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editorial

Artemisia Gentileschi's Esther Before Ahasuerus

March 29, 2010

By Keith Christiansen

Each time I stand before this painting I am impressed by the clever way the artist—the most famous female painter of the seventeenth century—has infused a well-known biblical story with her understanding of a gendered society in which women employed beauty and cleverness to gain the upper hand.

editorial

The Legacy of Guitar Virtuoso Justin Holland Lives On

February 10, 2014

By Jayson Kerr Dobney

Associate Curator Jayson Dobney and guitarist Ernie Jackson introduce readers to nineteenth-century African-American guitar virtuoso Justin Holland.

editorial

Fragonard's Trip to Holland: Fact or Fiction?

November 7, 2016

By Perrin Stein

Curator Perrin Stein takes a look at a drawing by Jean Honoré Fragonard that serves as a clue as to whether or not the artist took a trip to Holland in 1773.

video

The Artist Project: Roland Flexner

June 22, 2015

Artist Roland Flexner reflects on Jacques de Gheyn II's _Vanitas Still Life_ in this episode of The Artist Project.

Publication

The Luminous Image: Painted Glass Roundels in the Lowlands, 1480–1560

Press Release

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Acquires More Than 80 Paintings and Drawings from the Howard Hodgkin Indian Collection

Publication

Indian Skies: The Howard Hodgkin Collection of Indian Court Painting

Court painting, both devotional and secular, has a long history in India and has inspired artists from diverse global traditions. This Bulletin features more than fifty stunning examples of Indian court painting by Mughal, Deccani, Rajasthani, and Pahari artists all from the former collection of British painter Howard Hodgkin (1932–2017). The works featured include stunning portraits, beautifully detailed text illustrations, studies of the natural world, and devotional subjects. Authors explore Hodgkins’s interest in these works and the relationship between his collecting and artistic practice while also providing detailed discussions of individual styles of the Indian courts and the vibrant exchange across their kingdoms from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century.

Past Exhibition

Indian Skies: The Howard Hodgkin Collection of Indian Court Painting

February 6–June 9, 2024

Over the course of sixty years, British artist Howard Hodgkin (British, London 1932–2017 London) formed a collection of Indian paintings and drawings that is recognized as one of the finest of its kind. A highly regarded painter and printmaker, Hod…

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