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.
Egg-Shaped Ornament
Not on view
This unusually elaborate hanging ornament includes between the seraphim an image of the Virgin and Child that is based on an engraving by the Dutch painter Cornelius Bloemaert II (1603–ca. 1684). The inscription suggests the work was a votive gift: "A memorial of Abraham of Kütahya is this sphere."