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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.




	Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984) Lava Rock and Pool, Kona Coast, Hawaii, ca. 1956, printed 1974 Gelatin silver print; image: 34.5 x 26 cm (13 9/16 x 10 1/4 in.), mount: 45.7 x 35.3 cm (18 x 13 7/8 in.) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Ansel and Virginia Adams, 1979 (1979.585.51) © Photograph by Ansel Adams. Used with permission of the Trustees of The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust. All Rights Reserved.

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		Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)

		Mask, Late 19th–early 20th century

		Marble strigilated vase with snake handles, 2nd half of the 2nd century A.D.

		Milton Avery (American, 1885–1965)

		Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889–1975)

		Harold Edgerton (American, 1903-1990)

		Published by Edward Anthony (American, 1818-1888) and Henry T. Anthony (American, 1814-1884)

		Two Gold Coins of the Parisii, 2nd century B.C.

		Ivory grip attributed to Joseph Deutschmann (German, 1717–1787)

		Raven rattle, 19th century

		Yama, mid-17th–early 18th century

		Gil de Siloe (Spanish, active 1475–1505)

		Helmet Mask (Temes Mbalmbal), mid-20th century

		Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910)

		Black Stork in a Landscape, ca. 1780

		Jonas Umbach (German, 1624-1693)

		Conrad Martens (British/Australian, London 1801-1878 Sydney)

		Seated Figure, 1st century B.C.E.–1st century C.E.

		Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599–1641)

		Albert Marquet (French, 1875-1947)

		Figure of a bull, 1st millennium B.C., middle

		Marble statue of an old woman, A.D. 14–68; copy of a Greek work of the second century B.C.

		Maebyeong, late 13th century

		Vessel, Mythological Scene, 8th century

		Childe Hassam (American, 1859–1935)

		Plaque with the Journey to Emmaus and Noli Me Tangere, ca. 1115–1120

		Feline-Head Bottle, 9th–5th century B.C.E.

		Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910)

		Anonymous, South American (Peruvian)

		Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916)

		Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984)

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