Fran Lebowitz: Pretend It’s a Museum

Fran Lebowitz goes behind-the-scenes to The Met’s Paintings Conservation Lab to see Rembrandt’s “Aristotle with a Bust of Homer” (1653). Along the way, she tells her favorite story of visiting The Museum and contemplates the impossibility of choosing a favorite object in The Met’s collection. You can view Rembrandt’s “Aristotle with a Bust of Homer” (1653) in our European Paintings Galleries. Watch the video: Artworks: Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) (Dutch, Leiden 1606–1669). “Aristotle with a Bust of Homer,” 1653. Oil on canvas, 56 1/2 x 53 3/4 in. (143.5 x 136.5 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, special contributions and funds given or bequeathed by friends of the Museum, 1961 () Learn more: Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973). “Gertrude Stein,” 1905–6. Oil on canvas, 39 3/8 × 32 in. (100 × 81.3 cm).