Guido di Pietro, called Fra Angelico, Italian, Florentine, active 1418-1455,
Head of an Angel (detail), c. 1445-50, Tempera and oil on panel; 6 3/4 x 5 1/2”,
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund, 1928.321
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Andy Warhol, American, 1928–1987, Early Colored Jackie (detail), 1964,
Silkscreen ink on synthetic polymer paint on canvas; 40 x 40”,
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund, The Douglas Tracy Smith and Dorothy Potter Smith Fund, The James L. Goodwin Fund, Purchased through the Gift of Henry and Walter Keney, and Gift of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, 1994.17.1