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ury Department for tlie account of the National Capital Sesquicen- 

 tennial Commission. 



AITEXDAXCE 



There were 1,503,148 visitors to the National Gallery of Art during 

 the fiscal year 1951 — a daily average of -x-lll. From March 17, 19-11, 

 when the National Galleiy of Art was opened to the public, to June 30, 

 1951, tlie number of visitors totaled 18.7G1,11T. 



TENTH AXXIVERSARY CELEBRATIuN 



On March 17, 1951, the tenth anniversary of the opening of the 

 National Gallery of Art, a special night opening was held from 9 

 until midnight, and on that occasion an exhibition of paintings and 

 sculpture and Renaissance bronzes acquired by tlie Samuel H. Kress 

 Foundation from 1915 to 1951 was placed on view for the first time. 

 The number of guests attending was 24,350. 



ACCESSIONS 



There were 4.044 accessions by the National Gallei-y of Art, as gifts, 

 loans, or deposits, during the fiscal year. Most of the paintings and 

 a number of the prints were placed on exhibition. 



PAi:XTINGS 



On October 17. 1950. the Board of Trustees accepted a painting, 

 '"Portrait of a Man." attributed to Justus Sustermans. from Mrs. 

 Charles Baird and Mrs. Gerhard H. Dieke. The Board on December 

 6. 1950. accepted four paintings: "Madonna and Child with Saint 

 Peter and Saint Stephen," Sienese School, c. 1400, and ''Portrait of 

 a Man with a Dog" by Cariani, from Samuel L. Fuller; '"Thomas 

 Paine" by Jarvis, from Miss Marian B. Maurice ; and an anonymous 

 gift of a portrait of Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson by Thomas E. 

 Stephens. The Board accepted three paintings on May 1, 1951 : from 

 Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge, "Madame Dietz-Monin" by Degas; from 

 the estate of Mrs. Julia Marlowe Sothern, a portrait of Mrs. Sothern 

 by Irving R. "Wiles ; and from Mrs. Richard Southgate, "A Scholar 

 of Merton College. Oxford" by Joseph Highmore. At the same time 

 the Board accepted from the estate of Sam A. Lewisohn "The Bathers" 

 by Gauguin, "Oarsmen at Cliatou" by Renoir, and "Mending the 

 Harness" by Ryder. During the year tlie Board received "Woman 

 with a Cat" by Renoir from Mrs. Benjamin E. Levy. 



DECOKATIVE ABTS 



The Board of Trustees on May 1, 1951, accepted a Gobelins tapestry 

 representing Apollo and Daj)hne from Lewis Einstein. 



