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01/12/2021
1. Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Huntington Ave entrance.
2. Boston on the Eve of Revolution and The New Nation.
Gilbert Stuart’s 1796 portrait of George Washington. Stuart never completed the painting; he kept it in his possession for the rest of his life, using it as a model for the many replicas he created over the years.
3. Art of the English Regency.
The gallery’s striking fabric-draped ceiling evokes the 19th century fashion for rooms that resembled military tents. A focal point at the center of the display is a gilt bronze and jewel-encrusted bust of George IV, presented by the royal family to the king’s physician.
4. 18th-century French harpsichord donated in 1981 to the MFA as part of the Edward F. Searles Musical Instrument Collection.
5. European Painting 1550–1700 and Hanoverian Silver hang on damask-covered walls in the William I. Koch Gallery, for a space designed to resemble a grand hall of a European palace.
6. Ruth and Carl J. Shapiro Rotunda and Colonnade.
The paintings, sculpture, and architectural revisions to the MFA took the artist nine years (1916–1925) to complete. Sargent intended to leave London for Boston in April 1925 to oversee the final installation of his murals but passed away in his sleep on the eve of his departure.
