Internships

In this episode of Closer Look, Kassandra Ibrahim, Ayesha Bulchandani Education Intern, discusses Paolo Veneziano’s Coronation of the Virgin, on display on the third floor of Frick Madison. Kassandra explores how the trade connections cultivated in fourteenth-century Venice influenced Veneziano’s artistic production and use of materials from distant regions, such as China, Byzantium, and Egypt. This is the third episode in a series of three, featuring the Education Department's 2022 summer interns each taking an in-depth look at one object in our collection.

In this episode of Closer Look, Andersson Perry, Ayesha Bulchandani Education Intern, discusses Francesco Guardi’s Regatta in Venice and View of the Cannaregio Canal in Venice, both on display on the third floor of Frick Madison.

In this inaugural episode of Closer Look, Armanis Fuentes, Ayesha Bulchandani Undergraduate Education Intern, discusses an incense burner from the Meissen Porcelain Manufactory on display at Frick Madison. Armanis makes connections to Laughing Buddha figure​s and explores the portal-like power of porcelain, a material that links the rich visual cultures of Buddhism in China and Japan to eighteenth-century Saxony.

En este episodio de "Una Mirada Más Cercana", Joselyn García, pasante de educación de licenciatura de Ayesha Bulchandani, analiza un reloj regulador de caja larga del siglo XVIII de los talleres de Balthazar Lieutaud, Philippe Caffiéri y Ferdinand Berthoud en exhibición en Frick Madison. Joselyn examina las funciones del reloj y los motivos clásicos que lo adornan, incluida una escultura de bronce tridimensional de Apolo.

In this episode of Closer Look, Joselyn Garcia, Ayesha Bulchandani Undergraduate Education Intern, discusses an eighteenth-century longcase regulator clock from the workshops of Balthazar Lieutaud, Philippe Caffiéri, and Ferdinand Berthoud on display at Frick Madison. Joselyn examines the clock's functions and the classical motifs adorning it, including a three-dimensional bronze sculpture of Apollo.

In this episode of Closer Look, Besmira Rraci, Ayesha Bulchandani Education Intern, discusses Thomas Gainsborough’s "Grace Dalrymple Elliott," on display on the fourth floor of Frick Madison. Besmira unveils the identity of this blushing sitter while emphasizing how the aesthetic choices of her depiction communicate her multifaceted life. This is the first episode in a series of three, featuring the Education Department's 2022 summer interns each taking an in-depth look at one object in our collection.