Learn more about the history of painted details on early Cycladic marble figures in the Leonard N. Stern Collection.
Cyclades in the Early Bronze Age, The Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park
Although the French neo-classical artist Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres often confessed reluctance to paint portraits, his many splendid paintings of French aristocrats and powerful personalities ultimately glorified his persona, and assured his social ascendancy in the royal circles of Louis-Philippe d’Orléans (r
University Park, 2012, cat. no. 28, pp. 44-51, colorpl. p. 45, n. 82 p. 240.
Saint Matthew is shown seated in a dark interior lit by an oil lamp and assisted by an angel in his writing of the gospel. The diminutive scenes in the background, whose subjects have been debated, relate to his life as presented in the Golden Legend
University Park, Pa., 2015, pp. 88–89, fig. 37 (color). Norbert Schneider.
What were the sounds of the Harlem Renaissance?
everyday life in Chicago, people playing cards, people in nightclubs, people in the park
The Van Rensselaer Hall was one of the largest and most elaborate rooms built in prerevolutionary America. The rare hand-painted English wallpaper and the magnificently carved woodwork create an elegant American Wing gallery.
The Museum’s Kirtlington Park Dining Room (Gallery 511) from Oxfordshire, England
The Artist: One of the great figures of seventeenth-century painting, Giovanni Francesco Barbieri was born in the town of Cento, not far from Ferrara. His nickname, Guercino—literally, “the little crossed-eyed�—derives from an eye defect evident in portraits of the artist
University Park, Pa., 2017, p. 137, fig. 56 (color).
Saint Matthew is shown seated in a dark interior lit by an oil lamp and assisted by an angel in his writing of the gospel. The diminutive scenes in the background, whose subjects have been debated, relate to his life as presented in the Golden Legend
University Park, Pa., 2015, pp. 88–89, fig. 37 (color). Norbert Schneider.
The Portrait: The identities of the painter and sitter have long been debated, and while the painter remains uncertain, the noblewoman is now generally considered to be Isabella of Portugal (1397–1472), third wife of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy
Park-Bernet, New York. January 19–20, 1940, p. 84, no. 219, ill.
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
new Arts of the Ancient Americas galleries, where filtered daylight from Central Park
The Artist: For a biography of Petrus Christus, see the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History.The Subject and Function of the Painting: After Christ’s crucifixion, his corpse was taken down from the cross and prepared for burial
University Park, Pa., 1990, pp. 44–46, 70, fig. 37, dates it about 1444.
