We offer grants in defined program areas and professional development fellowships for historians of art and architecture, art conservators, art museum curators and educators, and art librarians.
The Kress Collection encompasses more than 3,000 works of European art, and is distinguished for its abundance of Italian Renaissance paintings. The Collection was donated to scores of regional and academic art museums.
From 1964 – 1977, the Kress Foundation sponsored the publication of the Complete Catalogue of the Samuel H. Kress Collection, published on behalf of the Foundation.
The Samuel H. Kress Foundation devotes its resources to advancing the history, conservation, and enjoyment of the vast heritage of European art, architecture, and archaeology from antiquity to the early 19th century.
Girolamo Sellari, called Girolamo da Carpi. Ferrarese School. Born 1501; still alive 1557. He was a pupil of his father and then of Garofalo and was influenced by Dosso Dossi, Correggio, Raphael, Giulio Romano, and Parmigianino. He was active chiefly in Ferrara, Bologna, and Rome.