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Tour of the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon Publicity Images

Van Gogh, Monet, Degas: The Mellon Collection of French Art

Tropical Landscape: an American Indian Struggling with a Camille at the Window, Argentuil (Camille à sa fenêtre, Gorilla, 1910, Henri Rousseau (French, 1844–1910), oil on Argenteuil, 1873, Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926), oil on canvas. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; Collection of Mr. and canvas. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon. Photo: Travis Fullerton © Virginia Museum of Mrs. Paul Mellon. Photo: Katherine Wetzel © Virginia Museum Fine Arts of Fine Arts

The Wheat Field Behind St. Paul’s Hospital, St. Remy, 1889, At the Milliner, ca. 1882-85, Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917), Vincent van Gogh (Duth, 1853–1890), oil on canvas. Virginia oil on canvas. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; Collection of Mr. Museum of Fine Arts; Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon. and Mrs. Paul Mellon. Photo: Travis Fullerton © Virginia Photo: Katherine Wetzel © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Museum of Fine Arts

- more - A Sporting Vision: The Paul Mellon Collection of British Sporting Art

The Melton Hunt Going to Draw the Ram’s Head Cover, 1839, Sir Portrait of an Extaordinary Musical Dog, 1805, Philip Reinagle, Francis Grant, P.R.A. (Scottish, 1803–1878), oil on canvas. Virginia R.A. (British, 1749–1833), oil on canvas. Virginia Museum of Fine Museum of Fine Arts; Paul Mellon Collection. Photo: Katherine Arts; Paul Mellon Collection. Photo: Katherine Wetzel © Virginia Wetzel © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Museum of Fine Arts

Tiger, ca. 1796–1770, (British, 1724–1806), oil on Hyena with a Groom on Newmarket, ca. 1767, George Stubbs canvas. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; Paul Mellon Collection. (British, 1724–1806), oil on canvas. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; Photo: Katherine Wetzel © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Paul Mellon Collection. Photo: Katherine Wetzel © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

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