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From the Collections
The Madrid Châsse, around 1180-1190, France (Limoges)
enamel, gilded copper alloy, gesso, traces of polychrome
16.9 x 23.1 x 8.9 cm
The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario Allegory of Youth and Death
German (Augsburg or Munich), early 17th century
ivory, 7.3 x 22.6 x 9.4 cm
The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario Franklin Carmichael
born Orillia, Ontario, 1890; died Toronto, Ontario, 1945
Snow Clouds, 1927
watercolour and gouache over graphite on wove paper, 43.7 x 57.2 cm
Gift from the Reuben and Kate Leonard Canadian Fund, 1928 Charles Paul Jérôme de Brea
born and died France, around 1739-1820
Portrait of Charlotte Corday (1768-1793), probably 1793
watercolour on ivory, enamel, and gilded metal, 7.7 cm (diameter)
The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario Shield
Western Australia, mid-19th century
wood, ochre, 74.0 x 21.0 cm
Anonymous Gift, 2002 Cornelius Krieghoff
born Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1815; died Chicago, Illinois, United States, 1872
Mail Boat Landing at Quebec, 1860
oil on canvas, 42.5 x 62.0 cm
The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario Jean-Honore Fragonard
born Grasse, France, 1732; died Paris, France, 1806
Charlemagne Leads Angelica away from Roland
illustration for Orlando Furioso Canto I (6-9) by Ariosto, around 1785
black chalk and brown wash and traces of graphite on laid paper, 40.0 x 46.0 cm
Purchase, Walter C. Laidlaw Endowment, 1978 Florence Carlyle
born Galt, Canada West (now Ontario), 1864; died Crowborough, England, 1923
The Tiff, around 1902
oil on canvas, 183.8 x 134.6 cm
Gift of the Government of Province of Ontario, 1972 Clarence Gagnon
born and died Montreal, Quebec, 1881-1942
Midnight Mass
oil on paper laid on wood, 18.8 x 22.7 cm
The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
born Leiden, The Netherlands, 1606; died Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1669
Portrait of a Lady with a Lap Dog, around 1665
oil on canvas, 81.3 x 64.1 cm
Bequest of Frank P. Wood, 1955
enamel, gilded copper alloy, gesso, traces of polychrome
16.9 x 23.1 x 8.9 cm
The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario Allegory of Youth and Death
German (Augsburg or Munich), early 17th century
ivory, 7.3 x 22.6 x 9.4 cm
The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario Franklin Carmichael
born Orillia, Ontario, 1890; died Toronto, Ontario, 1945
Snow Clouds, 1927
watercolour and gouache over graphite on wove paper, 43.7 x 57.2 cm
Gift from the Reuben and Kate Leonard Canadian Fund, 1928 Charles Paul Jérôme de Brea
born and died France, around 1739-1820
Portrait of Charlotte Corday (1768-1793), probably 1793
watercolour on ivory, enamel, and gilded metal, 7.7 cm (diameter)
The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario Shield
Western Australia, mid-19th century
wood, ochre, 74.0 x 21.0 cm
Anonymous Gift, 2002 Cornelius Krieghoff
born Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1815; died Chicago, Illinois, United States, 1872
Mail Boat Landing at Quebec, 1860
oil on canvas, 42.5 x 62.0 cm
The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario Jean-Honore Fragonard
born Grasse, France, 1732; died Paris, France, 1806
Charlemagne Leads Angelica away from Roland
illustration for Orlando Furioso Canto I (6-9) by Ariosto, around 1785
black chalk and brown wash and traces of graphite on laid paper, 40.0 x 46.0 cm
Purchase, Walter C. Laidlaw Endowment, 1978 Florence Carlyle
born Galt, Canada West (now Ontario), 1864; died Crowborough, England, 1923
The Tiff, around 1902
oil on canvas, 183.8 x 134.6 cm
Gift of the Government of Province of Ontario, 1972 Clarence Gagnon
born and died Montreal, Quebec, 1881-1942
Midnight Mass
oil on paper laid on wood, 18.8 x 22.7 cm
The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
born Leiden, The Netherlands, 1606; died Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1669
Portrait of a Lady with a Lap Dog, around 1665
oil on canvas, 81.3 x 64.1 cm
Bequest of Frank P. Wood, 1955
