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Article: A Pledge Cast in Bronze; Robert H. Smith Promises Collection of Renaissance Works to National Gallery
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- April 4, 2008
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The National Gallery of Art has been promised a major collection
of Renaissance bronze sculptures, a significant addition to its
collection of bronzes from the 16th and 17th centuries.
The gift, which will be formally announced next week, is from
builder-developer Robert H. Smith, the gallery's president emeritus
and a major financial supporter. It will be turned over to the
gallery when Smith, 79, dies.
Smith is giving 67 bronzes, five boxwood carvings and three
ivories, pieces he has collected over the last three decades. The
work was done in the time of Michelangelo (1475-1564) and by his
contemporaries' successors. A majority of the pieces are currently
on view.
The gift will put the ...
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