The Baroque Art Accessibility Consortium

Category: Frick Collection New York

  • Fragonard’s Progress of Love at the Frick Collection

    Fragonard’s Progress of Love at the Frick Collection

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    The Progress of Love: Love Letters, Jean‑Honoré Fragonard (c.1771–1772)Fragonard’s world is all soft color, flirtation, and decorative fantasy; a far cry from the emotional weight and spiritual urgency of Baroque art. In fact, looking at Rococo works like this is one of the easiest ways to understand Baroque: by seeing what it isn’t.

  • Vermeer’s Mistress and Maid at the Frick Collection

    Vermeer’s Mistress and Maid at the Frick Collection

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    Mistress and Maid, Johannes Vermeer (c.1666–1667) At the Frick Collection, this luminous scene captures Vermeer’s gift for turning a quiet moment into a world of emotion. The mistress pauses over a letter while her maid leans in, the soft light revealing a story we’re invited to imagine but never fully know. A masterpiece of stillness,…

  • King Phillip IV of Spain

    King Phillip IV of Spain

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    King Philip IV of Spain, Diego Velázquez (c.1644) At The Frick Collection, this commanding portrait shows Velázquez at the height of his power. With his unmatched eye for naturalism and royal psychology, he captures Philip IV not as an icon, but as a living, breathing monarch; poised, restrained, and unmistakably human.

  • Murillo’s Self-Portrait at the Frick Collection

    Murillo’s Self-Portrait at the Frick Collection

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    Bartolomé Esteban Murillo’s self‑portrait (c. 1670–1675), at The Frick Collection, captures the quiet confidence of one of Spain’s greatest Golden Age painters. Known for his radiant religious works and tender depictions of Seville’s street children, Murillo was also a master of portraiture; a part of his legacy that remains surprisingly understudied. A timeless window into…