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Zimmerli Art Museum presents European Art exhibition

Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers presents European Art, an exhibition on view Dec 31, 2014.

Domenico di Michelino Susanna and the Elders, ca. 1460-1475 Oil on panel Collection Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers Anonymous Donation Photo Bryan Whitney

The collection galleries on the Zimmerli’s lower level were refurbished and reinstalled in 2011, featuring selections from the Zimmerli’s collection of Old Master paintings and a more extensive presentation of its nineteenth-century French holdings that focus on the museum’s strength in portraits and caricatures, graphic arts, Japonisme, and works related to the popular culture of fin-de-siècle Paris. Several of the museum’s signature works, including two important Italian Renaissance paintings, 36 sculptural caricatures comprising Honoré Daumier’s Celebrities of the Juste Milieu, and a puppet theater were cleaned and conserved for the new installation. One section of the galleries features changing selections from the collection, primarily from the museum’s holdings of nineteenth-century French prints and drawings.

The renovations for the galleries for European art, including a new state-of-the-art climate control system, is funded by Rutgers University. The conservation and presentation of the objects, is supported by the Estate of Victoria J. Mastrobuono.

Zimmerli Art Museum
71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1248
Ph: 732.932.7237
Fax: 732.932.8201
www.zimmerlimuseum.rutgers.edu

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