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Valentine 1825 Descent from the Cross Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) 1633 Washington
Olympic Victor Monuments and Greek Athletic Art. pp. 220 n. 5, 221, fig. 46, Washington
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Length of Fabric>One of the more popular layouts with Ottoman textile artists, and one that eventually found its way into other media such as ceramic tile decoration, the pattern on this fabric fragment features parallel undulating vines adorned with leaves and flowers
Washington. National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Washington, D.C., Center for Maya Research. 1990 Schele, Linda, and David A.
Earls of Pembroke (British) Hind 1910, 345.2; Bartsch XIII.234.11-A (as Mantegna); Washington
Throughout the ages, public sculptures have served as didactic tools, offering moral, patriotic, and cultural instruction. Symbols of pride, they have proclaimed cities as tastemakers in civic and aesthetic matters.
French sculptor Jean Antoine Houdon created a full-size marble statue of George Washington
Bibliography of The Met’s Photograph Conservation department
Washington, DC: The American Institute for Conservation, 2006.
[Gary Edwards, Washington, DC] New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
What’s life like behind the scenes at a museum? This documentary offers a rare glimpse at the inner workings of several North American institutions.
Follow the conservation of a Kanaga mask at the National Museum of African Art in Washington
