EUROPEAN SCULPTURE AND DECORATIVE ARTS

  including: Medieval Art / The Lehman Collection / The Petrie Court

LOOK UP AT THE 18 ANGELS ON THE CEILING!

(AT RIGHT) THIS SCULPTURE LOOKS LIKE GUILLIVER AND THE LILIPUTIANS

YOU ARE ENTERING THE MEDIEVAL GALLERIES.

(AT RIGHT) A GIANT MEDIEVAL TABLEAU.

THE MET CHRISTMAS TREE IS HERE IN WINTER.

THIS ROOM WAS THE MAIN ROOM OF THE ORIGINAL MET IN 1880. . . .THE ENTIRE MET HAS BEEN BUILT AROUND IT.

YOU ARE NOW IN THE ROBERT LEHMAN WING, BUILT IN 1975. . .IT HOUSES MUCH OF THE ART HE COLLECTED. . .HE WAS THE FORMER CEO OF LEHMAN BROTHERS.

WALK TO THE BREAK IN THE WALL. . .AND ENTER

YOU WILL PASS FIGURE IN FRONT OF A MANTEL (1955) by BALTHUS

THESE ROOMS ARE MADE TO LOOK LIKE THOSE IN LEHMAN'S NYC MANSION.

(AT LEFT) TWO PAINTINGS BY EL GRECO: CHRIST CARRYING THE CROSS (circa 1580) and SAINT JEROME AS A SCHOLAR(circa 1550)

(AT LEFT) THE PRINCESS de BROGLIE(circa 1850) by J. A. D. INGRES.

(AT LEFT) THIS WALL IS FULL OF WORKS BY FAMOUS PAINTERS LIKE THIS VAN GOTH.

THESE ARE ALSO WORKS BY GAUGAIN, SEURAT, AND MONET. . .

THIS BRICK WALL WAS ONE OF THE OUTSIDE WALLS OF THE EARLY MET.

THE TALL GATE IS A "CHOIR SCREEN" FROM SPAIN. THE CHOIR SANG FROM BEHIND THE SCREEN.