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nternationally recognized as a premier museum and Tuesday through Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. I research center, The Frick Collection is known for its Sunday 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ­distinguished Old Master paintings and outstanding exam- closed Mondays, New Year’s Day, Independence Day, ples of European sculpture and decorative arts. Thanksgiving, and Christmas The collection was assembled by the Pittsburgh indus- trialist Henry Clay Frick (1849–1919) and is housed in his family’s former residence on Fifth Avenue. One of New York admission City’s few remaining Gilded Age mansions, it provides a tranquil environment for visitors to experience masterpieces General Public $20 by artists such as Bellini, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Goya, and Seniors (65 and over) $15 Whistler. The museum opened in 1935 and has continued to Students $10 acquire works of art since Mr. Frick’s death. Members Free Adjacent to the museum is the Frick Art Reference Library, founded by Helen Clay Frick as a memorial to her On Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., visitors may father. Today it is one of the leading institutions for research pay what they wish. in the history of art and collecting. Children under ten are not admitted. Along with special exhibitions and an acclaimed con- Group visits are by appointment; call 212.288.0700 cert series, the Frick offers a wide range of lectures, symposia, to schedule. and education programs that foster a deeper appreciation of its permanent collection. s p e c i a l e x h i b i t i o n

Vermeer, Rembrandt, and Hals: Major Funding for the exhibition is provided by The Peter Jay Masterpieces of Dutch Painting Sharp Foundation, Assael Inc., John and Constance Birke­ from the Mauritshuis lund, and Fiduciary Trust Company International. Additional October 22, 2013, through January 19, 2014 support is generously provided by Margot and Jerry Bogert, Michael and Jane Horvitz, Walter and Vera Eberstadt, Agnes Over the course of the seventeenth century, the Dutch nation Gund, Seymour R. Askin, Barbara Fleischman, the ­Netherland- rose to become one of the wealthiest and most powerful ­America Foundation, and an anonymous gift in memory of in the world. With surplus income, Dutch citizens became ­Melvin R. Seiden. The exhibition is also supported by an indem­ enthusiastic patrons of the arts, and an enormous surge in nity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. art production followed. This fall and winter, the Frick will present fifteen extraordinary paintings from this Golden Age. ticketing policy Selected from the famed collection of the Royal Picture Gal- Entrance to the special exhibition is included with paid museum lery Mauritshuis, The Hague, these works represent not only admission. However, timed tickets are required, and purchas­ the remarkable achievements of northern artists during the ing them in advance is strongly advised. Tickets may be pur­ seventeenth century but also the subjects that engaged art- chased at the museum’s admissions desk during regular hours, ists’ and collectors’ imaginations at this time. Included in the online from the Frick’s Web site, or from Telecharge by calling exhibition will be Johannes Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Ear­ 212.239.6200. As a benefit of membership, museum members ring (cover), as well as works by Frans Hals, Pieter Claesz, will be given priority access and may view the special exhibition Rembrandt, Gerard ter Borch, Carel Fabritius, Jan Steen, without pre-purchasing timed tickets. Please visit our Web site Jacob van Ruisdael, Nicolaes Maes, and Adriaen Coorte. The for more details about the ticketing policy. paintings reveal prevailing attitudes of the Dutch people, reflecting what they valued—their native land, industrious special friday evening hours labor, modesty in comportment—and what they scorned— Fridays, 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. indolence and disorder. As a fascinating codicil to the exhibition, the Frick will The special exhibition will be open to members only on the eve­ present Transforming Still Life Painting, Rob and Nick Carter’s nings of November 1, December 6, and January 3. The remain­ contemporary rejoinder to the vanitas tradition. The artists’ ing Friday evenings during the show’s presentation will be open digitally rendered film is inspired by Vase with Flowers in a to the public free of charge. We are grateful to Agnes Gund for Window, painted by Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder about making these free public evenings possible. 1618. Presented in the Multimedia Room, the Carters’ mes- school visits merizing work literally transforms the still-life genre by ani- mating the nature morte. During the presentation of the special exhibition, The Frick Col­ The selection of paintings to be presented was made by lection will offer a limited number of guided school visits for Colin B. Bailey, former Deputy Director and Peter Jay Sharp students in grades 5 through 12 on Monday mornings, when the Chief Curator at the Frick, in consultation with the Maurits­ museum is closed to the public. Reservations must be made at huis. The installation is organized by Margaret Iacono, Assis­ least two weeks in advance; please visit www.frick.org/schools tant Curator at the Frick. for more information.

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David d’Angers: Making the Modern Monument September 17 through December 8, 2013

In 1817 the young French sculptor Pierre-Jean David d’Angers caused a stir at the Paris Salon with his powerful monument to a seventeenth-century general. Its energetic composition and depiction of the hero in historical costume challenged neoclassical norms and helped to usher in the age of Roman- ticism. Lauded by Victor Hugo as the Michelangelo of Paris, David became one of the most important sculptors of the nineteenth century. An ardent Republican and political dis- sident, experimental writer, and confidant to innumerable artists and intellectuals (from Balzac and Paganini to Goethe and Delacroix), he was both celebrated and controversial during his lifetime. Although today he is little known, David produced some of the most iconic portraits and ambitious public monuments of the Romantic era. The Frick’s presenta- tion—the first major exhibition devoted to the artist outside his native France—assembles forty-eight works on paper and in wax, terracotta, plaster, marble, and bronze, as well as rare nineteenth-century books of photographs and engravings; many of these have never before been exhibited. Together, they reveal the ways in which David sought to adapt the notion of a monument to the new social and political land- scape of modernity. The exhibition is organized by Emerson Bowyer, Guest Curator and former Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Fellow, The Frick Collection. Support is generously provided by Antonio Weiss and Susannah Hunnewell, Margot and Jerry Bogert, and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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Precision and Splendor: Clocks and Watches at The Frick Collection Through February 2, 2014

Today the question “What time is it?” is quickly answered by looking at any number of devices around us, from watches to phones to computers. For millennia, however, determining the correct time was not so simple, and it was not until the late thirteenth century that the first mechanical clocks were made, slowly replacing sundials and water clocks. It would take several hundred more years before mechanical time- keepers became reliable and accurate. Precision and Splendor: Clocks and Watches at The Frick Collection explores the dis- coveries and innovations made in the field of horology from the early sixteenth to the nineteenth century. The exhibition features eleven clocks and fourteen watches from the bequest of Winthrop Kellogg Edey, along with five clocks lent by the collector Horace Wood Brock that have never before been seen in New York City. Together, these objects chronicle the evolution over the centuries of more accurate and complex timekeepers and illustrate the aesthetic developments that reflected Europe’s latest styles. The exhibition is organized by Charlotte Vignon, Asso­ ciate Curator of Decorative Arts, The Frick Collection. Major funding is provided by Breguet. Additional support is gener­ ously provided by The Selz Foundation, Peter and Gail Goltra, and the David Berg Foundation.

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Lectures are free. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis, Clocks, Politics, and Changing Times and reservations are not accepted. Selected lectures will be web­ Wednesday, October 16, 6:00 p.m. cast live and made available on our Web site and The Frick Col­ Kevin K. Birth, Professor, Department of Anthropology, lection’s channel on FORA.tv. Please visit our Web site for details. Queens College, City University of New York

Sculpting History: The clocks in the exhibition Precision and Splendor reflect David d’Angers and some of the major debates about time that have occurred the Romantic Monument over the last five hundred years. Kevin Birth will discuss the relevance of the clocks on view to our understanding of Wednesday, September 18, 6:00 p.m. some of the great historic changes in timekeeping, including Emerson Bowyer, Guest Curator, The Frick Collection the Gregorian calendar and the Counter-Reformation, the Copernican revolution, the replacement of solar time with In a celebrated passage from his Histoire de la Révolution mean time, and the French Revolution’s failed experiment Française, the French historian Jules Michelet asserts that with decimal time. the revolution left no lasting monuments, only empty space. Pierre-Jean David d’Angers, arguably the greatest sculptor of the early nineteenth century, made it his life’s work to fill that Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis: void. This lecture will follow David’s attempts to reinvigorate Past, Present, and Future and adapt the notion of a historical monument to the new Wednesday, October 23, 6:00 p.m. social and political landscape of modernity. Emilie Gordenker, Director, Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague Vital Signs: The Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis combines a truly great The Art of David d’Angers collection of Dutch and Flemish paintings with the spectacu- Wednesday, October 9, 6:00 p.m. lar setting of a seventeenth-century city palace in the historic Dorothy Johnson, Roy J. Carver Professor of Art History, center of The Hague. This lecture will trace the history of the The University of Iowa Mauritshuis’s collection and the building that houses it and also offer a behind-the-scenes view of the current renovation Dorothy Johnson will explore the significance of David and expansion of the museum. d’Angers’s public and private works, from medallions and busts to statues and statuettes of famous figures. In particu- lar, she will consider the ways in which David read and inter- preted the world and the individuals who helped shape it as visible signs of a hidden language of nature and culture.

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Artists, Poets, and Writers Lecture The Making of an Icon: The Dutch Tradition of Portraiture: How the Girl with a Pearl Earring A Dialogue Gained its Fame Tuesday, October 29, 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 4, 6:00 p.m. Rineke Dijkstra, photographer, and Hans den Hartog Jager, Arthur Wheelock, Curator of Northern Baroque Paintings, art critic and historian National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Noted art critic and historian Hans den Hartog Jager will At the end of the nineteenth century, Vermeer’s Girl with a interview Dutch photographer Rineke Dijkstra, known for her Pearl Earring sold for a pittance—an unknown work by an remarkable oeuvre of large-scale portraits, which were featured artist who was only beginning to achieve recognition. Today in a retrospective at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum last it is revered as a great masterpiece, so famous that it is rec- year. Dijkstra will discuss the relationship of contemporary ognizable by its title alone, with the name of its maker being photography and her own work to paintings by such artists almost superfluous. This lecture will examine the reasons this as Rembrandt and Vermeer.—This program is made possible image resonates so profoundly with contemporary audiences. through the generous support of the Drue Heinz Trust. Why Multiplicity? Behind the Scenes of Everyday Life: On the Production of Small Bronzes Dutch Genre Painting in the Italian Renaissance Wednesday, November 6, 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 29, 6:00 p.m. Edwin Buijsen, Head of Collections, Claudia Kryza-Gersch, art historian Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague At the end of the sixteenth century Giambologna dominated Dutch genre paintings of the seventeenth century show indi- the art of the small bronze, and his statuettes were highly viduals in domestic settings going about daily activities such prized by rulers and sophisticated collectors across Europe. as letter writing, eating and drinking, and making music. In principle, the master’s models could be endlessly repro- Many of these seemingly straightforward scenes contain a duced in bronze casts. Research undertaken for the upcom- moral lesson that is difficult for us to decipher today. This lec- ing exhibition Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Hill ture will deal with the paintings’ various levels of interpreta- Collection will show how and why replication became a major tion by focusing on examples drawn from the Mauritshuis characteristic of the art of the small bronze and investigate collection, some of which are featured in the current special whether multiplicity was considered a virtue.—This lecture is exhibition. made possible by the Robert H. Smith Family Foundation.

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Seminars provide unparalleled access to works of art and Secrets of Old Master Paintings encourage thought-provoking discussion with experts in their Revealed fields. Sessions are held when the galleries are closed to the pub­ Monday, November 18, 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. lic and are limited to twenty participants. Advance registration Quentin Buvelot, Senior Curator, Royal Picture Gallery is required; register online or by calling 212.547.0704. Mauritshuis, The Hague

Among the masterpieces on view in the Mauritshuis spe- Claude Lorrain’s cial exhibition are the famous Girl with a Pearl Earring by Sermon on the Mount Johannes Vermeer and The Goldfinch by Carel Fabritius, as Tuesday, October 8, 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. well as major works by Rembrandt, Hals, and Steen. This Rika Burnham, Head of Education, The Frick Collection seminar by the Mauritshuis’s senior curator, who has lived with the famed collection for more than a decade and knows In this seminar, explore the marvelous Sermon on the Mount the works intimately, will focus on those featured in the exhi- (1656) by Claude Lorrain, one of the greatest ideal landscape bition. $100 ($90 for members) painters of all time. We will discuss the biblical story staged by Claude as well as the concept of “ideal landscape,” a term signifying the creation of an image of nature more beautiful In Context: Girl with a Pearl Earring than nature itself. $100 ($90 for members) Monday, January 13, 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. Walter A. Liedtke, Curator of European Paintings, The Romantic Medallion: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Collecting David d’Angers’s Portraits In Vermeer’s work, women depicted alone or women depicted Tuesday, October 29, 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. with men as accessories play a central and compelling role. Emerson Bowyer, Guest Curator, The Frick Collection, Vermeer’s refined manner of painting and his subtle interpre- and Jonathan Kagan, collector tation of subject matter affect our response in profound and sometimes unanticipated ways, raising the question of what David d’Angers is often credited with the nineteenth-­century might be personal in his work, or invented, or borrowed from revival of cast bronze portrait medallions. By the end of his other artists. In this context, participants will study Girl with life, the sculptor had created an immensely popular por- a Pearl Earring from the Mauritshuis and the three paintings table pantheon of some five hundred medallions depict- by Vermeer from the Frick’s permanent collection. $100 ($90 ing the celebrities of his day, from Géricault and Goethe to for members) George Sand and Paganini. This seminar will introduce these objects and discuss their creation, reproduction, and distri- bution. It will also offer the rare opportunity to examine a group of medallions from a New York private collection and to consider issues related to connoisseurship and collecting. $100 ($90 for members)

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Salon Evenings are inspired by the special exhibition “David The film is free with special Monday evening museum admis­ d’Angers: Making the Modern Monument.” Following their pre­ sion ($20; $15 for members). Advance online purchase is sentations, speakers will be joined in conversation by Emerson required; please visit our Web site for tickets. For dates and Bowyer, guest curator of the exhibition. Salon Evenings are free information about free member evenings, please see page 3. but advance online registration is required. To register, please visit our Web site. Girl with a Pearl Earring Mondays, November 18 and December 16 Music, Virtuosity, and Exhibition viewing begins at 5:30 p.m. the Stage of Romanticism Film screening begins at 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 2, 6:00 p.m. To celebrate Vermeer’s iconic masterpiece—presented at Dana Gooley, Associate Professor of Music, The Frick Collection for three months this fall—the public Brown University is invited to an after-hours viewing of the special exhibition The modern, Romantic music virtuoso borrowed postures Vermeer, Rembrandt, and Hals: Masterpieces of Dutch Paint­ and gestures from sculpture, painting, and dramatic acting ing from the Mauritshuis together with a screening of Peter and raised the profile of performers in the public eye. This Webber’s 2003 filmGirl with a Pearl Earring, starring Scarlett presentation will consider the ways in which performers such Johansson and Colin Firth. The fictional story follows Griet as Liszt, Chopin, and Paganini transformed the image of the (Johansson), a young maid working in the house of painter virtuoso. Playing musical excerpts on the piano, Professor Johannes Vermeer (Firth), who first becomes his assistant Gooley will show how virtuosos paid musical homage to, and and then the model for one of the artist’s most famous works. created a pantheon of, composer-heroes. (Rated PG-13; 100 minutes.) Nathaniel Prottas, the Frick’s Samuel H. Kress Inter- David d’Angers and the Architectural pretive Fellow, will give a brief introduction to the film. Stakes of Romantic History Thursday, November 14, 6:00 p.m. Barry Bergdoll, Meyer Schapiro Professor of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University

This lecture will examine David d’Angers’s monumental com- missions of the 1820s and 1830s in relation to the Bourbon Restoration, the July Monarchy, and the politics of public memory. It also will consider the sculptor’s relationship to the period’s architects and their collaborative work on the trans- formation of urban space in Paris.

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Programs are free but advance online registration is required. The Frick Collection offers after-hours programming for high To register, please visit our Web site. school students, college students, and recent graduates. Please note that Art Club and Frick Forum programs for middle and wednesday night sketch high school students will resume early next year. Wednesdays, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. September 18, October 2 & 16, November 6 student nights December 4 and January 22 Teen Night Friday, September 27, 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. In the tradition of the classical European art academy, gain inspiration from masterpieces ranging from paintings and Kick off the school year by inviting your friends to an evening sculpture to architectural details and decorative arts. Artists at the Frick! Explore the galleries of the Gilded Age mansion of all skill levels are invited to sketch in selected galleries, and and participate in a variety of programs designed for teens. materials will be provided. Activities will include sketching, gallery conversations, and The Frick’s Sunday Sketch and Friday Night Sketch pro­ chamber music performed by members of the Praxis Youth grams will resume in February 2014. Leadership Orchestra. Free for high school students with a school- or government-issued ID; RSVPs on the Museum Teen art dialogues Summit’s Facebook event page are encouraged but not required. For young professionals Wednesdays, 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. College Night September 25, October 9 & 23, November 13 Friday, October 4, 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. December 4 and January 22 Find yourself at the Frick during our third annual College Designed for young professionals living and working in the Night. Meet new friends as you explore the historic mansion, New York City area, Art Dialogues offer the dual pleasures enjoy its distinguished art collection, and sample college-level of a long look at a great work of art and the opportunity to programs that are offered throughout the year. The evening’s meet like-minded art lovers. Guided by a museum educator, festivities will include live music, gallery talks, and sketch- participants will discuss objects in the galleries, focusing on ing in the Garden Court. Free for undergraduate and gradu­ a single masterpiece each session. Art Dialogues take place ate students with a valid college ID. Reservations are required; after hours when the museum is closed to the public and please visit our Web site to reserve. are led by Rika Burnham, Head of Education, or Nathaniel Prottas, Samuel H. Kress Interpretive Fellow.

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the frick connection For college students and recent graduates under age 39. Courses are free with a $25 student membership or a full membership for recent graduates. Advance online registration is required; please visit our Web site to register.

The Golden Age of Dutch Painting Three-part course Wednesdays, October 9, 16 & 23, 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. Nathaniel Prottas, Samuel H. Kress Interpretive Fellow, The Frick Collection

Study the astonishing variety and virtuosity of paintings from the Dutch Golden Age this fall, when treasured works from the Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis will join the Frick’s own masterpieces. In this three-part course, students will discuss portraits, landscapes, still lifes, and genre scenes by Rembrandt, Hals, and Vermeer, among others.

David d’Angers and the Cult of Fame Three-part course Wednesdays, October 30, November 6, and November 13 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. Emerson Bowyer, Guest Curator, The Frick Collection

In this three-part course, students will be introduced to the ambitious yet understudied French sculptor Pierre-Jean David d’Angers, the subject of the Frick’s special exhibition. David produced hundreds of portraits of the grands hommes of his day. His medals, portrait busts, bas-reliefs, and statu- ary of these noteworthy individuals will be studied from the perspectives of history and representation, with particular emphasis on the cult of fame.

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the frick connection Dutch Portraiture and Girl with a Pearl Earring Monday, November 18, 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. Margaret Iacono, Assistant Curator, The Frick Collection

Join fellow students for a discussion about Dutch portrai- ture. This after-hours course will focus on distinguished works from the Frick’s permanent collection in addition to ­Vermeer’s iconic masterpiece and other paintings on loan from the Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis.

Early Netherlandish Painting in Bruges Wednesday, January 22, 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. Nathaniel Prottas, Samuel H. Kress Interpretive Fellow, The Frick Collection

Following the Mauritshuis special exhibition, look back to the fifteenth century in this course focusing on the artistic center of Bruges. The Frick Collection houses works by some of the most important artists of this period, including Jan van Eyck, Hans Memling, and Gerard David. Join us as we explore their astounding attention to light, texture, color, and emotion.

At Home in the Italian Renaissance Wednesday, January 29, 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. Olivia Powell, Associate Museum Educator for Academic Programs, The Frick Collection

Delight in the domestic trappings of Renaissance Italy as we study topics ranging from architecture and marriage chests to painted portraits and bronze sculptures.

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For more detailed program information, please visit our Web November 10 Meccorre Quartet, Polish quartet, in site. Tickets are available by telephone at 212.547.0715, online, New York debut: Schubert, Quartet in B-Flat and by mail. Written requests should be mailed to the Concert Major, D. 112; Penderecki, Quartet No. 3; Department with a check payable to The Frick Collection, along Beethoven, Quartet in E Minor, Opus 59, with a telephone number. Seats are unreserved, and children No. 2, “Razumovsky” under ten are not admitted. The program can also be heard in the Garden Court, where no tickets are required. December 8 Augustin Hadelich, violin, and Charles All sales are final; programs, artists, and dates are sub­ Owen, piano: Beethoven, Sonata No. 1 ject to change. Concert tickets are mailed two weeks before the in D Major, Opus 12; Kurtag, Tre Pezzi, date of the concert. Tickets purchased during the week preced­ Opus 14e; Schumann, Sonata No. 1 in ing the concert will be held at the door. A Minor, Opus 105; Ysaÿe, Sonata No. 6 in Ticket holders may visit the galleries up to one hour E Major, Opus 27; Janačék, Violin Sonata; before the concert begins. (Entrance to the special exhibition Previn, Tango, Song and Dance “Vermeer, Rembrandt, and Hals: Masterpieces of Dutch Paint­ ing from the Mauritshuis” is not included; please see the exhibi­ 2014 concerts tion’s ticketing policy on our Web site.) January 12 David Geringas, solo cello: J. S. Bach, $35 General Public Corigliano, Senderovas, Vasks, Geringas $30 Members February 9 Wolfgang Holzmair, baritone, with Sundays at 5:00 p.m. Russell Ryan, piano: Schubert

October 6 Anna Vinnitskaya, Russian pianist, in New March 2 Fauré Piano Quartett: Mahler, Fauré, York debut: Debussy, Suite Bergamasque, Brahms L’Isle joyeuse; Prokofiev, Sonata No. 2 in D Minor, Opus 14; Chopin, complete Ballades March 16 Olivier Cavé, Swiss pianist, in New York debut. Il Pianoforte Italiano: Giustini, October 27 Maurice Steger, Swiss recorder player, in New J. S. Bach, Clementi, Dallapiccola, Scarlatti York debut, with Phoebe Carrai, baroque cello, and Alexander Weimann, harpsichord. April 6 Minguet Quartett, German quartet, in A Baroque Musical Journey to Southern New York debut: Haydn, Ligeti, Mendelssohn Italy: Veracini, Sonata in A Minor; canzoni by Falconiero, Merula, Storace, and ­Uccellini; May 4 Trio Settecento, violin, viola da gamba, and Corelli, Sonata XIII, Opus 5 in G Minor; harpsichord. Eighteenth-Century Fiddle Hasse, Cantata in D Major; Vivaldi, Sonata in Music in the Scottish Tradition: Corelli, B-Flat Major, RV 46; Scarlatti, Improvisation McGibbon, Geminiani, Veracini on the Partite “Follia di Spagna”

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There are many ways to be involved with The Frick­Collection. Becoming a member is one of them. All members receive unlimited free admission to the museum, a subscription to the Members’ Magazine, and dis- counts on concerts and educational programming as well as a ten percent discount in the Museum Shop. Members at the Fellows level enjoy special benefits including behind- the-scenes access to the Collection, gallery presentations with curators, and invitations to exhibition openings and the annual black-tie Spring Party. All members also receive priority access to this fall’s special exhibition Vermeer, Rem­ brandt, and Hals: Masterpieces of Dutch Painting from the Mauritshuis. By becoming a member, you are helping the Frick to share its exceptional collection, exhibitions, research facili- ties, programs, and other offerings with visitors from around the world. To become a member or to give the gift of membership, please visit our Web site or contact the Membership Depart- ment at 212.547.0709 or [email protected]. image credits

cover Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675), detail of Girl with a Pearl Earring, c. 1665, oil on canvas, Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague

page 5 Pierre-Jean David d’Angers (1788–1856), La Douleur, 1811, plaster, collection of Roberta J. M. Olson and Alexander B. V. Johnson; photograph by Michael Bodycomb

page 6 Claude Michel (1738–1814), known as Clodion, The Dance of Time: Three Nymphs Supporting a Clock by Lepaute, 1788, terracotta, brass, gilt brass, silvered brass, steel, and glass, The Frick Collection; photograph by Michael Bodycomb

page 19 Carel Fabritius (1622–1654), detail of The Goldfinch, 1654, oil on panel, Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague

page 20 Jan van Eyck and workshop (active 1422-41), detail of Virgin and Child, with Saints and Donor, probably early 1440s, oil on panel, The Frick Collection; photograph by Michael Bodycomb

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