Acquisition Highlights 2014 - MetCollects - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Allegorical Tapestry with Sages of the Past, ca. 1480–1500

The Cloisters Collection, 2014 (2014.66a, b)

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Throne of Njouteu: Royal Couple, Late 19th–early 20th century

Purchase, Rogers Fund, Andrea Bollt Bequest, in memory of Robert Bollt Sr. and Robert Bollt Jr., and Laura and James J. Ross and Anonymous Gifts, 2014 (2014.256)

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Dagger (Bichuwa), 17th century

Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Gift, 2014 (2014.190)

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Porphyry vessel with bearded masks, ca. late 1st century BCE‒early 2nd century CE

Purchase, Acquisitions Fund, The Jaharis Family Foundation Inc. Gift, Philippe de Montebello Fund, Philodoroi and Renée E. and Robert A. Belfer Gifts, The Bothmer Purchase Fund, and Mr. and Mrs. John A. Moran, Nicholas S. Zoullas, Patricia and Marietta Fried, Jeannette and Jonathan Rosen, Aso O. Tavitian, Leon Levy Foundation and Barbara and Donald Tober Gifts, 2014 (2014.215)

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Table Lamp, 1927

John C. Waddell Collection, Gift of John C. Waddell, 2014 (2014.744)

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Henri Fantin-Latour (1836–1904), 1861

Purchase, Marisa I. Alonso Bequest and Elizabeth and Thomas Easton Gift, in memory of their mother, Joan K. Easton, 2014 (2014.608)

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Ceremonial Axe, ca. 1900

Anonymous Gift, 2014 (2014.523.4)

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Mamluk Philae Dish, ca. 1345–1360

Purchase, James and Diane Burke Gift, in honor of Dr. Marilyn Jenkins-Madina, 2014 (2014.589)

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Armchair, 1805–15

Purchase, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, by exchange, 2014 (2014.55)

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Blow Up (Michelli), 2006

Purchase, Stephen and Nan Swid Gift and The Cynthia Hazen Polsky Fund, 2014 (2014.297a–w)

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The Lamentation, ca. 1514–16

Gift of Patrick Matthiesen and The Matthiesen Gallery, in honor of Keith Christiansen, 2014 (2014.448)

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Ewer in the form of an ostrich and basin, ca. 1689–92

Purchase, Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Acquisitions Fund, in honor of Anna-Maria Kellen, 2014 (2014.265a, b)

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Chrysanthemums in the Garden at Petit-Gennevilliers, 1893

Gift of the Honorable John C. Whitehead, 2014 (2014.736)

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"Lady Bloom", 2013

Alfred Z. Soloman-Janet A. Sloane Endowment Fund, 2014 (2014.63a, b)

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Head of a Central Asian Figure, 12th–13th century

Purchase, Friends of Islamic Art Gifts, 2014 (2014.529)

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Tankard, 1898

Purchase, Ambassador and Mrs. W. L. Lyons Brown Gift, 2014 (2014.70)

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Ecce Homo, ca. 1674–85

Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, Mary Trumbull Adams Fund, and Gift of Dr. Mortimer D. Sackler, Theresa Sackler and Family, 2014 (2014.275.1)

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A Knight of the Order of the Garter, 1663–71

Purchase, Walter and Leonore Annenberg Acquisitions Endowment Fund and Charles and Jessie Price and PECO Foundation Gifts, 2014 (2014.43)

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Hanging depicting a European conflict in South India, before 1763

Purchase, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund and Louis V. Bell Fund; Larry and Ann Burns and Brett and Sara Burns Gifts, in honor of Austin B. Chinn; and Austin B. Chinn and Joseph Conforti and Douglas Jakubowski Gifts, 2014 (2014.88)

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Landscape, Paris, spring 1908

Leonard A. Lauder Cubist Collection, Purchase, Leonard A. Lauder Gift, 2014 (2014.464)

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Study of a Young Woman in Three-quarter Bust-Length, ca. 1540–42

Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. David M. Tobey Gift, in honor of Carmen C. Bambach, 2014 (2014.528)

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Seated goddess Nephthys, inscribed for Mereskhonsu, ca. 715–650 BC

Purchase, Liana Weindling Gift, 2014 (2014.159)

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Fête pour la Paix Générale donnée à Paris le 18 Brumaire. Pont et Place de la Concorde., 1801–2

Purchase, Susan Schulman Printseller Gift, in honor of Catherine Jenkins, and Brooke Russell Astor Bequest, 2014 (2014.146.2)

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Portrait of a Man, ca.1793–1800

Purchase, Harry G. Sperling Fund, Jean A. Bonna Gift, Brooke Russell Astor Bequest, and Charles and Jessie Price Gift, 2014 (2014.271.1)

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Head of Christ, ca. 1506

Purchase, The Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund Gift, and Bequest of George D. Pratt, by exchange, 2014 (2014.149)

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Fête pour la Paix Générale donnée à Paris le 18 Brumaire. Pont Royal, 1801–2

Purchase, Susan Schulman Printseller Gift, in honor of Catherine Jenkins, and Brooke Russell Astor Bequest, 2014 (2014.146.1)

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Funerary Urn with Deity, ca. 6th century

Gift of Justin Kerr, in memory of Barbara Kerr, 2014 (2014.632.2)

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Colt Model 1862 Police Revolver, serial no. 38549, ca. 1868

Gift of W. C. Foxley, 2014 (2014.699)

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Powder Flask, ca. 1570

Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Gift, 2014 (2014.191)

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Still Life with Checked Tablecloth, Paris, spring 1915

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Leonard A. Lauder Cubist Collection, Purchase, Leonard A. Lauder Gift, 2014 (2014.463)

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Sketch for View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm (The Oxbow), 1836

Purchase, Gift of Mrs. Delancey Thorn Grant, in memory of her mother, Louise Floyd-Jones Thorn, by exchange and Friends of the American Wing Fund, 2014 (2014.59)

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The Crucifixion, ca. 1625–30

Purchase, Charles and Jessie Price and Fern and George Wachter Gifts, 2014 (2014.228)

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Endless Prayers XXVIII, 2009

Purchase, 2012 NoRuz at The Met Benefit, 2014 (2014.62)

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Portrait of a Woman, ca. 1670s

Gift of Álvaro Saieh Bendeck, Jean-Luc Baroni, and Fabrizio Moretti, in honor of Keith Christiansen, 2014 (2014.277)

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Saint Francis in Ecstasy, ca. 1650

Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift; Gwynne Andrews Fund; and Gift in memory of Felix M. Warburg from his wife and children, Bequest and Gift of George Blumenthal, Bequests of Theodore M. Davis, Adele L. Lehman, in memory of Arthur Lehman, Helen Hay Whitney, Jean Fowles, in memory of her first husband, R. Langton Douglas, and Gifts of Coudert Brothers and Harry Payne Bingham Jr., by exchange, 2014 (2014.270)

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The Furniture Factory, 1925

Purchase, Arthur Hoppock Hearn Fund, by exchange, 2014 (2014.142)

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Prayer Book, dated 1180 AH/1766 CE

Purchase, Friends of Islamic Art Gifts, 2014 (2014.44)

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Hook-Mask (Garra or Gra), 19th century or earlier

Gift of Ceil and Michael Pulitzer, 2014 (2014.752)

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Ceremonial Robe (Agbada), mid-20th century

Gift of Duro Olowu, 2014 (2014.751.1)

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The Jabach Family, ca. 1660

Purchase, Mrs. Charles Wrightsman Gift, in honor of Keith Christiansen, 2014 (2014.250)

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Tenor valve trombone, ca. 1863

Purchase, Amati Gifts, 2014 (2014.488a–d)

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Armor for the Torso and Hips, 12th–13th century

Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Gift, 2014 (2014.592)

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The Execution of Saint John the Baptist, ca. 1770

Purchase, Friends of European Paintings Gifts, 2014 (2014.566)

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Vessel with mythological scene, 7th–8th century

Gift of Justin Kerr, in memory of Barbara Kerr, 2014 (2014.632.1)

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Mater Dolorosa, ca. 1674–85

Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, Mary Trumbull Adams Fund, and Gift of Dr. Mortimer D. Sackler, Theresa Sackler and Family, 2014 (2014.275.2)

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Still life with bronze vessels and flowering plants , 1894

Gift of Mrs. Anita H. Berger, in memory of Ambassador Samuel D. Berger, 2014 (2014.247)

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Exodus Painting, five elements from a painted hanging depicting the Crossing of the Red Sea, mid-2nd–mid-4th century CE

Purchase, Rogers and Harris Brisbane Dick Funds; Caroline Howard Hyman Gift; Hagop Kevorkian Fund Gift, in memory of Hagop Kevorkian; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ruddock, Tianaderrah Foundation, John C. Weber, Diane Carol Brandt, several members of The Chairman's Council, and Elizabeth A.R. and Ralph S. Brown Jr. Gifts; Austin B. Chinn Gift, in honor of Diane Carol Brandt; Christopher C. Grisanti and Suzanne P. Fawbush and Reynolds Rencourt Foundation Gifts, 2014 (2014.629a–e)

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Study of a Bearded and Turbaned Man Carrying a Chest, ca. 1625–30

Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest and David T. Schiff and several members of The Chairman's Council Gifts, 2014 (2014.591)

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Vessel with dripping black ink patterns (Sumi nagashi tsubo), 1964

Gift of Halsey and Alice North, 2014 (2014.217)

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Sword Guard, 14th–15th century

Gift of Steven Kossak, The Kronos Collections, 2014 (2014.533)

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Seated Male Figure, 2nd–4th century

Gift of Albert J. Grant and Monique Grant Joint Revocable Trust, 2014 (2014.244.1)

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Shock Dog (nickname for a dog of the Maltese breed), probably 1782

Purchase, Barbara Walters Gift, in honor of Cha Cha, 2014 (2014.568)

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Variegati, no. 4568, ca. 1942

Gift of Marie-Rose Kahane and David Landau, 2014 (2014.208.29)

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Buddha, 3rd century

Purchase, Denise and Andrew Saul Gift, in honor of Maxwell K. Hearn, 2014 (2014.188)

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Lakshmi, Goddess of Prosperity , 7th century

Purchase, Brooke Russell Astor Bequest, Robert and Bobbie Falk Philanthropic Fund Gift, Seymour Fund, Josephine Lois Berger-Nadler Endowment Fund, Elizabeth M. Riley Bequest, in memory of Jean Mailey, funds from various donors; and David E. Stutzman and John D. Lamb, Shelby White, and Jeff Soref Gifts, 2014 (2014.60)

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An Inhabited Ruin on the Bank of a River, ca. 1630–40

Purchase, Fletcher Fund and Annette de la Renta and several members of The Chairman's Council Gifts, 2014 (2014.590)

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Dick Bagley, 1946

Gift of Nina Baroness von Maltzahn, Betsy and Ed Cohen/Arete, A. Michael and Mercedes Hoffman, Michael and Beth Klein, Marjorie and Jeffrey A. Rosen, Familienstiftung Schultz-von Schacky (Berlin), Marlene and Dirk Ippen, Gahl Hodges Burt and Martin Indyk, Vedder family, Achim Moeller-Moeller Fine Art, 2014 (2014.456)

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