"Where are the boundaries of American art?" On the Crown of the Andes
Crown of the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception, known as the Crown of the Andes, ca. 1660 (diadem) and ca. 1770 (arches). Colombian, Popayán. Gold, repoussé and chased; emeralds; 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm), Body diameter: 13 1/4 in. (33.7 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, Acquisitions Fund and Mary Trumbull Adams Fund, 2015 (2015.437) http://met.org/24nWfFK
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Credits
Director: Christopher Noey Producer: Kate Farrell Editor: Dia Felix Camera 1: Wayne De La Roche, Alex Rappoport Camera 2: Dia Felix, Stephanie Wuertz Jib Operator: Kelly Richardson Production Coordinator: Lisa Rifkind Production Assistants: Sarah Cowan, Karlie Efinger Lighting: Ned Hallick, Michael Pruitt-Bruun Gaffer: Foster McLaughlin Sound Recording: Tom Meyers, David Raymond Original Music: Rafter Roberts Sound Editing: David Raymond
Footage courtesy of eFootage, LLC, used by permission. Footage excerpted from "Corpus," a documentary by Raul Goyburu.
