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Essay

Investigation of Heavy-Metal Soap Deterioration in Oil Paintings

August 2, 2022
This project seeks to determine the causes and mechanisms of a degradation process in traditional oil paintings known as soap formation.
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Investigating the Formation and Structure of Lead Soaps in Traditional Oil Paintings

June 11, 2020

By Silvia A. Centeno, Jaclyn Catalano, Cecil Dybowski, Nicholas Zumbulyadis, Yao Yao, and Anna Murphy

Understanding the chemical processes of lead and heavy metal soaps informs art conservators on ways to slow, stop, and prevent the deterioration of unique works of art.
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Painting in Oil in the Low Countries and Its Spread to Southern Europe

October 1, 2002

By Susan Jones

The versatility of oil paint made it an essential factor in realizing the new artistic vision of early Netherlandish painting, which combined extraordinary realism with brilliant color.
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The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art: Terracotta Oil Lamps

The fourth catalogue in a series that documents the renowned Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art, this book focuses on the collection’s 453 terracotta oil lamps dating from the Classical, Hellenistic, Roman, and Early Byzantine periods. The rich iconography on many of these common, everyday objects provides a rare look into daily life on Cyprus in antiquity and highlights the island’s participation in Roman artistic and cultural production. Each lamp is illustrated, and the accompanying text addresses typology, decoration, and makers’ marks on each of these objects that provide new insights into art, craft, and trade in the ancient Mediterranean.
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video

The Artist Project: David Salle

June 22, 2015
Artist David Salle reflects on Marsden Hartley in this episode of The Artist Project.
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Essay

The Transatlantic Slave Trade

October 1, 2003

By Alexander Ives Bortolot

The institution of slavery existed in Africa long before the arrival of Europeans and was widespread at the period of economic contact.
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editorial

All the World’s a Stage

December 17, 2021

By Robyn C. Fohouo

10 books on globalism, place, and performance.
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Essay

A Roman Statue of Aphrodite on Loan to The Met

May 9, 2023, revised November 5, 2024

By Alexis Belis

A celebrated statue of the goddess of love, Aphrodite, is now on display in The Met’s Greek and Roman galleries as a five-year loan until 2028.
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Why this plate has one of the most cinematic depictions of David and Goliath

May 15, 2013

By Helen C. Evans

"One doesn’t tend to think of silver plates as being quite as emotionally involving."
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Essay

Late Medieval German Sculpture

October 1, 2002

By Julien Chapuis

The mobility of late medieval artists ensured the dissemination of styles over wide geographic areas.
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Art

Triptych with the Mandylion

The Kremlin Armory Workshops, Moscow

Date: 1637
Accession Number: 1975.87

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Art

Barberini Cabinet

Galleria dei Lavori, Florence

Date: ca. 1606–23
Accession Number: 1988.19

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Art

The Backgammon Players

Philip Webb (British, Oxford 1831–1915 West Sussex)

Date: 1861
Accession Number: 26.54

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Art

Buttermilk Pedlar

William P. Chappel (American, 1801–1878)

Date: 1870s
Accession Number: 54.90.498

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Art

The Baker's Wagon

William P. Chappel (American, 1801–1878)

Date: 1870s
Accession Number: 54.90.510

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Art

Nymph and Putti; Nymph with a Wreath and Putti with Garlands of Flowers

Piat Joseph Sauvage (Flemish, Tournai 1744–1818 Tournai)

Accession Number: 07.225.306ab

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Art

Imperial Frame and Clock

House of Carl Fabergé

Date: before 1899
Accession Number: L.2011.66.11

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Art

Forsyth Patent Second Model Sliding Primer Over-and-Under Pistol with Case and Accessories

Alexander John Forsyth (British, 1768–1843)

Date: ca. 1824
Accession Number: 19.53.104a–e

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Art

Rothschild lamp

Andrea Briosco, called Riccio (Italian, Trent 1470–1532 Padua)

Date: ca. 1510–20
Accession Number: 2009.58

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Art

Wax model for a portrait of King George IV (1762–1830)

Benedetto Pistrucci (Italian, 1783–1855, active England)

Date: 1820
Accession Number: 2018.435