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Trees give shape to Meindert compositions—soaring and knotty, catching sunlight and casting shade. 🌳 On pause to take a closer look at this painting in the collection.
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Meindert Hobbema, Village with Water Mill among Trees, ca. 1665

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2022-04-29

Stop and smell the roses.🌹
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Thomas Gainsborough, Sarah, Lady Innes, ca. 1757

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2022-04-24

Happy Day from the Frick's resident jokesters, in our "Procession of Italian Comedians." 🎭
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Jean-Baptiste Joseph Pater, Procession of Italian Comedians, 1713–36

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2022-04-02

Love is in the air! Happy 💗
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Jean-Honoré Fragonard, The Progress of Love: Love Triumphant (detail), ca. 1790–91

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2022-02-15

Embrace your loved ones, it's 🤗
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Jean-Honoré Fragonard, The Progress of Love: Love Letters, 1771–72

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2022-01-22

The devil's in the details. 🔎

For Halloween, we're sharing this eerie engraving by On the right, Dürer draws the devil as a horned, big-snouted beast.
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Albrecht Dürer, Knight, Death, and the Devil, 1513

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2021-10-31

It's officially spooky season. 🦇

In his 1853 etching "The Vampire," Charles Meryon captures an atmosphere of gloom. A Notre-Dame gargoyle towers over the city, surrounded by a foreboding flock of birds.
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Charles Meryon, Etchings of Paris: The Vampire, 1853.

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2021-10-02

Find someone who looks at you the way Boucher's babies look at each other.
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François Boucher, Poetry, 18th century

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2021-09-09

August has arrived. ☀️ In his series at the Frick, François Boucher paints four scenes of amorous encounters to illustrate the seasons.

In "Summer," three bathing nudes cool off by a dolphin-shaped fountain.
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François Boucher, The Four Seasons: Summer, 1755

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2021-08-02

The Olympics begin today!

that the original ancient Olympic games were held in honor of Zeus? ⚡ The lightning-wielding Olympian is identified by his Roman name on this enamel dish.
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Jean de Court, Dish with Jupiter on a Chariot, 1555–65

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2021-07-23

Trees give shape to compositions—soaring and knotty, catching sunlight and casting shade. 🌳 On pause to take a closer look at this pair of paintings.
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Meindert Hobbema, Village with Water Mill among Trees, Village among Trees, ca. 1665

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2021-04-23

François was awarded many commissions from Louis XV and even painted the king's Easter eggs.

Happy Easter from Boucher's splendid "Spring."
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François Boucher, The Four Seasons: Spring, 1755. Oil on canvas

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2021-04-04

When you hear the Frick is reopening tomorrow. 😮

After one year of being closed, the Collection opens at our temporary new home, this Thursday. Plan your visit at https://t.co/0llr5Em7pf.
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The Progress of Love: The Meeting (detail)

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2021-03-18

Get lost in the clouds of this stoic portrait, then dive into an art historical history of clouds in the collection, exclusively at https://t.co/IjPDwIjHdX.
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Sir Joshua Reynolds, General John Burgoyne, ca. 1766. Oil on canvas

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2021-01-27

It's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together. 🛷

On the first day of winter, we're wishing you a joyful and safe season.
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François The Four Seasons: Winter, 1755. Oil on canvas

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2020-12-22

Would you rather spend this Saturday by "Pond" or in pastoral print?
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1. Corot, The Pond, ca. 1868–70. Oil on canvas
2. Rembrandt, Landscape with Three Trees, 1643. Etching, drypoint, and engraving

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2020-11-29

In this detail of a study, artist David Wilkie dramatically depicts the burying of the Scottish crown jewels in 1652. 👑 Wilkie was born in 1785.
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David Wilkie, Study of Two Figures, ca. 1832. Chalk with gouache on paper

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2020-11-19

Happy birthday to an artist who is said to epitomize the taste of eighteenth-century France. The Rococo painter favored a palette of blues and pinks, as seen in this colorful canvas. 🎨
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François Boucher, Poetry, 18th century. Oil on canvas

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2020-09-30

Bouquets for days 💐This porcelain plant pot in classic blue is the product of numerous artists' work.
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Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, Cubical Jardinière with Cupids and Trophies, Turquoise Blue Ground, 1769. Soft-paste porcelain

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2020-09-25

Where did summer go? Celebrate the official first day of fall with François "The Four Seasons: Autumn."
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François Boucher, The Four Seasons: Autumn, 1755. Oil on canvas

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2020-09-22