LET'S GO ON A GROUP TOUR OF THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM

## 🎨 A Renaissance Masterpiece Experience at

## The Morgan Library & Museum

### Special Group Tour & Two Rare European Masterworks

🗓 Saturday, February 21
⏰ 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
📍 The Morgan Library & Museum, Midtown Manhattan

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We are delighted to invite you to a very special morning at The Morgan Library & Museum, featuring a professionally led group tour followed by two extraordinary Renaissance exhibitions, each centered on a masterpiece on rare loan from Italy.
This experience combines history, architecture, and world-class art — all within one of New York City’s most exquisite cultural institutions.

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## 🏛️ PART I — DOCENT-LED GROUP TOUR (11:00 AM – 12:00 PM)

Our visit will begin with a guided group tour led by a Morgan docent, offering a rich introduction to:
• The history and vision of J. Pierpont Morgan
• The museum’s extraordinary architecture and historic buildings
• Highlights from the Morgan’s renowned collections
• The transformation of a private library into a world-class public institution
This first hour provides essential context and storytelling, allowing us to fully appreciate the spaces and treasures we’ll encounter throughout the museum.

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## 🖼️ PART II — TWO RENAISSANCE MASTERWORKS IN FOCUS (12:00 PM – 1:00 PM)

Following the tour, we will explore two exceptional exhibitions, each featuring a landmark painting on loan from Italy and shown in dialogue with the Morgan’s own collection.

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### ✨ Giovanni Bellini’s Pietà — Restored

For the first time ever in the United States, Giovanni Bellini’s early Renaissance masterpiece Pietà (ca. 1470) is on view, on loan from the Museo della Città in Rimini, Italy.
After a comprehensive conservation treatment made possible by Venetian Heritage, Inc., the painting is presented in J. Pierpont Morgan’s historic Study, alongside Renaissance works from Morgan’s own collection — including paintings by Hans Memling and Perugino, and sculpture by Antonio Rossellino.
This intimate presentation offers a rare opportunity to experience Bellini’s emotional power and technical mastery in a setting worthy of the work itself.

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### 🍇 Caravaggio’s Boy with a Basket of Fruit — In Focus

We will also visit the exhibition centered on Caravaggio’s Boy with a Basket of Fruit, on loan from the Galleria Borghese in Rome.
An important early work by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, this painting reveals the artist at a pivotal moment — blending Lombard naturalism with a radical new approach that would forever change Western painting.
Displayed alongside related works, this exhibition highlights Caravaggio’s revolutionary vision and his dramatic break from traditional illusion, celebrating instead the artifice and intensity of the studio.

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## 🎟️ TICKETS & RSVP

Cost: $28.50 per person
This is the actual cost of museum admission, with the added bonus of a professionally led group tour — a rare and excellent value for this level of access.
💳 Payment details and RSVP instructions will be provided through the Meetup event page.
🪧 Space is limited — early RSVP is strongly encouraged.

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## ✨ WHY THIS EVENT IS SPECIAL

• A guided experience at one of NYC’s most beautiful institutions
• Two Renaissance masterpieces on rare loan from Italy
• Exhibitions shown in historic Morgan interiors
• A relaxed, intimate group size ideal for discussion and appreciation
This promises to be a memorable and intellectually rich morning, perfectly suited for members who love art, history, and meaningful museum experiences.
I truly hope you’ll join us.