The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Panel from a Ceiling

Art Object

Collecting Turkmen Jewelry: The Marshall and Marilyn R. Wolf Collection

In conjunction with the exhibition Turkmen Jewelry from the Collection of Marshall and Marilyn R. Wolf (on view October 9, 2012, through February 24, 2013), Marshall and Marilyn R. Wolf discuss their collecting practices and connection to The Metropolitan Museum of Art. From the first few pieces that grew into a large collection of traditional Turkmen jewelry, the couple's appreciation for the jewelry has followed them for decades and allowed them to develop unique insights into the practice of collecting.

The exhibition is made possible by the Hagop Kevorkian Fund.

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Panel from a Ceiling

Object Name:: Ceiling
Date:: 14th–15th century
Geography:: Spain, probably Granada
Medium:: Wood; mortised, tenoned, mitered, rabbeted, and painted
Dimensions:: H. 102 1/8 in. (259.4 cm) W. 106 1/2 in. (270.5 cm) Max. D. 12 in. (30.5 cm) Min. D. 6 in. (15.2 cm)
Classification:: Wood
Credit Line:: Gift of William Randolph Hearst Foundation, The Hearst Foundation Inc., 1977
Accession Number:: 1977.93

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 457

Description

This wooden ceiling panel probably came from a palace or villa in Granada, originally part of a long ceiling covering a patio. The type, referred to in Spanish as artesonado, is well represented among the ceilings still in situ at the Alhambra—for example, the one that covers the porch of the Torre de las Damas. The geometric design, based on a star-and-polygon pattern and articulated by four muqarnas lanterns, would originally have been richly pigmented and highlighted with gilding.
Provenance

Luis Ruiz, Madrid (until 1922; his sale, AndersonGalleries, New York, April 19–22, 1922, lot 816, to Hearst); William Randolph Hearst, San Simeon, CA (1922–d. 1951; HearstFoundations, until 1977)
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