Even for those who visit the Metropolitan Museum on a regular basis, there are so many things that can easily escape one's view. Popping in there the other day to take a look at the Christmas tree as well as some of the newer exhibitions, I was most delighted to find the area known as "Visible Storage" (located in the American wing), and which is still undergoing construction. Although it has been around for over half a year, my usual strolls through the museum do not bring me into that area, but my wandering eye brought me there and I was rewarded countless times over with any number of interesting and new works. For lined up one next to another, and in glass cases facing one another, I was able to walk and admire some of the many works which did not have pride of place in the main collection (or, perhaps were waiting for their moment in the spotlight).
Among the work which stood out was a portrait of what is clearly a society lady- very mysterious, indeed, with an air of melancholy. Just how so, and how ethereal and not just a little eerie was this walkthrough view- that one could easily imagine being a ghost among ghosts here. Here is my photo of the beautiful portrait, as if I had disturbed her reverie.
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