Theodore Robinson

Kenyon Cox

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cox and Theodore Robinson (1852-1896) met in Paris in late 1877 when Cox joined studio classes with Carolus-Duran, a popular society portraitist and teacher. The faint inscription of "Venice" indicates that Cox completed this portrait sketch of Robinson during their two-month stay in Italy in September-October 1878, a period that Cox later identified in letters as among the most formative times in his artistic development.

The American Wing

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The American Wing's ever-evolving collection comprises some 20,000 works of art by African American, Euro American, Latin American, and Native American men and women. Ranging from the colonial to early-modern periods, the holdings include painting, sculpture, works on paper, and decorative arts—including furniture, textiles, ceramics, glass, silver, metalwork, jewelry, basketry, quill and bead embroidery—as well as historical interiors and architectural fragments.

Metropolitan Museum of Art