Four-Cornered Hat – Wari – The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/316962
In addition, four-cornered hats knotted with pile have largely been discovered at
In addition, four-cornered hats knotted with pile have largely been discovered at
Objects like this, with a small well, flanged handles and a long horizontal spout, have
Keith Christiansen, John Pope-Hennessy Chairman of the Department of European Paintings, compares the Met’s Jabach portrait with a version that was destroyed in World War II.
Obviously, the one for Jabach must have come first and was the superior version,
create three-dimensional representations of birds and other animals, depictions that have
Why were gold coins used as jewelry throughout the Byzantine Empire?
Skip to main content Coins have been integrated into jewelry for thousands of
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Brooklyn into the New York art world in the early 20th century—but his efforts have
This roundel is a rare and splendid example of early fifteenth-century Franco-Flemish embroidery. The detailed pictorial design and luminous palette, created by colored silk and metallic threads, highlight the sophistication of this medium, which was so highly prized during this period
panels are now dispersed among public and private collections), the embroideries may have
These figurines, along with rocks or other natural forms, may have played a role
Learn more about the themes explored in The Met Fifth Avenue galleries of Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination.
The Met Cloisters in northern Manhattan, where elements from French monasteries have
Director Thomas P. Campbell reflects on the acquisition of Charles Le Brun’s magnificent portrait of Everhard Jabach and his family.
Trustee Emerita Jayne Wrightsman, whose contributions over the past forty years have