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Exhibition
Hidden Faces: Covered Portraits of the Renaissance
Through July 7
Now on view at
The Met Fifth Avenue
in
Gallery 964
Free with Museum admission
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Overview
Visiting Guide
Exhibition Objects
House Altarpiece
German
ca. 1490
The Lamentation of Christ
Simon Marmion (French, Amiens ca. 1425–1489 Valenciennes)
ca. 1473
Bronze box mirror
Greek
2nd quarter of the 4th century BCE
Gold aureus of Augustus
Roman
20–19 BCE
Gold aureus of Diocletian
Roman
293 CE
Portrait medal of Cecilia Gonzaga (obverse); Innocence and a Unicorn in a Moonlit Landscape (reverse)
Pisanello (Antonio Pisano) (Italian, Pisa or Verona by 1395–1455)
model 1447 (old aftercast)
Portrait medal of Vittorino Rambaldoni da Feltre (obverse); A Pelican (reverse)
Pisanello (Antonio Pisano) (Italian, Pisa or Verona by 1395–1455)
model 1446–47 (possibly cast 15th or 16th century)
Portrait medal of Paolo Giovio (obverse); Giovio Raising a Man from a Grave (reverse)
Francesco da Sangallo (Italian, 1494–1576)
model ca. 1552 (probably a later cast)
Francesco d'Este (born ca. 1429, died after 1486)
Rogier van der Weyden (Netherlandish, Tournai ca. 1399–1464 Brussels)
ca. 1460
Portrait of a Man with an Open Book (Guillaume Fillastre?) (recto); Branch of Holly and Inscription (verso)
Workshop of Rogier van der Weyden (Netherlandish, Tournai ca. 1399–1464 Brussels)
1430s?
Johann von Rückingen (recto); Wild Man with von Rückingen Coat of Arms (verso)
Wolfgang Beurer (German, active 1480–1500)
1487
Friedrich Faut von Monsperg (recto); Faut von Monsperg Coat of Arms (verso)
German , Frankfurt(?)
1485
15A Portrait: Heinrich zum Jungen (recto); Inscriptions (verso) 15B Cover with zum Jungen Coat of Arms (recto); Vine Scroll Decoration (verso)
German , Frankfurt(?)
1477
Portrait Cover with a Wild Man (recto); Inscription (verso)
Workshop of Jakob Elsner (German, Konstanz 1460–1517 Nuremberg)
1497
Portrait of a Man (recto); Flowers in a Vase (verso)
Hans Memling (Netherlandish, Seligenstadt, active by 1465–died 1494 Bruges)
ca. 1485
Allegory of Chastity (cover for a lost portrait?)
Hans Memling (Netherlandish, Seligenstadt, active by 1465–died 1494 Bruges)
1479-1480
Young Woman with a Pink
Hans Memling (Netherlandish, Seligenstadt, active by 1465–died 1494 Bruges) and Workshop
ca. 1485–90
Portrait of a Boy (recto); painted porphyry (verso)
Jacometto (Jacometto Veneziano) (Italian, active Venice by ca. 1472–died before 1498)
ca. 1475-80
Portrait of Alvise Contarini(?); (verso) A Tethered Roebuck
Jacometto (Jacometto Veneziano) (Italian, active Venice by ca. 1472–died before 1498)
ca. 1485–95
Portrait of a Woman, Possibly a Nun of San Secondo; (verso) Scene in Grisaille
Jacometto (Jacometto Veneziano) (Italian, active Venice by ca. 1472–died before 1498)
ca. 1485–95
Dialogo dell'Imprese Militari et Amorose
Multiple artists/makers
1574
Book Case
Italian (?)
15th century
Portrait of a Man (possibly Pietro Bembo) (recto); inscription with a Verse by Horace and Tied Laurel Branches (verso)
Jacometto (Jacometto Veneziano) (Italian, active Venice by ca. 1472–died before 1498)
ca. 1475-97
Portrait of a Lady (recto); Pseudo-marble with Inscription (verso)
Circle of Jacometto (Jacometto Veneziano) (Italian, active Venice by ca. 1472–died before 1498)
1470s
Portrait of a Man (Giulio Mellini?) (recto); Allegorical Landscape (verso)
Unknown
1492-1507
Portrait of a Woman (La Monaca)
Ridolfo Ghirlandaio (Italian, Florence 1483–1561 Florence)
ca. 1510
Cover with a Mask, Grotteschi, and Inscription
Ridolfo Ghirlandaio (Italian, Florence 1483–1561 Florence)
ca. 1510
Portrait of a Young Woman (recto); Laurel Wreath, Shield, Ornamental Ribbons, and Poetic Inscriptions (verso)
Agnolo del Mazziere (Italian, Florence 1465–1513)
ca. 1485-1490
Portrait of a Woman
Lorenzo Lotto (Italian, Venice ca. 1480–1556 Loreto)
ca. 1505
Portrait Cover with an Allegory
Lorenzo Lotto (Italian, Venice ca. 1480–1556 Loreto)
ca. 1505
Portrait Cover with an Allegory
Lorenzo Lotto (Italian, Venice ca. 1480–1556 Loreto)
ca. 1505
Portrait Medal of Bernardo de Rossi
Follower of Francesco Francia (Italian, Bologna ca. 1447–1517 Bologna)
ca. 1520 (possibly cast seventeenth century)
Two Satyrs in a Landscape
Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (Italian, Pieve di Cadore ca. 1485/90?–1576 Venice)
ca. 1505–10
Cupid and the Wheel of Fortune
Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (Italian, Pieve di Cadore ca. 1485/90?–1576 Venice)
ca. 1515-1520
The Triumph of Love
Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (Italian, Pieve di Cadore ca. 1485/90?–1576 Venice)
ca. 1545
Livret Emblemes de maistre Andre Alciati
Andrea Alciato (Italian, 1492–1550)
Chrestien Wechel
1536
Jakob Stralenberger
Martin Kaldenbach (German, Frankurt am Main 1480–1518 Frankfurt am Main)
1506
Sliding Cover with Stralenberg Coat of Arms
Martin Kaldenbach (German, Frankurt am Main 1480–1518 Frankfurt am Main)
1506
Manuscript Leaf with Coat of Arms, from a Book of Hours
South Netherlandish
ca. 1500
Coat of Arms with a Skull
Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg)
1503
Portrait of a Young Man; (reverse) Girl Making a Garland
Hans Süss von Kulmbach (German, Kulmbach ca. 1480–1522 Nuremberg)
ca. 1508
Portrait of a Man with a Rosary
Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, Kronach 1472–1553 Weimar)
ca. 1508
Margarethe Vöhlin (recto); Vöhlin Coat of Arms (versos)
Bernhard Strigel (German, Memmingen 1460–1528 Memmingen)
1527
Hans Roth (recto); Roth Coat of Arms (verso)
Bernhard Strigel (German, Memmingen 1460–1528 Memmingen)
1527
Portrait of a Woman; Sliding Portrait Cover with Inscription
Attributed to Ludger tom Ring the Younger (German, Münster 1522–1584 Braunschweig)
ca. 1560
Allegory of Virtue
Lucas Cranach the Younger (German, Wittenberg 1515–1586 Wittenberg)
1548
Tabernacle mirror frame
Unknown (Italian, Ferrara)
1540–60
Martin Luther and Katharine von Bora
Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, Kronach 1472–1553 Weimar)
1525
Portrait of a Man in Royal Livery
Hans Holbein the Younger (German, Augsburg 1497/98–1543 London)
1532–35
Elector Friedrich the Wise of Saxony; Cover with a Centaur
Meister der Dosenköpke (Master of the Capsule Portraits) (German, 16th century)
1525
Anna Rasper or Anna Dornle (?); Cover with a Siren
Meister der Dosenköpke (Master of the Capsule Portraits) (German, 16th century)
1525
Coin Box (Schraubtaler) of Heinrich Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel: Wild Man and Portrait of Ferdinand II (obverse); Portrait of a Lady (interior)
German
1604
Portrait of a Woman
Lavinia Fontana (Italian, Bologna 1552–1614 Rome)
Portrait of a Man
Lavinia Fontana (Italian, Bologna 1552–1614 Rome)
Portrait of a gentleman
Italian, probably Florence
1565–85
Portrait of a lady
Italian, Florence
1565–85
Portrait of Paulus Praun, Cover, and Carrying Case
Matthäus Carl (German, Augsburg ca. 1560 - ca. 1609 Amberg)
1584
Portrait of a lady
probably French (wax), probably southern German or northern Italian (case)
1560–80
The Rape of Europa and Mercury and the Three Graces
Watchmaker: Lambertus Vrythoff (recorded 1724–69)
Decoration on case after paintings by Simon Vouet (French, Paris 1590–1649 Paris)
case ca. 1645, movement ca. 1750
Portrait of Elisabeth Krauss with Sliding Cover
German , Nuremberg, 17th century
1639-1640
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Dates
Through July 7
The Met Fifth Avenue
Gallery 964
Free with Museum admission
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