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Of the Hood's permanent collection

Europe

  • Carle van Loo, French, 1705 - 1765, Venus Requesting Vulcan to make Arms for Aeneas (detail), about 1735, oil on canvas.

    LEFT Carle van Loo, French, 1705-1765, Venus Requesting Vulcan to make Arms for Aeneas (detail), about 1735, oil on canvas. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through a gift from Jane and W. David Dance, Class of 1940 and the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund; 2005.2.

  • Jan Davidsz. De Heem, Dutch, 1606 - 1684, Still Life with Grapes (detail), about 1660, oil on canvas.

    LEFT Jan Davidsz. De Heem, Dutch, 1606-1684, Still Life with Grapes (detail), about 1660, oil on canvas. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund and the Florence and Lansing Porter Moore 1937 Fund; 2006.11.

  • Pompeo Batoni, Italian, 1708-1787, William Legge, Second Earl of Dartmouth (1731-1801), 1752/53-1756, oil on canvas.

    LEFT Pompeo Batoni, Italian, 1708-1787, William Legge, Second Earl of Dartmouth (1731-1801) (detail), 1752/53-1756, oil on canvas. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through gifts from Jane and W. David Dance, Class of 1940; Jonathan L. Cohen, Class of 1960, Tuck 1961; Frederick B. Whittemore, Class of 1953, Tuck 1954; Barbara Dau Southwell, Class of 1978 and David Southwell, Tuck 1988; Parnassus Foundation/Jane and Raphael Bernstein; and an anonymous donor; 2007.34.

  • Louis Leopold Boilly, French, 1761-1845, Young Woman Reading in a Landscape (Jeune femme lisant dans un passage) (detail), 1798, watercolor, black and white chalk with sanguine and white highlights on medium weight, smooth, off-white wove paper.

    LEFT Louis Leopold Boilly, French, 1761-1845, Young Woman Reading in a Landscape (Jeune femme lisant dans un passage) (detail), 1798, watercolor, black and white chalk with sanguine and white highlights on medium weight, smooth, off-white wove paper. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Florence and Lansing Porter Moore 1937 Fund; D.2003.19.

  • Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Dutch, 1836-1912, The Sculpture Gallery (detail), 1874, oil on canvas. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Arthur M. Loew, Class of 1921A; P.961.125.

    LEFT Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Dutch, 1836-1912, The Sculpture Gallery (detail), 1874, oil on canvas. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Arthur M. Loew, Class of 1921A; P.961.125.

  • Yves Klein, French, 1928-1962, Blue Monochrome Sponge Relief (RE24) (detail), 1960, sponges, pebbles, dry pigment in synthetic resin on wood board. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Hazen; P.961.288.

    LEFT Yves Klein, French, 1928-1962, Blue Monochrome Sponge Relief (RE24) (detail), 1960, sponges, pebbles, dry pigment in synthetic resin on wood board. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Hazen; P.961.288.

  • Pablo Picasso, Spanish, 1881-1973, Guitar on a Table (detail), 1912, oil, sand and charcoal on canvas. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller, Class of 1930; P.975.79.

    LEFT Pablo Picasso, Spanish, 1881-1973, Guitar on a Table, 1912, oil, sand and charcoal on canvas. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller, Class of 1930; P.975.79.

  • Claude Lorrain, French, 1604-1682, Landscape with a Shepherd and Shepherdess (detail), about 1636, oil on canvas.

    LEFT Claude Lorrain, French, 1604-1682, Landscape with a Shepherd and Shepherdess (detail), about 1636, oil on canvas. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through gifts from Kirsten and Peter Bedford, Class of 1989P and Julia and Richard H. Rush, Class of 1937, Tuck 1938 and through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund, the Guernsey Center Moore 1904 Memorial Fund, and the Katharine T. and Merrill G. Beede 1929 Fund.

  • Perugino (Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci) and Workshop, Italian, about 1450 1523, Virgin and Child with Saints (detail), about 1500, oil and tempera on panel.

    LEFT Perugino (Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci) and Workshop, Italian, about 1450 1523, Virgin and Child with Saints (detail), about 1500, oil and tempera on panel. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Florence and Lansing Porter Moore 1937 Fund; P.999.2.

  • Marius Jean Antonin Mercie, French, 1845 - 1916, Gloria Victis! (Glory to the Vanquished), after 1874, cast after 1879, bronze. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through a gift from Jane and W. David Dance, Class of 1940; S.999.5.2.

    LEFT Marius Jean Antonin Mercie, French, 1845-1916, Gloria Victis! (Glory to the Vanquished) (detail), after 1874, cast after 1879, bronze. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through a gift from Jane and W. David Dance, Class of 1940; S.999.5.2.

Strengths in French and Italian painting of the 17th and 18th centuries, 19th-century sculpture, and early modernist painting characterize this collection. The most comprehensive holdings are in prints, with an especially fine Old Master collection.

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