The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
ca. 1600–05 Self-Portrait Edgar Degas by 1857 [Self-Portrait in Library (Hand
Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 219 Two boys each holding a lotus or a leaf in one hand
Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 219 Two boys each holding a lotus or a leaf in one hand
The first major retrospective of the work of this virtuoso Netherlandish mannerist, comprising spectacular figural displays in prints and paintings, remarkable pen paintings on parchment, and vivid portraits in colored chalks and silverpoint.
A fall into burning coals when he was still a child left his right hand crippled,
This ivory box demonstrates the widespread popularity of contemporary literature and the centrality of narrative imagery to the adornment of courtly space. The current box is composed of six panels of ivory bound in a silver-gilt armature
In the third scene, the crowned duchess raises her hand in speech as another woman
In honor of WorldPride NYC and Camp: Notes on Fashion, we explore the history of camp culture’s trademark, the gesture known as „the camp pose.“
One arm is bent from the hip and the hand is turned back, which signals both power
Rubens and van Dyck are among the finest draftsmen of all times. The works they left behind probably count, respectively, some 700 and 200 sheets.
Such drawings were not merely exercises for the hand and eye: they provided a rich
of the Elephant ‚Alam KamanThe famous elephant immortalized here fell into the hands
inscription (in nasta’liq script in gold cartouche, possibly in Shah Jahan’s hand
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Burgonet Desiderius Helmschmid Jörg Sigman ca. 1550–55 Gauntlet for the Right Hand
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
These changes are not „slips of hand“ or „misunderstandings“; instead, they are positive
