Discovery of a Masterpiece: The Lost Rodin

Monday, June 6, 2022
7:00 pm

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Could you be working next to a lost sculptural treasure every day? Mallory Mortillaro will share with us the tale of the multi-million dollar masterpiece she found in the council chambers of Madison, NJ’s borough hall. Getting the world to recognize that it was a true work by Rodin was a whole other story. A fascinating talk about a modern-day art mystery!

This is a Zoom event, please email marylynn.becza@mmt.mainlib.org for the code.

About our speaker: A graduate of Drew University, Mallory Mortillaro is a teacher and the Curator of Collections for the Hartley Dodge Foundation in Madison, NJ. While cataloging the art collection in The Hartley Dodge Memorial Building in 2015, she discovered an undocumented Rodin masterpiece.