Photograph Credits

The photographs of works of art on this website were taken by the Photograph Studio, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, unless otherwise noted below. The photographs in the online Met Store were taken by Razorback Productions, Peter Murdock, Jonn Coolidge, Dan Baliotti, Michael Grantland, or Suzy Kim. Every attempt has been made to identify the photographers whose images appear on this website.

The Collection

• American Decorative Arts
• American Paintings and Sculpture
• Arms and Armor
• Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
• Asian Art
• The Cloisters
• Drawings and Prints
• Egyptian Art
• European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
• Greek and Roman Art
• Islamic Art
• The Robert Lehman Collection
• Medieval Art
• Modern Art
• Musical Instruments
• Photographs

Concerts & Lectures

• Current Season

Events & Programs

• Audience Development

Explore & Learn

• Oldenburg and van Bruggen on the Roof

News from the Met

• Main Page

Get Modern at the Met

• 2005

Special Exhibitions

• "A Century of Design, Part III: 1950–1975"
• "Cai Guo-Qiang on the Roof: Transparent Monument"
• "Egyptian Art at Eton College: Selections from the Myers Museum"
• "The Embodied Image: Chinese Calligraphy from the John B. Elliott Collection"
• "From the Roof: Christo and Jeanne-Claude's The Gates in Central Park"
• "Jacqueline Kennedy: The White House Years—Selections from the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum"
• "Oldenburg and van Bruggen on the Roof"
• "Rain of the Moon: Silver in Ancient Peru"

Support the Met

• The Apollo Circle

Timeline of Art History

• See Photocredits for the Timeline of Art History.

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The Collection

American Decorative Arts

• Quilt Top (1989.66): Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor

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American Paintings and Sculpture

Selected paintings were photographed by Lynton Gardiner, Geoffrey Clements, and Schecter Lee.

All sculpture was photographed by Jerry L. Thompson, except the following which were by the Photograph Studio, The Metropolitan Museum of Art:

• Edgar Allan Poe Memorial (84.9)
• Andrew Jackson (94.14)
• Bacchante and Infant Faun (97.19)
• Susan B. Anthony (06.1264)
• The Mountain Man (07.79)
• Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer (17.104)
• The Rattlesnake (39.65.43a,b)
• Coming Through the Rye (39.65.44a,b)
• Trooper of the Plains (39.65.47a,b)
• The Wicked Pony (39.65.48a,b)
• The Scalp (39.65.49a,b)
• The Outlaw (39.65.50a,b)
• The Savage (39.65.51a,b)
• The Sergeant (39.65.52a,b)
• The Puritan (39.65.53)
• The Bronco Buster (1986.81.2)
• Stalking Panther (1996.561)

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Arms and Armor

• Armor (Gusoku) (14.100.172): Photograph by Haruo Takemoto of The Otsuka Kogesha Company Ltd.
• Helmet (28.60.2): Photograph by Haruo Takemoto of The Otsuka Kogesha Company Ltd.
• Helmet (Zukinnari Kabuto) (36.25.81): Photograph by Haruo Takemoto of The Otsuka Kogesha Company Ltd.
• Sword Guard (Tsuba) (36.120.79): Photograph by Haruo Takemoto of The Otsuka Kogesha Company Ltd.
• Blades of a Pair of Swords (Daisho) (36.120.417,418): Photograph by Haruo Takemoto of The Otsuka Kogesha Company Ltd.
• Pennsylvania "Kentucky" Flintlock Rifle (42.22): Photograph by David Allison

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Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

• Mask (1978.412.489): Photograph by Schecter Lee
• Mask with Female Figure (Karan-wemba) (1979.206.84): Photograph by Schecter Lee
• Headdress (1979.206.266): Photograph by Schecter Lee
• Double Eagle Pendant (1979.206.538): Photograph by Schecter Lee
• Standing Figure (1979.206.585): Photograph by Schecter Lee
• Seated Figure (1979.206.1063): Photograph by Schecter Lee
• Female Figure (1979.206.1470): Photograph by Schecter Lee
• Mask (1979.206.1697): Photograph by Schecter Lee
• Male Figure (1984.526): Photograph by Schecter Lee
• Frog Pendant (1991.419.1): Photograph by Justin Kerr
• Clovis and Folsom Points (T4–1068c): © University of Pennsylvania Museum
• Stone "Fishtail" Points: Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor, American Museum of Natural History

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Asian Art

• Pair of Hanging Scrolls: Bamboo and Rocks (1973.120.7): Photograph by Malcolm Varon
• Handscroll: Night Shining White (1977.78): Photograph by Malcolm Varon
• One from a Pair of Royal Earrings (1981.398.3): Photograph by Bruce White
• Krishna Battles the Armies of the Demon Naraka: Page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana (Life of Krishna) (1985.34): Photograph by Schecter Lee
• Seven Lobed Platter with Scene of Children at Play (L1996.47.1): Photograph by Lynton Gardiner
• Ivory Female Figurine: Photograph by Randall White, New York University
• Six complete bone flutes excavated from Jiahu: © Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology of Henan Province, Zhengzhou, China

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The Cloisters

• Fresco, Panel: Wyvern Passant (31.38.1a): Photograph by Lynton Gardiner
• Chapter House: Capitular Room (35.50): Photograph by Malcolm Varon
• Sculpture (47.101.15): Photograph by Malcolm Varon
• Pietà (Vesperbild) (48.85): Photograph by Malcolm Varon
• St. James the Greater (69.88): Photograph by Malcolm Varon

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Drawings and Prints

• Cottages among Trees (29.100.939): Photograph by Malcolm Varon
• The Lake of Zug (59.120): Photograph by Schecter Lee

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Egyptian Art

• The Archers (22.1.23): Photograph by Bruce White
• Outer Coffin of Henettawy (25.3.182): Photograph by Schecter Lee
• Lotiform Cup (26.7.971): Photograph by Schecter Lee
• Fragmentary Head of a Queen (26.7.1396): Photograph by Bruce White
• Ostracon (26.7.1453): Photograph by Stan Ries
• Canopic Jar with a Lid in the Shape of a Royal Woman's Head (30.8.54): Photograph by Bruce White
• Tutankhamun Wearing the Blue (50.6): Photograph by Schecter Lee
• Wadi Kubbaniya, Southeast view: Photograph by Fred Wendorf
• Wadi Kubbaniya, view South: Photograph by Fred Wendorf
• Wadi Kubbaniya, Northeast view: Photograph by Fred Wendorf

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European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

• Relief (45.128.5): Photograph by Schecter Lee
• (67.110.1): Photograph by Schecter Lee

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Greek and Roman Art

• Cubiculum Walls (03.14.13a–g): Photograph by Schecter Lee
• Portrait Head of Emperor Augustus (07.286.115): Photograph by Schecter Lee
• Portrait Statue of a Boy, Possibly Gaius or Lucics Cesar (14.130.1): Photograph by Schecter Lee
• Scaraboid (31.11.5): Photograph by Schecter Lee
• Cippus of Cominia Tyche (38.27): Photograph by Schecter Lee
• Portrait Head of the Emperor Caracalla (40.11.1a): Photograph by Schecter Lee
• Sarcophagus-Season (55.11.5): Photograph by Schecter Lee

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Islamic Art

• Incense Burner (51.56): Photograph by Schecter Lee
• (63.159.4): Photograph by Schecter Lee
• (65.106.2): Photograph by Schecter Lee
• The Nur-ad-Din Room (1970.170): Photograph by Schecter Lee
• Beaker (1974.45): Photograph by Schecter Lee

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The Robert Lehman Collection

• A Lady, Possibly a Nun of San Secondo (1975.1.85): Photograph by Malcolm Varon
• Alvise Contarini(?) (1975.1.86): Photograph by Malcolm Varon
• Portrait of Gerard de Lairesse (1975.1.140): Photograph by Malcolm Varon
• Bust of the Pseudo-Seneca (1975.1.843): Photograph by Schecter Lee
• Armoririal Tazza (1975.1.1194): Photograph by Sheldon Collins
• Goblet, falcon de Venise (1975.1.1206): Photograph by Schecter Lee

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Medieval Art

• Statuette: Mourner (17.190.386): Photograph by Schecter Lee
• Statuette: Mourner (17.190.389): Photograph by Schecter Lee
• Lectern, From a Pulpit: Eagle of St. John the Evangelist (18.70.28): Photograph by Bob Hanson
• Column: Old Testament King (20.157): Photograph by Schecter Lee
• Sculpture: Bust of Marie de France (41.100.132): Photograph by Schecter Lee
• Portal (47.100.45): Photograph by Schecter Lee

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Modern Art

• Music Stand (1979.320): Photograph by Mark Darley

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Musical Instruments

• Harpsichord (89.4.2363): Photograph by Sheldan Collins
• Grand Pianoforte (59.76): Photograph by Sheldan Collins
• Mandolin (1972.111.1a,b,c): Photograph by David Hawkinson
• Double-bell Euphonium (1989.322): Photograph by David Harkison
• Square Piano (06.1312): Photograph by Sheldan Collins

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Photographs

• View on the Columbia, Cascades (1979.622): Photograph by Schecter Lee

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Concerts & Lectures/Current Season

• Beaux Arts Trio: Photograph by Christian Steiner
• Richard Goode: Photograph by Joel Meyerowitz
• Guarneri String Quartet: © Steve J. Sherman
• David Hockney: Photograph by Richard Schmidt
• David Garrard Lowe: © Bill Ray
• Paula Robison: Photograph by Steve J. Sherman
• Portrait of Giovanni Battista Sammartini (1700/1–1775): image lent by the City of Bologna
• St. Lawrence String Quartet: Photograph by Toby Wales
• Street Scene: Havana, Cuba: Photograph by Iris Lior
• Bill Viola: Photograph by Beth Herzhaft
• Robert White: Photograph by Peter Schaaf

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Events & Programs/Audience Development

• Headshots by Don Pollard
• Event photographs by Don Pollard, Julian Mackler, Don Bailey, and Joaquin Mendez
• New York City Council proclamation: Photograph by Donna Lamb
• Education group in Egyptian Art gallery: Photograph by Jackie T. Neal

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Explore & Learn/Oldenburg and van Bruggen on the Roof

• Split Button: Photograph by Attilio Maranzano
• Free Stamp: Photograph by Attilio Maranzano
• Spoonbridge and Cherry: Photograph by Attilio Maranzano
• All installation/roof views: Photographs by Jackie T. Neale

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Get Modern at the Met

• Photographs by Michael Grantland

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News from the Met/Main Page

• "Metropolitan Museum Expands Fund for the Met Capital Campaign" (Museum facade): © Bill Melton, Wild Bill Studios

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Special Exhibitions

• "A Century of Design, Part III: 1950–1975"
  • "Lancet" Vase: Photograph by Mark Darley

• "Cai Guo-Qiang on the Roof: Transparent Monument"
  • Photographs by Teresa Christiansen, The Photograph Studio, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

• "Egyptian Art at Eton College: Selections from the Myers Museum"
  • Doll with beaded hair: Photograph by Clarissa Bruce
  • Chalice with narrative decoration in relief: Photograph by Clarissa Bruce

• "The Embodied Image: Chinese Calligraphy from the John B. Elliott Collection"
  • Biographies of Lian Pou and Lin Xiangru (1989.363.4): Photograph by Malcolm Varon
  • Quatrain on Heavenly Mountain (1989.363.6): Photograph by Malcolm Varon
  • Poem Written in a Boat on the Wu River (1984.174): Photograph by Malcolm Varon

• "From the Roof: Christo and Jeanne-Claude's The Gates in Central Park"
  • Photographs by Michael Grantland

• "Jacqueline Kennedy: The White House Years—Selections from the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum"
  • All new color photography for this exhibition was photographed by Karin L. Willis of the Photograph Studio at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

• "Oldenburg and van Bruggen on the Roof"
  • Photography by Mark Morosse, The Photograph Studio, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

• "Rain of the Moon: Silver in Ancient Peru"
  • Wooden litter back (52-30-30/7348): Photograph by Hillel Burger

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Support the Met/The Apollo Circle

• Annual Report 2002–2003, Year in Review; Photographs by Don Pollard, Christine Butler. Photographs of Berlin by Emily R. Kessler.
• Annual Report 2001–2002, Year in Review; Photographs by Don Pollard
• Annual Report 2000–2001, Year in Review; Photographs by Charles Altschul, Nick Brown, Christine Butler, Ruth Horowitz, Iris Lior, and Don Pollard
• Annual Report 1999–2000, Year in Review; Photographs by Don Pollard and Patrick Mc Mullan
• Annual Report 1998–1999, Year in Review; Photographs by Don Pollard

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