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An angel at the Met

Continuing with posting photos taken in the Greek and Roman galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. There seems to be a lot of construction going on at the Met, and I'm curious to see what else will be revealed in the months to come. This particular sculpture rests in the The Leon Levy and Shelby White Court. From the Met's website:

The Leon Levy and Shelby White Court for Hellenistic and Roman art occupies an area originally created between 1912 and 1926 by the renowned architectural firm of McKim, Mead and White. The atrium, designed to evoke the ambulatory garden of a large private Roman villa, has been transformed through the addition of a second story and a dazzling colored marble floor. The much grander treatment befits the space's new role as the culmination of the display of the Museum's Greek and Roman collection. Although the new design introduces several features, it remains faithful to the architects' original concept: a classically inspired architectural style and a glass roof that allows the objects below to be viewed in natural daylight. On view in the center of the court are nearly 20 Roman sculptures created between the first century B.C. and the third century A.D. that demonstrate a range of materials, styles, and subject matter.

I may post a photo of the fountain that sits in the center of the atrium at a later date.