#barbara deering

A number of women who collected art are profiled in our current library exhibition, Deering, Palmer, Harding, Ryerson: Major Donors of Medieval and Renaissance Art. On view through April 24, the exhibition details the collecting habits of Bertha Honore Palmer (shown here in a portrait by Anders Zorn that is on view in the reading room); Marion and Barbara Deering (shown here in a portrait by Ramón Casas); and Carrie Ryerson, whose portrait is just visible in the upper right portion of this photograph of her Chicago home showing some of her art collection. Many of the artworks that these patrons gave to the Art Institute will be on view starting on March 20 in Saints and Heroes: Art of Medieval and Renaissance Europe.