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NEW YORK (AP) - An important painting by a prominent French artist has been reunited in one frame for the first time since it was sliced into two pieces in the 18th century.
The sections of Nicolas Poussin's painting — separately titled "Landscape with a River God" and "Venus and Adonis" — were joined Friday at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The 1625-27 painting will be on view there as part of a Poussin exhibition from Tuesday through May 11.
"Landscape with a River God" has been on extended loan to the Met since 1991; the companion piece belongs to the Musee Fabre in Montpellier, France. They have been displayed together in various shows during the last decade, but they have not been in a single frame since at least 1771, The New York Times reported.
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