The Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 35 (2000)
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART JOURNAL | VOLUME 35

"Technical Appendix: Composition of Enamels on the George Watch"

Wypyski, Mark T.
2000
3 pages
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Mark T. Wypyski

Mark Wypyski graduated from Haverford College with a combined BS/BA degree, and earned graduate degrees in science, art history, and art conservation from Rutgers University and New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts. Having worked at The Met since 1986, he specializes in the application of electron microscopy and X-ray microanalysis for the characterization of art and archaeological materials. His many research projects over the years have concentrated mainly on compositional analysis of ancient and historic glasses and enamels.

Selected publications

Mark Wypyski, “Chemical Analysis of Early Islamic Glass from Nishapur.” In Journal of Glass Studies 57 (2015): 121–136.

Mark Wypyski, “Compositional Study of Medieval Islamic Enameled Glass from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.” In Metropolitan Museum Studies in Art, Science, and Technology 1 (2010): 109–132.

Mark Wypyski, “The Neptune Pendant: Renaissance Jewel or Nineteenth-Century Invention?” In The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 67, no. 1 (2009): 33–39.

Watch in the form of a badge of the Order of the Garter, Nicholas Vallin  Flemish, Case and dial: gold, partly enameled; movement: gilded brass and steel, British, London
Nicholas Vallin
ca. 1600

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