Masterpiece Minute Podcast: Recent Episodes
Michael Brown
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – A 60-second mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in every Friday at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in the first Friday of each month for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s masterpiece: Leopoldo Méndez (Mexican, 1902 – 1969), La carreta (The Cart), 1953. Linocut on paper. Gift of Forrest D. Colburn, 2019.11.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in the first Friday each month for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s Masterpiece: Miskin and Durga. The chironji nut and date palm, folio from a manuscript of the Baburnama (Memoirs of Babur). Mughal India, ca. 1589. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper. The San Diego Museum of Art, Edwin Binney 3rd Collection, 1990.283.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in every other Friday at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s masterpiece: Jasper Johns (American, b. 1930). Light Bulb, 1969. Lead relief, 38 3/4 x 16 7/8 in. (98.43 cm x 42.86 cm). Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norton S. Walbridge, 1991.14
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in the first Friday of each month for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s Masterpiece: Anton Bruehl, Dolores, 1933. Collotype on paper. Gift of Forrest D. Colburn, 2021.2.
Today’s masterpiece: Agnes Pelton. The Primal Wing,
1933. Oil on canvas, 24 x 25 in. (60.96 x 63.5 cm). Gift of the artist, 1934.12.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in the first Friday of each month for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in the first Friday of each month at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s masterpiece: The Ka’ba in Mecca and The Tomb of the Prophet in Medina. Illustrations from a manuscript of the Dala’il al-khayrat (Guide to Good Deeds, a collection of prayers for the Prophet Muhammad). India, 17th century. Ink, opaque watercolour, and gold on paper. Edwin Binney 3rd Collection, 1990.478 and 1990.478.1.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in the first Friday of each month at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s masterpiece: Mexican painter (active Puebla, second half 1700s). The Trinity, ca. 1780. Oil on canvas, 23 3/4 x 16 1/4 in. (60.3 x 41.3 cm). Museum purchase with funds provided by the Latin American Arts Committee, 1977.121
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in the first Friday of each month at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s masterpiece: Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish, 1598 – 1664). Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist, 1658. Oil on canvas, 138.7 x 106.7 cm. Gift of Anne R., Amy and Irene Putnam, 1935.22
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in the first Friday of each month at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s masterpiece: Berenice Abbott, Metropolitan Life Building, New York, ca. 1935. Gelatin silver print. Gift of Cam and Wanda Garner, 2020.340. © Berenice Abbott/Getty Images, Courtesy of Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in the first Friday of each month at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s masterpiece: Jules Tavernier (American, born France, 1844 – 1889). Kīlauea Caldera, Sandwich Islands (Hawaiʻi), 1886. Oil on canvas, 27 5/8 x 56 3/8 in. Museum purchase with funds provided by Kevin and Tamara Kinsella, 2002.35.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in the first Friday of each month at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s Masterpiece: Hamid Rahmanian (Iranian, b. 1968), The Seventh Trial: Slaying of the White Div (2010). Color print on paper; 13 x 19 in. (33 x 48.25 cm). Purchased with funds provided by Patrons of the Arts of Iran and Persian Cultural Center, 2022.33.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in the first Friday of each month at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s masterpiece: Leonora Carrington (Mexican, born Britain, 1917 - 2011), High Priestess, ca. 1973. Etching and aquatint on paper. Museum purchase with funds provided by Kevin and Tamara Kinsella, 2005.97.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in the first Friday of each month at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s masterpiece: Georgia O’Keeffe. The White Flower (White Trumpet Flower), 1932. Oil on canvas. Gift of Mrs. Inez Grant Parker in memory of Earle W. Grant, 1971.12.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in the first Friday of each month at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s masterpiece: Wifredo Lam (Cuban, 1902–1982). Untitled, ca. 1969. Oil on canvas. Museum purchase with funds from the Bequest of Dr. Janet Brody Esser, 2023.48.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in the first Friday of each month at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s Masterpiece: Robert S. Duncanson (American, 1821 – 1872). Catskill Landscape, circa 1863. Oil on canvas, 42 3/4 in. x 48 5/8 in. (108.59 cm x 123.51 cm). Gift of Mr. Legler Benbough, 1954.36.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in the first Friday of each month at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Ruth Asawa, Plane Trees II (TAM.1472), 1965. Lithograph. Museum purchase with funds provided by Gordon J. Brodfuehrer in Honor of Dr. James Lasry, 2007.93. © 2023 Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy David Zwirner.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in the first Friday of each month at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s masterpiece: Moses' staff becomes a serpent and devours Pharaoh's followers. India, ca. 1600. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper. Edwin Binney 3rd Collection, 1990.259.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in the first Friday of each month at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s Masterpiece: Attributed to the Bodleian Painter, Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II standing. India, Bijapur, ca. 1620. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper; 7 x 4 1/2 in. (17.8 x 11.3 cm). Edwin Binney 3rd Collection, 1990.440.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in the first Friday of each month at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s Masterpiece: Attributed to the Bodleian Painter, Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II standing. India, Bijapur, ca. 1620. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper; 7 x 4 1/2 in. (17.8 x 11.3 cm). Edwin Binney 3rd Collection, 1990.440.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in the first Friday of each month at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s Masterpiece: Attributed to the Bodleian Painter, Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II standing. India, Bijapur, ca. 1620. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper; 7 x 4 1/2 in. (17.8 x 11.3 cm). Edwin Binney 3rd Collection, 1990.440.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in the first Friday of each month at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s masterpiece: Sam Gilliam, Jr. Untitled (Lincoln Center’s Festival), 2001. Serigraph on wove paper, 69 of 108. Gift of Estelle and Martin Karlin, 2008.239.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in the first Friday of each month at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s masterpiece: Gabriele Münter, Wooden Doll, 1909. Oil on canvas board. Gift from the Estate of Vance E. Kondon and Liesbeth Giesberger, 2011.121
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in the first Friday of each month at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s masterpiece: Giovanni Bonsi, Saint Nicholas, ca. 1365-70. Tempera on panel. Gift of Anne R. and Amy Putnam, 1950.89.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in the first Friday of each month for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s Masterpiece: Pouran Jinchi (Iranian-American, b. 1959). Untitled 13 (Rubaiyat series), 1996. Ink and acrylic on canvas; 30 x 19 15/16 in. (762 x 506.41 mm). Museum purchase with funds provided by Sarah E. Aghassi, Nasrin Owsia & Behrooz Akbarnia, Gita Khadiri & Fred Khoroushi, Farnaz & Kourosh Mehrayin, Eugene "Mitch" Mitchell, and Mahsa Vahidi & Arman Paymai in honor of Ms. Shahri Estakhry, 2022.31.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in the first Friday of each month at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s masterpiece: José Guadalupe Posada. To Our Lady of Guadalupe, ca. 1890. Lithograph on newsprint. Gift of Forrest D. Colburn, 2009.16.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in the first Friday of each month at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s masterpiece: Bottle with landscape and flowing river. Iran, seventeenth century. Stonepaste, underglaze and luster decoration. Gift of Mrs. Irving T. Snyder. Conservation funded by Haleh and Massih Tayebi. 1964.72.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in the first Friday of each month at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s Masterpiece: Pablo Picasso, Black Pitcher and the Death’s Head, 1946. Lithograph on paper, Bequest of Margot W. Marsh, 1995.40.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in the first Friday of each month at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s masterpiece: Fernando Casasempere, Solare, 2019. Clay and ink on felt. Gift of the artist, 2022.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in the first Friday of each month at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s masterpiece: Nick Cave, Rescue, 2013. Mixed media including ceramic French bulldog, ceramic birds, metal flowers, and barrel chair. © Nick Cave. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Museum purchase with funds from the bequest of Dr. Janet Brody Esser, 2022.18.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in the first Friday of each month at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s Masterpiece: King Mihrab of Kabul learns of Rudabeh’s affections for Prince Zal. Page from a dispersed Shahnameh (Book of Kings). Iran, 1780–1834. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper. Gift of Edwin Binney 3rd, 1971.69.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in the first Friday of each month at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s Masterpiece: Berthe Morisot (French, 1841 – 1895), Portrait of Julie Manet at Gorey , 1886. Pastel on paper. Fondation Bemberg, Toulouse.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in the first Friday of each month at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s Masterpiece: A Sudden flight is reported: Umar and Landhaur converse outside Hamza’s tent. Page from a Hamzanama (Adventures of Hamza). Mughal India, ca. 1558–73. Ink and opaque watercolour on cloth, with writing on reverse in ink on paper. Edwin Binney 3rd Collection, 1990.274.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in the first Friday of each month at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s masterpiece: Henry Moore (British, 1898 – 1986). Reclining Figure: Arch Leg, 1969. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norton S. Walbridge, 1971.2.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in the first Friday of each month at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s masterpiece: Mariano Fortuny y Marsal (Spanish, 1838–1874). The Anchorite, 1869. Etching on laid paper. Gift of Norman Leitman in Memory of Todd Butler, 2020.388.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in the first Friday of the month at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s Masterpiece: Jusepe de Ribera (Spanish, active in Parma, Rome, and Naples, 1591–1652). Susanna and the Elders, 1610–1612. Oil on canvas, Museum Purchase, 2021.51.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in each month for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s masterpiece: Mohammad Barrangi (Iranian, b. 1988), Migration, 2018. Reverse transfer printmaking on raw canvas. Purchased with funds provided by Gita Khadiri and Fred Khoroushi, Patrons of the Arts of Iran, and Persian Cultural Center, 2021.50.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in the first Friday of each month at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s masterpiece: Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917), Manet Seated, turned to the right
1864-1865. Copper etching plate, 7 3/4 x 5 1/8 in. (19.69 x 13.02 cm). Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie L. Johnson, 1976.41.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in every month for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s masterpiece: Pages from the Manuscript of "The Five Protections" by Sri Ananda Buddhi, 1138.
Opaque watercolor and ink on palm leaves and wood. Edwin Binney 3rd Collection, 1990.156.94-97.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in each month for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s Masterpiece: Ammadin, Maharaja Gaj Singh of Bikaner, 1851. Opaque watercolor on paper. Edwin Binney 3rd Collection, 1990.808.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in every other Friday at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s Masterpiece: Standing figure holding object above head. Dogon peoples. Mali, Bandiagara escarpment, 19th–early 20th century. Carved wood. Gift of Valerie Franklin, 2019.27.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in the first Friday of each month for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s masterpiece: Albrecht Dürer, Saint Anthony the Hermit Reading, 1519. Engraving on laid paper, 3 15/16 in. x 5 5/8 in. (10 cm x 14.29 cm). Museum purchase, 1947.67.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in every other Friday at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s masterpiece: Baccio (Bartolommeo) Baldini (attributed), Dante’s Inferno Canto I, 1481. Engraving on laid paper. Gift of George C. Kenney II and Olga Kitsakos-Kenney, 1999.20.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in every other Friday at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s masterpiece: Bartolomé Bermejo’s Arrest of Santa Engracia, 1474 – 77. Oil on panel. Gift of Anne R. and Amy Putnam, 1941.101.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in every other Friday at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Food bowls with covers. China, Qing Dynasty, late 18th century – early 19th century. Nephrite and walnut. Gift of Mrs. George D. Pratt, 1927.33.a-b.1-2
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in every other Friday at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s Masterpiece: Lajvardina seven-part dish. Iran, 13th–14th century. Stonepaste, painted in red and white with gold leaf over a deep-blue glaze; 12 x 33.3 x 33.3 cm). Gift of Mrs. Irving T. Snyder, Conservation funded by Sarah E. Aghassi and Shahri Estakhry Aghassi, 1964.131.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in every other Friday at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s Masterpiece: Sunday Afternoon, by Hughie Lee-Smith. 1953, Acrylic on board. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norton S. Walbridge, 1996.5.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in every other Friday at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s Masterpiece: Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984). El Capitan, Sunrise Winter, Yosemite National Park [from Portfolio VII]. Gelatin silver print, 1968 (printed 1976). 19 ¼ × 15 3⁄8 in.
The Garner Collection
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – A mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in every other Friday at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s Masterpiece: Fray Miguel de Herrera, Nun’s Shield with the Virgin of Immaculate Conception and Saints. Oil on copper, with wood and tortoiseshell. Museum purchase with funds provided by the Latin American Arts Committee, 2001.12.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in every other Friday at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s Masterpiece: Juan de Mesa y Velasco and Workshop, Christ Child Triumphant. Circa 1625. Polychromed lead-tin allow, glass, wood base. Museum Acquisitions Fund, 2014.134.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in every Friday at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s Masterpiece: The Frugal Repast by Pablo Picasso, 1904. Etching in zinc plate on wove paper.
Museum purchase with funds provided by Mrs. Irving T. Snyder, 1941.55.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in every other Friday at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s Masterpiece: The Virgin and Child, painting mounted on a detached album folio. Attributed to Basawan or Manohar. Mughal India, Agra, ca. 1590–98 (album page ca. 1610). Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper. Edwin Binney 3rd Collection, 1990.293.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in every other Friday at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s Masterpiece: Quince, Cabbage, Cucumber, and Cucumber by Juan Sánchez Cotán. Oil on canvas, painted in 1602. The San Diego Museum of Art, Gift of Anne R. and Amy Putnam, 1945.43.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – A 60-second mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in every Friday at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today's Masterpiece: La Madrágora by Diego Rivera. Oil on canvas, 1939. Gift of Mrs. Irving T. Snyder, 1969.159.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in every Friday at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s Masterpiece: Self Portrait by Rembrandt. Oil on panel, circa 1628. Loan from the Rijksmuseum. Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt, the Stichting tot Bevordering van de Belangen van het Rijksmuseum and the ministerie van CRM.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in every Friday at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s Masterpiece: Bowl with epigraphic design, Iran, probably Nishapur, 10th century. Earthenware, white slip with brownish-black slip decoration under a transparent glaze. Gift of the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection, 2006.213.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in every Friday at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s Masterpiece: Pocahontas, by Marisol. Lithograph, 1976. Gift of Laurence and Marsha Saben, 2002.201.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in every Friday at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s Masterpiece: An African elephant and mahout, drawing mounted on a detached album folio. India, Tamil Nadu, Madras, ca. 1700–05. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper. Edwin Binney 3rd Collection, 1990.505.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in every Friday at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s Masterpiece: Ram Singh on an elephant, single-page drawing. India, Rajasthan, Kota, ca. 1850. Ink and watercolor on paper. Edwin Binney 3rd Collection, 1990.734.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in every Friday at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s Masterpiece: Saint Bartholomew, by Rembrandt. Signed and dated, 1657. Putnam Foundation, Timken Museum of Art.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in every Friday at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s masterpiece: Charles Ephraim Burchfield (American, 1893-1967), Rainy Night. Watercolor over graphite on paper, 1929-30.
Gift of Anne R. and Amy Putnam, 1939.97
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in every Friday at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s Masterpiece: Self-portrait, Etching at a Window, by Rembrandt. Etching, drypoint, and burin on laid paper, 1648. Museum purchase with funds provided by the Helen M. Towle Bequest.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in every Friday at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s Masterpiece: San Diego de Alcalá, by Pedro de Mena. Polychromed wood and glass, circa 1665 - 1670. Museum Purchase with Funds from the Estate of Donald Shira and from Anne Otterson.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – a mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in every Friday at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s Masterpiece: Étienne-René Cardinal Potier de Gesvres by Pompeo Batoni. Oil on canvas, painted in 1758. Museum purchase, 1983.7.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – A 60-second mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in every Friday at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s Masterpiece: Large serving dish or charger. Spain, 16th century. Earthenware, painted in luster over an opaque white glaze. 2 3/8 in. x 14 1/2 in. x 14 1/2 in. (6.03 cm x 36.83 cm x 36.83 cm). Gift of Edwin Binney 3rd, 1971.73.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – A 60-second mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in every Friday at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s Masterpiece: Still Life by José Agustín Arrieta, painted circa 1860 – 70. Oil on canvas. Museum purchase with funds provided by Dean and Mrs. Michael H. Dessent and the Latin American Arts Committee, 2001.17.
Masterpiece Minute Podcast – A 60-second mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in every Friday at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA.
Today’s Masterpiece: Krishna steals the milkmaids’ clothes. India, West Bengal, Kolkata, Battala, ca. 1880. Wood engraving and watercolor on paper; 25.2 x 35 cm. Edwin Binney 3rd Collection, 1990.1441.
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Today’s Masterpiece: Adoration of the Shepherds by El Greco, painted circa 1576 – 77. Oil on copper. Museum purchase and gift of Anne R. and Amy Putnam, by exchange, 1990.104.
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Today’s Masterpiece: The Prodigal Son, single-page drawing mounted on a detached album folio. Iran, ca. 1600. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper; 6.5 x 10 cm. Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Edwin Binney 3rd, 1972.232.
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Today’s Masterpiece: Hercules and Omphale by Bartholomeus Spranger, engraving on laid paper, 1590. Gift of Norman Leitman and Todd Butler, 2004.190.
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Today’s Masterpiece: Zahhak enthroned, page from a dispersed manuscript of the Shahnama (Book of kings). Iran, possibly Shiraz, ca. 1435. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper. Gift of Edwin Binney3rd, 1972.223.
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Today’s Masterpiece: Gurdiya advises her brother Bahram Chubina, page from a dispersed manuscript of the Shahnama. Iran or Iraq (Baghdad), early 14th century. Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper; 12 x 8.5 in. (30.5 x 22 cm). Gift of Edwin Binney 3rd, 1971.54.
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Today’s Masterpiece: Christ Served by Angels, attributed to Juan de Pareja (and others), circa 1660. Oil on canvas. Gift of Anne R. and Amy Putnam and commemorating the Silver Jubilee Celebration of Fine Arts Society, 1950.109.
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Today’s Masterpiece: A Vase of Flowers by Rachel Ruysch, painted in 1689. Oil on canvas. Museum purchase with funds from the Gerald and Inez Grant Parker Foundation, 1979.25.
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Today’s Masterpiece: Delta Doo by Alison Saar (American, b. 1956).Woodcut, 2002. Gift of Walt Disney Imagineering, 2008.48.
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Today’s Masterpiece: God the Father with Angels by Giotto, painted between 1328-1335. Tempera on panel. Gift of Anne R. and Amy Putnam, 1945.26.
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Today’s Masterpiece: Indra, mounted on Airavata, proceeding into battle with his army, page from an illustrated manuscript of the Bhagavata Purana (Ancient Tales of the Lord Vishnu), mounted on a detached album folio. India, Himachal Pradesh, Kangra, ca. 1840. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper. Edwin Binney 3rd Collection, 1990.1308.
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Today’s Masterpiece: The Hands of Dr. Moore by Diego Rivera, painted in 1940. Oil on canvas. Bequest of Mrs. E. Clarence Moore, 1970.20.
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Today’s Masterpiece: Elephants and drivers fighting for sport, drawing mounted on a detached album folio. India, Deccan, Bijapur or Ahmadnagar, 1st quarter 17th century. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper. Edwin Binney 3rd Collection, 1990.439.
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Today’s Masterpiece: Antique Spanish frame for Zurbarán’s Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist. Painted in 1658, oil on canvas. Gift of Anne R., Amy and Irene Putnam, 1935.22. Frame: made in Spain around 1650, gilded and painted wood. Acquired through an anonymous donation in 2018.
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Today’s Masterpiece: Portrait of Frederick de Vries by Hendrick Goltzius, 1597. Engraving on laid paper. Gift of Norman Leitman and Todd Butler, 2004.108.
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Today’s Masterpiece: María at La Granja by Joaquín Sorolla, painted in 1907. Oil on canvas. Gift of Mr. Archer M. Huntington in memory of his mother, Arabella D. Huntington.
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Today’s Masterpiece: Agnus Dei by Francisco de Zurbaran, painted around 1635. Oil on canvas. Gift of Anne R. and Amy Putnam.
A 60-second mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in every Friday at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA. Today’s masterpiece: Portrait of a Man by Giorgione, painted in 1506. Oil on wood panel. The San Diego Museum of Art, Gift of Anne R. And Amy Putnam.
A 60-second mini podcast led by The San Diego Museum of Art curators spotlighting works of art from the Museum’s collection. Listeners are invited to tune in every Friday at 10 a.m. for their daily dose of art from #VirtualSDMA. Today’s Masterpiece: Quince, Cabbage, Melon, and Cucumber by Juan Sánchez Cotán. Oil on canvas, painted in 1602. The San Diego Museum of Art, Gift of Anne R. and Amy Putnam.