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In the Metropolitan Museum almost all the pieces are very impressive. Due to the aim of my visit I spent most of my time with the eight pieces our list. After my visit I decided to write about two sculptures; “Enthroned Virgin and Child” and “Portrait of Emperor Caligula”. Firstly, in the “Enthroned Virgin and Child”, the Virgin was breast feeding Jesus. The sculpture can be seen as having two purposes. The sculptor tried to express himself to God as a good religious person or perhaps he wanted to show the next generation how the Virgin and Jesus look like. In both possibilities the aim is the expression of sculptor’s desire to do something for God as a good Christian. The medium of this sculpture is ivory and I think sculptor used ivory as a materi