J. Kenneth Moore, Bradley Strauchen-Scherer, Jayson Kerr Dobney. Musical Instruments: Highlights of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. First Printing. © 2015 by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
New York, 2015, p. 6, p. 116, ill. Ed. Laurence Libin.
This painting, one of Bor’s finest works, dates from about 1640. Its subject and its relationship to a similar picture in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, have been debated, but it is likely that the two canvases were painted as a pair and depict the complementary stories of the disillisioned Medea and Cydippe with Acontius’s apple (see fig
The Hague, 1952, p. 151, pl. 13. Roberto Longhi.
1967, excavated under the direction of David Stronach and John Hansman, representing the British Institute of Persian Studies and the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago; acquired by the Museum in 1969, as a result of its financial contribution to the excavations
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 28 (2), p. 58.
This roundel is a rare and splendid example of early fifteenth-century Franco-Flemish embroidery. The detailed pictorial design and luminous palette, created by colored silk and metallic threads, highlight the sophistication of this medium, which was so highly prized during this period
Burlington Magazine, vol. 109 (1967), pp. 571-580, fig. 41 Freeman, Margaret B.
Cambridge, Mass.: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, p. 110.
The Artist: Hugo van der Goes (ca. 1440–1482), born in Ghent, was one of the leading Flemish artists of the second half of the fifteenth century. Initially, Hugo followed in the grand tradition of the illusionism of Jan van Eyck’s paintings, with a palette of richly saturated colors and a clear organization of space that depended on single vanishing-point perspective
Punnett Endowment Fund, Marquand and Charles B.
Polynesia, almost certainly formed part of the ritual paraphernalia of marae (sacred sites
1967, excavated under the direction of David Stronach and John Hansman, representing the British Institute of Persian Studies and the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago; acquired by the Museum in 1969, as a result of its financial contribution to the excavations
Iran 6, p. 162, pl. IIIb. Crawford, Vaughn E. 1969.
From the fourteenth to the mid-sixteenth century, more books of hours were made than any other type of book.
most common are a calendar ( 22.24.5), a set of gospel lessons (2011.353, Mark, p.
This roundel is a rare and splendid example of early fifteenth-century Franco-Flemish embroidery. The detailed pictorial design and luminous palette, created by colored silk and metallic threads, highlight the sophistication of this medium, which was so highly prized during this period
Freeman, Margaret B. The St.
