The Samuel H. Kress Memorial Collection


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The Legacy of Samuel H. Kress


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Remarks given by Dr. Franklin D. Murphy at the ceremony, Dec. 9, 1961, when 18 museums received deeds of gift for their portions of the Kress Collection. Describes the work of the Kress Foundation and lists number of art works going to each museum.




Paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Collection


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"This is the concluding volume of the catalogue of paintings in the Kress Collection and deals with some 320 works of the German, Early Netherlandish, Flemish and Dutch seventeenth-century, Spanish and French schools. . .Short biographical details on each artist are followed by extensive critical catalogue entries on his works, discussing technique, condition, subject-matter, chronology and other problems. There is also a précis of previous literature on each painting, and the author's views and findings are given at the end." /