Carpet – The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/446957
palmettes, a device which appears on many non-prayer rugs of the period and may have
palmettes, a device which appears on many non-prayer rugs of the period and may have
Classification: Textiles-Woven-Brocade Credit Line: Gift of Inger G. and William B.
The Artist: Together with Maso di Banco (for which see 43.98.13), Taddeo Gaddi was Giotto’s most celebrated pupil and assistant
B. C. Kreplin in Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler. Ed.
This picture and its pendant (1970.134.2) formed a series of possibly five panels illustrating the life of Saint John the Baptist
Figures in the scene of Saint John bearing witness have reminded some scholars of
Since the acquisition of exotic creatures was very expensive, they would often be sent to menageries or zoological gardens around Rome to be tamed and trained for public entertainment before they reached the games, where death was inevitable.
by the first century A.D., contracted free men, retired soldiers ( 23.160.32a,b)
[Paul Munro-Walker, Bournemouth, Dorset, United Kingdom, before 1972; sold to Vecchi]; [Virgilio Costantino Vecchi, V. C. Vecchi & Sons, London, until 1972; sold to a private collector]; private collection, Switzerland (1972–2017; sold through Plektron Fine Arts A
Very few Etruscan panoplies appear to have ever included anatomical cuirasses, and
base: 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm) Classification: Ceramics Credit Line: Gift of William B.
Date: fall/winter 2019–20 Culture: American Medium: (a) cupro, elastane, (b)
references inform us of Roman paintings on wood, ivory, and other materials, works that have
references inform us of Roman paintings on wood, ivory, and other materials, works that have
date from no earlier than the late nineteenth through twentieth centuries and most have