RON HENGGELER

November 11. 2014
Sunday's visit to the Legion of Honor in San Francisco

On Sunday November 9th, Dave and I went to see the new visiting show at the Legion of Honor:
Houghton Hall: Portrait of an English Country House
The show features paintings by Thomas Gainsborough, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Andrea del Sarto, Artemisia Gentileschi, and John Singer Sargent. Houghton Hall evokes the elegance of aristocratic life in an English country house from the 18th through the 20th centuries with its distinguished collections of silver, marble sculpture, Sèvres porcelain, and more. Here are a few of my photos from Sunday at the Legion.

Visitors viewing the Bust of Edward H. Harriman, ca. 1909 Marble
By Auguste Rodin (French 1840-1917)
From the permanent collection at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor

Victor Hugo, ca. 1917 Marble
By Auguste Rodin (French 1840-1917)
From the permanent collection at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor

Christ and the Magdalene, ca. 1984 Plaster
By Auguste Rodin (French 1840-1917)
From the permanent collection at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor

Thalia, Muse of Comedy, 1739 Oil on canvas
By Jean-Marc Nattier (French 1685-1766)
From the permanent collection at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor

In the foreground
Saint John the Baptist Preaching, 1878 Bronze
In the background
The Three Shades, ca. 1880 Bronze
By Auguste Rodin (French 1840-1917)
From the permanent collection at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor

The Three Shades, ca. 1880 Bronze
By Auguste Rodin (French 1840-1917)
From the permanent collection at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor

The Call to Arms, 1879 Bronze
By Auguste Rodin (French 1840-1917)
From the permanent collection at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor

Severed Head of Saint John the Baptist, ca. 1887 Marble
By Auguste Rodin (French 1840-1917)
From the permanent collection at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor

Studies of Horses, early 19th century Oil on canvas
By Theodore Gericault (French 1791-1824)
Part of the Houghton Hall Show at the Legion of Honor
October 18, 2014 to January 18, 2015

An Old Woman with Two Children, 1750’s Oil on canvas
Gaspare Traversi (Italian, Naples, 1722/24-ca.1770 Rome)
Part of the Houghton Hall Show at the Legion of Honor
October 18, 2014 to January 18, 2015

Self-Portrait, 1754 Oil on canvas
By Thomas Gainsborough (English, 1727-1788)
Part of the Houghton Hall Show at the Legion of Honor
October 18, 2014 to January 18, 2015

Museum visitors at the Houghton Hall Show

Portrait of Sir Philip Sassoon, 1914 Oil on canvas
By Glyn Warren Philpot (English 1884-1937)
Part of the Houghton Hall Show at the Legion of Honor
October 18, 2014 to January 18, 2015

Lady Sassoon, 1907 Oil on canvas
John Singer Sargent (American, 1856-1925)
Part of the Houghton Hall Show at the Legion of Honor
October 18, 2014 to January 18, 2015

Head of a Gondolier, 1878 Oil on canvas
John Singer Sargent (American, 1856-1925)
Part of the Houghton Hall Show at the Legion of Honor
October 18, 2014 to January 18, 2015

Ruined Cathedral, Arras 1918 Oil on canvas
By John Singer Sargent (American, 1856-1925)
Part of the Houghton Hall Show at the Legion of Honor
October 18, 2014 to January 18, 2015

The Prince Enters the Briar Wood, 1869 Oil on canvas
By Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones (English, 1833-1898)
Part of the Houghton Hall Show at the Legion of Honor
October 18, 2014 to January 18, 2015

Alma de Bretteville Spreckels and Childen, 1917 Bronze
By Prince Paolo Troubetzkoy
From the permanent collection at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor

The courtyard at the Legion of Honor at closing time
Autumn fog and sundown at 5pm

The Thinker by Auguste Rodin in the courtyard at the Legion of Honor at closing time
Autumn fog and sundown at 5pm

El Cid by Anna Hyatt Huntington
On the front lawn at the Palace of the Legion of Honor

 

 

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