Sculpture and Decorative Arts

A Royal Profile in Leather

Why depict Louis XIV in leather?

Running Man pauses for a cleaning.

Tina Segler | June 12, 2017

An equestrian statue of Louis XV required 15 years of labor and 30 tons of metal.

Anne-Lise Desmas | March 24, 2017

The linked arts of drawing and sculpture.

Ketty Gottardo | March 16, 2017

The young Edme Bouchardon sketches Rome—and himself.

Anne-Lise Desmas | January 10, 2017

A nude mythological sculpture provides a preview to a Bouchardon moment at the Getty.

Anne-Lise Desmas | December 14, 2016

Silly and sophisticated Halloween costume ideas from our collections.

Tristan Bravinder | October 21, 2016

The world travels of a pair of lidded bowls.

Jeffrey Weaver | September 21, 2016

The wine glass that wasn’t.

Annelisa Stephan | August 30, 2016

We call this unusual object a table, but is it?

Tristan Bravinder | August 29, 2016

A new Museum display highlights masterpieces of European silver, brought together for the first time.