The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially referred to as the Met, is the largest art museum in the Americas and one of the most visited museums in the world. Its permanent collection contains over two million works, divided among 17 curatorial departments.
Collection Highlights
- Egyptian Temple of Dendur
- European Paintings (Vermeer, Rembrandt, Van Gogh)
- American Wing
- Arms and Armor Collection
- Greek and Roman Art
Open Access & Public Domain
The Met provides open access to over 492,000 images of public-domain artworks in its collection. These images are available under Creative Commons Zero (CC0), allowing free use, modification, and distribution for any purpose without restriction.
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255,985 artworks from The Met available in our virtual museum
Penny Picture Display, Savannah
Walker Evans
1936
The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer
Edgar Degas|A. A. Hébrard
1922 (cast), 2018 (tutu)
Antigraceful
Umberto Boccioni
1913, cast 1950
Woman's Head
Amedeo Modigliani
1912
Mäda Primavesi (1903–2000)
Gustav Klimt
1912–13
Self-Portrait
Egon Schiele
1911
A Rose
Thomas Anshutz
1907
Study of Arms for "The Cadence of Autumn"
Evelyn De Morgan
1905
Study of Arms for "The Cadence of Autumn"
Evelyn De Morgan
1905
Channel Bass
Winslow Homer
1904
Fishing Boats, Key West
Winslow Homer
1903
The Mountain Man
Frederic Remington
1903, cast by March 1907
Landscape with Stars
Henri-Edmond Cross (Henri-Edmond Delacroix)
ca. 1905–1908
The Repast of the Lion
Henri Rousseau (le Douanier)
ca. 1907
A Reconnaissance
Frederic Remington
1902
Brooch
Marcus and Co.
ca. 1900
The Thinker: Portrait of Louis N. Kenton
Thomas Eakins
1900
The Trees, Early Afternoon, France
William A. Harper
ca. 1905
Flower Garden and Bungalow, Bermuda
Winslow Homer
1899
The Bather
Winslow Homer
1899
At the Circus: The Spanish Walk (Au Cirque: Le Pas espagnol)
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
1899
The Gulf Stream
Winslow Homer
1899; reworked by 1906
"King Lear," Act I, Scene I
Edwin Austin Abbey
1898
The Strange Thing Little Kiosai Saw in the River
John La Farge
1897
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