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Questions of Provenance—Doubting Thomas by Adriaen van der Werff, Part 2

Posted on December 29, 2015 by

In the first part of this post, using the Milwaukee Art Museum’s painting Doubting Thomas, we explored the biography and style of Dutch artist Adriaen van der Werff (a self-portrait of him from the Rijksmuseum is to the left).  This week, we’re … Continue reading →

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Questions of Provenance—Doubting Thomas by Adriaen van der Werff, Part 1

Posted on December 1, 2015 by

Remember in an earlier post when I said that the study of provenance can tell us a lot about the history of taste? We’ll see how by taking a closer look at one of the paintings in the collection of … Continue reading →

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Questions of Provenance—The Marriage Trap by Jan Victors, Part 1

Posted on October 6, 2015 by

Jan Victors (Dutch, 1619–after 1676) was probably a student of the famous Dutch Golden Age artist Rembrandt (Dutch, 1606–1669). Just like his contemporaries, Victors created works with various popular subjects, including religious scenes, portraits, and genre paintings. The Milwaukee Art … Continue reading →

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Bradley Collection Celebrates 40th Anniversary!

Posted on September 29, 2015 by

This year the Milwaukee Art Museum celebrates the fortieth anniversary of the Mrs. Harry L. Bradley Collection. Upon its donation in 1975, the collection elevated the status of the Milwaukee Art Museum from a local art museum to a museum … Continue reading →

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From the Collection–Pablo Picasso’s The Cock of the Liberation

Posted on September 8, 2015 by

Many of the artists featured in the special exhibition Van Gogh to Pollock: Modern Rebels, Masterworks from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery are also represented in the collection of the Milwaukee Art Museum. This is the fifth in a series of … Continue reading →

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