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Fran Lebowitz: Pretend It’s a Museum

Fran Lebowitz goes behind-the-scenes to The Met’s Paintings Conservation Lab to see Rembrandt’s Aristotle with a Bust of Homer (1653). Along the way, she tells her favorite story of visiting The Museum and contemplates the impossibility of choosing a favorite object in The Met’s collection.

You can view Rembrandt’s Aristotle with a Bust of Homer (1653) in our European Paintings Galleries.


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Fran Lebowitz
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Aristotle with a Bust of Homer, Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)  Dutch, Oil on canvas
Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)
1653
Gertrude Stein, Pablo Picasso  Spanish, Oil on canvas
Pablo Picasso
1905–6