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"Appearance and Reality: Recent Studies in Conservation": The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 55, no. 3 (Winter, 1997-1998)

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART BULLETIN | VOLUME 55 | NUMBER 3

"Appearance and Reality: Recent Studies in Conservation"

Abramitis, Dorothy H., James H. Frantz, Elizabeth Hendrix, Michele Marincola, Deborah Schorsch, and Richard E. Stone

1997

56 pages

This title is out of print.

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About the authors

Dorothy Abramitis

Dorothy H. Abramitis is a conservator in The Sherman Fairchild Center for Objects Conservation.

James Frantz

Elizabeth Hendrix

Michele Marincola

Deborah Salomon

Richard Shone

Richard Stone

Met Art in Publication

Head and neck from a marble figure, Marble, Cycladic — Head and neck from a marble figure
2700–2500 BCE

Marble male figure, Marble, Cycladic — Marble male figure
2400–2300 BCE or later

Marble head from the figure of a woman, Marble, Cycladic — Marble head from the figure of a woman
2700–2500 BCE

Marble female figure, Marble, Cycladic — Marble female figure
2700–2600 BCE

Marble female figure, Bastis Master, Marble, Cycladic — Marble female figure
Bastis Master
2600–2400 BCE

Relief with hieroglyphic label "Lord of Cats' Town", Limestone — Relief with hieroglyphic label "Lord of Cats' Town"
ca. 2353–2150 B.C.

Ipuy and Wife Receive Offerings from Their Children (substantially restored), Norman de Garis Davies, Tempera on paper — Ipuy and Wife Receive Offerings from Their Children (substantially restored)
Norman de Garis Davies
ca. 1279–1213 B.C.

Bastet holding an aegis, Cupreous metal — Bastet holding an aegis
664–30 B.C.

Sacred animal mummy of a cat, Linen, paint, animal remains, mummification materials — Sacred animal mummy of a cat
ca. 400 B.C.–100 A.D.

Cat Statuette intended to contain a mummified cat, Leaded bronze — Cat Statuette intended to contain a mummified cat
332–30 B.C.

Marble statue of an old woman, Marble, Pentelic, Roman — Marble statue of an old woman
14–68 CE

Fragments of a marble statue of the Diadoumenos (youth tying a fillet around his head), Polykleitos, Marble, Roman — Fragments of a marble statue of the Diadoumenos (youth tying a fillet around his head)
Polykleitos
ca. 69–96 CE

Terracotta statuette of the Diadoumenos (youth tying a fillet around his head), Terracotta, Greek — Terracotta statuette of the Diadoumenos (youth tying a fillet around his head)
1st century BCE

Marble head of an old woman, Marble, Roman — Marble head of an old woman
ca. 1st century CE

Virgin, Joan Avesta Spanish, Alabaster, traces of gilt, paint, French — Virgin
Joan Avesta
ca. 1370–90

Ewer, Ferdinand Eusebio Miseroni Italian, Smoky rock crystal, enamel, gold, diamonds, Bohemian, Prague with French, Paris mounts — Ewer
Ferdinand Eusebio Miseroni
ca. 1680 and early 19th century

Tureen, Charles Percier French, Silver gilt, French, Paris — Tureen
Charles Percier
1794–1814

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