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Rara Avis: Selections from the Iris Apfel Collection

Press Release

Rara Avis: Selections from the Iris Barrel Apfel Collection

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Essay

The Isin-Larsa and Old Babylonian Periods (2004–1595 B.C.)

February 1, 2017, revised May 23

By Elizabeth Knott

People of the ancient Near East inhabited a world that was saturated with supernatural powers, and the arts of the Isin-Larsa and Old Babylonian periods show the range of deities available to the individual as sources of protection and well-being.
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editorial

Iris Cantor: A Legacy of Philanthropy

April 18, 2022
Met Trustee Iris Cantor speaks on her long history of giving to the Museum
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Iris Van Herpen: Behind the Scenes at The Costume Institute Conservation Laboratory

June 21, 2017
Sarah Scaturro, conservator in The Met's Costume Institute, offers a close look at two Iris Van Herpen dresses.
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Past Exhibition

Isms and Non-Isms: Recent Acquisitions by Watson Library

January 11–April 16, 2024
Isms and Non-Isms: Recent Acquisitions in Watson Library presents a selection of titles acquired by Watson between 2021 and 2023, purchased with financial support from Friends of the Thomas J. Watson Library. The works exhibited span the 1920s thro…
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editorial

Iman Issa on Ancient Egypt

November 22, 2024

By Iman Issa

How do we define a historical concept so distant yet pertinent today?
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Met Stories: Lowery Stokes Sims—Diversity

February 7, 2020

By Lowery Stokes Sims

Independent curator and art historian Lowery Stokes Sims talks about her role in bringing diversity to The Met collection of contemporary art.
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The Artist Project: Luis Camnitzer

September 16, 2015
Artist Luis Camnitzer reflects on Giovanni Battista Piranesi's etchings in this episode of The Artist Project.
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Essay

Women Leaders in African History: Idia, First Queen Mother of Benin

October 1, 2003

By Alexander Ives Bortolot

Queen Mothers were viewed as instrumental to the protection and well-being of the oba and, by extension, the kingdom.
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Art

Statuette of Isis nursing Horus

Date: 332–30 B.C.
Accession Number: 55.121.5

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Art

Isis amulet

Date: 332–30 B.C.
Accession Number: 1984.176

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Art

Isis amulet

Date: 332–30 B.C.
Accession Number: 26.7.883

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Art

Mourning Isis

Date: 332–30 BC
Accession Number: 12.182.23b

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Art

Isis amulet

Date: 664–380 B.C.
Accession Number: 23.10.56

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Art

Isis and Horus

Date: 664–30 B.C.
Accession Number: 90.6.149

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Art

Figure of Isis-Aphrodite

Date: 2nd century A.D.
Accession Number: 1991.76

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Art

Isis with Horus

Date: 332–30 B.C.
Accession Number: 1979.180a, b

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Art

Isis and Horus

Date: 664–30 B.C.
Accession Number: 04.2.584

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Art

Isis and Horus

Date: 664–30 B.C.
Accession Number: 04.2.586