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Taking a Closer Look at the Amati "King" Cello

July 14, 2015

By Andrew Dipper

Conservator Andrew Dipper examines a number of the intricate decorative details found on Andrea Amati's "King" cello, now on loan to the Met through September 8.
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Now on View: Andrea Amati's "King" Cello, on Loan from the National Music Museum

June 11, 2015

By Arian Sheets

Guest blogger Arian Sheets explores the history of a prized cello by Andrea Amati that is on loan to the Met through September 8.
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Rare Photographs Made by Charles M. Conlon of the Greats of American Baseball Gifted to The Met

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World’s Earliest Known Cello on Summer
Loan to Metropolitan Museum

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Awarded a Grant from the Mellon Foundation to support the James Van Der Zee Archive, established with The Studio Museum in Harlem

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Finding a Permanent Home for the "King": Laurence Witten, an Ideal Collector

August 31, 2015

By Claire Givens

Guest blogger Claire Givens details the life of noted collector Laurence Witten, whose collection included Andrea Amati's "King" cello, now on loan to the Met through September 8.
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J.S. Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G major | MetLiveArts

July 22, 2024
Violinist Johnny Gandelsman performs Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1 as part of a weeklong residency at The Met Cloisters.
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J.S. Bach: Cello Suite No. 6 in D major | MetLiveArts

October 28, 2024
Violinist Johnny Gandelsman performs Bach’s Cello Suite No. 6 as part of a weeklong residency at The Met Cloisters.
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J. S. Bach: Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor | MetLiveArts

September 23, 2024
Violinist Johnny Gandelsman performs Bach’s Cello Suite No. 2 as part of a weeklong residency at The Met Cloisters.
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J. S. Bach: Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor | MetLiveArts

October 14, 2024
Violinist Johnny Gandelsman performs Bach’s Cello Suite No. 5 as part of a weeklong residency at The Met Cloisters.
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Julia Jackson

Julia Margaret Cameron (British (born India), Calcutta 1815–1879 Kalutara, Ceylon)

Date: 1867
Accession Number: 1996.99.2

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Philip Stanhope Worsley

Julia Margaret Cameron (British (born India), Calcutta 1815–1879 Kalutara, Ceylon)

Date: 1866
Accession Number: 2005.100.27

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Zoe, Maid of Athens

Julia Margaret Cameron (British (born India), Calcutta 1815–1879 Kalutara, Ceylon)

Date: 1866
Accession Number: 1997.382.38

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Smallsword

Date: ca. 1700–1725
Accession Number: 2000.488

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Portrait of the Sinhalese King Sri Vikrama Raja Sinha (r. 1798–1815)

Date: early 19th century
Accession Number: 2010.142

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Tennyson Reading

Julia Margaret Cameron (British (born India), Calcutta 1815–1879 Kalutara, Ceylon)

Date: May 1865
Accession Number: 41.21.22

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Thomas Carlyle

Julia Margaret Cameron (British (born India), Calcutta 1815–1879 Kalutara, Ceylon)

Date: 1867
Accession Number: 49.55.324

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Julia Margaret Cameron (British (born India), Calcutta 1815–1879 Kalutara, Ceylon)

Date: July 4, 1866
Accession Number: 1997.382.36

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[Unidentified Child]

Julia Margaret Cameron (British (born India), Calcutta 1815–1879 Kalutara, Ceylon)

Date: 1873
Accession Number: 69.607.13

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Daisy

Julia Margaret Cameron (British (born India), Calcutta 1815–1879 Kalutara, Ceylon)

Date: 1864
Accession Number: 41.21.4