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Quinlan's Rembrandt is a step into art history
Lessie Smithgall donates classic artwork to Gainesville arts center
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A Rembrandt etching titled “Rembrandt’s Father in a High Hat” is put on display Thursday at the Quinlan Visual Arts Center in Gainesville as Lessie Smithgall speaks with Rachel Sisk and Rosemary Dodd after piece was unveiled in a private reception. The Rembrandt was a part of the private collection of Charles and Lessie Smithgall, founders of The Times. - photo by Erin O. Smith
A day after her 104th birthday, Lessie Smithgall and her family on Thursday unveiled the largest gift in the Quinlan Visual Arts Center’s history. Smithgall, co-founder of The Times, joined with descendants of Leslie and Edith Quinlan on Thursday afternoon for a private reception in the Edith Quinlan Rankin Conference Room. The piece, “Rembrandt’s Father in a High Hat” by Rembrandt van Rijn, came from the private collection of Charles and Celestia “Lessie” B. Smithgall, founders of The Times.