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Art, Class, and Commerce in a Late Medieval Town, Berenice Abbott's
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Juan de Pareja, Afro-Hispanic Painter,
Cecily Brown: Death and the Maid,
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Images: Clara Peeters (Flemish, Mechelen ca. 1587–after 1636 Ghent). A Bouquet of Flowers, ca.
1612. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Purchase, Lila Acheson
Wallace, Howard S. and Nancy Marks, Friends of European Paintings, and
Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Gifts, Gift of Humanities Fund Inc., by
exchange, Henry and Lucy Moses Fund Inc. Gift, and funds from various
donors, 2020 (2020.22) | Amy Sillman (American, 1955). Finger x 2, 2015. The
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Purchase, Edith C. Blum Fund, and
Andrew J. and Christine C. Hall Foundation Gift, 2016 (2016.694) ©
Amy Sillman | Architectural
Support with a Jester, 1524–1549. French, Made in
Exeter, England, by French woodworkers. Oak, 83 x 9 1/2 x 9 1/4 in.,
101 lb. (211 x 24.1 x 23.5 cm, 45.8 kg). The Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York, The Cloisters Collection, 1974 (1974.295.1) | Berenice
Abbott (American, 1898–1991). Page from New York Album, 1929–30. Gelatin
silver prints, 10 x 13 in. (25.4 x 33 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of
Art, New York, Gift of Emanuel Gerard, 1984 (1984.1097.9–.18). © Berenice
Abbott / Commerce Graphics Ltd. Inc. | © Cara Romero (Native American
(Chemehuevi), born 1977). Water Memory (detail), 2021. Photograph,
Framed: 41 × 41 in. (104.1 × 104.1 cm). | Juan de Pareja (Spanish, ca.
1608–1670). The Calling of Saint Matthew, 1661. Oil on canvas, 88 1/2 in.
x 10 ft. 8 in. (225 x 325 cm). Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
(P001041). Photo: © Photographic Archive Museo Nacional del Prado |
Cecily Brown. Maid in a Landscape, 2021. Oil on linen. Private
collection. Courtesy the artist, photo by Genevieve Hanson | Detail of
“Universal Gateway,” Chapter 25 of the Lotus Sutra, Japan, Kamakura
Period (1185–1333), dated 1257. Handscroll; ink, color, and gold on
paper. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Louisa
Eldridge McBurney Gift, 1953.
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