Curator Tour: Portrait Pairings for Women's History Month

Join Curator Diane Shewchuk for a special tour of Portrait Pairings for Women's History Month. The tour is free with museum admission, no registration required.

Portrait Pairings is an exhibition of portraits juxtaposed with related objects drawn exclusively from Albany Institute of History & Art's permanent collection, showcasing the depth and diversity of the museum’s holdings.

What objects connect to a nineteenth-century cast iron stove of George Washington or Gilbert Charles Stuart’s 1795 portrait of Stephen Van Rensselaer III? What painting corresponds to a grey blue visiting dress by couturier Charles Frederick Worth? Through the lens of portraiture, discover the delightful and unexpected pairings of dozens of objects representing collection areas including textiles and costume, jewelry, ceramics, maps, ephemera, drawings, and paintings.

Portrait Pairings is on view through July 20, 2025.

 

Mary Augusta Green De Camp Corning Banks (1843-1935), Seymour Joseph Guy (1824-1910), 1889, oil on canvas. Albany Institute of History & Art, gift of the estate of Mr. Maurice Moore via Evelyn L. Moore, in memory of Mary DeCamp Banks Moore, 1972.81.3
 
"Patriotic women serve their country without hope of reward. Vote NO - November 6, 1917," trolley card by the Albany Anti-Suffrage Association, 1917. Albany Institute of History & Art, DI 1159, HW 81-20 Ser2 F19 num23

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