tromp-l'oeil in the american wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

James Langley was commissioned to produce a tromp-l'oeil oil on plaster surface decoration for one of the MET’s new classical galleries, developed in consultation with architect Thomas Gordon Smith. The influence of the Alsop house (Middletown, Connecticut, 1838) is apparent in his treatment. The walls here have been given a warm ochre shade to resemble limestone ashlar with a grisaille painted frieze of classical winged genii and acanthus volutes.

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Morrison Heckscher, Lawrence H Fleischman Chairman of the American Wing, MET, NY.

"With the redesign of these rooms, we have created a building that allows us to show the collection in many different ways well. The new galleries provide a sympathetic backdrop for historical material. And period rooms and settings representing two centuries of American furnishings are now arranged in a logical, chronological progression, from the colonies to Frank Lloyd Wright."

tromp-l'oeil in the american wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Charity of St Martin

Signum Magnum