January
28, 2014 to June 15, 2014
This winter and spring the Frick will present Renaissance and
Baroque Bronzes from the Hill Collection, thirty-three statuettes that
represent Janine and J. Tomilson Hill's more than twenty-year engagement with
the art form. The bronzes, which have never before been publicly shown as
a group, date from the early sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries, from the
inception of the genre in Renaissance Italy to its last flowering during the
late Baroque period. Many of them were created by such renowned sculptors as
Andrea Riccio, Giambologna, and Adriaen de Vries, while others were made by
lesser-known northern artists such as Caspar Gras and Hans Reichle, whose
talents have only recently begun to be appreciated.
In keeping with the residential character of the museum founded by
Henry Clay Frick, where sculptures are situated among paintings and decorative
art objects, the Hills’ bronzes will be shown alongside selected Old Master and
contemporary works in displays that reflect the couple’s diverse holdings and refined
collecting sensibilities.
Central to the exhibition, however, is the remarkable group of
statuettes assembled over time by Janine and Tom Hill. Masters of the Italian,
French, German, and Dutch schools are represented here. The subject matter
varies as well, with depictions of pagan gods interspersed with those of Christ
and images of secular rulers. Frick Curator Denise Allen characterizes
these works as possessing “strength, quality, and diversity. . . .The emotional
intensity of the bronze figures unites them, creating a vibrant whole that
transcends the sum of its diverse parts.” Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes
from the Hill Collection was organized by Allen, who also arranged
the museum's acclaimed monographic presentations on Antico (2012), Riccio
(2008), and Willem van Tetrode (2003), as well as curating the Fitzwilliam
(2005) and Quentin Collections (2004).
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