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.
| Image | Title of Work or Type of Object | Artist or Maker | Date | Accession Number |
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Struggle Series - No. 10: Washington Crossing the Delaware | Jacob Lawrence | 1954 | 2003.414 |
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Jacob Lawrence | Peter Fink (American, 1907-1984) | 1960s | 1985.1065.6 |
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The Photographer | Jacob Lawrence | 1942 | 2001.205 |
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Jacob Lawrence | Budd Studio (American,) | 1957 | 57.678.2 |
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The Shoemaker | Jacob Lawrence | 1945 | 46.73.2 |
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Pool Parlor | Jacob Lawrence | 1942 | 42.167 |
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Blind Beggars | Jacob Lawrence | 1938 | 43.47.28 |
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The Journey of the Magi | Sassetta (Stefano di Giovanni) (Italian, Siena or Cortona, active by 1423, died 1450 Siena) | ca. 1433–35 | 43.98.1 |
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Woman Fixing her Hair | Elizabeth Catlett | 1993 | 1993.217 |
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The Block | Romare Bearden | 1971 | 1978.61.1-6 |
