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MetCollects

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2014

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MetCollects introduces highlights of works of art recently acquired by the Met through gifts and purchases. Join us to discover a new work each month.

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Mishneh Torah, Master of the Barbo Missal Italian, Tempera and gold leaf on parchment; leather binding, North Italian — Mishneh Torah
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1457

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Périgord (1754–1838), Prince de Bénévent, baron François Gérard French, Oil on canvas — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Périgord (1754–1838), Prince de Bénévent
baron François Gérard
1808

The Refusal of Time, William Kentridge South African, Five-channel digital video installation, black-and-white and color, sound, 30 min.; steel megaphones, and a breathing machine (“elephant”) — The Refusal of Time
William Kentridge
2012

A Wooded River Landscape with a Church and Figures, Hendrick Avercamp Dutch, Gouache, watercolor, over lead point or graphite, on paper prepared with gouache; framing line in pen and brown ink and gold paint — A Wooded River Landscape with a Church and Figures
Hendrick Avercamp
ca. 1613

Panel painting of a woman in a blue mantle, Encaustic on wood — Panel painting of a woman in a blue mantle
A.D. 54–68

Vase with face, Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat French, Stoneware, French, Bourg-la-Reine — Vase with face
Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat
Alphonse Voisin-Delacroix
1892–93

Bowl with two panthers, Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat French, Stoneware, French, Bourg-la-Reine — Bowl with two panthers
Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat
1894–95

Bottle vase, Ernest Chaplet French, Porcelain, French, Choisy-le-Roi — Bottle vase
Ernest Chaplet
ca. 1890

Square vase, Ernest Chaplet French, Hard-paste porcelain, French, Choisy-le-Roi — Square vase
Ernest Chaplet
ca. 1889

Basket vase, Georges Hoentschel French, Glazed stoneware, French, Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye — Basket vase
Georges Hoentschel
Emile Grittel
ca. 1900

Vase with peacock feathers, Auguste Delaherche French, Stoneware, French, Paris — Vase with peacock feathers
Auguste Delaherche
ca. 1889

Gourd vase, Jean-Joseph Carriès French, Stoneware, French, Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye — Gourd vase
Jean-Joseph Carriès
ca. 1890

Vessel with Women and Goats, Paul Gauguin French, Stoneware, French, Paris — Vessel with Women and Goats
Paul Gauguin
ca. 1887–89

Vase with four green handles, Auguste Delaherche French, Stoneware, French, Paris — Vase with four green handles
Auguste Delaherche
ca. 1889

Mirror of Yoshiwara Beauties (Seirō bijin awase sugata kagami) 青楼美人合姿鏡, Katsukawa Shunshō　勝川春章 Japanese, Woodblock printed book; ink, color, and mica on paper, Japan — Mirror of Yoshiwara Beauties (Seirō bijin awase sugata kagami) 青楼美人合姿鏡
Katsukawa Shunshō　勝川春章
Kitao Shigemasa 北尾重政
1776

A New Record Comparing the Handwriting of the Courtesans of the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin jihitsu kagami) 吉原傾城新美人自筆鏡, Kitao Masanobu (Santō Kyōden) 北尾政演 (山東京伝) Japanese, Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper, Japan — A New Record Comparing the Handwriting of the Courtesans of the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin jihitsu kagami) 吉原傾城新美人自筆鏡
Kitao Masanobu (Santō Kyōden) 北尾政演 (山東京伝)
1784, early spring (Tenmei 4)

Gifts of the Ebb Tide (The Shell Book) (Shiohi no tsuto) 潮干のつと(都登), Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 Japanese, Woodblock printed book (orihon, accordion-style); ink, color, mica, and gold-leaf on paper, Japan — Gifts of the Ebb Tide (The Shell Book) (Shiohi no tsuto) 潮干のつと(都登)
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿
probably 1789

Picture Book of Kyōka Poems: Mountains upon Mountains (Ehon kyōka yama mata yama) 画本狂歌山満多山, Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 Japanese, Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper, Japan — Picture Book of Kyōka Poems: Mountains upon Mountains (Ehon kyōka yama mata yama) 画本狂歌山満多山
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎
1804

One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei) 富嶽百景, Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 Japanese, Set of three woodblock printed books; ink on paper, Japan — One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei) 富嶽百景
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎
ca. 1849

Four Icons from a Pair of Doors (Panels), possibly part of a Polyptych: John the Theologian and Prochoros, the Baptism (Epiphany), Harrowing of Hell (Anastasis), and Saint Nicholas, Tempera and gold on wood, Byzantine — Four Icons from a Pair of Doors (Panels), possibly part of a Polyptych: John the Theologian and Prochoros, the Baptism (Epiphany), Harrowing of Hell (Anastasis), and Saint Nicholas
Byzantine
early 15th century

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