Magdalene with Two Flames or The Penitent Magdalene is an undated oil-on-canvas painting created c.1640 by the French painter Georges de La Tour. In 1978...

with the Smoking Flame there is no mirror in the painting compared to Magdalene at the Mirror and Magdalene with Two Flames. The Magdalene in this painting...

départemental d'Art ancien et contemporain, Épinal, France Magdalene with the Smoking Flame, c. 1640, Los Angeles County Museum of Art The Newborn Christ...

event is known as "fashion's biggest night", where "haute couture intersects with history to create the ultimate cultural moment – all in the name of art";...

1150. Two animals are carved into the keystones; both rest on their hind legs as if about to attack each other. The capitals are lined with carvings...

(two fragments) "The Hunters Return to the Castle" "The Unicorn Rests in a Garden" The tapestries comprise five large pieces, one small piece, and two...

installation. Instead, every year it holds two separate shows in the Met's galleries using costumes from its collection, with each show centering on a specific...

pronaos or porch is the front of the temple. It includes two highly decorated columns with composite tops depicting lotus blossoms, a style first used...

Dante's Inferno in which the 13th century count is imprisoned and starving with his children. The work, known for its expressive detail, launched Carpeaux's...

banker Robert Lehman in 1975. Thurman, Judith (27 September 2013). "My Visit with Balthus". The New Yorker. Retrieved 14 March 2016. Russell, John (19 February...

3.1 inches (6.7 by 8 cm), is today mounted in a leather case with a hinged lid and two clasps; it had originally been installed on a paper backing which...

Mary Magdalene (sometimes called Mary of Magdala, or simply the Magdalene or the Madeleine) was a woman who, according to the four canonical gospels, traveled...

design on Western fashion over the centuries. It was curated by Andrew Bolton with support from Harold Koda. Nathan Crowley was responsible for production design...

wood panel depicting Eakins' father Benjamin observing a chess match. The two players are Bertrand Gardel (at left), an elderly French teacher, and the...

edge of Central Park in Manhattan's Upper East Side. After negotiations with the City of New York in 1871, the Met was granted the land between the East...

Richard Prince, Laurie Simmons, Jack Goldstein and Sherrie Levine, together with lesser-known contemporaries such as Troy Brauntuch and Michael Zwack. It...

year, it was extended through August 7. Patrons waited in lines of up to two hours to see the exhibit. To accommodate the large crowds, the Met offered...

mural was painted with egg tempera on linen canvases. The mural was acquired by AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company in 1984. After two years of renovation...

Lexicon of Fashion (part one of a two part exhibition) 2022 In America: An Anthology of Fashion (part two of a two part exhibition) 2023 Karl Lagerfeld:...

Kneeling Bull With Vessel is a small 6 3/8 inches (16.3 cm) tall statue made of silver with an animal upper part of a bull holding a vessel with pebbles inside...

1505 El Greco The Vision of Saint John c. 1609–14 John Singer Sargent Two Girls with Parasols 1889 Nicholson, Louise (March 17, 2016). "The Met Breuer's...

middle of the colonnade down a step framed by two stone pillars from an old garden, is a half-pavilion, with carved wood benches and upturned eaves. The...

chair's carved ivory, possibly due to Egyptian's association of lotus flowers with rebirth and healing. The Metropolitan Museum of Art theorizes that the image...

objects as a metaphor for the loss of a young girl's virginity. After a two-year stay in Italy, the artist decided to return to France and show his works...

is "fifty-eight holes". The gaming board has two sets of 29 holes. Gaming pieces are ten small sticks with either jackal or dog heads. The game appeared...

Wilson-Bareau with David C. Degener, Manet and the American Civil War: The Battle of the U.S.S. Kearsarge and the C.S.S. Alabama, Issued in connection with an exhibition...

New York, 1485–1490) Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints (Raphael) Magdalene with Two Flames The Maidservant Maine Coast Majas on a Balcony Manuel...

worked with small compositions in the field that he then pulled together in more elaborate, larger works while in his studio. He was also playing with the...

Martini's design was executed (under his supervision) by two Tuscan brothers famed for their work with interior woodworking, Giuliano and Benedetto da Maiano...

text in the history of art. In fact, "pity and air", two words of Shakespeare's verses, are also two motifs used by Blake in this picture: a female cherub...