"From the Collections: Paintings from Siena." December 3, 1983-May 6, 1984, 1983-1985

Carl Strehlke, Assistant curator of the Johnson Collection, organized an exhibition of 24 fourteenth- and fifteenth-century narrative paintings from the golden age of Sienese art. In addition to items culled from the permanent collection, a private collector lent a pair of panels by Pietro Lorezetti to complete the center section of an altarpiece entitled "Madonna and Child" acquired by the Museum in 1910. Two years later, the museum purchased the panels, thus reuniting the seperated elements of the altarpiece permanently. Materials in this section include information on the 1983 exhibit as well as a press release for the 1985 acquisition.