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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston unveils redesigned William I. Koch Gallery of European art |
| September 12th, 2012 01:35:11 am |
BOSTON, MA.- The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, unveiled on September 8 its newly renovated William I. Koch Gallery, one of the Museum’s grandest spaces, evocative of a great hall in a European palace. Masterpieces from 16th- and 17th-century Italy, France, Spain, and Flanders hang on walls covered in red damask, complemented by a spectacular display of German silver and four tapestries from the Palazzo Barberini in Rome. “The Koch Gallery is the most majestic architectural space in the MFA, and the new installation enhances this effort, with an astonishing display of European paintings and silver, virtually unparalleled in America,” said Malcolm Rogers, Ann and Graham Gund Director of the MFA, who is overseeing the project and a team of Art of Europe curators and designers. The iconic Koch Gallery features masterpieces drawn from the Museum’s renowned |
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