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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.

2004 Acquisitions

  • Terracotta sculpture of bust of man wearing ornate cloak with lace ruffle front

    Joseph Chinard  (1756–1813)
    Portrait of Louis-Étienne Vincent-Marniola, 1809
    Terracotta
    25 3/16 x 25 3/16 x 14 15/16 in. (64 x 64 x 38 cm)
    Purchase, 2004 (2004.2.01)

    In 2004, Anne L. Poulet, then Director of the Frick, announced the first major acquisition by purchase in almost a decade: Joseph Chinard’s Portrait of Étienne Vincent Marniola, a terracotta bust executed around 1809.MORE »