MET acquires Platzer

November 20 2025

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Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York have shared news that they acquired Johann Georg Platzer's Amusement at the Court in 2025. The work was acquired from Peter Mühlbauer Kunsthandel of Schloss Schönburg, Pocking, with 'several members of The Chairman's Council Gifts'.

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