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Featured Acquisitions

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.

2016 Acquisitions

Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory, Austrian (1718–1744)
Teapot, 1720–25
Hard-paste porcelain
H: 5 1/8 inches
The Frick Collection, gift of the Melinda and Paul Sullivan Collection, 2016

The Frick Collection announced a gift from Paul Sullivan and Trustee Melinda Martin Sullivan of porcelain produced by the Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory in Vienna. The Sullivans generously permitted the Frick to choose fourteen superb examples from their collection, considered to be the finest private collection in the world from this important early Western manufactory. The objects, dating from about 1720 to 1740, perfectly complement the museum’s porcelain holdings, which have grown since Henry Clay Frick’s day to represent in depth some of the best productions of this prized material. MORE »
Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory, Austrian (1718–1744)
Elephant Wine Dispenser, ca. 1740
Hard-paste porcelain
9 1/8 x 18 1/4 x 6 inches
The Frick Collection, gift of the Melinda and Paul Sullivan Collection, 2016
Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory, Austrian (1718–1744)
Tankard, 1730–35
Hard-paste porcelain
7 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches
The Frick Collection, gift of the Melinda and Paul Sullivan Collection, 2016
Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory, Austrian (1718–1744)
Large Round Tureen from the Service for Czarina Anna Ivanovna, ca. 1735
Hard-paste porcelain
9 1/8 x 14 3/8 x 11 3/8 inches
The Frick Collection, gift of the Melinda and Paul Sullivan Collection, 2016
Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory, Austrian (1718–1744)
Charger from the Trivulzio Service, ca. 1735
Hard-paste porcelain
D: 14 1/2 inches
The Frick Collection, gift of the Melinda and Paul Sullivan Collection, 2016
Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory, Austrian (1718–1744)
Charger from the Trivulzio Service, ca. 1735
Hard-paste porcelain
D: 14 5/8 inches
The Frick Collection, gift of the Melinda and Paul Sullivan Collection, 2016
Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory, Austrian (1718–1744)
Tureen and Stand, 1730–35
Hard-paste porcelain
Tureen: 7 x 12 1/2 inches
Stand: 16 5/8 x 10 3/8 inches
The Frick Collection, gift of the Melinda and Paul Sullivan Collection, 2016
Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory, Austrian (1718–1744)
Two Trembleuse Cups and Saucers and a Slop Bowl with the Arms of Cardinal Fabio degli Abbati Olivieri, ca. 1735
Hard-paste porcelain
Saucers: 1 5/8 × 7 7/8 × 6 inches
Beakers (with handles): 3 3/8 × 4 1/8 inches
Bowl: 3 3/8 × 8 3/4 inches
The Frick Collection, gift of the Melinda and Paul Sullivan Collection, 2016
Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory, Austrian (1718–1744)
Tobacco Box, ca. 1730
Hard-paste porcelain
6 3/4 x 4 7/8 x 3 7/8 inches
The Frick Collection, gift of the Melinda and Paul Sullivan Collection, 2016
Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory, Austrian (1718–1744)
Coffeepot or Wine and Water Ewer, 1725–30
Hard-paste porcelain
H: 8 5/8 inches
The Frick Collection, gift of the Melinda and Paul Sullivan Collection, 2016
Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory, Austrian (1718–1744)
Tankard, 1725–30
Hard-paste porcelain
5 7/8 x 6 7/8 x 5 1/8 inches
The Frick Collection, gift of the Melinda and Paul Sullivan Collection, 2016
Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory, Austrian (1718–1744)
Tulip Vase, ca. 1725
Hard-paste porcelain
8 3/8 x 8 1/2 inches
The Frick Collection, gift of the Melinda and Paul Sullivan Collection, 2016
Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory, Austrian (1718–1744)
Two Pot-pourri Vases with the Arms of Archbishop Imre Esterházy of Galántha, ca. 1735
Hard-paste porcelain
2016.9.13.1: 9 5/8 x 7 1/8 x 3 7/8 inches
2016.9.13.2: 9 1/2 x 7 1/8 x 3 7/8 inches
The Frick Collection, gift of the Melinda and Paul Sullivan Collection, 2016
Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory, Austrian (1718–1744)
Pair of Pilgrim Flasks with Relief Portraits of Emperor Charles VI and Empress Elisabeth Christine, 1725–30Hard-paste porcelain
2016.9.14.1: 7 7/8 x 5 inches
2016.9.14.2: 8 1/8 x 5 1/4 inches
The Frick Collection, gift of the Melinda and Paul Sullivan Collection, 2016
Pair of Candelabra
One vase, Meissen factory, ca. 1720; the other, a later replacement
Gilt bronze by Pierre Gouthière after a design by François-Joseph Bélanger, 1782
Hard-paste porcelain, gilt bronze and marble
17⅛ × 6⅞ × 6⅞ in.
Gift of Sidney R. Knafel, 2016

Trustee Sidney R. Knafel has given the New York museum an extraordinary pair of candelabra by Pierre Gouthière, the great French chaser-gilder who worked in the second half of the eighteenth century for an elite clientele, including Madame Du Barry, the Duke of Aumont and the Duchess of Mazarin (the latter having commissioned from Gouthière the Frick’s iconic blue marble table with gilt-bronze mounts). The newly acquired candelabra will be presented in the Frick’s groundbreaking monographic exhibition Pierre Gouthiere: Virtuoso Gilder at the French Court (November 16, 2016, through February 19, 2017). MORE »