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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Linda, I seem to recall it was $2 million. Supposedly the Met just barely beat out the Cleveland Museum of Art on it. I think it was purchased in the early sixties. John >----------------------------Original message---------------------------- >I will look this up myself if no one has the answer at her/his fingertips. >What was the price paid (and on what date) by the Metropolitan Museum of Art >for Rembrandt's Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of Homer? It was shocking at >the time but wouldn't lift eyebrows today. Thanks in advance! >Linda Bien >[log in to unmask] John J. Taormina Curator, Visual Resources Library Dept. of History of Art Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio 43210 phone: 614-292-0520, fax: 614-292-4401 e-mail: [log in to unmask]