Laatste Kans Masterpieces of Painting in the J.Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum’s paintings collection continues to grow in breadth and quality, and since the last edition of Masterpieces important acquisitions have been made in works ranging from the 14th to the end of the 19th century. This new edition includes many of the significant new additions to the collection, among them Gentileschi’sLot and His Daughters ; Hobbena’sLandscape ; a canvas painted by both Rubens and Brueghel,Mars and Venus ; El Greco’sChrist on the Cross ; Monet’sSunrise ; and Cezanne’sItalian Girl . All these masterworks are included in this volume, along with fine examples of early Renaissance paintings such as Masaccio’sSaint Andrewand Gentile da Fabriano’s richly paintedCoronation of the Virgin . Typical of the High Renaissance are Andrea Mantegna’s splendidAdoration of the Magiand Fra Bartolommeo’sRest on the Flight into Egypt . The art of the Netherlands in its Golden Age is represented by Jan Breughel’s much-loved paintingThe Entry of the Animals into Noah’s Ark , while the modern age is exemplified by theIrisesof Vincent van Gogh.Painting in France ranges from Georges de La Tour’s enigmaticBeggars’ Brawl , to the Impressionism of Renoir and Monet, to Cezanne’s post-ImpressionistStill Life with Apples .