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possibly Louise-Reine Guffroy)(recto); A Study of a seated man with sketches of his hand
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astronomical regulator Ferdinand Berthoud ca. 1768–70 Netsuke of Monkey with One Hand
Michael Gallagher discusses his removal of old varnish from the face of one of the figures in the Museum’s new Jabach portrait.
She really anchors the right-hand side of the composition, and her self-aware, direct
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
were intended for individual devotion and usually small enough to be held in the hand
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Skillfully carved with hand tools from yellow jasper, the delicate lines of the
The artistic expressions of the Wari and Tiwanaku societies dominated the Central Andes for nearly five hundred years (600–1000 CE).
who often repeated a limited iconographic repertoire that reflected, on the one hand
Watch a playlist of fifteen automata, clocks, writing machines, and more.
He beats his chest in penitence and regularly lifts his left hand toward his lips
Showcasing masterworks of brush-inscribed Japanese texts, some serving as independent works of art and others enhanced by decorated papers or by paintings, this exhibition takes a close look at the original gestural movement marked in each work—the applied pressure, speed, and rhythm that are said to reflect the artist’s state of mind.
essential component of the upbringing of every young gentleman or lady, and a practiced hand
Conservator Lucretia Kargère discusses two twelfth-century sculptures in the Museum’s collection that have been reunited at The Met Cloisters on the occasion of Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination.
Detail views of the Morgan Madonna’s left hand and garments (top and bottom left)
Purchased from Eustache de Lorey, Paris, 1934; continuously exhibited and frequently published since that time; included in interational exhibition Cleopatra’s Egypt, Brooklyn and Munich, 1988, and La Gloire d’Alexandrie, Paris 1998
Nectanebo’s Egyptian name, Nakhthorheb: nakht, the sword held in the king’s left hand
