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@metmuseum "Art of Australia" was a special exhibition presented at @metmuseum in 1941, featuring dozens of works spanning 18th to 20th centuries. The show included this watercolor "Cabbage Gums and Cypress Pines" by Kenneth MacQueen, now in Met permanent collection. https://t.co/enJEVsTt4h
@metmuseum "Augustan Art" was a @metmuseum exhibition presented in 1939 to mark the bimillennium of the birth of Roman emperor Augustus. The show included this ivory portrait head that is today displayed in Met gallery 166. Exhibition catalog: https://t.co/AxwlobrO83
@metmuseum "Exhibition of the Works of John La Farge" was a @metmuseum show presented in 1936. The installation featured several examples of his stained glass, including this lunette made for the home of Cornelius Vanderbilt. 1936 catalog: https://t.co/eEjYxmOyxP
@metmuseum Installation view of "Costumes 1750-1850," an exhibition of European clothing presented at @metmuseum in 1932 https://t.co/reVJBtNpkP #fashionhistory
Pencil rubbing made in 1931 by @metmuseum curator C. Louise Avery as she prepared “Early New York Silver” exhibition. Skeletal figure astride a beast is engraved on a beaker made in 1685 by Cornelius Vander Burgh, now in @YaleArtGallery. Avery’s rubbings are in the Met Archives.
"Sculptures by Auguste Rodin" (1912) was a @metmuseum exhibition that included objects the artist donated & sold to the Met. This bronze cast of his "Thinker" was featured & remains on display today in gallery 800. Learn more about Rodin & the Met: https://t.co/b5mrLFGquQ
"Paintings by Winslow Homer" (1911) was a @metmuseum special exhibition presented to memorialize the artist, who had died several months earlier. The show included "Moonlight – Wood Island Light" which is now in the Met's permanent collection. Catalog: https://t.co/TI57dSoByL
"Allegory of Art & Knowledge" drawn by Mathais Füssli in 1694. Today I see it as an allegory of #MuseumDocumentation https://t.co/jwtCql2tFn
Profile of philanthropist who funded @metmuseum Egyptian Art collecting & gave this ancient faience hippo https://t.co/ZVfg0OOYuv #William100