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THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART JOURNAL | VOLUME 57

"Malachite Networks: The Demidov and Medici Vases-Torchères in The Met"

Budrina, Ludmila

2022

12 pages

10 illustrations

9.25 x 11.25 in

This title is in print.

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Table of contents

About the authors

New Evidence for the Origins of a Royal Copper Head from the Ancient Near East
Melissa Epihimer

Sculpting Reputation: A Terracotta Bust of Senesino by Roubiliac
Malcolm Baker

Witnessing Ingenuity: Lacquerware from Michoacán for the Vicereine of New Spain
Ronda Kasl

John Kay’s Watercolor Drawing John Campbell (1782)
Wendy McGlashan

A Tale of Two Chapeaux: Fashion, Revolution, and David’s Portrait of the Lavoisiers
Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell

Hearing Witness: The Wičhówoyake of Matȟó Nážiŋ’s Little Bighorn Muslins
Ramey Mize

Jacob Lawrence’s Work Theme, 1945–46
Claire Ittner

New Insights into Filippo Lippi’s Alessandri Altarpiece
Sandra Cardarelli

A Monumental-Scale Crimson Velvet Cloth of Gold in The Met: Historical, Technical, and Materials Analysis
Giulia Chiostrini, Elizabeth Cleland, Nobuko Shibayama, Federico Carò

Malachite Networks: The Demidov and Medici Vases-Torchères in The Met
Ludmila Budrina

Met Art in Publication

Twelve-light torchère (one of a pair), Pierre Philippe Thomire French, Malachite veneered on copper, patinated bronze, gilt bronze, French — Twelve-light torchère (one of a pair)
Pierre Philippe Thomire
ca. 1840

Large marble vase decorated with a relief of the sacrifice of Iphigenia, from "Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal Cav. Gio. Batt. Piranesi, Vol. II" (Vases, candelabra, grave stones, sarcophagi, tripods, lamps, and ornaments designed and etched by Cavalieri Giovanni Battista Piranesi), Giovanni Battista Piranesi Italian, Etching — Large marble vase decorated with a relief of the sacrifice of Iphigenia, from "Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal Cav. Gio. Batt. Piranesi, Vol. II" (Vases, candelabra, grave stones, sarcophagi, tripods, lamps, and ornaments designed and etched by Cavalieri Giovanni Battista Piranesi)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1778–80

Vase decorated with a Bacchanalian frieze, from "Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal Cav. Gio. Batt. Piranesi, Vol. II" (Vases, candelabra, grave stones, sarcophagi, tripods, lamps, and ornaments designed and etched by Cavalieri Giovanni Battista Piranesi), Giovanni Battista Piranesi Italian, Etching — Vase decorated with a Bacchanalian frieze, from "Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal Cav. Gio. Batt. Piranesi, Vol. II" (Vases, candelabra, grave stones, sarcophagi, tripods, lamps, and ornaments designed and etched by Cavalieri Giovanni Battista Piranesi)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1778–80

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