Museum Exhibition
The British Galleries
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
From March 2, 2020
The re-opening of The Met's British Galleries is one of the highlights of the Museum's 150th anniversary.
Exhibition artworks
Representative work
Pietro Torrigiano
Portrait Bust of John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester
1510–15
Polychrome terracotta
Overall (confirmed): 24 1/4 × 25 7/8 × 13 3/8 in., 62 lb. (61.6 × 65.7 × 34 cm, 28.1 kg)
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British
Jug
early–mid-16th century
Earthenware, glazed
Overall: 6 1/4 x 6 5/16 x 4 3/4 in. (15.8 x 16 x 12 cm)
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P.M.
Lot Seduced by his Daughters
ca. 1567
Silver, partly gilded
Overall (confirmed): 5/8 x 7 5/8 in., 7 oz. 12 dwt. (1.6 x 19.4 cm, 0.2365kg)
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British
The Entombment
first half 15th century
Alabaster with paint and gilding
Overall (with backing): 15 7/8 x 10 3/8 x 2 3/16 in. (40.3 x 26.3 x 5.5 cm); 20.8 lbs (9.5 kg)
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Bartholomew Newsam
Table clock
1580–85
Case: engraved, chased, and gilded brass; dial: silver; movement: brass and steel
Diameter (dial): 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); Diameter (back plate): 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
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Anonymous, 16th century
Hunters in a Landscape
ca. 1575–95
Wool, silk (14 warps per inch; 5-6 per cm)
H. 70 7/8 x W. 181 7/8 in. (180 x 462 cm); Weight (rolled on tube): 38lb. (17.2367kg)
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Thomas Toft
Display dish with Charles II (1630–1685) in a tree
ca. 1680
Slip-decorated earthenware
Overall: 3 1/2 × 19 3/4 in. (8.9 × 50.2 cm)
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