Rembrandt: Restoring a Masterpiece

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(14.40.618) | John Wilson (American, Roxbury, Massachusetts 1922–2015 Brookline, Massachusetts). [Journey of the Mann Family, from "The Richard Wright Suite"](, 2001. Etching with aquatint, 12 × 16 in. (30.5 × 40.6 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2023, (2023.264a) | Red-figure volute-krater from tomb 128 of Spina. [Terracotta volute-krater](, 440–430 BCE. Greek, Attic, Classical Period. Terracotta, 26 x 16 5/8 in. (66 x 42 cm). Lent by the Republic of Italy, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Ferrara (L.2023.30) | Yosa Buson (Japanese, 1716–1783). Hanshan and Shide (detail), Edo period (1615–1868), early 1770s. Pair of hanging scrolls; ink and color on paper. Image: 55 × 23 3/16 in.(139.7 × 58.9 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2022 (2022.432.16a, b) | Unidentified Artist, Inscriptions on the Stone Drums (Eastern Zhou dynasty, 5th century B.C.). Set of rubbings in ten sections mounted as a pair of handscrolls; ink on paper, Image (scroll a): 16 1/2 × 257 1/4 in. (41.9 × 653.4 cm) Image (scroll b): 16 3/4 × 265 5/8 in. (42.5 × 674.7 cm) Overall with mounting (each) H. 17 3/4 in. (45.1 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Wan-go H. C. Weng, 1992 (1992.166.1a, b) | Everett L. Warner (American, 1877–1963). New York from a Seaplane, ca. 1919. Pastel on paper adhered to board, 14 x 11 5/8 in. (35.6 x 29.5 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Dorothy Schwartz Gift, 2015 (2015.4) ©Everett Warner Archives | Jun Takahashi (Japanese, born 1969) for Undercover (Japanese, founded 1990). Dress, spring/summer 2024. Reinforced 3-D-printed clear resin containing purple silk plain-weave roses, green silk velvet leaves, and yellow and purple silk plain-weave butterflies overlaid with yellow nylon tulle and trimmed with yellow embossed leather. Courtesy Undercover. Photography © Nick Knight, 2024 | Mary Sully (Dakota, 1896–1963). Alice (detail), ca. 1920s–40s. Colored pencil, black ink, gilt, white paint, and pastel crayon on paper, 34 3/8 x 19 in. (87.3 x 48.3 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Morris K. Jesup Fund and funds from various donors, 2023 (2023.305) Requested artist/estate caption. | Buffaloes in Combat (detail), Attributed to Miskin, India, Mughal, late sixteenth century, Ink,watercolor, and gold on paper, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1983 (1983.258)