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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.



Ted Croner (American, 1922-2005)
[Man and Traffic Light, Snowstorm, New York City], 1947-1952
Gelatin silver print; 11 1/4 x 10 15/16 in. (28.6 x 27.8 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 1991 (1991.1024)
© Ted Croner


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Ted Croner (American, 1922-2005)

Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910)

Fragment of a Floor Mosaic with a Personification of Ktisis, 500–550; modern restoration

Reliquary in the Shape of a Stupa (Relic Mound), ca. 4th–5th century

Designer: Claire McCardell (American, 1905–1958)


El Anatsui (Ghanaian, b. 1944)

A Pair of Royal Earrings, ca. 1st century B.C.

Author: George French Angas (British, 1822–1886)

Michal Rovner (Israeli, b. 1957)

Marvin E. Newman (American, b. 1927)


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