On loan to The Met The Met accepts temporary loans of art both for short-term exhibitions and for long-term display in its galleries.
Portrait of Edward C. Moore
Howard Russell Butler American
This portrait presents Moore as a successful gentleman and collector. He selected for the backdrop a pair of minbar doors—a highlight of his collection that is now on view at The Met (Gallery 450)—to signal the global scope of his acquisitions and his affinity for the arts of the Islamic world. In 1868, the year Tiffany acquired the Moore firm, he joined the Union League Club, a mark of his ascendancy in New York society. Involvement in other civic and artistic organizations followed, connecting him to an international network of patrons, collectors, and artists—including Butler, the founding president of the American Fine Arts Society, which counted Moore as a member.
Due to rights restrictions, this image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.
