Five case studies for select recent acquisitions demonstrate the varied and complex nature of provenance research at The Met.
Left: Terracotta funnel-jar. 19 1/8 in. (48.4 cm). (06.1021.248a, b).
B[ryson]. B[urroughs]. "Principal Accessions."
Medium: Sandstone Dimensions: A: H. 27 3/8 in. (69.5 cm); W. 27 in. (68.6 cm) B:
Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Helen Cookman, 1964 Object Number: 2009.300.7336a, b
Catharine H. Roehrig, Curator, Department of Egyptian Art discusses the early representations of the Temple of Dendur by Europeans.
The Museum is fortunate to have, among its vast holdings of books and works of art
While the interpretation of American Neoclassicism differed from one Atlantic coast city to the next, it typically drew from common sources.
The fourth edition of Pain’s treatise was printed in Boston in 1792 and would have
My search for meaning in Black style began as a search through ancestry to reveal beauty and complexity over time and across traditions of expression.
Isaac Julien CBE RA (British, b. 1960).
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
The Metropolitan’s own unrestricted purchase funds have been so outdistanced by soaring
The panels have a woven heading tape, and most also include braided cords that hang
Inscription: Inscribed in graphite with numerous color notations, including, in left margin: „violet / fond jaune / violet / filaments bleus / fond blanc“; top center: „baguettes vertes et rouges“; right margin: „bleu et jaune le milieu des fleurs / bleu / violet / vert“; far right (oriented perpendicularly): „l’aigle qui [illegible]“Marking: Stamped in red ink, lower left: Delacroixp estate mark (Lugt 838a)
"Devotion to Drawing: The Karen B.
