 | | "When a monument wakes up, you notice." | | —New York Times | | For the first time in more than forty years, the Met's world-renowned collection of European Old Master paintings has undergone an extensive renovation and reinstallation. Increased in size by almost one-third, the space now accommodates the display of more than seven hundred paintings in forty-five galleries that are organized both chronologically and geographically to provide an overview of painting in Italy, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, and Great Britain. | | Keith Christiansen, Chairman of the Department of European Paintings, says, "The collection of the Metropolitan is constantly being revised, rethought—in the way that we think about the past and the ways in which we tell the stories of the past. And this is certainly true today. As visitors walk through the galleries, I think that they will be surprised." Listen to his overview of the reinstallation and a brief history of the Museum's display of European paintings. | |  | | An installer makes final touches before the opening. | | Take a behind-the-scenes look at the installation of the new galleries on our
Now at the Met blog. | | | One hundred curators from across the Museum talk about 100 works of art that changed the way they see the world, and eleven Museum photographers interpret their vision: one work, one curator, two minutes at a time. Explore episodes of 82nd & Fifth related to European paintings. | | | | Banner images: Left: European Paintings Gallery, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, May 1907. © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Right: European Paintings Gallery 601, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2013
82nd & Fifth image: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696–1770). The Triumph of Marius (detail), 1729. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Rogers Fund, 1965 (65.183.1) | | | |
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