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April 2021 (125.2)

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Making the Met, 1870–2020: A Universal Museum for the 21st Century

By Elizabeth R. Macaulay

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Fig. 1. Limestone head of a bearded man, Cypriot, early sixth century BCE, ht. 191.8 cm. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art 74.51.2857, acq. between 1874 and 1876 as part of the Cesnola Collection, purchased by subscription (courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art).

Fig. 2. Glass jug by Ennion, Roman, first half of first century CE, ht. 18.4 cm. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art 17.194.226, acq. 1917, gift of J. Pierpont Morgan (courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art).

Fig. 3. Architectural roundel with radiating palmettes, Sassanian, late sixth century CE, Ctesiphon, ht. 62.2 cm. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art 32.150.1, acq. 1932, Rogers Fund (courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art).

Fig. 4. Standing female worshiper, Sumerian, ca. 2600–2500 BCE, Nippur, ht. 25.2 cm. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art 62.70.2, acq. 1962, Rogers Fund (courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art).

Fig. 5. Orthostat relief lion-hunt scene, Hittite, ca. 10th–9th century BCE, Tell Halaf, Syria, ht. 56 cm. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art 43.135.2, acq. 1943, Rogers Fund (courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art).

Fig. 1. Limestone head of a bearded man, Cypriot, early sixth century BCE, ht. 191.8 cm. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art 74.51.2857, acq. between 1874 and 1876 as part of the Cesnola Collection, purchased by subscription (courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art).

Fig. 2. Glass jug by Ennion, Roman, first half of first century CE, ht. 18.4 cm. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art 17.194.226, acq. 1917, gift of J. Pierpont Morgan (courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art).

Fig. 3. Architectural roundel with radiating palmettes, Sassanian, late sixth century CE, Ctesiphon, ht. 62.2 cm. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art 32.150.1, acq. 1932, Rogers Fund (courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art).

Fig. 4. Standing female worshiper, Sumerian, ca. 2600–2500 BCE, Nippur, ht. 25.2 cm. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art 62.70.2, acq. 1962, Rogers Fund (courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art).

Fig. 5. Orthostat relief lion-hunt scene, Hittite, ca. 10th–9th century BCE, Tell Halaf, Syria, ht. 56 cm. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art 43.135.2, acq. 1943, Rogers Fund (courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art).