Raggio, Olga, 1926-2009

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Name (Latin)
Raggio, Olga, 1926-2009
Other forms of name
Raggio, Olga, 1926-
Date of birth
1926-02-05
Date of death
2009-01-24
Occupation
Art museum curators
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 31995288
Wikidata: Q7086665
Library of congress: n 99056456
Sources of Information
  • The Gubbio studiolo in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999:v. 1, CIP t.p. (Olga Raggio)
  • LC database, Aug. 6, 1999(hdg.: Raggio, Olga, 1926-)
  • New York times WWW site, Feb. 6, 2009(in obituary published Feb. 5: Olga Raggio; b. Feb. 5, 1926, Rome; d. Jan. 24, the Bronx, aged 82; internationally known scholar and curator who in almost 60 years with the Metropolitan Museum of Art organized some of its best-known exhibitions, scoured the world for treasure, and coaxed rarely seen artworks from places as far flung as the Vatican and as close at hand as a New Jersey abbey)
Wikipedia description:

Olga Raggio (5 February 1926 – 24 January 2009) was an art historian and curator who worked with the Metropolitan Museum of Art for over 60 years, and discovered the 'lost' bust of Cosimo I de' Medici by Bartolommeo Bandinelli.

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