THE ASTOR LIBRARY AND THE CYPRIOT COLLECTION

 

England - George II reigned 1727-1760

Pair of pier mirrors carved and gilded woods, glass, metal about 1735

These mirrors show the strong influence of the neo-classical architect

William Kent 1685-1747 on the decorative arts of the period

 

Exhibit: Augustus Saint-Gaudens

American 1848-1909

 

Portrait Bust of Edwin Wallace Stoughton

 

Exhibit: Augustus Saint-Gaudens

American 1848-1909

 

Relief of Samuel Nelson, American Jurist,Marble

 

Painting: Federico Gaetano Villa

Italian Active in Milan in the 19th Century

 

Portrait of a woman ,Marble 1875

 

Exhibit G: Corinthian Pottery

Athenian Black - Figure Pottery

 

Painting: Edward Burne Jones

English 1833-1898

Active throughout Britian

 

"Les Femmes Chasseresses" (The Sirens)

oil on canvas 1870

 

Exhibit H: Athenian White Ground Pottery

Athenian Red Figure Pottery

 

Painting: Savely Sorine

Russian, 1878-1953, active in Paris and New York

Portrait of John Ringling

Watercolor on paper, 1927

 

Exhibit: Apulia (Italy) 4th Century B.C.

Column Krater ,Terracotta

 

Exhibit: Augustus Saint Gaudens, American 1848-1907

Relief of E.W. Stoughton, American Ambassador to Russia

1818-1882 - Marble

 

Exhibit: Figural vase painting, red-figure tradition, Greek colonies

South of Italy

 

Exhibit F: Hellenistic and Roman ceramics

 

Exhibit D: Cyprus in the Hellenestic and Roman periods. Terracotta votive statues and statuettes.

 

Exhibit C: Cypro-Archaic and Cypro-Classical Periods

 

Exhibit B: Late Cypriot and Geometric

 

Exhibit A: Early and Middle Cypriot Periods