Institutions With Public Collections of Spectacles or Key Artwork

Fernando Nino de Guevara - El Greco, c. 1600, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Fernando Nino de Guevara - El Greco, c. 1600, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Click on the image to learn more about this wonderful painting.
Franklin with Bifocals, Charles Peale, 1785-87, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Franklin with Bifocals, Charles Peale, 1785-87, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Detail from An Old Woman Praying, Nicolaes Maes, Dutch, 17th century, Worcester Art Museum
Detail from An Old Woman Praying, Nicolaes Maes, Dutch, 17th century, Worcester Art Museum
 
Rubens Peale with a Geranium, by Rembrandt Peale, 1801, National Gallery of Art, Washington
Detail of Rubens Peale with a Geranium, by Rembrandt Peale, 1801, National Gallery of Art, Washington. Click on the image to learn more about this wonderful painting.
Richard Mather (1596-1669) woodcut by John Foster c. 1670, courtesy American Antiquarian Society
Richard Mather (1596-1669) woodcut by John Foster c. 1670, courtesy American Antiquarian Society

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