Rijks- Museum: Though he belonged to no congregation, he had close friendships with pastors of the Mennonite sect, which adhered to the tenets of the primitive Christian community. He was also closely attached to members of the Jewish community, and his Old Testament paintings show a more than superficial knowledge of Jewish lore. Samson and Tobit (Tobias) attracted him in his youth. Bathsheba, Susanna, Esther^ Joseph, and Jacob held him in his later years. The Good Samaritan, Christ at Emmaus, the Crucifixion and the Resurrection, and the Healing of the Sick were recurring themes. In 1660 he ns working on St. Peter Denying Christ (Rijks- museummuseum); and Simeon Receiving the Christ Child was probably his last work, barely begun before Ms death. From
The United States, excellent firearms col-may be viewed at the Springfield (Mass.) Museum; West Point (N. Y.) Museum; States National Museum (Smithsonian, angton, D. C.); Winchester Gun Museum, Haven, Conn.; Connecticut State Library Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Conn.; J. )avis Collection, Claremore, Okla.; Metzger tion, College Station, Texas; Confederate , Richmond, Va.; Huntington (West Va.) ; Milwaukee Public Museum; Metropoli-[useum of Art, New York; and the Chicka-and Chattanooga Military Park, Fort ipe, Ga.
The Field Museum, formerly the Chicago Natural History Museum, occupied its location in Grant Park since I1 Its exhibits embrace anthropology, geology, any, and zoology, and like the Art Institute, heavily engaged in research, publication, teaching. Near the Field Museum in Grant 1 are the John G. Shedd Aquarium and the A Planetarium and Astronomical Museum. Chicago Historical Society maintains a mus< in Lincoln Park concerned with Chicago his and the era of Abraham Lincoln.
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