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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.



Garry Winogrand (American, 1928-1984)
Dallas, Texas, 1964, printed 1974
Gelatin silver print
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of William Berley, 1978 (1978.660.6)
© The Estate of Garry Winogrand, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco


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Gabriel Orozco (Mexican, b. 1962)

Unknown Artist, American School

Bernardo Strozzi (Italian, Genoese, 1581-1644)

Frank Myers Boggs (American, 1855-1926)

Takuo Itoh (Japanese, b. 1947), Designer

Workshop of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, Venetian, 1696-1770)

Head for Yam ceremony (Yena), 19th–early 20th century

Greek Painter, possibly 18th century

Tile, frieze, ca. 1270-80; Ilkhanid period (1206-1353)

Garry Winogrand (American, 1928-1984)

Deity Figure (Zemi), 15th–16th century


John Adams Whipple (American, 1822-1891) and James Wallace Black (American, 1825-1896)

Pendant, 11th century; Fatimid period (909-1171)

Sword with Three Mounts, mid-1st century B.C., Late Iron Age (La Tène)

Garry Winogrand (American, 1928-1984)

David Alfaro Siqueiros (Mexican, 1896-1975)

Seated Figure, Late 19th–early 20th century

Max Beckmann (German, 1884-1950)

Thod-Rnga, 19th century

Paul Cézanne (French, 1839–1906)

Haremhab as a Scribe of the King, ca. 1336-1323 B.C.

Jules Breton (French, 1827-1906)


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