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Max Hollein February 17, 2021 Seeing the Sublime in a Gift of Paintings Four beloved
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.
Inscription: Inscribed on the breastplate: CRISTVS . RES . VENIT . IN . PA/CE . ET . DEVS . HOMO . FACTVS . ES[t] (Christ the King came in peace and God was made man); on the backplate: IESVS
. 19 lb. 13 oz. (8987 g) Classification: Armor for Man-1/2 Armor Credit Line: Gift
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
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
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
acquired a stone sphere, 66 cm (26 in.) in diameter and weighing 385 kg (850 lbs.), a gift
Private collection, Europe (said to have been found in the Caucasus region in the 1920s; by the early 1970s–2010 (per Sotheby’s sale catalogue, p. 102); Arts of the Islamic World sale, Sotheby’s, London, October 6, 2010, no
holdings, which include a plainer and more damaged variant that was acquired in 1942 (Gift
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
The Berggruen gift has provided the Metropolitan with a group of Klee’s works that
