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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.



Helmet Mask (Temes Mbalmbal), Mid–20th century
Vanuatu; Malakula Island, Mbotgote
Wood, vegetable fiber, pig tusks, glass, metal, paint; H x W x D: 26 x 15 1/2 x 19in. (66 x 39.4 x 48.3cm)
The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979 (1979.206.1697)


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Silent Dawn, by 1919

The Forest in Winter at Sunset, ca. 1846–67

An Incident of Whaling

A Winter Landscape with Skaters and a Bird Trap

Winter Scene in Moonlight, 1869

Sports on a Frozen River, probably ca. 1660

A Rose, 1907

A Brazilian Landscape, 1650

Robert Burns, 1890; this cast: 1891

[Coronation of Prime Minister Mohar Samser, Nepal], 1942

Cocktail Party, New York City, 1955-1956, printed ca. 1977

New Year's Day in Chinatown, San Francisco, 1900

Panel with Censing Angels, ca. 1170-1180

Illuminated Gospel, Late 14th to early 15th century

[Men Seated on Bench on Sidewalk, Selma, Alabama], December 19, 1935

The Boulevard Montmartre on a Winter Morning, 1897


Winter in Union Square, 1889-90

The Epiphany, possibly ca. 1320

[Three Director's Chairs], 1950s-1960s

A Winter Carnival in a Small Flemish Town

Qur'an manuscript, 13th-14th century; Nasrid period (1232-1492)

Northeaster, 1895

Carmencita, 1890

Mask (Buk, Krar, or Kara), Mid- to late 19th century

The Penitence of Saint Jerome, triptych, ca. 1518

Padre Sebastiano, ca. 1904–6

Haystacks (Effect of Snow and Sun), 1891

Helmet Mask (Temes Mbalmbal), Mid–20th century

Ice Floes, 1893

Standing Bodhisattva Maitreya, the Buddha of the Future, 9th-10th century

Palm Tree, Nassau, 1898


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