Dayton Art Institute - Part 4

 Now we'll visit the courtyard ...

Cast of the Venus de Milo- early 20th century

Modern copy of the Battle of Lapiths and Centaurs - early 20th century

 A view of a section of the roof from the courtyard (called the Hale Cloister). I love the tile shingles.

 Tom enjoys the fountain. Luckily, the weather has been warm and the water is still flowing. I imagine this will soon be turned off for winter.
 Now, back inside ...

Relief of Noble and his Wife Iny - 1210-1162 B.C.

Egyptian - New Kingdom - 18th-19th Dynasty

Saint Sebastian - c. 1700

Paolo Pagani

Henry - 8th Lord Arundell of Wardour - c. 1723-1792

Sir Joshua Reynolds

 Imagine painting silk with its natural sheen as shown above.

Study Heads of an Old Man - 1612

Peter Paul Rubens

 I think this was the most impressive painting I saw while at the DAI, The detail is amazing. It was actually stunning to look at this man after four hundred years. Immortality!

Portrait of Daniel Nijs - c. 1812-1815

Peter Paul Rubens

The Feast of Achelous - c. 1610-1620

Jan Brueghel the Younger

Hendrick van Balen

Apparently one could either dress up for dinner ... or arrive naked? Maybe it was simply an informal meal.

I was impressed by the detail given the dog (ours sat at the table just like this). Here's a close-up ...

 Tom admires some larger-than-life art.

 Our time was up so we left for lunch and a couple of other stops that were on our schedule. I believe the DAI has another floor (basement?) but it's something we'll have to check out some time in the future.
 I have to say, for a smaller city, Dayton has an art museum the rivals the best of them. What a wonderful day this was.

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