This illustrated essay describes the evolution of the display of Islamic art at the Met—from the first largely visual exhibitions to the present scholarly organization by style, material, and civilization.
greatest private collection of oriental carpets in the country," then valued at one million
Objects conservator Deborah Schorsch recounts the long history of conservation at The Met
Most of the Museum’s approximately two million works on paper, including rare books
Following renovation, 500 sub-Saharan African works highlight major movements—one-fourth on view for the first time—spanning the Middle Ages to today.
From 1710 to 1810, over a million individuals of Aja, Ayizo, Fon, Gedevi, Mahi, and
The archaeology of rubbish.
DUNGY: That’s 150 million tons of solid waste in this one place.
The Richard and Gloria Manney John Henry Belter Rococo Revival Parlor presents a sumptuous mid-nineteenth-century parlor characteristic of affluent homes in the United States. It features furniture by one of the most innovative and virtuosic American cabinetmakers of the period in a room whose architectural elements are from the double parlor of a Classical Revival style villa built around 1850 in Astoria, Queens, for a prosperous businessman named Horace Whittemore (1813–1871).
death, Larocque’s estate was valued at more than $700,000 (in excess of twenty million
the convent of Sant’Antonio da Padova, Perugia (until 1663; sold to Christina); Christina, former Queen of Sweden, Rome (1663–d. 1689; unnum. inv., ca. 1689); Cardinal Decio Azzolino, Rome (d. 1689); his nephew, marchese Pompeo Azzolino, Rome (1689–96; sold to Odescalchi); principe Livio Odescalchi, duca di Bracciano, Rome (1696–d
"Le Raphaël d’un million."
The following is a listing of all Met departments and areas where interns have been placed in the past.
exceptional breadth and depth, comprise more than seventeen thousand drawings, 1.2 million
The most musical tree in the world.
playing it and, he’s like, “Man, you really did it, man.� He’s not a man of a million
the artist’s brother, Theo van Gogh, Paris (1889–d. 1891; sent to him by the artist on September 28, 1889); his widow, Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, Amsterdam, in trust for their son, Vincent Willem van Gogh (1891–95; consigned by June 1895 to Lucien Moline (Galerie Laffitte), Paris; sold with six other paintings for fl
Breaking Van Gogh: Saint-Rémy, Forgery, and the $95 Million Fake at the Met.
The Background: Between 1649 and 1651, Velázquez travelled to Italy for the second and last time in his life. The main purpose of the trip was to buy paintings and sculptures for King Philip IV of Spain, and while he was in Rome, the painter also received the prestigious commission to portray Pope Innocent X (the canvas is now in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome)
National Gallery, London, requested a grant from the Treasury in the amount of 2 million
