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Download a Free Met Podcast Today: The “Young Archer” Attributed to Michelangelo

When

Nov 2, 2009 – June 30

Daily

Where
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (1000 Fifth Ave at 82nd St, 212.535.7710) Directions: Main Building: Take the 4, 5, or 6 train to 86th Street and walk to Fifth Avenue; OR take the M1, M2, M3, or M4 bus along Fifth Avenue. The Cloisters: Take the A train to 190th Street and walk, or transfer to the M4 bus and ride north one stop.
Price
FREE
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Curator James David Draper discusses the attribution to the teenage Michelangelo of the marble sculpture now on special loan to the Met from the French Republic’s Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs. This podcast accompanies the installation The “Young Archer” Attributed to Michelangelo, now on view.

 

Image: Attributed to Michelangelo Buonarroti (Florence, 1475- Rome, 1564). Young Archer. Lent by the French Republic, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs. Photograph Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art