"Art and Love in Renaissance Italy" Exhibition
Closes in 39 days
At The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Media: Painting, Drawing, Prints
This exhibition explores the various exceptional objects created to celebrate love and marriage in the Italian Renaissance. The approximately 150 objects, which date from about 1400 to the mid-16th century, range from exquisite examples of maiolica and jewelry given as gifts to the couple, to marriage portraits and paintings that extol sensual love and fecundity, such as the Metropolitan’s Venus and Cupid by the great Venetian artist Lorenzo Lotto. The exhibition also includes some of the rarest and most significant pieces of Renaissance glassware, cassone panels, birth trays, and drawings and prints of amorous subjects.
Schedule
From 2008-11-18 To 2009-02-16
Fee
Suggested Donations: Adults $20, Seniors $15, Students $10, Members and Children Free
Venue Hours
From 9:30 To 17:30
fridays closing at 21:00, saturdays closing at 21:00
Closed on Mondays, Holidays
Note:Open on some holiday Mondays.
Maps
Access
Corner of 82nd St. Subway: 6 to 77th Street or 4/5/6 to 86th Street
Address
1000 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10028
Phone: 212-570-3951 Fax: 212-472-2764
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