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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.

2002 Acquisitions

  • bronze sculpture of a lion biting into a horse

    Giovanni Francesco Susini  (1585–after 1653)
    A Lion Attacking a Horse, ca. 1630–40
    Bronze
    9 1/2 x 11 13/16 in. (24.2 x 30 cm)
    Gift of Walter A. and Vera Eberstadt, 2002 (2002.2.02)

    In 2002, The Frick Collection announced the gift of a magnificent pair of bronze animal groups attributed to the sculptor Giovanni Francesco Susini from Walter A. and Vera Eberstadt. Lion Attacking a Horse and Leopard Attacking a Bull are the first late Renaissance bronzes from the Giambologna school to enter the collection, which is known for the outstanding character of its Renaissance bronzes . The sculptures exhibit the dynamism and technical refinement characteristic of Susini’s best works. MORE »

  • bronze sculpture of leopard biting into a bull

    Giovanni Francesco Susini  (1585–after 1653)
    A Leopard Attacking a Bull, ca. 1630–40
    Bronze
    4 11/16 x 10 13/16 in. (11.9 x 27.5 cm)
    The Frick Collection, New York, Gift of Walter A. and Vera Eberstadt, 2002
    Accession number: 2002.2.03

  • oil painting depicting company of three women and two men standing and sitting in a room, all wearing rich and colorful clothing, circa 1622

    Willem Buytewech (attributed to)  (1591–1624) 
    The Jovial Company, ca. 1622­–24
    Oil on canvas
    32 x 39 1/2 in. (81.3 x 100.3 cm)
    Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Henry Clay Frick II, M.D., 2002 (2002.1.01)