Truth and Beauty: The Pre-Raphaelites and the Old Masters is the first major international exhibition to assemble works by England’s nineteenth-century Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood with the medieval and Renaissance masterpieces that inspired them. Important loans of paintings, works on paper, and decorative arts from international collections, as well as works drawn from the collections of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, demonstrate the Pre-Raphaelites’ fascination with Italian masters, including Sandro Botticelli, Raphael, and Paolo Veronese, as well as northern Renaissance painters such as Jan van Eyck and Hans Memling.
-- Legion of Honor Museum, San Francisco
Though weary of the stilted beauty of the Pre-Raphaelites paintings, I came away enchanted by this well-curated, and sparkling exhibition, which juxtaposed the Pre-Raphaelites and the Old Masters, relating the connections between these two groups, in the timeline of the artistic development of the Pre-Raphaelites. The amazing achievements of the Old Masters were self-evidence; while the Pre-Raphaelites impressed with their virtuosity and romantic beauty, however mannered they could be.
First group:
The Virgin and Child with an Angel, St George and a Donor, Hans Memling
![DSCN2621 - Virgin and Child Enthroned with Angels, Master of the Saint Lucy Legend, The Pre-Raphaelites & the Old Masters](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1899/43443650695_c2823595c7.jpg)
Virgin and Child Enthroned with Angels, Master of the Saint Lucy Legend
![DSCN2630 - Madonna and Child with Two
Angels, Followers of Adriaen Isenbrandt, The Pre-Raphaelites &
the Old Masters](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1872/44301008202_8656e45ced.jpg)
Madonna and Child with Two Angels, Followers of Adriaen Isenbrandt
![DSCN2631 - Virgin and Child, Dieric Bouts and or workshop, The Pre-Raphaelites & the Old Masters](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1875/43443649795_1464c2363f.jpg)
Virgin and Child, Dieric Bouts and or workshop
![DSCN2626 - The Annunciation, Jan van Eyck, The Pre-Raphaelites & the Old Masters](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1850/43443650465_5441e1a405.jpg)
The Annunciation, Jan van Eyck
![DSCN2636 - Mariana, John Everett Millais, The Pre-Raphaelites & the Old Masters](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1884/44301008002_5fdbedb626.jpg)
Mariana, John Everett Millais
![DSCN2629 - Portrait of a Man, Lucas Cranach the Younger, The Pre-Raphaelites & the Old Masters](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1886/43443650055_ae7a863e6f.jpg)
Portrait of a Man, Lucas Cranach the Younger
![DSCN2622 - The Ransom, John Everett Millais, The Pre-Raphaelites & the Old Masters](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1855/44301008532_96cbbcdfea.jpg)
The Ransom, John Everett Millais
Group 2:
![DSCN2639 - The Holy Family, Perino del Vaga, The Pre-Raphaelites & the Old Masters](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1871/44301007872_a73dffc6fa.jpg)
The Holy Family, Perino del Vaga
![DSCN2638 - Madonna and Child with the Infant St John the Baptist, Piero di Cosimo, The Pre-Raphaelites & the Old Masters](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1889/43443649455_cc6d05c382.jpg)
Madonna and Child with the Infant St John the Baptist, Piero di Cosimo
![DSCN2641 - Copy of The Annunciation by Fra Angelico, Cesare Mariannecci, The Pre-Raphaelites & the Old Masters](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1867/43443649225_df0260e840.jpg)
Copy of The Annunciation by Fra Angelico, Cesare Mariannecci
![DSCN2643 - The Meeting of Saints Dominic and Francis of Assisi, Fra Angelico, The Pre-Raphaelites & the Old Masters](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1843/29413157537_72fee996ce.jpg)
The Meeting of Saints Dominic and Francis of Assisi, Fra Angelico
![DSCN2657 - A Crowned Virgin Martyr (Saint Catherine of Alexandria), Bernardo Daddi, The Pre-Raphaelites & the Old Masters](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1877/29413157207_47449b27b4.jpg)
A Crowned Virgin Martyr (Saint Catherine of Alexandria), Bernardo Daddi
![DSCN2650 - The Nativity, The Baptism of Christ, Christ and the Woman of Samaria, Noli me Tangere, Perugino, The Pre-Raphaelites & the Old Masters](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1857/29413157377_5a3e22a28f.jpg)
The Nativity, The Baptism of Christ, Christ and the Woman of Samaria, Noli me Tangere, Perugino
![DSCN2642 - Giotto Painting the Portrait of Dante, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Pre-Raphaelites & the Old Masters](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1851/44301007722_cb777e590d.jpg)
Giotto Painting the Portrait of Dante, Dante Gabriel Rossetti
![DSCN2645 - The Pre-Raphaelites & the Old Masters](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1899/44301007532_fb075392c1.jpg)
Dante's Dream
Valentine Reproaching Proteus for His Falsity, William Holman Hunt
![DSCN2648 - Lorenzo and Isabella, John Everett Millais, The Pre-Raphaelites & the Old Masters](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1852/43443648805_e27921140a.jpg)
Lorenzo and Isabella, John Everett Millais
![DSCN2655 - Beata Beatrix, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Pre-Raphaelites & the Old Masters](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1850/44301007342_37e833ce8c.jpg)
Beata Beatrix, Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Group 3:
![DSCN2661 - Idealized Portrait of a Lady, Sandro Botticelli, The Pre-Raphaelites & the Old Masters](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1884/44301007152_34cc736dd2.jpg)
Idealized Portrait of a Lady, Sandro Botticelli
![DSCN2715 - Idealized Portrait of a Lady, Botticelli, The Pre-Raphaelites & the Old Masters](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1881/44349262701_b19926d0d0.jpg)
Idealized Portrait of a Lady, Sandro Botticelli
![DSCN2721 - The Virgin and Child, Workshop of Sandro Botticelli's The Pre-Raphaelites & the Old Masters](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1858/44349262481_ff5770a308.jpg)
Madonna and Child with Two Angels, Sandro Botticelli & The Virgin and Child, Workshop of Sandro Botticelli's
Portrait of a Lady Known as Smeralda Bandinelli, Sandro Botticelli
![DSCN2717 - Proserpine, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Pre-Raphaelites & the Old Masters](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1887/29413154807_e0f32349ca.jpg)
Flora & Proserpine, Dante Gabriel Rossetti
![DSCN2662 - Love and the Maiden, John Roddam Spencer Stanhope, The Pre-Raphaelites & the Old Masters](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1883/29413157037_08d90fed83.jpg)
Love and the Maiden, John Roddam Spencer Stanhope
Group 4:
![DSCN2668 - Self-Portrait, Raphael, The Pre-Raphaelites & the Old Masters](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1882/29413156887_8ab02964b8.jpg)
Self-Portrait, Raphael
![DSCN2670 - Lucretia, Veronese, The Pre-Raphaelites & the Old Masters](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1844/44301006822_019db8f9bd.jpg)
Lucretia, Paolo Veronese
![DSCN2672 - Portrait of a Young Man with a Green Book, Giovanni Cariani, The Pre-Raphaelites & the Old Masters](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1871/29413156797_9582c047da.jpg)
Portrait of a Young Man with a Green Book, Giovanni Cariani
![DSCN2675 - A Young Woman Holding a Mirror with Her Servant, Parus Bordone, The Pre-Raphaelites & the Old Masters](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1879/44349264351_7d68ebc902.jpg)
A Young Woman Holding a Mirror with Her Servant, Parus Bordone
![DSCN2677 - The Pre-Raphaelites & the Old Masters](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1846/29413156047_dd519a992d.jpg)
La Pia, Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Lady Lilith, Dante Gabriel Rossetti
![DSCN2731 - Bocca Bacciata - Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Pre-Raphaelites & the Old Masters](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1861/44349262111_8235da1242.jpg)
Bocca Bacciata - Dante Gabriel Rossetti
The Heart of the Rose, Edward Burne-Jones
Group 5:
![DSCN2679 - The Passing of Venus, Edward Burne-Jones, The Pre-Raphaelites & the Old Masters](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1863/29413155887_6fee7d8cc4.jpg)
The Passing of Venus, Edward Burne-Jones
![DSCN2684 - The Entombment, Parmigianino, The Pre-Raphaelites & the Old Masters](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1874/29413155757_49e301382a.jpg)
The Entombment, Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola)
Cupid's Hunting Fields, Edward Burne-Jones
![DSCN2699 - The Ascension, Edward Burne-Jones, The Pre-Raphaelites & the Old Masters](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1850/44349262921_48b69a2082.jpg)
The Wheel of Fortune & The Ascension, Edward Burne-Jones
![DSCN2735 - The Tree of Forgiveness - A Mosaic in Rome, Edward Burne-Jones, The Pre-Raphaelites & the Old Masters](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1869/44349262041_dd9eaffcf4.jpg)
The Tree of Forgiveness - A Mosaic in Rome, Edward Burne-Jones
![DSCN2690 - The Pre-Raphaelites & the Old Masters](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1900/44349263131_3ef00267fe.jpg)
Flora & Pomona, Edward Burne-Jones
Exhibition ends on September 30, 2018.
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