The Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Huntington Avenue
Boston
1/18/14
On Saturday January 14, Linda and I met Blair, Samantha and Sebastian at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston to view the John Singer Sargent exhibition. Our son Ian had sent us tickets and it was a cold, wet, snowy day, nearly perfect for such an outing. The only drawback was, that this was the last weekend for the exhibition and everyone else had the same idea. The line, just to get into the gallery was two hours long and as much as we wanted to see it, the wait deterred us. But, if you'd like a glimpse of the event, CLICK HERE.
If you haven't been to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston for a while, you may enjoy viewing these photos that may entice you to make the journey. The building alone is spectacular and it's continually rotating exhibitions will lure you back for more.
John Singleton Copley painted Boston Silversmith and member of the "Son's of Liberty" Paul Revere in 1768.
Silver artifacts produced by Paul Revere.
Thomas Sully's 1819 painting of General Washington, just before crossing the Delaware River is 17 feet across.
Gilbert Stuart's painting of General Washington at Dorchester Heights originally hung in Boston's Fanuel Hall before moving to the MFA.
Jean-Antoine Houdon's marble bust of Thomas Jefferson, 1789 when he was the American Minister to France.
Augustus Saint-Gaudens sculpture. Have you ever visited the Saint-Gaudens Historic Site in Cornish, NH? Among many historic statues, Saint-Gaudens also designed the U.S. $20 gold piece or "Double Eagle" that was minted from 1907 to 1933 and is considered America's most beautiful coin.
Boston's own Dr. Joseph Warren who died at the hands of the British at the Battle of Bunker Hill.
And my grandson, Sebastian, enjoying all that there is to see with his father.
Sebastian likes dogs... big dogs.
