The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Permanent Collection

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May 2009


	Works of Art

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		Daily Artwork Archive

Every day, a different object from the Met's collection is featured on the splash page of this website, together with an outtake from our curatorial files about that object's history, creator, iconography, materials, or other interesting attributes.

Fascinating facts about featured artworks are gathered in this archive, by date of appearance on the site. For more in-depth information about these and thousands of other objects in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, visit the online Collection Database.


			John White Alexander (American, 1856–1915) Walt Whitman, 1889 Oil on canvas; 50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Mrs. Jeremiah Milbank, 1891 (91.18)

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		Unknown Artist, Unknown School

		Paul Strand (American, 1890–1976)

		Mother and Child

		Thomas Hovenden (American, 1840–1895)

		Ansel Adams (American, 1902–1984)

		Walker Evans (American, 1903–1975)

		Beaker with birds and animals, Iron Age, Thraco-Getian (?); 4th century B.C.

		William Blake (British, 1757–1827)

		Female Figure, early 19th century

		Vera (American, founded 1947), Designer

		Bronze statuette of a horse

		Marble grave stele with a family group

		Henry Ward Ranger (American, 1858–1916)

		Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864–1946)

		Joan Mirï¿½ (Spanish, 1893â€“1983)

		Bruce Davidson (American, b. 1933)

		Ansel Adams (American, 1902â€“1984)

		John White Alexander (American, 1856–1915)

		Turtle Vessel, 200 B.C.E.–C.E. 300

		Mikhail Vasilievich Nesterov (Russian, 1862–1942)

		Design for a Scarf: Red Poppy

		Walker Evans (American, 1903–1975)

		Walker Evans (American, 1903–1975)

		Standard with two long-horned bulls, Early Bronze III; 2400–2000 B.C.

		Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640)

		Dorothea Lange (American, 1895–1965)

		Thomas Sully (American, 1783–1872)

		Yousuf Karsh (Canadian, born Armenia, 1908–2002)

		"May" Dress (Ball Gown), spring/summer 1953

		Jules Bastien-Lepage (French, 1848–1884)

		Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910)

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