Editorial Assistant Nadja Hansen spoke with Sabine Rewald, curator of Rooms with a View: The Open Window in the 19th Century, to ask about her inspiration for the exhibition and the process of creating such a beautiful exhibition and catalogue.
Kersting’s 1814 painting Man Reading by Lamplight (Museum Oskar Reinhart am Stadtgarten, Winterthur
Alfred Robaut, Paris (until 1899; sold on February 21 for Fr 6,000 to Durand-Ruel); [Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1899; stock no. 5026, as „Italienne“; sold on December 8, 1899 or January 25, 1900 to Durand-Ruel, New York]; [Durand-Ruel, New York, 1899/1900–1903; stock no
Exh. cat., Collection Oskar Reinhart "Am Römerholz," Winterthur.
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Conservation Fellowship Scientific Research Miriam-Helene Rudd M.S., Art Conservation, Winterthur
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
in art history from Binghamton University and an MS in art conservation from the Winterthur
Thousands of women employed paintbrushes and china paints and decorated ceramic objects for their homes, as gifts, and for sale.
Winterthur Portfolio 29 (Summer/Autumn 1994): 121–153. Brandimarte, Cynthia.
The Hart Room is the earliest period room in the American Wing. Its exposed oak timbers, large fireplace and small casement windows are typical of seventeenth-century New England interiors.
Henry Francis du Pont bought the upstairs chamber, which is now on view at the Winterthur
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
minor in studio arts) from the University of Delaware and an MA in Science from the Winterthur
Engraving, in addition to painting, is probably one of the oldest forms of decoration on arms and armor, and can be found on Stone Age and Bronze Age weapons.
1450 Crossbow of Count Ulrich V of Württemberg (1413–1480) Heinrich Heid von Winterthur
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
1868–Laren, The Netherlands, 1954 Reinhart, OskarWinterthur, Switzerland, 1885–Winterthur
The Met’s Timeline of Art History pairs essays and works of art with chronologies and tells the story of art and global culture through the collection.
Courtesy, Winterthur Museum Trade label, 1813–19.
