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The Museum as Muse Featuring Artist Sarah Sze

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Join artist Sarah Sze as she explores new offerings from The Met collection that inspire her work.

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The Bodhisattva Jizō, Intan Japanese, Japanese cypress wood (hinoki) with polychrome pigments, gold paint (kindei), cut gold leaf (kirikane), and rock-crystal eyes, Japan
The Bodhisattva Jizō
Intan
1291
The Adoration of the Magi, Miguel Gonzalez (Mexico, active 1692-1704) Mexican, Oil on wood, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, gold, Mexico
The Adoration of the Magi
Attributed to Miguel Gonzalez
ca. 1695–1700
Rachel Ruysch (1664–1750), Rachel Ruysch Dutch, Oil on canvas
Rachel Ruysch (1664–1750)
Rachel Ruysch
and Michiel van Musscher
1692