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Exhibition

The Facade Commission: Hew Locke, Gilt

September 15, 2022–May 30, 2023

Previously on view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Exterior Facade

Free with Museum admission

All exhibitions

Overview Exhibition Objects Dialogues with The Met Collection

Trophy 1, Hew Locke British, Fiberglass, stainless steel, gilding, and oil-based paint — Trophy 1
Hew Locke

Trophy 2, Hew Locke British, Fiberglass, stainless steel, gilding, and oil-based paint — Trophy 2
Hew Locke

Trophy 3, Hew Locke British, Fiberglass, stainless steel, gilding, and oil-based paint — Trophy 3
Hew Locke

Trophy 4, Hew Locke British, Fiberglass, stainless steel, gilding, and oil-based paint — Trophy 4
Hew Locke

Andromeda and the Sea Monster, Domenico Guidi Italian, Marble, Italian, Rome — Andromeda and the Sea Monster
Domenico Guidi
Francesco II, Duke of Mantua and Reggio
1694

Goblet, Gold, Avar or Byzantine — Goblet
Avar or Byzantine
700s

Flintlock Blunderbuss, Steel, wood, gold, silver, Indian, Seringapatam — Flintlock Blunderbuss
Indian, Seringapatam
dated Mauludi era 1222/1793–94 CE

Figure of a man with an oryx, a monkey, and a leopard skin, Ivory, Assyrian — Figure of a man with an oryx, a monkey, and a leopard skin
Assyrian
ca. 8th century BCE

Bronze statuette of a boy in Eastern dress, Bronze, Greek, Ptolemaic or Roman — Bronze statuette of a boy in Eastern dress
Greek, Ptolemaic or Roman
mid-late 1st century BCE

Saber with Scabbard, Steel, gold, silver, jade (nephrite), diamonds, emeralds, pearls, grip, Indian; guard, scabbard, and decoration on blade, Turkish; blade, Iranian — Saber with Scabbard
grip, Indian; guard, scabbard, and decoration on blade, Turkish; blade, Iranian
grip, 18th or 19th century; guard and scabbard, 19th century; blade, dated A.H. 1099/1688 CE; decoration on blade, 19th century