The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Fortunately, the American collectors Florence and Herbert Irving have lovingly assembled
create three-dimensional representations of birds and other animals, depictions that have
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
China and important archaeological discoveries made elsewhere, substantial changes have
Rubens and van Dyck are among the finest draftsmen of all times. The works they left behind probably count, respectively, some 700 and 200 sheets.
Because of their minor importance in studio terms, relatively few of these sketches have
Poussin and Nature
kind. … A landscape thus conducted under the influence of a poetical mind, will 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
In addition, four-cornered hats knotted with pile have largely been discovered at
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
While the origin of many concepts, practices, and monuments can be traced to earlier periods, it was during the Old Kingdom that they developed into the forms that would characterize and influence the rest of pharaonic history.
(ca. 2490–2472 B.C.), who built the other two pyramids at Giza, there seems to have
