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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 28, no. 5 (January, 1970)

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART BULLETIN | VOLUME 28 | NUMBER 5

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 28, no. 5 (January, 1970)

Hoving, Thomas, and Jane Norman

1970

40 pages

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About the authors

"How to Look at Art"
Jane Norman

"Director's Choice"
Thomas P. F. Hoving

"Flemish Drawings and Prints of the Seventeenth Century"

Met Art in Publication

Cubiculum (bedroom) from the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, Fresco, Roman — Cubiculum (bedroom) from the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale
Roman
ca. 50–40 BCE

Cassone, Walnut, Italian, possibly Venice — Cassone
Italian, possibly Venice
second half 16th century

Madonna and Child, Giovanni Bellini Italian, Oil on wood — Madonna and Child
late 1480s

Young Woman with a Water Pitcher, Johannes Vermeer Dutch, Oil on canvas — Young Woman with a Water Pitcher
ca. 1662

Marble stele (grave marker) with a youth and little girl, and a capital and finial in the form of a sphinx, Marble, Greek, Attic — Marble stele (grave marker) with a youth and little girl, and a capital and finial in the form of a sphinx
Greek, Attic
ca. 530 BCE

Marble statue of a kouros (youth), Marble, Naxian, Greek, Attic — Marble statue of a kouros (youth)
Greek, Attic
ca. 590–580 BCE

Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, Fresco, Roman — Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale
Roman
ca. 50–40 BCE

Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, Fresco, Roman — Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale
Roman
ca. 50–40 BCE

Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, Fresco, Roman — Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale
Roman
ca. 50–40 BCE

Marble sarcophagus with the Triumph of Dionysos and the Seasons, Marble, Roman — Marble sarcophagus with the Triumph of Dionysos and the Seasons
Roman
ca. 260–270 CE

Plate with David's Confrontation with Eliab, Silver, Byzantine — Plate with David's Confrontation with Eliab
Byzantine
629–630

Plate with the Arming of David, Silver, Byzantine — Plate with the Arming of David
Byzantine
629–630

Plate with the Battle of David and Goliath, Silver, Byzantine — Plate with the Battle of David and Goliath
Byzantine
629–30

Plate with David Slaying a Lion, Silver, Byzantine — Plate with David Slaying a Lion
Byzantine
629–630

Plate with the Presentation of David to Saul, Silver, Byzantine — Plate with the Presentation of David to Saul
Byzantine
629–630

Plate with David Anointed by Samuel, Silver, Byzantine — Plate with David Anointed by Samuel
Byzantine
629–630

Recueil de Planches, sur les Sciences, Les Arts Libéraux, et Les Arts Méchaniques, avec leur explication. Premiere Livraison

Multiple artists/makers

1762

Buddha Maitreya (Mile), Gilt bronze with traces of pigment; piece-mold cast, China — Buddha Maitreya (Mile)
China
dated 486 (10th year of Taihe reign)

Wainscoting from the Château de la Bâstie d'Urfé

ca. 1547–48

Patio from the Castle of Vélez Blanco, Marble of Macael (Sierra de Filabres), Spanish, Almería — Patio from the Castle of Vélez Blanco
Spanish, Almería
1506–15

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