Word: botticellis
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...behind the new High Dam at Aswan. Though several museums wanted it, the Met won by promising to build a special climate-controlled building to protect it from the rigors of U.S. weather. The costliest gift is the private collection of Investment Banker Robert Lehman, which includes masterpieces by Botticelli, Da Vinci and Rembrandt and has an estimated value of over $100 million. The late Bobby Lehman, former board chairman of the Met, willed his collection to the museum on condition that it would be kept together and displayed in a setting similar to the one it enjoyed...