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Widener University is a private, metropolitan university with a Chester, Pennsylvania campus that includes six colleges and schools, and two distinct law schools in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and Wilmington, Delaware. The university offers associate’s, bachelor’s, master's, and doctoral degrees in diverse disciplines ranging from liberal arts ...
The Bedroom (Widener Collection) ... The Bedroom (1658–1660) is an oil -on-canvas painting by the Dutch painter Pieter de Hooch. It is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is part of the collection of the National Gallery of Art. The painting was documented in 1910 by Hofstede de Groot, who wrote: 78. THE BEDROOM. Sm. 29, 55.
Lynnewood Hall is a 110-room Neoclassical Revival mansion in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. It was designed by architect Horace Trumbauer for industrialist Peter A. B. Widener and built between 1897 and 1899. Considered the largest surviving Gilded Age mansion in the Philadelphia area, it housed one of the most important Gilded Age private art collections of European masterpieces and decorative ...
Widener University Commonwealth Law School (Widener Law Commonwealth) is a law school located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and part of Widener University, a private university in Chester, Pennsylvania.
Widener family. The Widener family is an American family from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded by Peter Arrell Browne Widener (1834–1915) and his wife, Hannah Josephine Dunton (1836–1896), it was once one of the wealthiest families in the United States. Widener was ranked #29 on the American Heritage list of the forty richest Americans ...
List of Widener University alumni Widener University is a private university in Chester, Pennsylvania. Following is an incomplete list of its notable alumni.
Widener Library. The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library, housing some 3.5 million books, [2] is the centerpiece of the Harvard Library system. It honors 1907 Harvard College graduate and book collector Harry Elkins Widener, and was built by his mother Eleanor Elkins Widener soon after his death in the sinking of the Titanic in 1912.
The Dancing Couple is an oil-on-canvas painting that was created by Jan Steen in 1663. It depicts a boisterous party with a dancing couple in the center. [1] This painting is part of the Widener Collection, which currently resides in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. [1] The setting of the painting is a kermis, which is a local village fair that several Dutch artworks referenced ...