THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART BULLETIN | VOLUME 50 | NUMBER 4

The New York Obelisk, or, How Cleopatra's Needle Came to New York and What Happened When It Got Here

D'Alton, Martina

1993

72 pages

8.5 x 11 in

This title is out of print.

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Martina D'Alton

Met Art in Publication

Relief of Thutmose III, Limestone, paint — Relief of Thutmose III
ca. 1479–1425 BCE

Moving the Vatican Obelisk, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae", Natale Bonifacio Italian, Etching, printed from three plates — Moving the Vatican Obelisk, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"
Multiple artists/makers
1586

Crab from "Cleopatra's Needle", Bronze — Crab from "Cleopatra's Needle"
13 BCE

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D’Alton, Martina, and Metropolitan Museum of Art, eds. 1993. The New York Obelisk, or, How Cleopatra’s Needle Came to New York and What Happened When It Got Here. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art/Abrams.

The New York Obelisk, or, How Cleopatra's Needle Came to New York and What Happened When It Got Here

Martina D'Alton

Met Art in Publication

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