The Mystery of the Fates: Two 16th-Century Busts
May 12, 2005-October 30, 2005Location: Aaron and Blima Shickman Old Masters Galleries
Artist: Attributed to the Italian sculptor Francesco da Sangallo
Curator: Shlomit Steinberg
Media: Marble
A rare opportunity to view these two marble busts of two (out of the three) Fates: Atropos and Lachesis. Attributed to the Italian sculptor Francesco da Sangallo, who was part of Michelangelo's circle in Rome, they are an outstanding example of the expressive genre in sculpture. Long-term loan from Jose Mugrabi, New York