Mia’s internationally acclaimed European collection offers a broad survey of the history of art from antiquity to 1969. Before 1800, Mia’s holdings are particularly distinguished in Italian Baroque art, Dutch and Spanish painting, English silver, European tapestries, and Italian 18th-century furniture and decorative arts. Rembrandt van Rijn’s “Lucretia” and Nicolas Poussin’s “Death of Germanicus” are among the most celebrated highlights in Mia’s collection.

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Mia’s collection of 19th- and 20th-century European art boasts extraordinary examples of Barbizon, Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and German Expressionist painting, as well as masterpieces by artists from Spain, Italy, England, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and Finland. A rich collection of decorative arts along with important sculptures by artists like Bertel Thorvaldsen, Auguste Rodin, and Constantin Brancusi help tell a fuller story about the rise of modern art.

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With more than 25,000 prints, drawings, and illustrated books, Mia offers broad and deep access to European art from the 1400s to the 1900s. The Renaissance precision of Albrecht Dürer, the emotional intensity of Rembrandt, the proto-surrealism of Goya, and the exuberant books of Matisse are just a few of the bewitching experiences offered by this rich collection. Mia welcomes visitors to The Herschel V. Jones Study Room for Prints and Drawings, by appointment, to immerse themselves in Old World mastery leading to the promise of modernity—all without leaving America’s North.

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