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Tabernacle Frames from the Samuel H. Kress Collection at the National Gallery of Art

July 7 – September 9, 2007
East Building, Reception Room

Installation view of Tabernacle Frames from the Samuel H. Kress Collection at the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Gallery Archives

This exhibition is no longer on view at the National Gallery.

Overview: 7 tabernacle frames from the 15th–century Italian Renaissance to the 19th–century Renaissance revival were selected from the Samuel H. Kress collection of frames. The exhibition also included a model demonstrating how each layer of the sculptural frame was constructed.

Organization: The installation was organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington. Nicholas Penny, senior curator and head of the department of sculpture and decorative arts; Mark Leithauser, head of design and installation; and Karen Serres, Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Fellow, were curators. Richard Ford, frame conservator, and Steve Wilcox, senior conservator of frames, built the demonstration frame and provided supporting research.

Tabernacle Frames from the Samuel H. Kress Collection
Audio, Released: August 7, 2007, (6:33 minutes)