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
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

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