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Works in Woodmere’s Collection

Study of "St. George and the Dragon" by Carpaccio
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Studies of "Adam" (Sistine Chapel fresco) and "Moses" (sculpture) by Michelangelo
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Detail study of head of Giuliano de Medici sculpture by Michelangelo for the Medici Chapel, New Sacristy, Church of San Lorenzo, Florence, Italy
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![Detail study of [sculpture?] by Michaelangelo [possibly "David" in profile]](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/68961b6b3189b29172d19dc9/691d5558743f614869982c78_voe-com-6095-lightbox-gallery-5-oakley-2018-1-1559-crop.avif)
Detail study of [sculpture?] by Michaelangelo [possibly "David" in profile]
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Detail studies of "Night" sculpture by Michelangelo (for the Medici Chapel, New Sacristy, Church of San Lorenzo, Florence, Italy) and male head
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![Studies of a portraits [possibly French]](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/68961b6b3189b29172d19dc9/691daadc230f81f3e8656f95_voe-art-8780-art-image-oakley-2018-1-1560-crop.avif)
Studies of a portraits [possibly French]
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Study of a portrait of a woman with man looking over her shoulder and geometric figures
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Study of a portrait of a woman and geometric figures
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Copy of "Young Woman in Green Velvet" by unidentified artist
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Copy of bust portrait of a woman by unidentified artist
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Study of a portrait of a woman in profile by unidentified artist
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Detail study of "St. George" sculpture by Donatello
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Detail study of "St. George" sculpture by Donatello
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Tracing of study of "St. George and the Dragon" by Carpaccio
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Study of the Annuncation by unidentified artist
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Portrait head study of Dante in profile by unidentified artist
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![Portrait head study of a man in profile [possibly Christ?] by unidentified artist](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/68961b6b3189b29172d19dc9/691daadec68c404691ea63f3_voe-art-8792-art-image-oakley-2018-1-1625-crop.avif)
Portrait head study of a man in profile [possibly Christ?] by unidentified artist
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![Study of a king's coronation [with Roman soldiers?]](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/68961b6b3189b29172d19dc9/691daaded7542499f8c51b63_voe-art-8793-art-image-oakley-2018-1-1626-crop.avif)
Study of a king's coronation [with Roman soldiers?]
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Sketch of painting with figures in a landscape
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Sketch of full-length portrait of unidentified figure
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Studies of head profiles and figures from notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
Drawings-watercolors

Study of young man walking in woods with Cupid
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Study of façade of Santa Croce Church, Florence, Italy
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Study of charioteer driving three horses
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Study of illuminated initials and bust of Christ
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Studies of Papal column and coat of arms
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![Study of Medieval carved box [reliquary?]](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/68961b6b3189b29172d19dc9/691daae1ef35b8aefc9bfeac_voe-art-8808-wide-image-oakley-2018-1-1640-crop.avif)
Study of Medieval carved box [reliquary?]
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Studies of male and female heads and figures from notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
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Sketches of Madonna and Child and head of woman. Unidentified artist (s)
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Study of portable altar with figure of Buddha
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Study of Japanese screen with egret on snow-covered willow tree
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"I saw the Lord standing upon the altar…"
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![Study of ceiling decoration of Virgin enthroned [or Assumption of Virgin Mary]](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/68961b6b3189b29172d19dc9/691daae2ae53ab0d5c017f42_voe-art-8820-art-image-oakley-2018-1-1650-crop.avif)
Study of ceiling decoration of Virgin enthroned [or Assumption of Virgin Mary]
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![Study of "Unity" [two figures with outstretched arms forming arch above giant candle]](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/68961b6b3189b29172d19dc9/691d9e288d7f11d39b4335be_voe-art-6203-wide-image-oakley-2018-1-1651-crop.avif)
Study of "Unity" [two figures with outstretched arms forming arch above giant candle]
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![Study of "Unity" [two figures with outstretched arms forming arch above indecipherable passageway]](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/68961b6b3189b29172d19dc9/691d9e28560d2f13a301a305_voe-art-6204-art-image-oakley-2018-1-1652-crop.avif)
Study of "Unity" [two figures with outstretched arms forming arch above indecipherable passageway]
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![Sketch of an infant [possibly the Christ Child?]](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/68961b6b3189b29172d19dc9/691daae32b09f51feb256b69_voe-art-8823-art-image-oakley-2018-1-1653-crop.avif)
Sketch of an infant [possibly the Christ Child?]
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![Study of three females wearing veils and holding long scroll [within architectural setting?]](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/68961b6b3189b29172d19dc9/691daae30c5aade34c6e70ad_voe-art-8824-art-image-oakley-2018-1-1654-crop.avif)
Study of three females wearing veils and holding long scroll [within architectural setting?]
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![Study of "Worship of the Golden Calf" [possibly panel or mural?]](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/68961b6b3189b29172d19dc9/691daae392225e1a32010b9c_voe-art-8825-wide-image-oakley-2018-1-1655-crop.avif)
Study of "Worship of the Golden Calf" [possibly panel or mural?]
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![Study of royal court scene [possibly panel or mural?]](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/68961b6b3189b29172d19dc9/691daae307aa5e48f64c260b_voe-art-8826-art-image-oakley-2018-1-1656-crop.avif)
Study of royal court scene [possibly panel or mural?]
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![Study of two robed figures meeting on a bridge flanked by two indecipherable scenes [possibly panel or mural?]](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/68961b6b3189b29172d19dc9/691daae45df9c5fa7f055e6d_voe-art-8827-art-image-oakley-2018-1-1657-crop.avif)
Study of two robed figures meeting on a bridge flanked by two indecipherable scenes [possibly panel or mural?]
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![Studies of figures around fountain [top] and of cityscape [bottom] [possibly panels or murals?]](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/68961b6b3189b29172d19dc9/691daae4c68c404691ea65e3_voe-art-8828-art-image-oakley-2018-1-1658-crop.avif)
Studies of figures around fountain [top] and of cityscape [bottom] [possibly panels or murals?]
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Study of theatre proscenium and curtains
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!["Star-Sports -- Milkey Way" [female figure in diaphanous dress floating among the stars]](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/68961b6b3189b29172d19dc9/691daae4f4c288b1a0181944_voe-art-8831-art-image-oakley-2018-1-1660-crop.avif)
"Star-Sports -- Milkey Way" [female figure in diaphanous dress floating among the stars]
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Study of kneeling angel statue and book on table
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Sketch of interior with arched window and bed
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![Study of man with long curls and hat [possibly copy of Mantegna or Botticellian school?]](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/68961b6b3189b29172d19dc9/691daae42205d9deb32c8ab9_voe-art-8834-art-image-oakley-2018-1-1555-crop.avif)
Study of man with long curls and hat [possibly copy of Mantegna or Botticellian school?]
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!["The Epistle to the Romans 'by the Hand of our Sister Phebe'" [study of cloaked woman seated in boat at sea]](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/68961b6b3189b29172d19dc9/691daae50568b624a601b3a3_voe-art-8835-art-image-oakley-2018-1-1663-crop.avif)
"The Epistle to the Romans 'by the Hand of our Sister Phebe'" [study of cloaked woman seated in boat at sea]
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![Study of cloaked woman seated in boat at sea ["The Epistle to the Romans 'by the Hand of our Sister Phebe'"]](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/68961b6b3189b29172d19dc9/691daae55406451eaac0d0d7_voe-art-8836-art-image-oakley-2018-1-1664-crop.avif)
Study of cloaked woman seated in boat at sea ["The Epistle to the Romans 'by the Hand of our Sister Phebe'"]
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![Study of cloaked woman seated in boat at sea ["The Epistle to the Romans 'by the Hand of our Sister Phebe'"]](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/68961b6b3189b29172d19dc9/691daae5a9310a4da857aa49_voe-art-8837-art-image-oakley-2018-1-1665-crop.avif)
Study of cloaked woman seated in boat at sea ["The Epistle to the Romans 'by the Hand of our Sister Phebe'"]
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!["Epistle to the Romans" [study of cloaked woman "Phebe" seated in boat at sea]](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/68961b6b3189b29172d19dc9/691daae5dfca498465bb3c81_voe-art-8838-art-image-oakley-2018-1-1666-crop.avif)
"Epistle to the Romans" [study of cloaked woman "Phebe" seated in boat at sea]
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!["The Letter Goes to the Roman by the Hand of our Sister Phebe" [study of cloaked woman standing in boat at sea]](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/68961b6b3189b29172d19dc9/691daae577adc18759757983_voe-art-8839-art-image-oakley-2018-1-1667-crop.avif)
"The Letter Goes to the Roman by the Hand of our Sister Phebe" [study of cloaked woman standing in boat at sea]
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![Study of cloaked woman standing in boat at sea ["The Letter Goes to the Roman by the Hand of our Sister Phebe"]](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/68961b6b3189b29172d19dc9/691daae6eade11d49646dc5d_voe-art-8840-art-image-oakley-2018-1-1668-crop.avif)
Study of cloaked woman standing in boat at sea ["The Letter Goes to the Roman by the Hand of our Sister Phebe"]
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![Study of cloaked woman standing in boat at sea ["The Letter Goes to the Roman by the Hand of our Sister Phebe"]](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/68961b6b3189b29172d19dc9/691daae68d35f76dbc37aa43_voe-art-8841-art-image-oakley-2018-1-1669-crop.avif)
Study of cloaked woman standing in boat at sea ["The Letter Goes to the Roman by the Hand of our Sister Phebe"]
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!["The Epistle goes to the Romans by Our Sister Phebe [study of cloaked woman standing in boat at sea]](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/68961b6b3189b29172d19dc9/691daae68f25a14bb8e3be5f_voe-art-8842-art-image-oakley-2018-1-1670-crop.avif)
"The Epistle goes to the Romans by Our Sister Phebe [study of cloaked woman standing in boat at sea]
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![Full-length study of woman seen from behind with arms outstretched and facing cross [possible Ruth St. Denis]](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/68961b6b3189b29172d19dc9/691daae6f052748f3dbd88d2_voe-art-8843-art-image-oakley-2018-1-1671-crop.avif)
Full-length study of woman seen from behind with arms outstretched and facing cross [possible Ruth St. Denis]
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![Woman and man standing in starry night landscape [possibly mythological figures?]](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/68961b6b3189b29172d19dc9/691daae60827e7fab674e153_voe-art-8845-art-image-oakley-2018-1-1673-crop.avif)
Woman and man standing in starry night landscape [possibly mythological figures?]
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!["All hail" [study of Christ resurrected with woman at His feet]](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/68961b6b3189b29172d19dc9/691daae7830b134c5a180a33_voe-art-8846-art-image-oakley-2018-1-1674-crop.avif)
"All hail" [study of Christ resurrected with woman at His feet]
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!["All hail" [study of Christ resurrected with two figures at His feet]](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/68961b6b3189b29172d19dc9/691daae7abcc5a5c1cd5cd90_voe-art-8847-art-image-oakley-2018-1-1675-crop.avif)
"All hail" [study of Christ resurrected with two figures at His feet]
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![Figure of Christ [used in Oakley's Christmas card]](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/68961b6b3189b29172d19dc9/691daae7c538710035d928c1_voe-art-8848-art-image-oakley-2018-1-1676-crop.avif)
Figure of Christ [used in Oakley's Christmas card]
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Study of spirit in sky reaching down on figure in landscape
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Study of spirit in sky reaching down on figure in landscape
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Abstracted study of spirit in sky reaching down on figure in landscape
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![Study of two figures seated in enclosed garden [figure with Quaker-style hat possibly William Penn?]](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/68961b6b3189b29172d19dc9/691daae8dcc91578d3b1b346_voe-art-8852-art-image-oakley-2018-1-1680-crop.avif)
Study of two figures seated in enclosed garden [figure with Quaker-style hat possibly William Penn?]
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![Study of three dancing graces [after Boticelli?]](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/68961b6b3189b29172d19dc9/691daae8363004669e6251e7_voe-art-8853-art-image-oakley-2018-1-1556-crop.avif)
Study of three dancing graces [after Boticelli?]
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Detail study of woman in foreground of "Transfiguration" by Raphael
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Studies based on "Gertie the Dinosaur" by Winsor McCay
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![Studies of Archaic Greek sculpture [including Peplos Kore?]](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/68961b6b3189b29172d19dc9/691daae8c8c99aea1f8e7c9e_voe-art-8856-art-image-oakley-2018-1-1557-crop.avif)
Studies of Archaic Greek sculpture [including Peplos Kore?]
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Study of "Mrs. Siddons" by Thomas Gainsborough
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![Sketch of painting of figure within landscape [possibly David Garrick on stage?]](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/68961b6b3189b29172d19dc9/691daae8ef5a6105358d7b8d_voe-art-8858-wide-image-oakley-2018-1-2102-crop.avif)
Sketch of painting of figure within landscape [possibly David Garrick on stage?]
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Study of "St. George and the Dragon" by Tintoretto
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Detail study of princess, "St. George and the Dragon" by Tintoretto
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Study after "The Punta della Dogana and Santa Maria della Salute at Twilight, from the Hotel Europa," by J. M. W. Turner
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Study of "Maxentius fleeing from Constantine" from cycle of frescoes, Basilica of San Francesco, Arrezzo, Italy by Piero della Francesca
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Study after "The Assumption of the Virgin Mary" by Peter Paul Rubens
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Study after landscape by J. M. W. Turner
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Study of "Meeting between Solomon and the Queen of Sheba" from cycle of frescoes, Basilica of San Francesco, Arrezzo, Italy by Piero della Francesca
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Study after "Three Ladies Adorning a Term of Hymen" by Sir Joshua Reynolds
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Detail study of foreground figures, "Assumption of the Virgin," by Titian
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Study after "Snow Storm: Hannibal and His Army Crossing the Alps" by J. M. W. Turner
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Study of "The Story of Griselda, Part 1: Marriage" from the Spalliera Panels with the Story of Patient Griselda by the Master of the Story of Griselda (National Gallery, London)
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![Study after "The Rape of the Sabine Women" by [Benozzo Gozzoli (National Gallery, London)?]](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/68961b6b3189b29172d19dc9/691daaeafd0f37690143b845_voe-art-8871-art-image-oakley-2018-1-2114-crop.avif)
Study after "The Rape of the Sabine Women" by [Benozzo Gozzoli (National Gallery, London)?]
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![Study after "Adoration of the Kings" by Sandro Botticelli [and Filippino Lippi] (National Gallery London)](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/68961b6b3189b29172d19dc9/691daaeb94f0dd76c4655633_voe-art-8872-art-image-oakley-2018-1-2115-crop.avif)
Study after "Adoration of the Kings" by Sandro Botticelli [and Filippino Lippi] (National Gallery London)
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Study of "Madonna with Child" sculpture by Michelangelo for the Medici Chapel, New Sacristy, Church of San Lorenzo, Florence, Italy
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Works in Other Collections
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Study after "The Wolf of Gubbio"?, date unknown, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)|Studies of "Adam" (Sistine Chapel fresco) and "Moses" (sculpture) by Michelangelo, date unknown, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)|Study of "St. George and the Dragon" by Carpaccio, c. 1902, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)|Study of the Annuncation by unidentified artist, date unknown, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)|Detail study of [sculpture?] by Michaelangelo [possibly "David" in profile], date unknown, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)|Studies of head profiles and figures from notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci, date unknown, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)|Detail studies of "Night" sculpture by Michelangelo (for the Medici Chapel, New Sacristy, Church of San Lorenzo, Florence, Italy) and male head, date unknown, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)
Historical Images
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The Violet Oakley Experience is funded by a generous grant from the Henry Luce Foundation.
For her expertise and scholarship on The Violet Oakley Experience, Woodmere thanks Patricia Likos Ricci. The foremost authority on Oakley, she is the Director of the Department of Fine Arts, Associate Professor of the History of Art, and a member of the Women and Gender Studies faculty at Elizabethtown College.
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