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Legion of Honor

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    Interior View, Legion of Honor
  • Henrik Kam
    Exterior View, Legion of Honor
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    Interior View, Legion of Honor
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    Interior View, Legion of Honor
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Prized works by canonical masters of Western civilization are woven throughout this intimate collection. The monumental Neoclassical edifice itself – a sophisticated example of 1920s elegance that was renovated to renewed splendor in 1995 – has a commanding presence on a spectacular site, with unsurpassed vistas of the Golden Gate Bridge, the city and the Pacific Ocean beyond. This museum brings to mind a time when the fine arts epitomized civilisation’s highest values: Auguste Rodin’s The Thinker is here, as well as works by El Greco, Peter Paul Rubens, Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Fra Angelico and a generous trove of classical antiquities, in addition to noteworthy temporary shows.

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Collection Highlights

  • Sir Peter Paul Rubens
    The Tribute Money, c.1612
  • John Roddam Spencer Stanhope
    Love and the Maiden, 1877
  • Jean-Léon Gérome
    The Bath, c.1880-1885
  • Claude Monet
    Water Lilies, c.1914-1917
  • Auguste Rodin
    The Thinker, 1888 (enlarged 1902-1903, cast c.1914)

Collection Highlights

  • Sir Peter Paul Rubens
    The Tribute Money, c.1612
    oil on panel, 144.1 cm x 189.9 cm
    Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Museum purchase, M.H. de Young Art trust Fund, 44.11 Image courtesy of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
  • John Roddam Spencer Stanhope
    Love and the Maiden, 1877
    tempera, gold paint and gold leaf on canvas, 137.2 cm x 200.7 cm
    Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Museum purchase, European Art trust Fund, Grover A. Magnin Bequest Fund and Dorothy Spreckels Munn Bequest Fund, 2002.176 Image courtesy of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
  • Jean-Léon Gérome
    The Bath, c.1880-1885
    oil on canvas, 73.7 cm x 59.7 cm
    Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Museum purchase, Mildred Anna Williams Collection, 1961.29 Image courtesy of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
  • Claude Monet
    Water Lilies, c.1914-1917
    oil on canvas, 166.1 cm x 142.2 cm
    Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Museum purchase, Mildred Anne Williams Collection, 1973.3 Image courtesy of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
  • Auguste Rodin
    The Thinker, 1888 (enlarged 1902-1903, cast c.1914)
    bronze, 189 cm x 98 cm x 140 cm
    Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Gift of Alma de Bretteville Spreckels, 1924.18.1 Image courtesy of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
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Historic Al Thani Jewels at the Legion of Honor