Paintings & Sculpture Online
Since the 1820s, the Boston Athenæum has, among other things, functioned as an art museum. In fact, until its own trustees took the lead in founding, in the 1870s, an institution that would eventually dedicate itself to the fine arts in Boston, the Athenæum single-handedly filled that role in the city. Following what would later become standard museum practice, the Athenæum pursued its mission in two ways: by regularly mounting exhibitions of contemporary and historical art; and by collecting objects to form a permanent collection.
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Portrait of a Woman
Artist unknown
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Octavius Pickering
John Crookshanks King (1806–1882)
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Borghese Warrior
Artist unknown
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Mark Anthony DeWolfe Howe
Charles Hopkinson (1869–1962)
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Smoke
Thomas Lyon Mills
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Plaster Medallion of Robert Browning
May Smith Dean (1863–1956)
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John Davis
Shobal Vail Clevenger (American 1812–1843)
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The Public Garden, Boston
Sylvester Phelps Hodgdon (American, 1830–1906)
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Double Portrait of a Woman and a Boy
John Vanderlyn (1776–1852)
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Portrait of a Man
Annibale Carracci (Italian 1560–1609)
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Landscape (Hudson River?)
Artist unknown
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Charles Francis Adams
William Wetmore Story (American 1819–1895)