White Gold: Highlights From the Arnhold Collection of Meissen Porcelain December 19, 2012

The Portico Gallery for Decorative Arts and Sculpture opened in late December 2011 with an inaugural exhibition of works drawn from Henry Arnhold's promised gift of 131 examples of Meissen porcelain from the early years of this Royal Manufactory's production. 'White Gold: Highlights from the Arnhold Collection of Meissen Porcelain' features approximately seventy of these objects, presented along with a group of eighteenth-century sculptures by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1740-1828). Among the latter works is the full-length terracotta 'Diana the Huntress,' a signature work at the Frick that returns to view, having been recently cleaned and treated. It finds a permanent home in the new portico gallery, while the ongoing display of other sculptures and ceramics will rotate periodically.