he Chrysler’s collection of

European painting and sculpture

ranks among the finest and most

distinctive collections of its kind in the

United States. Donated in large part

by Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., the European

collection ranges from jewel-like

Renaissance panel paintings by

Marx Reichlich and Jan Gossaert to

bold early modernist canvases by

Henri Matisse and Georges Braque.

The shape of the collection reflects

the extraordinary breadth of Mr.

Chrysler’s artistic interests, his foresight,

and his particular passion for Italian

and French painting.

The Chrysler Museum of Art’s Collection of

European Painting & Sculpture

Marx ReichlichSouth German (active ca.

1485-1520)Last Judgment

Oil and tempera on panel

Collection H

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Jan Gossaert, called MabuseFlemish (1478–1532)Madonna and Child, ca. 1525–153 Oil on panel

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Paolo Caliari, called VeroneseItalian (1528–1588)The Virgin and Child with Angels Appearing to Saints Anthony Abbot and Paul, the Hermit, 1562Oil on canvas

Collection H

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In terms of specifics:

• Italian treasures include Venetian

Renaissance paintings such as

Paolo Veronese’s 1562 magisterial

altarpiece The Virgin and Child with

Angels Appearing to Saints Anthony

Abbot and Paul, the Hermit; and

the Baroque masterpiece Baptism

of the Eunuch by Salvator Rosa.

• From France, works range from

French Old Masters such as

Pastorale: The Vegetable Vendor

by Francois Boucher to 19th-

century masterworks such as

Eugene Delacroix’s Arab Horseman

Giving a Signal. The academic

masters who dominated the Paris

Salon are well represented here

(including Jean-Leon Gerome’s

Excursion of the Harem), and the

Impressionists are a particular

strength – Edgar Degas’ Dancer

With Bouquets and Pierre-Auguste

Renoir’s The Daughters of Durand-

Ruel. Post-Impressionist masterworks

include Paul Gauguin’s enigmatic

The Loss of Virginity and Paul

Signac’s joyful The Lagoon of

Saint Mark, Venice.

Other works of note include a

poignant Victorian genre picture,

Home, by Sir Joseph Noel Paton,

and a monumental marble

sculpture by Gianlorenzo Bernini,

Bust of the Savior. Bernini was the

greatest sculptor and architect of

the17th century, the major founder

of Italian High Baroque style, and a

man who dominated the Roman

art world for nearly 50 years. Bernini

died in 1680, and this was his last work.