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  • The High Command – Right Panel

    The High Command – Right Panel

    ArtistAugustus Vincent Tack, 9 Nov 1870 – 22 Jul 1949 SitterChester William Nimitz, 24 Feb 1885 – 20 Feb 1966James Vincent Forrestal, 15 Feb 1892 – 22 May 1949 ProvenanceThe artist; his wife; The Phillips Collection, Washington by…

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  • Torre di Schiavi

    Torre di Schiavi

    ArtistThomas Hiram Hotchkiss, born near Hudson, NY ca. 1834-died Taormina, Italy 1869 Gallery LabelThe landscape where this herdsman sleeps recalls a distant time and place. Thomas Hotchkiss heightened the mystery of this ancient site by including a mosaic…

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  • Egyptian Landscape

    Egyptian Landscape

    ArtistC. Morgan McIlhenney, born Philadelphia, PA 1858-died 1904 Luce Center LabelThis painting shows a monument on Philae Island in Egypt known as Trajan’s Kiosk, or Pharaoh’s Bed, which was built for the Roman emperor Trajan. During the nineteenth…

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