Named in honor of Jayne Wrightsman, the Wrightsman Fellows are a group of collectors and connoisseurs who participate in two exclusive events each season.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Mrs.
Classification: Sculpture-Miniature-Wood Credit Line: Purchase, The Cloisters Collection; Gift
Provenance Information: Purchased from David Tremayne Ltd, London, by Jeffrey B. Soref on February 13, 1987; Collection of Jeffrey B. Soref from 1987 through 2016; Purchased from Jeff Soref by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2016
Classification: Sculpture Credit Line: Purchase, The Vincent Astor Foundation Gift
Identify moveable and static features of armor as well as functional and symbolic surface details and examine similarities and differences between human and animal „armor“ through classroom viewing questions. Enhance the lesson with a sketching activity based on an English suit of armor in The Met collection.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bashford Dean Memorial Collection Gift
Inscription: ‚ALTRA VEDUTA DELLA FONTANA IN PIAZZA NAVONA / Architettura del Cav. Gio. Lorenzo Bernini.‘; ‚G.B. Falda del. et inc.‘; ‚G. Iac. Rossi le stampa in Roma alla Pace co. Priv
28.7 x 21.2 cm) Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture Credit Line: Gift
Inscription: At lower left, inscribed „The Count of Arenberg by Vandyke“ pen and brown ink (19th-century handwriting). Verso: at bottom center, inscribed „prins moúris van van Dyk orgenael
Dimensions: 9 1/16 x 9 5/8 in. (23 x 24.5 cm) Classification: Drawings Credit Line: Gift
× 15.6 cm) Classification: Prints Credit Line: The George Khuner Collection, Gift
Brown, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in A Gift of Sound: The Crosby Brown Collection
Inscription: Inscribed on the brass side straps: IHESVS AVTEM TRANSIENS PERMEDIVM ILLORVM IBAT AMEN (But Jesus passing through their midst went his way. – John 8:59); SO MAN ALIR DING GELT SO IST RETHT VON DAS BEST (If the claims are valid, the justice[resulting] from them is the best)
Dimensions: L. 36 in. (91.4 cm) Classification: Shafted Weapons Credit Line: Gift
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917.
