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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, founded in 1870 on Fifth Avenue in New York, is the largest art museum in the Americas. Its more than 1.5 million objects cover 5,000 years — Egyptian temples, Greek and Roman sculpture, European painting, Asian art, arms and armour, costume and American wings.
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- Registered works
- 8,104
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- New York, United States
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Highlights from the collection
Selected automatically from registered works with the strongest images and records. Each work carries a permanent Collect24 Art ID.
Thomas Sully
Study of Clouds; Two Female Nudes (after Michelangelo?); Two Half-length Female Portraits; Equestrian Figure with Two Men (from Sketchbook), 1810–20
Ink, wash, on paper
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-937447
Anonymous, Italian, 16th century
Arcus in Provincia, from "Views of Ancient Roman Temples and Arches", 1535–40
Engraving
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-437176
Albrecht Dürer
Christ before Caiaphas, from "The Passion", 1512
Engraving
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-345023
Wallerant Vaillant
Head of a Black Man, mid-17th century
Mezzotint
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-275003
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Portrait of Madame Rhode (Rhoda?), 1810–20
Graphite on pale buff wove paper
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-932567
Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal)
Padua: The River Bacchiglione and the Porta Portello, ca. 1750–60
Pen and brown ink, gray wash
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-932566
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
Roman arms, standards, and trophies, a composition divided into two horizontal bands, 1774
Etching
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-362266
John Hamilton Mortimer
Pastoral, from "Fifteen Etchings Dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds", December 8, 1778
Etching
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-362252
Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée)
Harbor Scene with Rising Sun, 1634
Etching; Mannocci's fifth state of eight
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-359926
William Sidney Mount
Mill Hill, 1840
Graphite on light buff-colored wove paper
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-938017
Sempronio Subissati
Portrait of Francesco Albani, 1680–1758
Red chalk, stumped in the portrait medallion, over traces of black chalk
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-939034
Peter Paul Rubens
Hermaphrodite, 17th century
Red chalk heightened with white
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-938358
Registry relationships
Artists represented
8,104 artists have works from this collection registered on Collect24. The most represented are shown here.
- W. Duke, Sons & Co.
2,918 registered works
- Allen & Ginter
2,677 registered works
- Goodwin & Company
2,544 registered works
- Brewster & Co.
2,029 registered works
- Thomas Rowlandson
2,004 registered works
- Jacques Callot
1,205 registered works
- Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company
1,154 registered works
- anonymous
1,093 registered works
- Unknown
1,025 registered works
- Stefano della Bella
908 registered works
- Anonymous, British, 19th century
774 registered works
- Honoré Daumier
710 registered works
- Albrecht Dürer
674 registered works
- Utagawa Hiroshige
635 registered works
- Unidentified artist
623 registered works
- William S. Kimball & Company
537 registered works
- James McNeill Whistler
524 registered works
- Anonymous, French, 18th century
500 registered works
- Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise
493 registered works
- Wenceslaus Hollar
476 registered works
- Anonymous, French, 19th century
469 registered works
- Alphonse Bertillon
437 registered works
- José Guadalupe Posada
421 registered works
- Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)
395 registered works
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86,090 registered works
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Andrea Mantegna
Judith with the Head of Holofernes, 15th century style, made at a later unknown date
Tempera on wood
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1264768

Rosso Fiorentino
Madonna and Child with Saint John the Evangelist, 1512/13
Oil on canvas, laid down on wood
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1231274

Thomas Couture
Branch of ivy (recto); Study of an urn for "Damocles" (verso), ca. 1866
Black fabricated chalk and white chalk on blue paper
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1165836
Thomas B. Worth
The Great American Tanner, 1868
Lithograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150768
Marcantonio Raimondi
Julius Caesar, from The Twelve Caesars, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae", ca. 1500–1534
Engraving; third state of three
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150767
H. Sewell
Dreadful Wreck of the Mexico on Hempstead Beach, January 2nd, 1837 – As Now Exhibiting at Hanington Dioramas–Perished in All–115 Souls., ca. 1837
Lithograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150766
Simeon Solomon
The Infant Moses, from "Dalziels' Bible Gallery", 1863–81
Wood engraving on India paper, mounted on thin card
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150765
Piercy Roberts
Mr. Grimaldi as "Joey" the Clown, July 13, 1822
Etching, hand-colored
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150740
Robert Dighton the Elder
I've Got de Monish, [1792] reissue 1793 or later
Mezzotint; a reissue
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150739
Joseph B. Smith
Clipper Ship "Great Republic", 1855
Hand-colored lithograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150738
James E. Buttersworth
Clipper Ship "Nightingale" getting under weigh off the Battery, New York, 1854
Hand-colored lithograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150737
Thomas Rowlandson
Painting, 1784 (?)
Stipple engraving
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150736
James Abbott Pasquier
A Quest for a Cousin, from "Illustrated London News", December 19, 1874
Wood engraving
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150735
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
The First Course–The Dinner, 1881
Etching on chine collé; remarque proof
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150734
James E. Buttersworth
Clipper Ship "Great Republic", 1853
Hand-colored lithograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150733
James E. Buttersworth
Clipper Ship "Flying Cloud", 1852
Hand-colored lithograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150732
Peter Perez Burdett
Two Boys Blowing a Bladder by Candle-light, 1773
Aquatint printed in red and brown inks
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150731
Charles Parsons
Clipper Ship "Comet" of New York in a Hurricane off Bermuda on her Voyage from New York to San Francisco, October 1852, 1855
Hand-colored lithograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150730
Philip Dawe
The Patriotick Barber of New York, or the Captain in the Suds, February 14, 1775
Mezzotint
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150729
John Flaxman
Ulysses at the Table of Circe (The Odyssey of Homer), 1805
Line engraving
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150728
James E. Buttersworth
Clipper Ship "Dreadnought" off Sandy Hook, February 23, 1854, nineteen days from Liverpool, 1854
Hand-colored lithograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150727
James E. Buttersworth
Clipper Ship "Sweepstakes", 1853
Hand-colored lithograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150726
James E. Buttersworth
Clipper Ship "Racer", 1854
Hand-colored lithograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150725
Winslow Homer
The War – Making Havelocks for the Volunteers (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. 5, no. 235, cover), June 29, 1861
Wood engraving
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150724
Erskine Nicol
Outward Bound (Dublin), ca. 1860
Hand-colored lithograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150723
Erskine Nicol
Homeward Bound (New York), ca. 1860
Hand-colored lithograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150722
Nathaniel Currier
Burning of the Henry Clay Near Yonkers–While on Her Trip From Albany to New York on Wednesday Afternoon July 28th, 1852.–The rapid spread of the flames forced the passengers into the water. Mothers and children, husbands and wives, brothers and sisters were drowned together, whilst trying to save e…, 1852
Hand-colored lithograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150721
Currier & Ives
Terrific Combat Between the "Monitor" 2 Guns & "Merrimac" 11 Guns – In Hampton Roads March 9th, 1862 – In which the little "Monitor" whipped the "Merrimac" and the whole "School" of Rebel Steamers, 1862
Hand-colored lithograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150720
Nathaniel Currier
Washington Taking Leave of the Officers of His Army at Fraunces Tavern, Broad Street, New York, December 4th, 1783: "With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you. I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy, as your former ones have been glorious an…, 1848
Hand-colored lithograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150719
James Stow
Shakespeare Seated Between the Dramatic Muse and the Genius of Painting, from "Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery", 1797
Etching and engraving
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150694

Charles Parsons
Discharging the Pilot, 1856
Hand-colored lithograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150693
Sir Edwin Henry Landseer
The Lion-Dog of Malta—The Last of His Tribe, 1844
Mixed method engraving on chine collé; proof before letters
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150692

Anonymous, British, late 18th–early 19th century
A Duet, 1785 (?)
Hand-colored etching
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150691
Matthias Darly
Ganymede, March 1, 1771
Etching
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150690
William Keesey Hewitt
Awful Conflagration of the Steam Boat Lexington in Long Island Sound on Monday Eve, January 13th, 1840, by which melancholy occurrence, over 100 Persons Perished, 1840
Hand-colored lithograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150689
Currier & Ives
The Great Mississippi Steamboat Race–From New Orleans to St. Louis, July 1870–Between the R.E. Lee, Captain John W. Cannon and Natchez Captain Leathers–Won by the R.E. Lee, Time: 3 Days 18 Hours and 30 Minutes; Distance 1210 Miles., 1870
Hand-colored lithograph, with gum arabic
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150688
Nathaniel Currier
The Chinese Junk Keying [commanded by] Captain Kellett, as she appeared in New York harbour July 13th, 1847–-212 days from Canton.–-720 tons burthen, 1847
Lithograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150687
Nathaniel Currier
The Chinese Junk "Keying" [commanded by] Captain Kellett, as she appeared in New York harbour July 13th, 1847–-212 days from Canton.-–720 tons burthen, 1847
Hand-colored lithograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150686
![Currier & Ives, Washington Crossing the Delaware – Evening Previous to the Battle of Trenton, December [2]5th, 1776](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/dp/original/DP853576.jpg)
Currier & Ives
Washington Crossing the Delaware – Evening Previous to the Battle of Trenton, December [2]5th, 1776, 1857–71
Hand-colored lithograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150685

Nathaniel Currier
Washington Crossing the Delaware–Evening Previous to the Battle of Trenton, December 25th, 1776, 1847
Lithograph, with blue hand-coloring
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150684
Nathaniel Currier
Washington Crossing the Delaware: Evening Previous to the Battle of Trenton, December 25th, 1776, 1847
Hand-colored lithograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150683
Currier & Ives
Washington, Crossing the Delaware–On the Evening of Dec. 25th 1776, previous to the Battle of Trenton., 1876
Hand-colored lithograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150682
Currier & Ives
The Inauguration of Washington as First President of the United States, April 30th 1789 – At the Old City Hall, New York – The oath of office was administered by Chancellor Livingston of the State of New York – Mr. Otis the Secretary of the Senate holding up the Bible on a crimson cushion, 1876
Hand-colored lithograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150681
Nathaniel Currier
U.S. Frigate Constitution, 1838-1856
Hand-colored lithograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150680
Nathaniel Currier
Washington at Valley Forge–December 1777–8, 1846–56
Hand-colored lithograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150679
Nathaniel Currier
Washington's Reception by the Ladies on Passing the Bridge at Trenton, N.J., April 1789, on His Way to New York to be Inaugurated First President of the United States, 1845
Hand-colored lithograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150678
W. Duke, Sons & Co.
Agnes Folsom as a Woman of Guimperle, from the set Actors and Actresses, Second Series (N71) for Duke brand cigarettes, 1888–90
Commercial color lithograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150652
W. Duke, Sons & Co.
Agnes Miller Dressed as a Lady of France of 1794-1800, from the set Actors and Actresses, Second Series (N71) for Duke brand cigarettes, 1888–90
Commercial color lithograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150651
W. Duke, Sons & Co.
Grace Henderson Dressed as Persian Peasant, from the set Actors and Actresses, Second Series (N71) for Duke brand cigarettes, 1888–90
Commercial color lithograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150650
W. Duke, Sons & Co.
Mollie Fuller as a Water Carrier of Tunis, from the set Actors and Actresses, Second Series (N71) for Duke brand cigarettes, 1888–90
Commercial color lithograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150649
W. Duke, Sons & Co.
Cora Tanner as a Lady of France, 1794-1800, from the set Actors and Actresses, Second Series (N71) for Duke brand cigarettes, 1888–90
Commercial color lithograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150648
W. Duke, Sons & Co.
Isabella Everson in Nuptial Costume of Sweden, from the set Actors and Actresses, Second Series (N71) for Duke brand cigarettes, 1888–90
Commercial color lithograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150647
W. Duke, Sons & Co.
Louis James in Italian Costume of the 15th Century, from the set Actors and Actresses, Second Series (N71) for Duke brand cigarettes, 1888–90
Commercial color lithograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150646
W. Duke, Sons & Co.
Geraldine Ulmer as Turkish Peasant, from the set Actors and Actresses, Second Series (N71) for Duke brand cigarettes, 1888–90
Commercial color lithograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150645
W. Duke, Sons & Co.
Annie Robe in Hungarian Costume of a Girl of Ruthere, from the set Actors and Actresses, Second Series (N71) for Duke brand cigarettes, 1888–90
Commercial color lithograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150644
W. Duke, Sons & Co.
Kyrle Bellew as Japanese Prince in Court Dressof 200 Years Ago, from the set Actors and Actresses, Second Series (N71) for Duke brand cigarettes, 1888–90
Commercial color lithograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150643
W. Duke, Sons & Co.
Laura Burt as a Lady of France of 1794-1800, from the set Actors and Actresses, Second Series (N71) for Duke brand cigarettes, 1888–90
Commercial color lithograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150642
W. Duke, Sons & Co.
Mark Smith as Hindoo of Southern Deccan, Asia, from the set Actors and Actresses, Second Series (N71) for Duke brand cigarettes, 1888–90
Commercial color lithograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150641
W. Duke, Sons & Co.
Marie Sutit as the Wife of a Nobleman of Hungary, from the set Actors and Actresses, Second Series (N71) for Duke brand cigarettes, 1888–90
Commercial color lithograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150640
W. Duke, Sons & Co.
Louise Dillon in Costume of the Middle Ages, from the set Actors and Actresses, Second Series (N71) for Duke brand cigarettes, 1888–90
Commercial color lithograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1150639

