PanelOne of the most fascinating and mysterious objects of early Islamic art in the Museum’s collection, this wood panel was acquired in 1937 from the dealer Paul Mallon in Paris
, had it been a cenotaph (tabut, in Arabic),[3] this decorated wooden box would have
It lay on a route linking Anatolia and the East and seems to have been an important
Nineteenth-century paintings curator Rebecca Rabinow finds a way to get a taste of the outdoors inside the galleries.
Skip to main content "Right now I have a crush on a sixteenth-century Italian
crucifix and candlesticks and numerous illuminated manuscripts (that he is known to have
Chemical analysis of enamel compositions help to distinguish between authentic Renaissance period pieces and later pieces done in Renaissance style.
Recent stylistic re-evaluations as well as emerging documentary evidence have raised
middle by two holes on the side and bottom, through which a carrying strap would have
Curator Stephan Wolohojian announces the hanging of the extraordinary Jabach portrait in gallery 617 following ten months of conservation work.
The assembled frame would have been too large to ship across the Atlantic, so it
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
presents the art of three large areas of the world where vital cultural traditions have
Along with the traditional hand-wrought objets d’art that had always been made as special commissions for elite clientele, production broadened to include ordinary dinner services, tea sets, and domestic implements such as light fixtures and writing tools.
sterling mark, showed that the piece had been tested at the assay office and found to have
Joseph Dufour (1782/84–1787; sold to des Rasins) ; Jean Paul André des Rasins, marquis de Saint Marc (1787–d. 1818) ; Catherine de Ségur (until d. 1847) ; Marie de Saint-Marc (Mme. de Larose) (until 1861; sold to Hospices de Bordeaux) ; Hospices Civils de Bordeaux ; M
Gallery 547 The Museum’s delightful small and intimate room is believed to have
