Journey across time and cultures through more than 534,000 works of art in The Met's online collection. Spanning thousands of years of human creativity, the collection includes records of the earliest writing, works made as recently as last year, entire architectural experiences including a monumental temple from ancient Egypt, tiny treasures, and so much more.
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completed by 10 CE
Vincent van Gogh
1887
Emanuel Leutze
1851
Edgar Degas
Founder Cast by A. A. Hébrard
modeled 1881, cast 1922, modern tutu
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1830–32
Jackson Pollock
1950
John Singer Sargent
1883–84
Yombe-Kongo artist and nganga (ritual specialist)
ca. 1880–1900
China
17th century style
Claude Monet
1899
Attributed to the Euphiletos Painter
ca. 530 BCE
Johannes Vermeer
ca. 1662
Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)
1660
Architect Martin Euclid Thompson
1822–24
Velázquez (Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez)
1650
Indian (Tamil Nadu)
ca. late 11th century
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
1565
Kwoma people
1970–1973
dated 1119 AH/1707 CE
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