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HSA History |
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Archer Milton Huntington |
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The Collections |
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Architectural Context |
are unparalleled in their scope and
quality outside the Iberian Peninsula,
culture in Spain, as well as a large
part of Portugal and Latin America.
| With more than 800 paintings and 6,000 watercolors and drawings, the Hispanic Society offers a comprehensive survey of Spanish painting and drawing. |
After the Bath, 1908
Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida
(1863-1923)
El Cid, 1927
Anna Hyatt Huntington
(1876-1973)
The collection of almost 1,000 works
of sculpture contains outstanding
pieces from the first millennium B.C.
to the early twentieth century.
| Magnificent examples of ceramics, glass, furniture, textiles, ironwork and jewelry abound among the more than 6,000 objects in the Hispanic Society's varied collections of decorative arts. |
Jewelry
Celtiberian, ca. 125-100 B.C.
Bull Attacked by Dogs, ca. 1824
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes
(1746-1828)
Among the works on paper, 15,000
prints afford a unique view into the
graphic arts in Spain from the
seventeenth to the early twentieth
century.
| More than 175,000 photographs from 1850 onwards document the art, culture and customs of Spain and Latin America. |
The Galician Milkmaid, 1925
Ruth Matilda Anderson
(1893-1983)
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
El ingenioso hidalgo
Don Quixote de la Mancha
Madrid: Juan de la Cuesta, 1605
for researchers interested in the
history and culture of Spain,
Portugal and their colonies, with
more than 250,000 books and
periodicals, including 15,000
volumes printed before 1701,
along with approximately 200,000
manuscripts from the twelfth
century to the present.
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The comprehensive collection |
"Alhambra Silk"
Nasrid, ca. 1400
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