Acquisition Highlights 2015 - MetCollects - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Great Executioner with the Head of Saint John the Baptist, 1658

Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, in honor of George R. Goldner, 2015 (2015.43)

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Portrait of Madame Paul Meurice, née Palmyre Granger, ca. 1845–50

Purchase, Harris Brisbane Dick, Louis V. Bell, and Harry G. Sperling Funds, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, and Leon D. and Debra R. Black Gift, 2016 (2016.20)

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Vanity Box, dated 1204 AH/1789 CE

Purchase, Goldman Sachs Gift, 2015 (2015.252)

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Mr. Man, 2001

Gift of Craig and Elizabeth Zammiello, 2015 (2015.701)

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Vishnu, dated August 12, 1105

Purchase, Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, Brooke Russell Astor Bequest, The Vincent Astor Foundation and Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Chilton Jr. Gifts, and The Fred Eychaner Charitable Fund Gift, in honor of John Guy, 2015 (2015.678)

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Brancusi's "Endless Column" in Mr. Steichen's Garden, Voulangis, France, ca. 1922

Purchase, Alfred Stieglitz Society Gifts, 2015 (2015.422)

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Suraj Uddin Mending Chain Mail, Jaipur, 1926, 1926

Purchase, 1926 (2015.491)

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The Death of Socrates, ca. 1786

Purchase, Walter and Leonore Annenberg Acquisitions Endowment Fund and Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill and Mr. and Mrs. Mark Fisch Gifts, 2015 (2015.149)

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JG, 2013

Jointly owned by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Purchased for The Metropolitan Museum of Art with Gift of The A.L. Levine Family Foundation, by exchange, and The Raymond and Beverly Sackler 21st Century Art Fund. Purchased for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art with funds provided by Steve Tisch. 2015 (2015.129)

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The Church of the Trinità dei Monti and the Villa Medici, Rome, ca. 1808

Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2015 (2015.484)

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Vajracharya Priest’s Crown, 13th–early 14th century

Gift of Barbara and David Kipper, 2016 (2016.408)

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"Royal George" Cello, 1782

Gift of Mona and Bradford Endicott, in honor of Ken Moore, 2016 (2016.786a–c)

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how to make a refugee, 1999

Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 2015 (2015.280)

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Book of Hours, ca. 1530–35

The Cloisters Collection, 2015 (2015.706)

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Slips, 2009

Purchase, Vital Projects Fund Inc. Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2015 (2015.411)

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"Four Seasons" enamel liqueur service, ca. 1710

Purchase, Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Acquisitions Fund, 2015 (2015.387a–j)

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Marble and limestone statue of an attendant, late 4th or 3rd century BCE

Purchase, 2005 Benefit and Philippe de Montebello Funds; Spiro Latsis, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Butler, Anonymous, James H. and Zoe Moshovitis, Dr. and Mrs. Roy Vagelos, Lewis M. Dubroff, Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Beinecke, Cynthia Hazen Polsky, Jeannette and Jonathan Rosen, Annette de la Renta, Basil P. Goulandris, Andrés A. Mata, Joyce Frank Menschel, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ruddock, Shelby White, and James and Theodore Pedas Family Foundation Gifts, in honor of Mary Jaharis, 2015 (2015.66)

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A Successful Hunt, 1906

Marguerite and Frank A. Cosgrove Jr. Fund, 2015 (2015.613)

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Sachihongo Mask, 19th–early 20th century

Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace, Anonymous, Dr. and Mrs. Sidney G. Clyman, The Katcher Family Foundation Inc., Steven Kossak, and Holly and David Ross Gifts, 2016 (2016.106)

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Longcase equation regulator, ca. 1752

Purchase, Acquisitions Fund, and Annette de la Renta, Mercedes T. Bass, Beatrice Stern, Susan Weber, William Lie Zeckendorf, Alexis Gregory, and John and Susan Gutfreund Gifts, in honor of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2015 (2016.28a–e)

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Sideboard, also known as the Pericles Dressoir, 1866

Purchase, Gift of Irwin Untermyer, by exchange; Romano I. Peluso, Ada Peluso, William Lie Zeckendorf, Lila Acheson Wallace, Malcolm Hewitt Wiener Foundation, Carol Grossman, Patricia Wengraf Ltd., Anonymous, Henry Arnhold, Marilyn and Lawrence Friedland, Irene Roosevelt Aitken, Andrew Butterfield and Claire Schiffman, Jason Jacques, Anne Rorimer, and Ian Wardropper and Sarah McNear Gifts, in honor of James David Draper, 2015 (2015.281a, b)

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Adam and Eve Mourning the Death of Abel, ca. 1576

Frits and Rita Markus Fund, 2015 (2015.483)

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Hortensia, 1884

Purchase, Bequest of Julia W. Emmons, by exchange, and Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, and Gift of Charles Hack and the Hearn Family Trust, 2015 (2015.263)

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Bonchurch Downs, December 1865

Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2015 (2015.516)

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Senami, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2011

Purchase, Vital Projects Fund Inc. Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel and Hideyuki Osawa Gift, 2015 (2015.276)

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[Man Calming a Young Boy Posing before the Camera], ca. 1850

Purchase, Alfred Stieglitz Society Gifts, 2015 (2015.423)

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Bes-image Rattle, ca. 945–664 BC

Purchase, 2007 Benefit Fund and Lila Acheson Wallace and Diane Carol Brandt Gifts, 2015 (2015.11)

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[Boy with a Cat], 1934

Purchase, Twentieth-Century Photography Fund and Kurtz Family Foundation Gift, 2015 (2015.40)

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Costume Design for a Eunuch in Scheherazade, 1912

Bequest of Sallie Blumenthal, 2015 (2015.787.6)

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Tile with Arms of Thomas Coke, early 16th century

The Cloisters Collection, 2015 (2015.143)

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Brooch with Carved Emeralds and Sapphires by Cartier, Emerald: 17th century; setting: ca. 1920

Gift of Her Highness Sheikha Amna bint Mohammed Al-Thani, 2015 (2015.54)

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Serpent Labret with Articulated Tongue, 1300–1521 CE

Purchase, 2015 Benefit Fund and Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 2016 (2016.64)

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[Gallery of Mystery, London], 1890s

The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Fund, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2015 (2015.394)

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Untitled (Studio), 2014

Purchase, The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation Gift, Acquisitions Fund and The Metropolitan Museum of Art Multicultural Audience Development Initiative Gift, 2015 (2015.366)

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John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650–1722), early to mid-1730s

Purchase, Director's Fund, Wrightsman Fund, in honor of Olga Raggio, and Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill, Hester Diamond, and Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Chilton Jr. Gifts, 2015 (2015.35)

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Christ Carrying the Cross, ca. 1520–25

Gift of Honorable J. William Middendorf II, and Purchase, Walter and Leonore Annenberg and The Annenberg Foundation Gift, Director's Fund, Gift of George A. Hearn, by exchange, and Marquand and The Alfred N. Punnett Endowment Funds, 2016 (2016.39)

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The Entombment of Christ, 1700–1701

Purchase, several members of The Chairman's Council Gifts, Walter and Leonore Annenberg Acquisitions Endowment Fund, Álvaro Saieh Bendeck and Alejandro Santo Domingo Gifts, and Mary Trumbull Adams Fund; Edward J. Gallagher Jr. Bequest, in memory of his father, Edward Joseph Gallagher, his mother, Ann Hay Gallagher, and his son, Edward Joseph Gallagher III; The Bernard and Audrey Aronson Charitable Trust Gift, in memory of her beloved husband, Bernard Aronson; Anonymous Gift and Louis V. Bell Fund, 2016 (2016.482)

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Second Palace at Mitla, Mexico., February 1860

Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Moran Gift, in memory of Louise Chisholm Moran, 2015 (2015.236)

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Crown of the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception, known as the Crown of the Andes, Ca. 1660 (diadem) and ca. 1770 (arches)

Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, Acquisitions Fund and Mary Trumbull Adams Fund, 2015 (2015.437)

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Untitled, 2005

Purchase, Gift of Charles B. Hoyt, by exchange, 2015 (2015.463)

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Elephant Sword, 15th–17th century

Gift of Jeri Garbaccio, in honor of Donald J. La Rocca, 2015 (2015.103)

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The Sacrifice of Iphigenia, 1789

Rogers Fund, 2015 (2015.46)

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The arrival of Henri III of France at the Lido in Venice in 1574, 1591

Gift of Carolyn Bullard and Susan Schulman, in honor of George Goldner, 2015 (2015.53)

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Commemorative Portrait of a Chief (Singiti), 19th–early 20th century

Purchase, Jane and Gerald Katcher, Lila Acheson Wallace, Daniel and Marian Malcolm, Hamilton E. James, Anonymous and Steven Kossak Gifts, 2015 (2015.119)

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Study for "Divine Justice", ca. 1802

Purchase, Charles and Jessie Price Gift, in honor of George R. Goldner, 2015 (2015.44)

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Saint Paul of Thebes tempted by a demon, after Magnasco, ca. 1720–30

A. Hyatt Mayor Purchase Fund, Marjorie Phelps Starr Bequest, 2015 (2015.513)

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House Model, 100 BCE–200 CE

Gift of Joanne P. Pearson, in memory of Andrall E. Pearson, 2015 (2015.306)

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Barrel-Shaped Jug with a Fox and a Rooster, late 13th century

The Cloisters Collection, 2015 (2015.141)

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Design for the Decoration of Two Firearms Accessories, a Ladle and a Screwdriver, ca. 1850–51

Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Bequest, 2015 (2015.99)

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The Brioche, 1870

Gift and Bequest of David and Peggy Rockefeller, 1991, 2017 (1991.287)

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Bonfire, 2013–15

Purchase, Anonymous Gift, 2015 (2015.457a, b)

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La Frayeur, 1861–64

Purchase, The Camille M. Lownds Fund, Joyce F. Menschel Gift, Louis V. Bell and 2012 Benefit Funds, and C. Jay Moorhead Foundation Gift, 2015 (2015.395)

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Fish Market, 1568

Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift and Bequest of George Blumenthal, by exchange, 2015 (2015.146)

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The West Wind, Lynmouth, 1866

Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2015 (2015.546)

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Shirt of Mail and Plate of Al-Ashraf Sayf ad-Din Qaitbay (ca. 1416/18–1496), 18th Burji Mamluk Sultan of Egypt, ca. 1468–96

Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Gift, and Rogers, Acquisitions and Fletcher Funds, 2016 (2016.99)

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Famous Women, dated 1799

Purchase, Bequests of Edna H. Sachs and Flora E. Whiting, by exchange; Fletcher Fund, by exchange; Gifts of Mrs. Harry Payne Bingham and Mrs. Henry J. Bernheim, by exchange; and funds from various donors, by exchange, 2016 (2016.362a–t)

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Tile with Griffin, early 16th century

Gift of Sam Fogg, 2015 (2015.144)

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Honor from the series "The Honors", designed before 1520, woven between 1525 and 1532

Purchase, 2014 Benefit and Director’s Funds, several members of The Chairman's Council Gifts, Brooke Russell Astor Bequest, Ambassador and Mrs. W. L. Lyons Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Chilton Jr., and Josephine Jackson Foundation Gifts, 2015 (2015.396)

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Pine Bend, 1885

Purchase, Acquisitions Fund and Mr. and Mrs. John A. Moran Gift, in memory of Louise Chisholm Moran, 2015 (2015.39)

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The Column, 2013

Purchase, J. Stewart Johnson Gift, 2015 (2015.447)

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Let My People Go, ca. 1935–39

Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 2015 (2015.42)

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Tile with Eagle Motif, late 13th–14th century

The Cloisters Collection, 2015 (2015.142)

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The Lamentation, ca. 1560

Purchase, Alejandro Santo Domingo and Annette de la Renta Gifts; Bequests of George D. Pratt and of Annette B. McFadden, and Gifts of Estate of George Quackenbush, in his memory, of Dr. and Mrs. Max A. Goldzieher, of Francis Neilson, of Dr. Foo Chu and Dr. Marguerite Hainje-Chu, of Mr. and Mrs. Harold H. Burns, and of Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Logan, and other gifts and bequests, by exchange; Victor Wilbour Fund; and Hester Diamond Gift, 2015 (2015.398)

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