European Art

Phoenix Art Museum's European Collection features more than 1,200 paintings, drawings and sculptures depicting religious scenes and everyday life from the 14th to 19th centuries. On the second floor, the 14th-17th Century gallery is home to works by such artists as Marco Palmezzano, Astorga Master, Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Il Guercino), Abraham Janssens, and others. Among the highlights are Carlo Dolci's Salome with the Head of St. John the Baptist from c. 1670, an Italian Madonna and Child Entombed by an unknown artist c. 1350, and Il Guercino's Madonna and Child dated 1636.

Works by François Boucher, George Romney, Jean-Baptiste Greuze and Jean-Antoine Houdon are displayed in the 18th Century gallery. A particularly well-known painting in the collection from this period is Marie Louise Elizabeth Vigée-Le Brun's Madame Victoire.

Among works in the 19th Century gallery are Jean-Léon Gérôme's Pollice Verso (Thumbs Down), dated 1872, and Auguste Rodin's The Kiss, dated 1880-82. In addition to these highlights are works by Baron Antoine-Jean Gros, Ferdinand-Victor-Eugene Delacroix, Gustave Courbet, Claude Monet and the Impressionists.

If you are interested in supporting this area of the collection and learning more about European art, consider joining Friends of European Art. Visit them now at www.friendsofeuropeanart.org.

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Left: Les arceaux fleuris, Giverny (Flowering Arches, Giverny), Claude-Oscar Monet, 1913. Oil on canvas. Collection of Phoenix Art Museum, Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Donald D. Harrington. Center: Pollice Verso, Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1872. Oil on canvas. Collection of Phoenix Art Museum, Museum purchase. Right: Salome with the Head of St. John the Baptist, Carlo Dolci, c. 1670. Oil on canvas. Collection of Phoenix Art Museum, Gift of an anonymous donor.