The New Amsterdam History Center Is Pleased To Invite Our Members
for a Private Curator-Led Tour
IN PRAISE OF PAINTING
DUTCH MASTERPIECES AT THE MET
Led by
Adam Eaker
Assistant Curator European Paintings
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
Monday January 28, 2019
at 4 PM
Admission $12 for NAHC Members; $25 for non-members
Space is limited to 25 people.
RSVP by January 23, 2019, to Esme Berg at nahceberg@gmail.com.
Become a NAHC member on our website www.newamsterdamhistorycenter.org, or by email to info@newamsterdamhistorycenter.org.
Dutch paintings of the seventeenth century—the Golden Age of Rembrandt, Hals, and Vermeer—have been a highlight of The Met collection since the Museum’s founding purchase in 1871. This exhibition brings together some of the Museum’s greatest paintings to present this remarkable chapter of art history in a new light. Through sixty-seven works of art organized thematically, In Praise of Painting orients visitors to key issues in seventeenth-century Dutch culture—from debates about religion and conspicuous consumption to painters’ fascination with the domestic lives of women.
