Provenance · Acquisition fund
John Stewart Kennedy
This catalog gathers 22 public-domain works acquired through the John Stewart Kennedy fund. Every work is held by Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Cassone with painted front panel depicting the Conquest of Trebizond -
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明 顧懿德 倣王蒙玩月圖 軸|Enjoying the Moon: Landscape in the Manner of Wang Meng -
清 佚名 倣文徵明 書法 扇|Pavilion by Lake Shore -
明 佚名 人物山水 軸|Scholar Admiring Autumn Scenery -
明/清 佚名（舊傳趙伯駒） 蘭亭圖 軸|Orchid Pavilion or Lanting -
明/清 潘雲馭 秋江落照 扇|Setting Sun on the Autumn River -
明 宋懋晉 樓居圖 扇|Dwelling in Landscape -
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明 佚名 倣邵彌 倣文徵明山水 扇頁|Landscape After Wen Zhengming -
明 李流芳 疏林小景 扇|Figure standing in a grove of trees -
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Cremorne Gardens, No. 2 -
明/清 文止 疏影橫斜 扇|Plum Blossoms -
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明/清 項聖謨 梅花 扇|Branch of Blossoming Plum -
明 程嘉燧 園鷄圖 扇|Landscape with Chicken -
宋 傳 趙克敻 藻魚圖 冊頁|Fish at play -
明 佚名 倣吳偉 漢鍾離像 軸|The Immortal, Zhong li -
清 佚名 秋梨圖 冊頁|Branch of Tree with Fruit -
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On provenance & the public domain
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Every work in this catalog is in the public domain; images come from the museums that hold them.