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"Art Forgery": The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 26, no. 6 (February, 1968)

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART BULLETIN | VOLUME 26 | NUMBER 6

"Art Forgery"

Colin, Ralph F., Dudley T. Easby, Jr., Carmen Gómez-Moreno, Thomas P. F. Hoving, Clare Le Corbeiller, Louis J. Lefkowitz, Joseph V. Noble, and Theodore Rousseau

1968

36 pages

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Table of contents

About the authors

"The Game of Duplicity"
Thomas P. F. Hoving

"The Stylistic Detection of Forgeries"
Theodore Rousseau

"The Forgery of Our Greek Bronze Horse"
Joseph V. Noble

"The Legal Aspects of Forgery and the Protection of the Expert"
Dudley T. Easby, Jr. and Ralph F. Colin

"The Art Frauds Legislation"
Interview with Louis J. Lefkowitz

"The Mystery of the Eight Evangelists"
Carmen Gómez-Moreno

"China into Delft"
Clare Le Corbeiller

Met Art in Publication

Book Cover, Copper-gilt, cabochons, porphyry, German — Book Cover
German
19th or early 20th century (mid-13th century style)

Saint Mary Magdalene or Saint Barbara with Book and Jar of Ointment, Wool, German — Saint Mary Magdalene or Saint Barbara with Book and Jar of Ointment
German
19th–20th century (Last third of the 15th century style)

Head of a King, Limestone, French — Head of a King
French
ca. 1220–30

Plaque with The Annunciation, Champlevé enamel, copper-gilt, German — Plaque with The Annunciation
German
second quarter 19th century

Plaque with Christ Before the High Priest Caiaphas, Walrus Ivory and paint, British — Plaque with Christ Before the High Priest Caiaphas
British
ca. 1150–75

The Cloisters Cross, Walrus ivory, British — The Cloisters Cross
British
ca. 1150–60

A Maid Asleep, Johannes Vermeer Dutch, Oil on canvas — A Maid Asleep
ca. 1656–57

Bronze statuette of a horse, Bronze, Greek — Bronze statuette of a horse
Greek
late 2nd–1st century BCE

Base of an Altar Cross with the Four Evangelists and Their Symbols, Champlevé enamel, copper-gilt, South Netherlandish — Base of an Altar Cross with the Four Evangelists and Their Symbols
South Netherlandish
ca. 1160

Dish, Medici Porcelain Manufactory Italian, Soft-paste porcelain decorated in underglaze blue, Italian, Florence — Dish
ca. 1575–87

Plate with Geese in a Lotus Pond, Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware), China — Plate with Geese in a Lotus Pond
China
late 16th–early 17th century

Dish with flowers and birds, Tin-glazed earthenware with cobalt blue pigment (Delftware), Dutch, Delft — Dish with flowers and birds
Dutch, Delft
ca. 1660

Hanging basket, Meissen Manufactory German, Hard-paste porcelain, German, Meissen — Hanging basket
19th century

Candlestick, Chantilly French, Tin-glazed soft-paste porcelain, French, Chantilly — Candlestick
ca. 1735–40

Plate with Flower and Bird Decor, Porcelain painted in overglaze polychrome enamels (Arita ware, Kakiemon type), Japan — Plate with Flower and Bird Decor
Japan
1680–1700

Teapot, Meissen Manufactory German, Hard-paste porcelain, German, Meissen — Teapot
ca. 1735

Dish, Vienna, Hard-paste porcelain, Austrian, Vienna — Dish
1722/23

Dish, Porcelain painted in overglaze famille verte enamels, China — Dish
China
ca. 1720

Fan-shaped dish, Vienna, Hard-paste porcelain painted with colored enamels over transparent glaze, Austrian, Vienna — Fan-shaped dish
ca. 1725–30

Plate, Soft-paste porcelain, Continental European — Plate
Continental European
ca. 1750–60

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