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"Recent Acquisitions: A Selection, 1990-1991": The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 49, no. 2 (Fall, 1991)

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART BULLETIN | VOLUME 49 | NUMBER 2

"Recent Acquisitions: A Selection, 1990–1991"

Adlin, Jane, Dorothea Arnold, Joan Aruz, Barbara Drake Boehm, Suzanne Boorsch, Katharine R. Brown, Malcolm R. Daniel, James David Draper, Kate Ezra, William M. Griswold, Phillip Guddemi, Maria Morris Hambourg, Donna J. Hassler, Marsha Hill, Timothy B. Husband, Colta Ives, Dale T. Johnson, J. Stewart Johnson, Julie Jones, David W. Kiehl, Donald J. LaRocca, Clare Le Corbeiller, Laurence Libin, Charles T. Little, Michele Majer, Joan R. Mertens, Lisa M. Messinger, Elizabeth J. Milleker, James Parker, Carlos A. Picón, Stuart W. Pyhrr, Olga Raggio, Sabine Rewald, Annemarie Schimmel, Lowery S. Sims, Clare Vincent, Daniel Walker, H. Barbara Weinberg, and William D. Wixom

1991

97 pages

8.5 x 11 in

This title is out of print.

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Table of contents

About the authors

Director's Note

Ancient Near Eastern Art

Egyptian Art

Greek and Roman Art

Islamic Art

Medieval Art and The Cloisters

Arms and Armor

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

European Paintings

Drawings

Prints and Photographs

Musical Instruments

Costume Institute

American Paintings and Sculpture

American Decorative Arts

Twentieth Century Art

The Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Asian Art

Met Art in Publication

Winged deity, Bronze, gold, Hittite — Winged deity
Hittite
ca. 14th–13th century BCE

Fragment of a sculptured statue base depicting an Asiatic prisoner, Schist — Fragment of a sculptured statue base depicting an Asiatic prisoner
ca. 1300–1250 B.C.

Statue of Dionysos leaning on a female figure ("Hope Dionysos"), Pacetti, Vincenzo, Marble, Roman — Statue of Dionysos leaning on a female figure ("Hope Dionysos")
Pacetti, Vincenzo
27 BCE–68 CE

Carpet with Chintimani Border and Lotus Design, Animal hair (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile — Carpet with Chintimani Border and Lotus Design
early 17th century

Calendar-Almanac in Scroll Form, Katib Muhammad Ma'ruf Na'ili, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on parchment — Calendar-Almanac in Scroll Form
Katib Muhammad Ma'ruf Na'ili
dated 1224 AH/1810 CE

Lyre-Shaped Belt Buckle, Copper alloy, quarternary, Hispano–Visigothic — Lyre-Shaped Belt Buckle
Hispano–Visigothic
600–700

Bow Brooch, Copper alloy, quaternary, Visigothic — Bow Brooch
Visigothic
550–600

Bow Brooch, Copper alloy, quaternary, Visigothic — Bow Brooch
Visigothic
550–600

Temple Pendant and Stick, Cloisonné enamel, gold, Byzantine — Temple Pendant and Stick
Byzantine
ca. 1080–1150

Figure of Isis-Aphrodite, Terracotta painted brown, black, red, and pink on white engobe — Figure of Isis-Aphrodite
2nd century A.D.

Pair of eyes, Bronze, marble, frit, quartz, obsidian, Greek — Pair of eyes
Greek
5th century BCE or later

Silver bust of Serapis, Silver, Roman — Silver bust of Serapis
Roman
2nd century CE

Elements of a Light-Cavalry Armor, Christian Schreiner the Younger Austrian, Steel, leather, Austrian, Innsbruck or Mühlau — Elements of a Light-Cavalry Armor
Christian Schreiner the Younger
ca. 1505–10

Double-Barreled Percussion Shotgun, Louis Perrin French, Steel, wood (walnut), silver, French, Paris — Double-Barreled Percussion Shotgun
Louis Perrin
Léopold Bernard
dated 1854

Giovanni Gioviano Pontano (1426–1503), Adriano Fiorentino (Adriano di Giovanni de' Maestri) Italian, Marble, Italian, Naples — Giovanni Gioviano Pontano (1426–1503)
Adriano Fiorentino (Adriano di Giovanni de' Maestri)
ca. 1490

Onofrio Panvinio, Girolamo Campagna Italian, Bronze, iron (hook at back of neck), Italian, possibly Verona and Venice — Onofrio Panvinio
Girolamo Campagna
early 1570s

Head of an Angel (?), Limestone, paint, French — Head of an Angel (?)
French
ca. 1250

Bifolium with the Decretals of Gratian, Master Honore French, Tempera and gold on parchment, brown ink; modern leather binding, French — Bifolium with the Decretals of Gratian
Master Honore
ca. 1290

Fragment of a Tapestry or Wall Hanging, Wool and linen, Upper Rhenish — Fragment of a Tapestry or Wall Hanging
Upper Rhenish
ca. 1420–30

Embroidery with the Annunciation, Silk and metallic threads on linen, Netherlandish — Embroidery with the Annunciation
Netherlandish
mid-15th century

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