The Mentor: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Vol. 6, Num. 9, Serial No. 157, June 15, 1918

"The Mentor: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Vol. 6, Num. 9, Serial No. 157" by Sydney P. Noe is an early 20th-century publication examining the relationship between art and its role in history, through the lens of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection; it shares essays about famous artworks, such as portraits by Francia, Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Vermeer, and Regnault, giving readers a peek into each artist's life, the story behind their work, and why it’s important, revealing how art, like Francia's portrait of Federigo Gonzaga, was commissioned and how artists, like Rembrandt in "Old Woman Cutting Her Nails", showed compassion through their paintings, all to increase understanding and love for art.