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VMFA’s European Art collection includes more than 10,000 objects in all media—including paintings, sculptures, decorative arts, and works on paper—dating from the early medieval period to the mid-20th century.
Search This CollectionAn excellent survey collection, VMFA’s European art holdings include Mellon Collections of British sporting art, French 19th-century art, jewelry and objects by Jean Schlumberger, and American equestrian painting; the Gans Collection of English silver with more than one hundred objects by noted London craftsmen; an important group of animal bronzes by Antoine-Louis Barye; and the extensive print collection of Frank Raysor.
The Mellon Collections comprise masterpieces and key works of French art representing every important movement and artist from Romanticism to the School of Paris, with deep holdings of Edgar Degas. A separate gallery is devoted to Academic art of the 19th century containing important works by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Franz Xaver Winterhalter, and Gustave Doré among others.
The Mellon Collections comprise masterpieces and key works of French art representing every important movement and artist from Romanticism to the School of Paris, with deep holdings of Edgar Degas. A separate gallery is devoted to Academic art of the 19th century containing important works by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Franz Xaver Winterhalter, and Gustave Doré among others.
A comprehensive survey of European Old Master painting containing important works from the Italian Renaissance and Baroque eras, noteworthy 17th-century Netherlandish paintings, and significant British and Continental works from the 18th-century.
A comprehensive survey of European Old Master painting containing important works from the Italian Renaissance and Baroque eras, noteworthy 17th-century Netherlandish paintings, and significant British and Continental works from the 18th-century.
Highlights include a window from Canterbury Cathedral and other stained glass, French stone sculpture from the Romanesque and Gothic periods, and important groups of medieval ivories and metalwork.
Highlights include a window from Canterbury Cathedral and other stained glass, French stone sculpture from the Romanesque and Gothic periods, and important groups of medieval ivories and metalwork.
Highlights include the comprehensive, internationally known Gans Collections of English silver, and the superb St. Clair Collection of French 19th-century animal sculptures by Antoine-Louis Barye (with special holdings of unique casts and models), as well as numerous individual masterpieces incorporated within other European gallery installations.
Highlights include the comprehensive, internationally known Gans Collections of English silver, and the superb St. Clair Collection of French 19th-century animal sculptures by Antoine-Louis Barye (with special holdings of unique casts and models), as well as numerous individual masterpieces incorporated within other European gallery installations.
A developing collection that has recently been greatly enlarged and enhanced by the Frank Raysor Collection – a generous ongoing, promised gift to VMFA. This collection has especially deep holdings in works from the French, American, and British etching revival and one of the world’s most important holdings of prints by Baroque etcher Wenceslaus Hollar.
A developing collection that has recently been greatly enlarged and enhanced by the Frank Raysor Collection – a generous ongoing, promised gift to VMFA. This collection has especially deep holdings in works from the French, American, and British etching revival and one of the world’s most important holdings of prints by Baroque etcher Wenceslaus Hollar.
One of the world’s most important dedicated displays of British Sporting Art, with deep holdings of George Stubbs, James Seymour, John Wootton, and John Frederick Herring among others.
One of the world’s most important dedicated displays of British Sporting Art, with deep holdings of George Stubbs, James Seymour, John Wootton, and John Frederick Herring among others.
More than 80 works, spanning the 16th through early 19th centuries, include paintings by “Old World masters” such as Jan Bruegel the Younger, Canaletto, Francesco Guardi, Peter Paul Rubens, Hubert Robert, Pierre-Jacques Volaire, and others. The collection features paintings and decorative art objects from the Baroque and Rococo periods.
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