Since a mezzotint can be made more rapidly, and less expensively, than a line engraving (although it yields fewer impressions), it became a favorite means for the quick dissemination of timely images.
copper-plate it [the mezzotint] is done upon, when the artist first takes it into hand
Christ child on her right side, and holds a mappula (handkerchief) in her left hand
Michael Gallagher discusses the next steps in the conservation of the Museum’s newly acquired Jabach portrait.
one each top and bottom; and two vertical bands, one each at the left- and right-hand
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
(table en chiffonière) Bernard II van Risenburgh ca. 1760 Study of the left hand
analogy with other statuettes of this type, he may have held his club in his left hand
figure’s attributes confirm his identity: the cross held in his proper right hand
Giovanni Battista Milanesi (d. 1577) ; descended in the Covoni Milanesi family , in the same location (until at least 1674) ; [ Ugo Bardini , Florence (until at least 1963) ] ; [ Luca Fortini Gobbo , Florence (until 1967; sold to MMA) ]
Gallery 534 This Temperance is identified by the items she holds: a bridle in one hand
The Artist: For a biography of Petrus Christus, see the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History.The Subject and Function of the Painting: After Christ’s crucifixion, his corpse was taken down from the cross and prepared for burial
ldegalerie, Berlin; see fig. 1 above) that The Met’s painting must be by the same hand
Within a quarter-century of its birth, photography had established a ubiquitous presence in society.
Instead of mixing chemicals according to personal recipes and hand coating their
A small but intriguing exhibition highlighting the Museum’s recently acquired painting Two Men Contemplating the Moon, shown with other extant versions of this famous motif and related works.
examination has established that there was no under-drawing guiding the artist’s hand
