Woman holding a baby against her chest

Andrea Mantegna, AVirgin with Sleeping Child (detail), 1465–70. Tempera on canvas, 43 x 32 cm. Staatliche Museen, Berlin  

The State Museums of Berlin and the Legacy of James Simon

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This exhibition honors the cultural legacy of James Simon, perhaps the most important patron Berlin has ever known. Over 100 works, borrowed from nine separate museums, spanning from the 3rd millennium BC to the 18th century AD, grace the special exhibition galleries at the Legion of Honor from October 18, 2008, to January 18, 2009. Highlights include the Egyptian, New Kingdom bust Queen Tiy, a lion relief that once lined the Processional Way in ancient Babylon, Andrea Mantegna’s The Virgin with the Sleeping Child, and a 19th-century woodblock print by the great Ukiyo-e master Utagawa Kuniyoshi titled The Priest Nichiren in the Snow on Sado Island.

Sponsors

Presented by the San Francisco Auxiliary of the Fine Arts Museums, the exhibition is organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco in partnership with the National Museums of Berlin.

Major Patrons
Ann and Tim Simon

Sponsors
Ray and Dagmar Dolby

Opening Night is sponsored by Northern Trust.

Additional support is provided by the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany, San Francisco, and Maurice W. Gregg, and through a bequest of Margrit Landesmann.

Official Airline
Lufthansa

This exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.

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