Jul 1, 2008 3:58 pm US/Eastern
15th-Century Sculpture Damaged At NYC's Met Museum
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People walk by the Metropolitan Museum of Art entrance in New York on Jan. 9, 1998.
AP
A 15th-century sculpture at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has been damaged after it came loose from its moorings and fell to the floor.
The museum says the damaged piece is a terracotta sculpture of Saint Michael the Archangel by Andrea della Robbia.
It fell late Monday night or early Tuesday. It had been hanging over a doorway in the European Paintings and Decorative Arts Galleries since 1996.
The museum said Tuesday that a preliminary investigation shows the 62-inch-by-32-inch piece can be repaired.
As a result of the accident, the Met is inspecting all of its pedestals and wall mounts.
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