However, a crucial aspect of Rembrandt’s development was his intense study of people, objects, and their surroundings “from life.”

Rembrandt was fascinated with subjects from the Old and New Testaments and, enjoyed revealing the realistic human emotion and narrative detail inspired by these stories.

Coordinator of Family, Teen, and Multigenerational Learning Mary Ann Bonet invites visitors to immerse themselves in sights and sounds from the Islamic world and India!

The organic shapes, in particular, suggest that anatomical study and dissection played a significant part in the development of the characteristic idiom of the Auricular Style.

Assistant Curator Adam Eaker welcomes readers to In Praise of Painting: Dutch Masterpieces at The Met, a new exhibition that expands the narrative of one of the most celebrated chapters in art history.

Assistant Curator Adam Eaker invites readers to see The Met's five paintings by Johannes Vermeer in a new installation in gallery 630.

Femke Speelberg, assistant curator in the Department of Drawings and Prints, visits the Eternal City as depicted by Antonio Tempesta (1555–1630).

We need light to see art, but the safest place for it is in the dark. Umm… _what?_ Learn how light energy can damage materials, and what we do at The Met to keep art safe for years to come.

The vihuela and guitar existed simultaneously until the seventeenth century, when the popularity of the guitar superseded the vihuela.