Raggio, Olga, 1926-2009
Enlarge text Shrink text
Information for Authority record
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.
Read more on Wikipedia >