Getty Announces Two Big Acquisitions

“In an ongoing quest to bolster its art collections, the J. Paul Getty Museum has strengthened its holdings of European sculpture and illuminated manuscripts with two major acquisitions. ‘The Vexed Man,’ an 18th century alabaster bust by Austrian artist Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, will go on view at the museum later this spring. ‘Vita Christi,’ an English Romanesque illumination, will debut in… an exhibition opening May 6.”