The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Permanent Collection

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February 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 Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925) Gitana, 1876? Oil on canvas; 29 x 23 5/8 in. (73.7 x 60 cm) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of George A. Hearn, 1910 (10.64.10)

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		Adolph Alexander Weinman (American, 1870–1952)

		John Smibert (American, 1688–1751)

		Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel (French, 1883–1971)

		John La Farge (American, 1835–1910)

		Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, 1472–1553)

		F. Luis Mora (American, 1874–1940)

		Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910)

		An-My Lê (American, b. Vietnam, 1960)

		Tina Modotti (Italian, 1896–1942)

		Illustrated Legends of the Kitano Shrine (Kitano Tenjin Engi)

		Marvin E. Newman (American, b. 1927)

		Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755–1828)

		John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925)

		Edward Steichen (American, b. Luxembourg, 1879–1973)

		Kevin Bubriski (American, b. 1954)

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

		Georges de La Tour (French, 1593–1652)

		Lorenzo Lotto (Italian, Venetian, born about 1480, died 1556)

		Fernando Botero (Colombian, b. 1932)

		Bruce Crane (American, 1857–1937)

		John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925)

		Richard Billingham (English, b. 1970)

		Handkerchief, 1893

		Walker Evans (American, 1903–1975)

		Unknown Artist, American School

		John Singer Sargent (American, 1856-1925)

		Henry Hobart Nichols (American, 1869–1962)

		Marc Chagall (French, b. Russia, 1887–1985)

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