The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Virgin of the Immaculate Conception

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Program Information

Hidden Doors and Secret Drawers: Furniture by the Roentgens

Program information

Wolfram Koeppe, the Marina Kellen French Curator at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, discusses the intricate furniture designs created by Abraham and David Roentgen. The father-and-son team created innovative designs that were combined with intriguing mechanical devices to revolutionize traditional French and English furniture types.

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Extravagant Inventions: The Princely Furniture of the Roentgens, on view October 30, 2012–January 27, 2013.

The exhibition and catalogue are made possible by the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation.

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Rolltop Desk by David Roentgen: Animation

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Virgin of the Immaculate Conception

Probably after a model by Lorenzo Vaccaro (Italian, 1653–1706)

Date:: ca. 1680
Culture:: Italian, Naples
Medium:: Gilt bronze, silver, partly polychrome
Dimensions:: Overall: 30 1/8 x 14 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. (76.5 x 36.2 x 24.1 cm)
Classification:: Sculpture
Credit Line:: Wrightsman Fund, 1992
Accession Number:: 1992.56

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 550

Provenance

Barberini (by tradition) ; Private Collection, Buenos Aires (ca. 1922) ; Private Collection, Sao Paolo (ca. 1946) ; [ sale, Christie's, New York , January 10, 1990, no. 198 ]
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