This exhibition explores a transformative chapter in the art of European gun making through a selection of approximately twenty-five pistols and pistol sets from The Met collection that have rarely or never been on public display.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund and Gift
The exhibition „Design for Eternity: Architectural Models from the Ancient Americas“ provides a rare look at ancient American architecture.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Joanne P.
Said to have been discovered at the mouth of the Nile River, Egypt (Sotheby’s, New York. Sale catalogue, November 21-22, 1985, lot 50) By 1931, art market, Rome (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Rome, neg
Credit Line: Purchase, Philodoroi Gifts, Acquisitions Fund, Mary and Michael Jaharis Gift
An object included in the exhibition Mandalas initiated discussions amongst curators and conservators about the ethical considerations of inpainting.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Chino Franco Roncoroni, in celebration
Inscription: Upper right, in pen and brown ink: 2Lower right, in pen and brown ink: illegible figuresBottom center, in graphite: 18Verso, upper left, in graphite: 1980.515Verso, upper right, in graphite: 100
Dimensions: 6 x 8 7/16 in. (15.2 x 21.5 cm) Classification: Drawings Credit Line: Gift
Said to be from Syria (Froehner 1903, p. 157, no. 1133) Between 1878 and 1895, acquired by Julien Gréau; before 1903, acquired by John Pierpont Morgan (as part of the Gréau glass collection); until 1913, collection of John Pierpont Morgan, New York; 1913-1917, estate of J
7/8 x 2 5/8 x 7/8 in. (9.8 x 6.7 x 2.2 cm) Classification: Glass Credit Line: Gift
acquired a stone sphere, 66 cm (26 in.) in diameter and weighing 385 kg (850 lbs.), a gift
This loan exhibition of Japanese bamboo art will showcase more than 80 works created by accomplished artists from the late 19th century to the present.
Promised Gift of Diane and Arthur Abbey
cm) Classification: Printed matter Credit Line: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift
Keith Christiansen, John Pope-Hennessy Chairman of the Department of European Paintings, introduces Charles Le Brun’s monumental portrait of Everhard Jabach and his family.
Charles Wrightsman Gift, 2014 (2014.250) «Ever wonder what it would have been like
