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The Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 40 (2005)
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART JOURNAL | VOLUME 40

"A Giustiniani Bacchus and François Duquesnoy": The Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 40 (2005)

Abramitis, Dorothy, and Olga Raggio
2005
20 pages
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Dorothy Abramitis

Dorothy Abramitis is principally responsible for the Greek and Roman collection. Her responsibilities include the technical examination and treatment of objects in all media. She was the supervising conservator for the 15-year reinstallation of the Greek and Roman galleries, which was completed in 2007. Dorothy has been involved in significant research on stone sculpture and polychromy in antiquity. She has participated in international organizations and symposia focused on these subjects, including the Polychrome RoundTable and ASMOSIA. She received a certificate in conservation with an MA in art history from New York University and an MFA in sculpture from Rutgers University.

Selected publications

Abramitis, Dorothy H., and Abbe Mark B. “A group of painted funerary monuments from Hellenistic Alexandria in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.” In Les couleurs de l'Antique. Actes de la 8e table ronde internationale sur la polychromie antique / The Colours of the Antique (Polychromy in Ancient Sculpture and Architecture, 8th Round Table), edited by B. Bourgeois, pp. 60-71. Technè n°48, 2020.

Abramitis, Dorothy H. “Statue of an Old Woman: A Case Study in the Effects of Restorations on the Visual Aspect of Sculpture.” In “Appearance and Reality: Recent Studies in Conservation.The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 55, no. 3 (Winter 1997–98): 30–37

Abramitis, Dorothy. “Conservation Report, Bacchus Seated on a Panther.” In “A Giustiniani Bacchus and François Duquesnoy,” by Olga Reggio, 220–21. Metropolitan Museum Journal 40 (2005).

Olga Raggio

Marble statue of Dionysos seated on a panther, François Duquesnoy, Marble, Roman
François Duquesnoy
1st–3rd century CE