[5] His curatorial work has significantly impacted the presentation and understanding of Northern European, and specifically English art, in North America.
[9] Eaker joined The Metropolitan Museum after serving as an Anne L. Poulet Curatorial Fellow and guest curator at the Frick Collection.
[11] The Metropolitan Museum has acquired several notable artworks guided by Eaker's curatorial work, including a painting by Francesco Renaldi of an eighteenth-century Mughal woman that was previously in a private collection.
[13] In addition to his curatorial work, Eaker has contributed to various art history anthologies and exhibition catalogs, offering new insights into the interpretation of seventeenth-century Flemish and English paintings.
[14] His lectures and presentations at academic conferences, have also played a key role in advancing the scholarly discourse surrounding Northern European painting.