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Andrew W. Mellon (1855-1937) in his Washington, D.C. apartment in the late 1920s. A View on the High Road (1665) by Meindert Hobbema is over the mantel. Aelbert Cuyp’s Herdsmen Tending Cattle (c. 1650) is in the background. Courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington

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President Franklin D. Roosevelt speaking at the National Gallery of Art dedication ceremonies, March 17, 1941. Courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington

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Paul Mellon (1907-1999) © 1983, Karsh, Ottawa

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Paul Mellon speaking at the National Gallery of Art, East Building dedication ceremony, June 1, 1978. Left to right: Paul Mellon, Reverend John Walker, President Jimmy Carter. Photograph courtesy of the National Gallery of Art

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Opening event for the East Building, May 30, 1978. Left to right: Mrs. I.M. Pei (Eileen), Paul Mellon, Mrs. Paul Mellon (Bunny); and I.M. Pei. Photograph courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington

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Groundbreaking ceremony for the East Building, National Gallery of Art, May 6, 1971. Left to right: Chief Justice Warren Burger; Paul Mellon, president, National Gallery of Art; J. Slater Davidson, Jr., president, Chas H. Tompkins Co. Photograph courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington

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Paul Mellon greeting Queen Elizabeth during a visit to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, October 18, 1957. Photograph courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington

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March 17, 1941, ceremony dedicating the National Gallery of Art. President Franklin Roosevelt at podium, Mrs. Roosevelt on right, Paul Mellon second from left in front row. Photograph courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington

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Andrew, Ailsa, and Paul Mellon, ca. 1913. Photograph courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington

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Andrew W. Mellon and Paul Mellon at Clare College, Cambridge, England, for Paul Mellon’s graduation, 1931. Photograph courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington

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Andrew W. Mellon and his son Paul, July 27, 1927.
Photograph courtesy of the Washington Star Collection, DC Public Library

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Andrew W. Mellon with his daughter, Ailsa.
Courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gallery Archives. Gift of Paul Mellon

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Young Paul Mellon on his pony, Hotspur, 1920. Photograph courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington

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Paul Mellon in front of a portrait of his father, Andrew W. Mellon, by Sir William Orpen (1924), c. 1983. Photograph by H. Groskinsky. Photograph courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gallery Archives.

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Paul Mellon, 1966. Photography courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gallery Archives

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Paul Mellon speaking at the dedication ceremony for the East Building, National Gallery of Art, Washington, May 6, 1971. Photograph courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington

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Dedication ceremony for the East Building, National Gallery of Art, Washington, May 6, 1971. Left to right: Chief Justice Warren Burger; Paul Mellon, president, National Gallery of Art, Washington; J. Slater Davidson, Jr., president, Chas H. Tompkins Co. Photograph courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington

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Paul Mellon enjoying Edgar Degas’ Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen (1879-1881) in the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Gallery, West Building. Courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington. Copyright © Dennis Brack/Black Star