Metropolitan Museum Journal, 2022: Volume 57

Founded in 1968, the Metropolitan Museum Journal is a blind, peer-reviewed scholarly journal published annually that features original research on the history, interpretation, conservation, and scientific examination of works of art in the Museum’s collection. Its scope encompasses the diversity of artistic practice from antiquity to the present day. The Journal encourages contributions offering critical and innovative approaches that will further our understanding of works of art.

ARTICLES:

New Evidence for the Origins of a Royal Copper Head from the Ancient Near East

MELISSA EPPIHIMER, 8

Sculpting Reputation: A Terracotta Bust of Senesino by Roubiliac

MALCOLM BAKER, 25

Witnessing Ingenuity: Lacquerware from Michoacán for the Vicereine of New Spain

RONDA KASL. 40

John Kay's Watercolor Drawing John Campbell (1782)

WENDY MCGLASHAN, 57

A Tale of Two Chapeaux: Fashion, Revolution, and David's Portrait of the Lavoisiers KIMBERLY CHRISMAN-CAMPBELL, 67

Hearing Witness: The Wichowoyake of Matho Nazir's

Little Bighorn Muslins

RAMEY MIZE, 85

Jacob Lawrence's Work Theme, 1945-46

CLAIRE ITTNER, 106

RESEARCH NOTES

New Insights into Filippo Lippi's Alessandri Altarpiece

SANDRA CARDARELLI, 120

A Monumental-Scale Crimson Velvet Cloth of Gold in The Met:

Historical, Technical, and Materials Analysis GIULIA CHIOSTRINI, ELIZABETH CLELAND NOBUKO SHIBAYAMA, FEDERICO CARO, 134

Malachite Networks: The Demidov and Medici Vases-Torchères in The Met

LUDMILA BUDRINA, 148

Softcover

224 pages