Story Archive

Story Archive

  • Austrian or German Crucifix
    Austrian or German crucifix, sculpted from fruitwood, ca. 1400

    Austrian or German Crucifix

    An exquistely detailed figure of the crucifix, carved in fruitwood, recently entered the Museum's collections.
  • Highlights from the Gillett G. Griffin Bequest
    Gillett G. Griffin in the galleries of the Art Museum

    Highlights from the Gillett G. Griffin Bequest

    Gillett G. Griffin, curator of Pre-Columbian and Native American art, emeritus, bequeathed more than 3,500 works of art to the Princeton University Art Museum in 2016. This story explores highlights of his bequest from several collecting areas.
  • Landscapes Behind Cézanne

    Landscapes Behind Cézanne

    It is commonly understood that when you compare very alike things, you notice their differences. When comparing unlike things, it can take a little longer to notice their similarities—but eventually I became aware that, notwithstanding the radicalism of Cézanne’s approach,...
  • In Depth | The Artist Sees Differently: Modern Still Lifes from the Phillips Collection

    In Depth | The Artist Sees Differently: Modern Still Lifes from the Phillips Collection

    In their quest to create a new art suited to new times, many late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century artists rejected the official hierarchies of the French Academy, which privileged epic narratives of history, mythology, and religion, choosing instead to paint...
  • Rare Works on Loan to the Museum

    Rare Works on Loan to the Museum

    The Art Museum has received on long-term loan from a private collection two rare and intriguing works of art from the Early Modern period. The painting from Central Europe and bust from Italy enhance the Museum’s display and represent aspects...
  • Perino del Vaga’s Adoration of the Shepherds

    Perino del Vaga’s Adoration of the Shepherds

    A magnificent sixteenth-century painting by the Italian master Perino del Vaga— The Adoration of the Shepherds— recently entered the Museum’s collections as a gift from George R. Goldner, Graduate School Class of 1972. One of the few works by this...
  • The British Passion for Landscape

    The British Passion for Landscape

    Currently on view in Pastures Green and Dark Satanic Mills: The British Passion for Landscape are scenes of the agricultural, pastoral, and wild regions of the British Isles together with views of the industrial and mining operations that launched the...
  • New Acquisition | Walter Fryer Stocks's Mrs. Fanny Eaton

    New Acquisition | Walter Fryer Stocks's Mrs. Fanny Eaton

    The Museum recently added to its collections of British art a captivating portrait of the mixed-race model Fanny Eaton that captures a quintessential feature of Pre-Raphaelitism: iconic representations of female beauty.