistoryAfter the conquest of Egypt in 31 B.C., Augustus confiscated the property of Egyptian temples and centralized their administration. As a kind of compensation, he commissioned at least 17 building projects for local gods, including the small Isis-temple of Dendur (ancient Tutzis) in Lower Nubia
Geography: From Nubia, Dendur, West bank of the Nile River Medium: Aeolian sandstone
HistoryAfter the conquest of Egypt in 31 B.C., Augustus confiscated the property of Egyptian temples and centralized their administration. As a kind of compensation, he commissioned at least 17 building projects for local gods, including the small Isis-temple of Dendur (ancient Tutzis) in Lower Nubia
Geography: From Nubia, Dendur, West bank of the Nile River Medium: Aeolian sandstone
The Van Rensselaer Hall was one of the largest and most elaborate rooms built in prerevolutionary America. The rare hand-painted English wallpaper and the magnificently carved woodwork create an elegant American Wing gallery.
from 1765 through 1768, the family had built two earlier manor houses on the west bank
The Frank Lloyd Wright Room was originally the living room of the summer residence of Frances W. Little, designed and built between 1912 and 1914 in Wayzata, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis.
That same year, he became vice-president of the Minneapolis Trust Bank and the family
The Robert and Gloria Manney Greek Revival Parlor is a re-creation of what the parlor of a fashionable New York City townhouse of about 1835 might have looked like. The room was designed to showcase a rare suite of seating furniture made for New York lawyer Samuel A. Foot (1790–1878) by the firm of cabinetmaker Duncan Phyfe (1770–1854).
Image: Designed by William Strickland (American, 1788–1854), Second Bank of United
The Powel Room was originally located on the second story of a house that still stands today at 244 South Third Street in Philadelphia. The room is furnished with superb examples of Philadelphia Rococo-style furniture of the type that the Powels might have owned.
Image: The facade of the Branch Bank of the United States (built by Martin E.