Tag: MET

A Basket of Flowers (1620s)

Brueghel, Jan the Younger (1601-1678) A Basket of Flowers probably 1620s Oil on wood, 47 x 68.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Jan Brueghel the Younger was part of an artistic dynasty that transformed Flemish landscape, genre, and still-life…

Portrait de Mlle Quivoron (1860-1914)

Bracquemond, Marie (1840-1916) Portrait de Mlle Quivoron (Portrait of Mlle Quivoron) 1860–1914 Etching, drypoint, 39 × 26.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This is a portrait of Louise, Marie Bracquemond‘s sister, who lived with the artist and her husband…

Automne (1888)

Bracquemond, Félix (1833-1914) Automne (Autumn) 1888 Print, 65.40 x 50.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

God Judging Adam (c.1795)

Blake, William (1757-1827) God Judging Adam c.1795 Relief etching, printed in color and finished with pen and ink and watercolor, 42.5 x 52.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York A nude and aged Adam, newly aware of his own nakedness and…

Il giudizio di Paride (1583)

Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Il giudizio di Paride (The Judgement of Paris) 1583 Pen and ink on paper, 36.6 x 47.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York On his father’s death in 1540, the young Alessandro Allori was adopted by Bronzino…

31 Armchair (1931-1932)

Aalto, Alvar (1898-1976) 31 Armchair 1931–1932 Laminated and painted birch plywood and bentwood Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Aalto created this lightweight, economical, and comfortable chair by suspending a scrolled seating panel between two U-shaped wood frames. It is built…