A Look at the Morgan Library and Museum’s Ongoing 2024 Exhibits (Part 2)

Portrait of a Man, Possibly a Self-Portrait, ca. 1660, black,
white, and red chalk on brown paper, Peter Lely (1618-1680)

Thankfully, I have zero interest in the Olympics. Instead of wasting my time watching the Eldest Daughter of the Church degrade itself before the whole world with its blatantly blasphemous and perverse opening ceremony, I spent my day reveling in traditional European high art at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York City.

[See Part 1] 

Highlights from ‘Far and Away: Drawings from the Clement C. Moore Collection’ (June 28 through September 22, 2024)

Wooded Landscape with Shepherds, Sheep and Cottage, ca. 1760-63,
watercolor and opaque watercolor, over graphite, on tan paper,
Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788)

A Watermill, ca. 1833-36, pen and brown ink and watercolor, with white opaque watercolor and scratching out, over graphite, John Constable (1776-1837)

Study of a Mackerel, ca. 1845, watercolor, over graphite, on
hot-pressed paper, Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851)

View from Neptune's Grotto in Tivoli, ca. 1660-70, brush and gray
and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, attributed to
Johannes Jansz Collaert (ca. 1621/22-1679)

A Wooded Landscape with Roma Gathered around a Fire, ca. 1778-80,
pen and brown ink and wash, with opaque white watercolor, over
black chalk, on brown paper, Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788)

The Entry of Christ in Jerusalem, ca. 1610, pen and brown ink, with gray,
brown, and blue wash and white opaque watercolor, over traces
of black chalk, David Vinckboons (1576-ca. 1632)

Figures in a Wooded Landscape with a City in the Distance,
ca. 1620-30, brush and blue ink, over black chalk, squared
in black chalk, Isaak Major (ca. 1576-after 1642)

Callisto's Pregnancy Revealed to Diana, ca. 1600, black and white chalk,
with traces of blue and pink chalk, Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617)

The Birth of St. John the Baptist, ca. 1660-65, black, red, and
white chalk, with pen and brown ink, and red, gray, and blue wash,
on three pieces of joined paper, Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678)

St. Lambert, ca. 1630-33, pen and brown ink and wash,
and black chalk, Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)

The Return of Cincinnatus to Rome, ca. 1590-1600, pen and brown
ink and wash, and black chalk, with white opaque watercolor,
Jan van der Straet (known as Johannes Stradanus) (1523-1605)

Danaë Receiving the Golden Rain, ca. 1610, pen and brown ink
and wash, with white opaque watercolor and red watercolor, over
black chalk, on beige paper; contours incised for transfer,
Abraham Bloemaert (1566-1651)

The Mocking of the Spaniard, 1642, black chalk and gray
wash on parchment, Pieter Jansz Quast (1605/6-1647)

Highlights from J.P. Morgan’s Library and Study (Ongoing)

The East Room

(L) Portrait of a Knight of Malta, 1499, tempera and oil on panel, Gian Giacomo D'Alladio, called Macrino D'Alba (ca. 1470-before 1528). (R) St. John the Baptist, late sixteenth century, bronze, after Michelozzo di Bartolomeo (1396-1472)

St. John the Baptist, ca. 1495-1500, marble,
Giovanni Francesco Rustici (1474-1554)

Bronze bust of Alfonso II d’Avalos (1502-1546), Marquis
of Pescara and Vasto, by Annibale Fontana (1540-1587)

Portrait of a Man with a Pink Flower, ca. 1480-85,
oil on panel, Hans Memling (ca. 1440-1494)

Kneeling male donor with his patron, St. William of Maleval,
ca. 1467-70, oil on panel, Hans Memling (ca. 1440-1494)

A peek inside the vault in J.P. Morgan's Study

Highlight from the Rotunda (Ongoing)

Carved Cassone with Base, wood (likely walnut),
64 x 23 x 25 inches, possibly acquired in 1906

Detail of elaborately carved sphinx and lion

Detail of elaborately carved lion

Detail of elaborately carved lion

Highlights from the 'Collections Spotlight, Summer 2024' (May 21 through September 8, 2024)

Perséphone, Paris: Édition Russe de Musique; Berlin: Russischer Musikverlag, [ca. 1934]. Cover illustration by Théodore Stravinsky (1907-1989)

Bestiaire d'amour (Bestiary of love), in Old French,
Northern Italy, ca. 1290, Richard de Fournival

Les abus du monde (The Abuses of the World), in French,
France, Rouen, ca. 1510, Pierre Gringore

Liber de sapiente (Book on Wisdom), Charles de Bovelles,
Paris: printed by Henri Estienne for Jean Petit, 1510