Mrs. George Henry Loring (Amalia Heredia)

Mrs. George Henry Loring (Amalia Heredia)

Richard Morrell Staigg

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Amalia Heredia married George Henry Loring in 1850, as his second wife.

The American Wing

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The American Wing's ever-evolving collection comprises some 20,000 works of art by African American, Euro American, Latin American, and Native American men and women. Ranging from the colonial to early-modern periods, the holdings include painting, sculpture, works on paper, and decorative arts—including furniture, textiles, ceramics, glass, silver, metalwork, jewelry, basketry, quill and bead embroidery—as well as historical interiors and architectural fragments.