Word: fogg
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...conditions except those which applied to other public buildings in the state were responsible for the University's action, and the belief was expressed that in the near future most of the restrictions would be removed. The museums closed to the public at present are the University Museum, the Fogg Art Museum, the Semitic Museum, and the Peabody Museum...
...Fenway Court has been set for next Monday, April 2. On this date Mrs. John L. Gardner's collection will be open only to members of the University from 12 to 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Tickets at one doller each may be obtained at the Fogg Art Museum...
During the last few weeks the Fogg Art Museum has been more than usually active. In addition to numerous valuable gifts there have been various loans, some of which are now on exhibition. The following is a brief summary of the more important permanent acquisitions...
...addition to the splendid Piero di Cosmo, recently described in these columns and now on loan at the Fogg Museum, that institution has also received as a loan from the Messrs. Duveen in New York a well-preserved tempera painting on panel of the "Virgin and Child," an Italian work of art of the 15th century by the Sienese painter, Matteo di Giovann di Bartolo, called Matteo di Siena (1435 1495). This important picture was formerly in the collection of Sir Philip Burne-Jones...
...Fogg Art Museum is now showing in its gallery for about a week one of the finest Florentine paintings that has come to America in recent years. It is the well-known large tondo, painted in oils on panel, of the "Madonna Adoring the Child," a typical Florentine work of the late 15th century, by Piero di Lorenzo, known as Piero di Cosimo (1462-1520). It will be recalled that Piero di Cosimo is chosen by George Eliot in "Romola" as the typical Florentine artist...