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Donation of the Horvitz collection to Chicago
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- 1. Pauline Auzou (1775-1835)
Daria or Maternal Fear, 1810
Oil on canvas - 195 x 154.5 cm
The Horvitz Collection
Photo: Art Institute of Chicago - See the image in its page
16/2/25 – Acquisitions – Chicago, Art Institute – The information comes as no surprise, as rumours had been circulating for some time. The Art Institute of Chicago has just confirmed that it has been offered the Horvitz collection, which consists of some 2,000 drawings, 200 paintings and around 50 sculptures, all of 16th- to 19th-century French art. This shows how important it is for museums to treat potential donors well! The Fogg Museum at Harvard, which had notably received a substantial donation of French drawings in 1999 and where part of the collection had been deposited, was nevertheless a…