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Essay

Seventeenth-Century European Watches

March 1, 2009

By J. H. Leopold and Clare Vincent

By about 1520, the device had been developed to such an extent that a tiny watch movement could be incorporated into a jewel or some other small precious object.

editorial

My Renaissance Portrait's Match

March 19, 2012

By Aziza

Teen Advisory Group member Aziza compares a Renaissance portrait with a helmet mask made by the Mende or Sherbro peoples from Sierra Leone.

editorial

Watch the Birdie: A Special Guest in the Cuxa Cloister

August 18, 2016

By Christina Alphonso

Administrator Christina Alphonso shares a rare sighting of a red-tailed hawk bathing in the Cuxa Cloister fountain.

Publication

"A Rock Crystal Watch with a Cross-Beat Escapement"

Publication

"A Watch for Monsieur Hesselin"

Press Release

Diana Craig Patch Named Lila Acheson Wallace Curator in Charge of Department of Egyptian Art at Metropolitan Museum

Publication

"An Extravagant Jewel: The George Watch"

Past Exhibition

Water Memories

June 23, 2022–April 2, 2023

Water is the most intimate of all natural resources. We depend on and share our lives with water in its many forms—the soothing trickle of freshwater springs, meandering rivers, the rhythmic waves of a northern Great Lake, the thunderous roar of th…

Press Release

Neo Rauch at the Met

Publication

"Epigraphic and Art Historical Responses to Presenting the Tripod, by Wang Xuehao (1803)"

The Metropolitan Museum Journal is issued annually and publishes original research on works of art in the Museum’s collection. Highlights of volume 54 include conservators’ discoveries of Renaissance sculptor Andrea della Robbia’s workshop techniques; a new reading of lavishly dressed women on tile panels from 17th-century Iran; and John Singer Sargent’s decisive role in choosing his socialite sitters’ fashionable attire.