Metropolitan Museum Journal, Volume 47, 2012

"The Metropolitan Museum Journal", issued annually by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, publishes original research on works in the Museum's collections and the areas of investigation they represent. Volume 47 includes essays on the Tell Basta Treausure, Two Assyrian Reliefs from the Palace of Sargon II, the "Cloisters Annunciation" by the Master of Charles of France, Canvas Matches in Vermeer: a Case Study in the Computer Analysis of Fabric Supports, New Findings on the Life and Work of Claude Simpol (1666-ca. 1710), "The Bellange Album" and New Discoveries in French Nineteenth-Century Decorative Arts, Thomas Eakins's "The Chess Players" Replayed, "Mon cher ami et frere d'armes": Letters from Costantino Ressman to William Riggs, Collectors of Arms and Armor in Nineteenth-Century Paris, and Armor for America: The Duc de Dino Collection.


Contents

Treasures from Tell Basta: Goddesses, Officials, and Artists in an International Age – Christine Lilyquist

From Mesopotamia to the Met: Two Assyrian Reliefs from the Palace of Sargon II – Paul Collins

The Cloisters "Annunciation" by the Master of Charles of France – Robert Schindler

Canvas Matches in Vermeer: A Case Study in the Computer Analysis of Fabric Supports – Walter Liedtke, C. Richard Johnson Jr., and Don Johnson

New Findings on the Life and Work of Claude Simpol – Francois Marandet

The Bellange Album and New Discoveries in French Nineteenth-Century Decorative Arts – Sylvain Cordier

Thomas Eakins's "The Chess Players" Replayed – William Hauptman

"Mon cher ami et frere d'armes": Letters from Constantino Ressman to William Riggs, Collectors of Arms and Armor in Nineteenth-Century Paris – Elena Carrara

Armor for America: The Duc de Dino Collection – Stuart W. Pyhrr