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The Silver Caesars: A Renaissance Mystery

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10028 40.778459 -73.962703
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  • Type of Show:

    Ancient, Folk Arts/Crafts, Museum Exhibits, Sculpture

Price

$25, $17 senior citizens, $12 students, free for children under 12

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No Recommendation

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4, 5, 6 at 86th St.

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Schedule  
Thru 3/11 Mon-Thu, Sun, 10am-5:30pm; Fri-Sat, 10am-9pm

Profile

What sounds like an HBO series or Umberto Eco novel is an exquisite assembly of 12 magnificent silver-gilt cups, each topped with a statue of a Caesar. Unreal levels of detail are packed into every inch, on every surface, wrapping over and around to tell fabulous tales of the victories, triumphs, and other great deeds of these autocrats. This is the Renaissance crawling into the guise of ancient Rome in decorative works that lift to bliss. — Jerry Saltz