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The Collection Database is a searchable database of artworks and related materials from the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. An individual database record includes information about an object as well as images, when available. The Museum's curators have selected several works of note within the Collection Database as Highlights of the collection.

Due to the extremely large number of objects in the Museum's permanent collection, not all artworks are currently available in the Collection Database. Furthermore, information contained in the database records is, in some cases, incomplete, and all information is subject to change according to ongoing research and new acquisitions.

For information about the Museum's policies that guide the development and care of its permanent collection, see the Collections Management Policy.

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Image Title of Work or Type of Object Artist or Maker Date Accession Number
The Spinner Quirijn van Brekelenkam (Dutch, born after 1622, died about 1669) 1653 71.110
The Pigeon House Roelof van Vries (Dutch, born 1630/31, died after 1681)   71.116
Pomegranates and Other Fruit in a Landscape Abraham Brueghel (Flemish, 1631–1697)   71.118
The Grand Canal above the Rialto Francesco Guardi (Italian, Venetian, 1712–1793)   71.119
Santa Maria della Salute Francesco Guardi (Italian, Venetian, 1712–1793)   71.120
The Investiture of Bishop Harold as Duke of Franconia Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, Venetian, 1696–1770) ca. 1751–52 71.121
Peasants Dancing Johannes Lingelbach (Dutch, 1622–1674) 1651 71.123
Rest Nicolaes Berchem (Dutch, 1621/22–1683) 1644 71.125
John I (1468–1532), the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, 1472–1553)   71.128
View of the Town of Alkmaar Salomon van Ruysdael (Dutch, 1600/1603–1670)   71.135
Surprised, or Infidelity Found Out Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich (German, 1712–1774)   71.142
The Calling of Matthew Workshop of Jan Sanders van Hemessen (Netherlandish, active 1519–56)   71.155
The Mourning Virgin; The Man of Sorrows Copy after Dieric Bouts (Netherlandish, about 1525)   71.156–57
The Newborn Baby Matthys Naiveu (Dutch, 1647–1726) 1675 71.160
The Adoration of the Shepherds Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich (German, 1712–1774) 1760s 71.162
Abraham's Parting from the Family of Lot Jan Victors (Dutch, 1619–1676/77) ca. 1655–65 71.170
Judith with the Head of Holofernes David Teniers the Younger (Flemish, 1610–1690) 1650s 72.2
California Hiram Powers 1850–55; this carving, 1858 72.3
The Musician Bartholomeus van der Helst (Dutch, born about 1612/15, died 1670) 1662 73.2
The Wages of War Henry Peters Gray 1848 73.5