Newly installed, these sculptures celebrate the role of Maya artists in the creation of iconographies of power.
Washington, Dumbarton Oaks, 2010.
Washington, 1946, pp. 119, 163, pl. 132 (detail), attributes it to Bernardino Zaganelli
Greuze was of modest birth, the son of a roofer. He received his early training in Lyons and in Paris studied drawing with Charles Joseph Natoire. In 1755, after he was accepted as a candidate member of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in the category of genre painter, Greuze presented five works for exhibition at the Salon
Washington. National Gallery of Art.
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Before joining The Met in 2019, she was associate conservator at the George Washington
Washington, DC. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M.
Washington, 1946, pp. 101, 166, pl. 131 (detail). Josephine L.
Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1999. p. 157. Karrenbrock, Reinhard.
This diptych, or pair of folding panels, is formed of two slabs of ivory connected with metal hinges, allowing them to fold together to protect the carvings on the interior. It was once possible to lock the panels by means of a now missing sliding hook that locked into the iron mount on the top of the right panel
Washington DC.: Dumbarton Oaks Press, 1985.
Steve Berger, Arte Textil, San Francisco, c. 1983-early 2000s; private collection, Santa Fe, New Mexico, early 2000s–2010; [Steve Berger, Arte Textil, San Francisco]; private collection, New York, 2010–18
Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1996.
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Over the next decades nine of the leaves went to the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington
