Samuel Henry Kress

Samuel H. Kress c. 1910 Samuel Henry Kress (July 23, 1863 – September 22, 1955) was a businessman, philanthropist, and founder of the S. H. Kress & Co. five and ten cent store chain. With his fortune, Kress amassed one of the most significant collections of Italian Renaissance and European artwork assembled in the 20th century. In the 1950s and 1960s, a foundation established by Kress would donate 776 works of art from the Kress collection to 18 regional art museums in the United States. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Italian schools.

    Paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Italian schools. by Shapley, Fern Rusk

    Published 1966
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    Art treasures for America; an anthology of paintings & sculpture in the Samuel H. Kress Collection.

    Art treasures for America; an anthology of paintings & sculpture in the Samuel H. Kress Collection.

    Published 1961
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    Small bronzes in the renaissance /

    Small bronzes in the renaissance /

    Published 2001
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    Renaissance bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress collection: reliefs, plaquettes, statuettes, utensils and mortars,

    Renaissance bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress collection: reliefs, plaquettes, statuettes, utensils and mortars,

    Published 1965
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    Tapestries from the Samuel H. Kress collections at the Philadelphia Museum of Art; the History of Constantine the Great, designed by Peter Paul Rubens and Pietro da Cortona. [Catalog]

    Tapestries from the Samuel H. Kress collections at the Philadelphia Museum of Art; the History of Constantine the Great, designed by Peter Paul Rubens and Pietro da Cortona. [Catal...

    Published 1964
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    Decorative art from the Samuel H. Kress Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art: the tapestry room from Croome Court, furniture, textiles, Sèvres porcelains, and other objects.

    Decorative art from the Samuel H. Kress Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art: the tapestry room from Croome Court, furniture, textiles, Sèvres porcelains, and other objects...

    Published 1964
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