Metropolitan Museum Journal 1989 Volume 24

NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1989. — 318 p.The annually by The Metropolitan Museum of
Art. Its purpose is to publish original research on works in the Museum's collections
and the areas of investigation they present.
Contributions, by members of the Museum
staff and by other art historians and specialists, vary in length from monographic
studies to brief notes. The wealth of the Museum's collections and the scope of these es-
says make the Journal essential reading for
all scholars and amateurs of the fine arts.
THIS VOLUME is the first issue of the Journal
to be dedicated to an individual upon his retirement: Dr. Helmut Nickel, Curator of Arms and
Armor. Dr. Nickel first came to the Museum in
1960 as a curatorial assistant in the Department
of Arms and Armor. In 1969 he was appointed
to the original Editorial Board of the Journal.
His tenure at the Museum of nearly thirty years
and his prolific and wide-ranging contributions
to its scholarly publications make it doubly fitting for Volume 24 to be published in his honor.
This volume includes a bibliography of his writings and three of his own articles, as well as
twenty-two articles written by colleagues. Many
authors have focused on arms and armor, Dr.
Nickel's specialty, while others have selected
from the vast array of other subjects in which
he is knowledgeable. The contents of this volume, therefore, reflect to a large extent the
breadth of knowledge and interest of this erudite and gifted man.
Curator, European Paintings
GUY C. BAUMANAssistant Curator, European Paintings
MARIAN BURLEIGH-MOTLEYHead, Office of Academic Programs
JAMES DAVID DRAPERCurator, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
JULIE JONESCurator, Primitive Art
JOAN R. MERTENS
Curator, Greek and Roman Art
The Board gratefully acknowledg