Philippe de Montebello, Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1977 to 2008, leads a tour of 30 of the museum's masterpieces, from 2100 B.C. boat models of ancient Egypt to a reliquary sculpture from Africa to paintings by Vermeer and Monet. The chosen works cover 5000 years of world civilization and demonstrate the scope The Metropolitan's collection.
Philippe de Montebello, Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1977 to 2008, leads a tour of 30 of the museum's masterpieces, from 2100 B.C. boat models of ancient Egypt to a reliquary sculpture from Africa to paintings by Vermeer and Monet. The chosen works cover 5000 years of world civilization and demonstrate the scope The Metropolitan's collection.
