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Metropolitan Museum of Art’s galleries for its world-renowned
collection of European Old Master paintings from the 13th through the
early 19th century will reopen on May 23 after an extensive renovation
and reinstallation. This is the first major renovation of the galleries
since 1951 and the first overall reinstallation of the collection since
1972. Increased in size by almost one-third, the space now accommodates
the display of more than 700 paintings in 45 galleries, including one
rotating special exhibition gallery. The galleries are organized both
chronologically and geographically to provide an overview of painting in
Italy, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, and Great
Britain. Many of the galleries have new floors and moldings and the
suites of galleries unfold with a new logic and grandeur. Sculpture,
medals, ceramics, and other decorative arts have been judiciously
incorporated where their presence adds a layer of meaning to the display
of paintings. Key works have been conserved or embellished with period
frames. Important loans complement the permanent collection and
celebrate the reinstallation.
The Metropolitan Museum’s collection of early Netherlandish, Italian,
and French paintings is wide-ranging and includes landmark pictures,
while that of the Dutch school is among the finest and most
comprehensive in the world. As for individual artists, the
representations of Rembrandt, Rubens, Vermeer, Poussin, Velázquez, Goya,
and David are the strongest in the Western Hemisphere, and there are
individual masterpieces known to every student of art history, such as
Bruegel’s The Harvesters and David’s The Death of Socrates.
The reinstallation also captures historical crosscurrents between
countries and contacts between artists by placing works in adjoining
rooms, thereby presenting the Museum’s collection in a more coherent and
natural progression than ever before.
Related Programs
It can be found at www.metmuseum.org/europeanpaintings. 
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