December 2011
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‘ALEXANDER DANILOVICH MENSHIKOV,’ AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART The Djenne figure waylays me whenever I walk past it. So does the nearby portrait bust of the Russian statesman Alexander Danilovich Menshikov (1673-1729), but for completely different reasons. In the European decorative arts galleries, near the Petrie Court, this carved-wood object from 1703-4, made by an unknown artist, is a...
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