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Gift of the artist, 1975 (1975.601.2.1)
Pennsylvania, Nazareth, before 1867 Spruce, rosewood, ebony, and nickel silver Gift
Dimensions: 19 × 21 1/2 in. (48.3 × 54.6 cm) Classification: Drawings Credit Line: Gift
Shri Bhairavi DeviAlthough Akbar commissioned a number of manuscripts on Hindu subjects, later Mughal paintings of Hindu subjects are rare. This single page illustrates a horrific form of the Devi and was painted by one of the premier artists of the imperial atelier
(26.5 cm) Classification: Codices Credit Line: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
The Met collection in partnership with film director James Ivory, whose recent gift
„Faith and Photography“ is the first exhibition devoted exclusively to the career of Auguste Salzmann, the French academic painter, archaeologist, and photographer.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gilman Collection, Gift of the Howard Gilman Foundation
„Workshop and Legacy“ explores the relationships among Stanley William Hayter, Krishna Reddy, and Zarina Hashmi, and brings together work from their years in Paris alongside examples from more recent times.
Promised gift from the artist
This installation provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the fascinating and indispensable work necessary to prepare objects for display by exploring the different questions curators and conservators pose when presented with six luxurious, late Renaissance tapestry-woven cushion covers.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of George Blumenthal, 1941 (41.100.57e
Associate Curator Jayson Dobney gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at the recent dismantling of the Museum’s 1830 Thomas Appleton pipe organ, which is now undergoing cleaning and conservation.
Hess Gift, in memory of her father, John D.
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