The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Permanent Collection

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November 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.




	Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903) Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary), 1891 Oil on canvas; 44 3/4 x 34 1/2 in. (113.7 x 87.6 cm) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Sam A. Lewisohn, 1951 (51.112.2)

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		Head of Tutankhamun, ca. 1336�1327 B.C.

		Unknown Artist, British School

		Bronze statuette of a horse

		Auguste Rodin (French, 1840�1917)

		Icon with Christ Pantepotes and the Chorus of Saints, 14th–15th century

		John Singer Sargent (American, 1856�1925)

		Augustin Victor Casasola (Mexican, 1874–1938)

		Red Grooms (American, b. 1937)

		Rattle, 900�1550

		Camille Pissarro (French, 1830–1903)

		Medallion with a seated deity and a male worshiper, Urartian; 8th–7th century B.C.

		Dowager Empress Maria Feoderovna (Russian, b. Denmark, 1857–1928)

		Unknown Artist, American School

		Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903)

		Ludovico Carracci (Italian, Bolognese, 1555–1619)

		Jan Henle (American, b. 1948)

		Isamu Noguchi (American, 1904�1988)

		Eduard Gaertner (German, 1801–1877)

		Seated Ganesha, 14th–15th century

		Girdle with Coins and Medallions, ca. 583; reassembled after discovery

		Gabriel Orozco (Mexican, b. 1962)

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