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The Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 39 (2004)
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART JOURNAL | VOLUME 39

"Buying Pictures for New York: The Founding Purchase of 1871"

Baetjer, Katharine
2004
84 pages
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Katharine Baetjer

Katharine Baetjer is a curator emerita in the Department of European Paintings.

Met Art in Publication

John Taylor Johnston (1820–1893), Léon Bonnat French, Oil on canvas
John Taylor Johnston (1820–1893)
1880
Christmas-Time, The Blodgett Family, Eastman Johnson American, Oil on canvas, American
Christmas-Time, The Blodgett Family
1864
The Holy Family with Saint Anne and the Young Baptist and His Parents, Jacob Jordaens Flemish, Oil on wood
The Holy Family with Saint Anne and the Young Baptist and His Parents
early 1620s and 1650s
Saint Rosalie Interceding for the Plague-stricken of Palermo, Anthony van Dyck Flemish, Oil on canvas
Saint Rosalie Interceding for the Plague-stricken of Palermo
1624
Théophile Thoré (1807–1869), French critic and editor, Pierre Jean David d'Angers French, Bronze, cast - single, French
Théophile Thoré (1807–1869), French critic and editor
1847
Portrait of a Man, Abraham de Vries Dutch, Oil on wood
Portrait of a Man
1643
Pomegranates and Other Fruit in a Landscape, Abraham Brueghel Flemish, Oil on canvas
Pomegranates and Other Fruit in a Landscape
Saints Peter and John Healing the Lame Man, Nicolas Poussin French, Oil on canvas
Saints Peter and John Healing the Lame Man
1655
View of Haarlem and the Haarlemmer Meer, Jan van Goyen Dutch, Oil on wood
View of Haarlem and the Haarlemmer Meer
1646
Rest, Nicolaes Berchem Dutch, Oil on wood
Rest
1644
Portrait of a Man, Bartholomeus van der Helst Dutch, Oil on wood
Portrait of a Man
1647
Peasants Dancing and Feasting, David Teniers the Younger Flemish, Oil on canvas
Peasants Dancing and Feasting
ca. 1660
A Vase with Flowers, Jacob Vosmaer Dutch, Oil on wood
A Vase with Flowers
probably 1613
Surprised, or Infidelity Found Out, Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich German, Oil on canvas
Surprised, or Infidelity Found Out
Beggars at a Doorway, Master of the Béguins, French or Flemish, active 1650–60 (possibly Abraham Willemsens, Flemish, active by 1627, died 1672) French, Flemish, Oil on canvas
Beggars at a Doorway
Jacob Willemsz van Veen (1456–1535), the Artist's Father, Maarten van Heemskerck Netherlandish, Oil on wood
Jacob Willemsz van Veen (1456–1535), the Artist's Father
1532
Marine, Salomon van Ruysdael Dutch, Oil on wood
Marine
1650
Study of a Woman’s Head, Jean-Baptiste Greuze French, Oil on wood
Study of a Woman’s Head
ca. 1780
Dog Guarding Dead Game, Jean-Baptiste Oudry French, Oil on canvas
Dog Guarding Dead Game
1753
Ducks Resting in Sunshine, Jean-Baptiste Oudry French, Oil on canvas
Ducks Resting in Sunshine
1753
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