How Well Do You Know the Met?

«The Metropolitan Museum of Art is home to some of the world's most respected art. People from all over the world come to see the collection and appreciate the history and stories that the works present. Think you know the Met's collection like a pro? Here's a game to test your knowledge and see just how much you know about the artists and their subjects.»

Match each work of art with the quote that the artist or subject may have said, then scroll down to the bottom of the post for the answer key!

Quotes

1. I assure you no art was ever less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and study of the great masters; of inspiration, spontaneity, temperament—temperament is the word—I know nothing.

2. We met on the sidewalk in Paris. He was forty-five and I was seventeen at the time. In 1935 we had a daughter named Maya.

3. I enforce codes of social conduct.

Artworks

A.

Power Figure (Nkisi N'Kondi: Mangaaka). Kongo peoples, 19th century. Wood, paint, metal, resin, ceramic; H. 46 7/16 in. (118 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace, Drs. Daniel and Marian Malcolm, Laura G. and James J. Ross, Jeffrey B. Soref, The Robert T. Wall Family, Dr. and Mrs. Sidney G. Clyman, and Steven Kossak Gifts, 2008 (2008.30)

B.

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973). The Dreamer, 1932. Oil on canvas; 39 7/8 x 36 3/4 in. (101.3 x 93.3cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Mr. and Mrs. Klaus G. Perls Collection, 1997. ©2014 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York (1997.149.4)

C.

Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917). A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?), 1865. Oil on canvas; 29 x 36 1/2 in. (73.7 x 92.7 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929 (29.100.128)

Answer Key: 1. C; 2. B; 3. A