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Medieval art curator Melanie Holcomb and drawings and prints curator George Goldner discuss the Museum's responsibilities when showing religious art.
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Works of art in order of appearanceLast Updated: June 22, 2015. Not all works of art in the Museum's collection may be on view on a particular day. For the most accurate location information, please check this page on the day of your visit. |
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The Temple of Dendur Roman period, ca. 15 b.c. Egyptian; Dendur, Nubia Sandstone Given to the United States by Egypt in 1965, awarded to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1967, and installed in The Sackler Wing in 1978 (68.154) More information: The Collection Online Not on view
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Mihrab 1354 Isfahan, Iran Mosaic of monochrome-glaze tiles on composite body set on plaster Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1939 (39.20) More information: The Collection Online Not on view
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Standing Buddha Northern Wei dynasty, mid-5th century China Gilt bronze John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1926 (26.123) More information: The Collection Online Not on view
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Madonna and Child ca. 1300 Duccio di Buoninsegna (Italian, Sienese) Tempera and gold on wood, with original engaged frame Purchase, Rogers Fund, Walter and Leonore Annenberg and The Annenberg Foundation Gift, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, Annette de la Renta Gift, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, Louis V. Bell, and Dodge Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, several members of The Chairman's Council Gifts, Elaine L. Rosenberg and Stephenson Family Foundation Gifts, 2003 Benefit Fund, and other gifts and funds from various donors, 2004 (2004.442) More information: The Collection Online Not on view
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Page from an Illuminated Gospel late 14th century Ethiopia, Highland region Parchment (vellum), wood (acacia), tempera, ink Rogers Fund, 1998 (1998.66) More information: The Collection Online Not on view
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Double-page colophon (left side) from the Anonymous Baghdad Qur’an 1308 Iraq, Baghdad Ink, gold, and colors on paper Rogers Fund, 1955 (55.44) More information: The Collection Online Not on view
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Double Cup ca. 1300–1350 Germany or Bohemia Silver and gilt-silver with applied opaque enamel Purchase, The Cloisters Collection, 1983 (1983.125a, b) More information: The Collection Online Not on view
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The Cloisters Cross 12th century English Walrus ivory The Cloisters Collection, 1963 (63.12) More information: The Collection Online Not on view
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Christ Carrying the Cross ca. 1475–80 Martin Schongauer (German) Engraving Purchase, The Sylmaris Collection, Gift of George Coe Graves, by exchange, 1935 (35.27) More information: The Collection Online Not on view
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Christ Presented to the People (Ecce Homo) Sodoma (Giovanni Antonio Bazzi) (Italian, Sienese) Oil on canvas Gift of Asbjorn R. Lunde, in memory of his parents, Karl and Elisa Lunde, 1996 (1996.261) More information: The Collection Online Not on view
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The Flagellation; The Madonna of Mercy, processional banner ca. 1540 Girolamo Romanino (Italian, Brescian) Distemper and oil(?) on canvas Purchase, Anonymous Bequest, by exchange, 1989 (1989.86) More information: The Collection Online Not on view
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Dancer Adjusting Her Slipper 1873 Edgar Degas (French) Graphite heightened with white chalk on faded pink paper H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929 (29.100.941) More information: The Collection Online Not on view
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The Dance Class 1874 Edgar Degas (French) Oil on canvas Bequest of Mrs. Harry Payne Bingham, 1986 (1987.47.1) More information: The Collection Online Not on view
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Pietà (Vesperbild) ca. 1400 Bohemian Limestone The Cloisters Collection, 2001 (2001.78) More information: The Collection Online Not on view
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Head of Athena late 3rd–early 2nd century b.c.; Hellenistic Greek Marble Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1996 (1996.178) More information: The Collection Online Not on view
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Male Figure (Moai Tangata) early 19th century Rapa Nui people, Rapa Nui (Easter Island) Wood, obsidian, bone Gift of Faith-dorian and Martin Wright, in honor of Livio Scamperle, 1984 (1984.526) More information: The Collection Online Not on view
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Washington Crossing the Delaware 1851 Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze (German, active United States) Oil on canvas Gift of John Stewart Kennedy, 1897 (97.34) More information: The Collection Online Not on view
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