European Painting and Sculpture November 2, 2008

The Speed Museum features a growing collection of important examples of European painting and sculpture dating from the 1300s to today. 17th century Dutch and Flemish painting (with outstanding examples by Ludolph Backhuysen, Rembrandt, Jacob van Ruisdael, Peter Paul Rubens, Jan de Bray, and Jacob Jordaens) and 18th century French painting (including works by Francois Boucher, Adelaide Labille-Guiard and Hubert Robert) are strengths of the collection. Other notable works include paintings by Fra Bartolomeo, Lucas Cranach, Nicolas Tournier, G.B. Tiepolo, Sir Thomas Lawrence, Sir Henry Raeburn, Richard Redgrave, Gustave Courbet, Alexandre Cabanel, James Tissot and Claude Monet. Some important sculptors represented in the collection are Alessandro Algardi, Pietro Tacca, Jules Dalou and Auguste Rodin.