Join curator Stephan Wolohojian for a private view of the exhibition Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300–1350 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Drawing on the outstanding collections of The Met and the National Gallery, London, as well as rare loans from dozens of other major lenders, the exhibition will include more than 100 works by a remarkable group of Sienese artists—including Duccio, Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti, and Simone Martini. Featuring paintings alongside sculptures, metalwork, and textiles, ranging from large works made for public display to intimate objects created for private devotion, the exhibition examines an exceptional moment at the dawn of the Italian Renaissance and the pivotal role of Sienese artists in defining Western painting.

Led by Dr. Stephan Wolohojian, John Pope-Hennessy Curator in Charge, European Paintings

John Pope-Hennessy Curator in Charge of European Paintings at The Met, Stephan Wolohojian received his PhD from Harvard University where he was also worked as Head of the Division of European and American Art at the Harvard Art Museums. He has held academic and museum positions and has curated many exhibitions and coordinated major reinstallations of permanent collections.  Among his projects at The Met was the exhibition Manet/Degas and overseeing the highly acclaimed reinstallation of the pre-1800 collection of European Paintings in the museum’s renovated skylit galleries.

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Image: Duccio di Buoninsegna, The Raising of Lazarus, 1310–11. Tempera and gold on panel. Kimbell Art Museum, 1975