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Rare Guercino Painting Acquired by the Kimbell Art Museum

FORT WORTH, TX.- The Kimbell Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas, has acquired the painting Christ and the Woman of Samaria, dated to 1619–20, by the Italian artist Guercino, one of the foremost painters of his time. The purchase was announced today by the Museum’s director, Eric M. Lee. The painting dates from Guercino’s early, rarest, and most desirable period, when the artist achieved acclaim for the emotional power of his compositions. “I am thrilled that the Kimbell has found an outstanding painting, such as this, from Guercino’s coveted early period,” commented Mr. Lee. “It has been a long-standing wish of the Museum to find a Guercino of this quality to enhance its exceptional collection

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Kimbell Art Museum acquires A View of Venice by Richard Parkes Bonington

The Kimbell Art Museum has added to its collection an exquisite oil sketch by the British artist Richard Parkes Bonington (1802–1828), "The Grand Canal, Venice, Looking Toward the Rialto", painted on the spot in 1826.

FORT
WORTH, TX.-
The Kimbell Art Museum has added to its collection an
exquisite oil sketch by the British artist Richard Parkes Bonington (1802–1828),
“The Grand Canal, Venice, Looking Toward the Rialto”, painted on the spot in
1826.
Its purchase was announced today by the Kimbell’s director, Dr.
Eric M. Lee.  “The opportunity to acquire one of Bonington’s beautiful oil
sketches of Venice is extremely rare. Only eight are known, four of which were
already in museum collections before the present one was acquired by the
Kimbell. This is an exciting acquisition for us, from both aesthetic and
art-historical points of view, and we know it will give great pleasure to our
visitors.” Dr. Lee commented.