The Met, The Frick Collection, and the Doerner Institut team up to investigate changes to the composition and the discoloration of some paint passages.
suggested that the painting had been finished after Vermeer’s death by another hand
includes copper, silver, and gold, forming natural layered designs that are cut and hand
Niccolini Family (probably by 1795) ; Marchese Carlo Niccolini (until d. 1919; by descent to his wife) ; his wife, Marchesa Jennifer Cole-Brook Niccolini , Switzerland (1919–d. 1942) ; the descendents of Marchesa Jennifer Cole-Brook Niccolini (from 1942) ; [ Alain Moatti , until 1987; sold to MMA ]
On the one hand, its style aligns with a classicizing trend.
By the eleventh century, the appearance of icons changed, incorporating more narrative elements and expressing poignant emotions (63.68.1-.13).
description of an icon of the Crucifixion: “But as the [divine] force moved the painter’s 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
analogy with other statuettes of this type, he may have held his club in his left hand
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(table en chiffonière) Bernard II van Risenburgh ca. 1760 Study of the left hand
Art demonstrates both the scope and the limits of Roman influence, for the circulation of materials, methods, objects, and art forms created a certain cultural unity, and yet in each place, the persistence of local customs ensured the survival of cultural diversity.
Romanization went hand in hand with economic prosperity, as the city of Rome looked
Folio from the Anonymous Bagdad Qur’anThis illuminated folio and folio no. 55.44 come from different sections of one of the acknowledged masterpieces of calligraphy and book production in the Islamic world
while Ibn Aibak managed to illuminate only four of them.[3] This folio is the right-hand
In ancient Egypt, objects created with faience were considered magical, filled with the undying shimmer of the sun, and imbued with the powers of rebirth.
Small amulets and beads could be formed by hand-modeling, but one of the most common
