Established as an independent curatorial department in 1992, The Met’s Department of Photographs houses a collection of more than seventy-five thousand works.
Waddell and donated to the Museum in 1987 as a gift of the Ford Motor Company and
Moran Gift, in memory of Louise Chisholm Moran, Joyce F.
Curator Andrew Bolton provides an overview of the themes and works to be explored in The Costume Institute’s spring exhibition, Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Donatella Versace, 1999 (1999.137.1).
Sheet: 10 3/8 × 8 7/8 in. (26.3 × 22.5 cm) Classification: Prints Credit Line: Gift
The Wentworth Room, originally a best chamber, or bedroom, from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, is one of the largest domestic interiors surviving from the early colonial period.
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs.
This exhibit pairs Jesse Krimes’ immersive installations with 19th-century photos by Alphonse Bertillon, who pioneered modern criminal ID before fingerprinting.
Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, and Alfred Stieglitz Society Gifts, 2024
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.
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C.
— 94 in. (297.7 × 238.8 cm) Classification: Paintings Credit Line: Anonymous Gift
