The Artist: Ambrosius Benson is most noted as a North Italian painter who went to study and work in Bruges. As a result, his works are a unique conflation of Netherlandish and Italian Renaissance styles
painters’ guild.[1] Nothing is known of his life before this date, but he might have
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Palladino 1994 The sumptuous illuminated manuscripts of Early Renaissance Florence have
The account of the origins of art is a very long one marked less by change than consistency.
The first human artistic representations, markings with ground red ocher, seem to have
Former Slifka Fellow Christine Seidel introduces each member of the Jabach family, the subject of the Museum’s recently acquired portrait by Charles Le Brun.
Charles Wrightsman Gift, 2014 (2014.250) «In the few months that have passed since
The Museum is donating PPE to healthcare workers and sharing our passion for art online.
we experience this most challenging and uncertain time, The Met community and I have
Publishing and Marketing Assistant Rachel High discusses the breadth of the Museum’s collection of musical instruments with J. Kenneth Moore, Frederick P. Rose Curator in Charge of the Department of Musical Instruments.
Kenneth Moore: There are several art museums that have musical instrument collections
This picture is one of four whaling subjects by Turner; the other three form part of the artist’s bequest at Tate Britain, London. The Met’s painting and another of the same title were shown at the Royal Academy in 1845, receiving a mixed reception
He subscribed for four copies of Beale’s book, and may have given or lent one to
Threads of identity.
said, Marie, I’m calling because I have a security report to share with you.
There, evidence of gold sheeting believed to have adorned a long-disintegrated wood
Assistant Horticulturist Carly Still recounts a recent trip to Chile, where she observed the annual harvest of almonds at a local orchard.
They have been growing almonds and much more since 1963.
