Samuel H. Kress believed in the positive moral force of art. He knew that many Americans would never have the chance to see, in person, paintings like the ones he had collected. He wanted to give people the opportunity to experience these great works. He also recognized the philanthropic responsibility his wealth gave him. Today, the ideals of Samuel Kress still inform the Kress Foundation, which he founded in 1929, two years after he purchased his first painting.
Exhibited Works:
Benvenuto di Giovanni
Saints Augustine, Jerome, and Albertus Magnus, ca. 1490
Egg tempera on linden wood panels
Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Samek Art Museum Collection,
1961.K.1744A
Giovanni del Biondo
Annunciation, 1369 – 1371
Tempera on panel
Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Samek Art Museum Collection,
1961.K.1161
Pontormo (attributed to the School of Andrea del Sarto)
Cupid and Apollo, 1512 – 1514
Oil on canvas
Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Samek Art Museum Collection,
1961.K.1618
Spinello Aretino
Madonna and Child with Saints and Angels, 1389 – 1401
Tempera on panel
Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Samek Art Museum Collection,
1961.K.256
Francesco del Cossa
Madonna and Child, 1454 – 1478
Tempera on panel
Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Samek Art Museum Collection,
1961.K.387
Giovanni di Ser Giovanni Guidi
Madonna and Child with St. Stephen and St. Lawrence, 1459 – 1470
Tempera and gilding on panel
Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Samek Art Museum Collection,
1961.K.1148
Andrea Sansovino
Madonna and Child, 1500 – 1525
Marble
Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Samek Art Museum Collection,
1961.K.5F5A
Giampietrino
Cleopatra, 1524 – 1526
Oil on panel
Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Samek Art Museum Collection,
1961.K.347
School of Agnolo Bronzino
Portrait of a Lady, 1523 – 1572
Oil on mounted panel
Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Samek Art Museum Collection,
1961.K.1200
Paolo Veronese
Judgment of Paris, 1548 – 1588
Oil on canvas
Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Samek Art Museum Collection,
1961.K.1078
François Perrier
Polyphemus and the Sea Nymphs,
1620 – 1640
Oil on panel
Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Samek Art Museum Collection,
1961.K.1636
Agostino Tassi (attributed to)
Landscape with Tobias and the
Angel, 1619 – 1630
Oil on panel
Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Samek Art Museum Collection,
1961.K.1541
Marco Basaiti (attributed to)
St. Anthony of Padua, 1514 – 1517
Tempera on panel
Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Samek Art Museum Collection,
1961.K.1274
