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The Frick Collection has continued to expand its holdings in the decades following Henry Clay Frick's death in 1919. Since then, nearly half of the Collection's paintings and several important sculptures and decorative art objects have been acquired.

2015 Acquisitions

  • coloful and patterned ewer, or jug, decorated with a lizard spout and a handle in the shape of a bearded man

    Bernard Palissy (ca. 1510–1590)
    Ewer, Saint-porchaire ware, ca. 1545–65
    Glazed earthenware
    Purchased through the Sidney R. Knafel Fund, 2015 (2015.9.01)

    Since the mid-nineteenth century, Renaissance Italian bronze statuettes, maiolica wares, Limoges enamels, and French sixteenth-century ceramics belonged to the category of objects that every serious art collector in Europe hoped to own, their value and association with royal and noble provenance bestowing upon their owners an aura of cultivation and taste. The greatest collections were assembled by Sir Richard Wallace, George Salting, Frederic Spitzer, and several members of the Rothschild family, among others. MORE »

  • oil painting portrait of man dressed in red coat and white shirt, circa 1764

    Francis Cotes (1726–1770)
    The Hon. Booth Grey, 1764
    Oil on canvas
    Gift of Robert K. Johnson

    Portrait of The Hon. Booth Grey by Francis Cotes (1726–1770) joins the permanent collection, the generous gift of Robert K. Johnson, a long-time friend of the museum. The canvas is a fine example of British eighteenth-century portraiture, a genre that was greatly esteemed by Henry Clay Frick and other American industrialists of the Gilded Age. MORE »

  • Black-glazed teapot with cover

    Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, Johann Friedrich Böttger
    Teapot with Cover, ca. 1710–13
    Böttger stoneware, black glaze
    Gift of Henry H. Arnhold (2014.9.14)

    In 2015, The Frick Collection received eight objects of Meissen porcelain from a larger promised gift of Henry H. Arnhold. MORE »

  • Pair of four sided bottles with stoppers

    Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, Ignaz A. Bottengruber
    Pair of Four-Sided Bottles with Stoppers, ca. 1724
    Meissen porcelain
    Gift of Henry H. Arnhold (2014.9.23)

  • one of a pair of birdcage vases

    Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, Ignaz A. Bottengruber
    Pair of “Birdcage” Vases, after 1730
    Hard-paste porcelain
    Gift of Henry H. Arnhold (2014.9.27)

  • Coffee pot with cover

    Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
    Coffee Pot with Cover, ca. 1710–13
    Böttger stoneware
    Gift of Henry H. Arnhold (2014.9.33)

     

  • teapot with cover

    Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
    Teapot with Cover, ca. 1710–13
    Böttger stoneware
    Gift of Henry H. Arnhold (2014.9.34)

  • teapot with cover

    Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
    Teapot with Cover, ca. 1710–13
    Böttger stoneware
    Gift of Henry H. Arnhold (2014.9.35)

  • Octagonal Vase with Mounted Foot and Cover

    Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
    Octagonal Vase with Mounted Foot and Cover, ca. 1711–13
    Böttger stoneware
    Gift of Henry H. Arnhold (2014.9.42)

  • black-glazed four-sided bottle with stopper

    Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
    Four-Sided Bottle with Stopper, ca. 1711–13
    Böttger stoneware, black glaze
    Gift of Henry H. Arnhold (2014.9.43)