0Renaissance Portraits at New York's Metropolitan Museum (Photos)What counts as a portrait? Blake Gopnik looks at the debate behind the Met’s stunning Renaissance exhibit. Blake GopnikUpdated Jul. 14, 2017 12:07AM EDT / Published Dec. 19, 2011 10:59AM EST Gemäldegalerie, Berlin. Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ideal or Real?Städel Museum, Frankfurt. Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Duke of Ferrara as His Own MascotPalazzina di Marfisa d’Este, Ferrara, Italy. Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A Learned WarriorGalleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino, Italy. Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Birth of the Portrait MedalCollection of Stephen and Janie Woo Scher, New York. Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. What Ever Happened to Flattery?Musée du Louvre, Paris. Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A Drawing From Life—of a Long-Dead PoetKupferstichkabinett, Berlin. Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Sculpted PresencesMusée du Louvre, Paris. Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A Golden RulerMünzkabinett, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A Portrait of FineryGemäldegalerie, Berlin. Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A Face Is EnoughGemäldegalerie, Berlin. Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Passing GlancesThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, Marquand Collection. Memento, or Collectible?The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Sitter or Saint?Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Blake GopnikGot a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here.
Ideal or Real?Städel Museum, Frankfurt. Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Duke of Ferrara as His Own MascotPalazzina di Marfisa d’Este, Ferrara, Italy. Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A Learned WarriorGalleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino, Italy. Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Birth of the Portrait MedalCollection of Stephen and Janie Woo Scher, New York. Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. What Ever Happened to Flattery?Musée du Louvre, Paris. Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A Drawing From Life—of a Long-Dead PoetKupferstichkabinett, Berlin. Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Sculpted PresencesMusée du Louvre, Paris. Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A Golden RulerMünzkabinett, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A Portrait of FineryGemäldegalerie, Berlin. Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A Face Is EnoughGemäldegalerie, Berlin. Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Passing GlancesThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, Marquand Collection. Memento, or Collectible?The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Sitter or Saint?Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.