National Museum of Art/Vandreck Hall

The Vandreck Hall is the National Museum of Art's collection of classical art. It is named after Bertha Vandreck (1891-1984), a rich widow who financed the acquisition of many of these works before her death.

Collection
The collection of the Vandreck Hall focuses on classical art, from the 15th century to the early-mid 19th century. It mainly focuses on European art, but it has a few American and Asian/oriental artworks as well. Artwork represented here includes renaiccance paintings, baroque and neoclassical art. The museum has some CHinese and Japanese art and a section devoted to Safavid artwork from Persia (Iran).