The Artist: The Sienese master Simone Martini was one of the greatest and most influential painters of his time. His work combines an astonishing mastery of naturalistically observed details with an exquisite technique
He may have spent some time with Duccio (see 2004.442), but in his monumental mural
Why were gold coins used as jewelry throughout the Byzantine Empire?
Skip to main content Coins have been integrated into jewelry for thousands of
View research from The Met’s Musical Instruments
through this comprehensive account of the people, performances, and instruments that 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
Threads of identity.
said, Marie, I’m calling because I have a security report to share with you.
Varvara Nikolaevna was born on July 7, 1762. The daughter of Prince Nikolai Mikhailovich Golitsyn (1727–1787) and Princess Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Golovina (1728–1769), she married Prince Sergei Sergeyevich Gagarin (1745–1798)
Nikolaevna Golitsyna and her husband Prince Sergei Sergeyevich Gagarin seem to have
head crests; long streamers emerge from their open, fanged mouths; their bodies have
Excavated by the Egyptian Expedition of the Metropolitan Museum of Art at Lisht, 1913-1914. Acquired by the Museum in the division of finds, 1914.Excavated by the Egyptian Expedition of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
One or more deities, who have not been preserved, would have stood in front of and
Fred H. Andrews O.B.E. (until d. 1957; by descent to Andrews family); by descent in the Fred H. Andrews O.B.E. family (until 2017; sale, Christie’s, London, Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art: Including Export Art, May 15, 2007, lot 171, as „An extremely rare and important Tang dynasty painting on silk,“ through Eskenaz, Ltd
It consists of two parts that may or may not have matched each other originally.
