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Albrecht Dürer's engraving Adam and Eve is one of the most celebrated of the artist's career. It complements the Morgan's drawing of Adam and Eve by Dürer (I, 257d).

Co-curators of A Lively Mind: Jane Austen at 250, Dale Stinchcomb and Juliette Wells, discuss the genius, wit, and legacy of one of the world's most beloved authors.

What is one of the biggest challenges for a building in the wilds of New York City? The fearless New York City pigeon! Just like us, pigeons love the loggia of our J. Pierpont Morgan Library building.

In Uncommon Denominator, Nina Katchadourian (American, born 1968) stages a conversation among works from throughout her career, artifacts of her family’s history, and objects drawn from every corner of the Morgan’s vaults.

Take a closer look at three touching, humanist drawings by Rembrandt (1606–1669) in the Morgan's collection. John Pierpont Morgan loved Rembrandt. He owned 500 prints by Rembrandt, and in 1909 acquired his first drawings by the artist.

Barbara Wolff and Roger Wieck

The symposium is devoted to the drawings of the artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778) and takes place in conjunction with the exhibition Sublime Ideas: Drawings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi on view at the Morgan f

Jennifer Tonkovich, Eugene and Clare Thaw Curator, discusses Running Eros, Holding a Torch.

Sandy Lerner received a master's degree in statistics and computer science from Stanford University and went on to co-found Cisco Systems in 1984, developing the first commercial router.

One of the most dramatic interventions performed by Mariette on drawings in his collection was the splitting of a single sheet of paper to separate the recto and the verso of double-sided drawings.