Adolph Caspar Miller

American, 1866 - 1953

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Antwerp 16th Century, Crested Coat of Arms [reverse], 1543, oil on panel, Gift of Adolph Caspar Miller, 1953.3.3.b

Crested Coat of Arms [reverse]

Antwerp 16th Century · 1543 · oil on panel ·  Accession ID  1953.3.3.b

Antwerp 16th Century, A Member of the de Hondecoeter Family [obverse], 1543, oil on panel, Gift of Adolph Caspar Miller, 1953.3.3.a

A Member of the de Hondecoeter Family [obverse]

Antwerp 16th Century · 1543 · oil on panel ·  Accession ID  1953.3.3.a

Peter Gertner, Pfalzgraf Friedrich III, 1539, pen and brown ink over black chalk, with face and hands developed in oil (?) on vellum (?) laid on canvas, Gift of Adolph Caspar Miller, 1953.3.6

Pfalzgraf Friedrich III

Peter Gertner · 1539 · pen and brown ink over black chalk, with face and hands developed in oil (?) on vellum (?) laid on canvas ·  Accession ID  1953.3.6

Shown from the chest up with his body and head facing us, a pale-skinned young man cuts his light-brown eyes sharply to our right in this vertical portrait painting. His slightly wild, copper-brown hair puffs around his ears and tendrils curl on his forehead. His cheeks are flushed vivid pink. His full, pink lips are closed, and he has a cleft in his rounded chin. Some darker strokes around his mouth could be a goatee. He is lit from our right, and light shines brightly on a sliver of white at the neckline of his coffee bean-brown, high-necked garment. His clothing and hair blend into the dark brown background. Brushstrokes are visible throughout, especially in the man’s face and hair. Some areas of the canvas appear thinly painted or abraded; this is especially noticeable in a lighter area at the bottom left corner.
Sir Anthony van Dyck, Head of a Young Man, c. 1617/1618, oil on paper on panel, Gift of Adolph Caspar Miller, 1953.3.2

Head of a Young Man

Sir Anthony van Dyck · c. 1617/1618 · oil on paper on panel ·  Accession ID  1953.3.2

Antwerp 16th Century, Wife of a Member of the de Hondecoeter Family, 1543, oil on panel, Gift of Adolph Caspar Miller, 1953.3.4

Wife of a Member of the de Hondecoeter Family

Antwerp 16th Century · 1543 · oil on panel ·  Accession ID  1953.3.4

Bartholomaeus Bruyn the Elder, Portrait of a Man, c. 1530/1540, oil on panel, Gift of Adolph Caspar Miller, 1953.3.5

Portrait of a Man

Bartholomaeus Bruyn the Elder · c. 1530/1540 · oil on panel ·  Accession ID  1953.3.5

Lucas Cranach the Elder, Madonna and Child, probably c. 1535 or after, oil on panel, Gift of Adolph Caspar Miller, 1953.3.1

Madonna and Child

Lucas Cranach the Elder · probably c. 1535 or after · oil on panel ·  Accession ID  1953.3.1

Peter Gertner, Maria Markgräfin zu Brandenburg, 1539, pen and brown ink over black chalk, with face and hands developed in oil (?) on vellum (?) laid on canvas, Gift of Adolph Caspar Miller, 1953.3.7

Maria Markgräfin zu Brandenburg

Peter Gertner · 1539 · pen and brown ink over black chalk, with face and hands developed in oil (?) on vellum (?) laid on canvas ·  Accession ID  1953.3.7

Bibliography

1953

  • The New York Times 12 February 1953 (obituary)