Fidelity, the Mother of Constant Love

Fidelity, the Mother of Constant Love

Augustin Pajou

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

In this highly moralizing allegory, the young woman's hair is styled modishly à la Titus, a short bob in emulation of a hairstyle favored by ancient Roman republicans.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.