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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.



Dress, ca. 1760
England
Silk, linen, cotton
Purchase, Arlene Cooper Fund and Polaire Weissman Bequest Fund, 1996 (1996.374a–c)


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Maurice de Vlaminck (French, 1876–1958)

Walker Evans (American, 1903–1975)

Daniel Chester French (American, 1850–1931)

Dress, ca. 1760

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

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640)

Henri Crenier (American, 1873–1948)

John White Alexander (American, 1856–1915)

Walker Evans (American, 1903–1975)

Interior Hanging, 19th century

"May" Dress (Ball Gown), spring/summer 1953

Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910)

Ansel Adams (American, 1902–1984)

Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Medulich or Meldolla) (Italian, Venetian, 1522?–1563)

Detail of Hands from "Proletarian Unity" Panel of Diego Rivera's Mural for the New Worker's School, New York City, July–August, 1933

Scrapbook containing newspaper and magazine clippings, calling cards, sketches, photographs of paintings, and two sales catalogs of Harnett's (William Michael Harnett, 1848–1892) work


Plaza, State of Puebla, 1933, printed 1940

Interior of the Old Church in Delft, 1650–52

John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925)

Seated Figure, Late 19th–early 20th century

Thomas Hovenden (American, 1840–1895)

Mother and Child, 15th–20th century; Bamana

Seated Buddha, Pyu period, 8th–early 9th century

Unknown Artist, American School

Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864–1946)

Henry Ward Ranger (1858–1916)

Mary Cassatt (American, 1844–1926)

Thomas Sully (American, 1783–1872)

Ewer with Floral and Stripe Decoration, Momoyama period (1568–1615), early 17th century

Ansel Adams (American, 1902–1984)

Seated Buddha, Tang dynasty (618–907), ca. 650


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