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Gift, 1969 (69.135).
This exhibition explores the many uses of landscape in the Chinese visual arts, offering more than 120 landscape paintings in four rotations.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, The Dillon Fund Gift, 1979 (1979.439a–o
Classification: Paintings Credit Line: The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection, Gift
Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift
Dimensions: H. 67 1/2 in. (171.5 cm) Classification: Armor for Man Credit Line: Gift
Dimensions: 12 x 18-3/4 in. (30.5 x 47.6 cm) Classification: Drawings Credit Line: Gift
Did you know there are tons of very small ancient Egyptian hippos at The Met? Use the clues in this post and meet four tiny hippos today!
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Edward S.
Signature: (at left) PM (engraved)Inscription: Each letter separately struck with a die, not engraved. (on upper part of rim)INCEPTANT FACINVS (QVASI NVLLVS IN ORBE SVPERSTES IAM, FORET) E LOTHO FLEBILE PROGENITÆ(on lower part of rim)NAM FOEDE PATRIVM TENTANT[A] (obliterated) TEMERARE CVBILE OBRVTA VT EST VINO MENS, RATIOQVE VIRI „Lot’s daughter attempts a disgraceful deed-(as though already no man remained on earth-)
related piece engraved with a portrait of Queen Elizabeth I must have been made as a gift
sheet: 19 1/2 x 13 1/4 in. (49.5 x 33.7 cm) Classification: Prints Credit Line: Gift
195.6 g); Wt. of sheath 1.5 oz. (42.5 g) Classification: Daggers Credit Line: Gift
