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Italian 1600-1815

Guido Reni (Italian, 1575-1642)

Madonna and Child, about 1628-30
Oil on canvas, 45 x 36 in. (114.3 x 91.4 cm.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee Humber, in memory of their daughter, Eileen Genevieve, 55.12.1

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Massimo Stanzione (Italian, 1585-1656)

The Assumption of the Virgin, about 1630-35
Oil on canvas, 108 1/2 x 74 5/8 in. (275.6 x 189.6 cm.)
Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 60.17.52

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Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (Italian, 1708-1787)

The Triumph of Venice, 1737
Oil on canvas, 68 5/8 x 112 5/8 in. (174.3 x 286.1 cm.)
Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 60.17.60

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Bernardo Bellotto (Italian, 1720-1780)

View of Dresden with Frauenkirche at Left, 1747
Oil on canvas, 51 1/2 x 91 1/2 in. (131 x 232.4 cm.)
Purchased with funds from the State of North Carolina, 52.9.145

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Bernardo Bellotto (Italian, 1720-1780)

View of Dresden with the Hofkirche at Right, 1748
Oil on canvas, 53 1/2 x 92 in. (135.9 x 233.7 cm.)
Purchased with funds from the State of North Carolina, 52.9.146

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Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto(Italian, 1697-1768)

Capriccio: The Rialto Bridge and the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, about 1750
Oil on canvas, 66 x 45 in. (167.6 x 114.3 cm.)
Purchased with funds from the State of North Carolina, 52.9.149

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Ubaldo Gandolfi (Italian, 1728-1781)

Mercury Lulling Argus to Sleep, about 1770-75
Oil on canvas, 86 x 53 5/8 in. (218.4 x 136.9 cm.)
Gift of the North Carolina Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest), in memory of Robert Lee Humber, 83.1

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Ubaldo Gandolfi (Italian, 1728-1781)

Mercury About to Behead Argus, about 1770-75
Oil on canvas, 86 1/8 x 53 7/8 in. (218.7 x 136.9 cm.)
Gift of the North Carolina Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest), in memory of Robert Lee Humber, 83.2

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Workshop of Antonio Canova (Italian, 1757-1822)

Venus Italica, about 1815-22
Marble, H. 67 3/4 in. (172.1 cm.)
Purchased with funds from the North Carolina Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest), 92.2

Shockwave presentation of Venus Italica.

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