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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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Highlights from the collection
Selected automatically from registered works with the strongest images and records. Each work carries a permanent Collect24 Art ID.
Allen & Ginter
Card 775, Annie Summerfield, from the Actors and Actresses series (N45, Type 2) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes, ca. 1888
Albumen photograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-393719
Allen & Ginter
Card 778, Annie Summerfield, from the Actors and Actresses series (N45, Type 2) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes, ca. 1888
Albumen photograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-393707
Giulio Bonasone
Juno at left asks Jupiter to help the Greeks, set within an elaborate frame, from "Loves, Rages and Jealousies of Juno", 1531–76
Engraving
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-393695
Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi)
The Three Holy Women Going to the Sepulchre, ca. 1514–36
Engraving
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-393468
Johann Christoph Erhard
The Artist, Resting with his Guide, 1819
Etching; fourth state
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-414357
Goodwin & Company
William "Bill" Frederick Krieg, 1st Base, Washington Nationals, from the Old Judge series (N172) for Old Judge Cigarettes, 1887
Albumen photograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-422305
Goodwin & Company
Bessie Fitch, from the Actors and Actresses series (N171) for Gypsy Queen Cigarettes, 1886–90
Albumen photograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-393366
Stefano della Bella
Mariame, Ester, Clytemnestre, and Sabine, from "The Game of Queens" (Le Jeu des Reines Renommées), 1644
Etching
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-393058
Frans van der Neve
Narcissus and Echo, 17th century
Etching
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-394136
W. Duke, Sons & Co.
Card Number 75, Miss Montague, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-2) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cross Cut Cigarettes, 1880s
Albumen photograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-425648
Giovanni David
Iphigenia accompanied by Pylades recognises Orestes, whom she is about to sacrifice, 1776
Etching
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-392936
Hendrick Goltzius
St. Matthew, from "Christ, the Apostles and St. Paul with the Creed", ca. 1589
Engraving
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-393050
Registry relationships
Artists represented
8,106 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
625 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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Marie Denise Villers
A Woman Seated on a Balustrade, ca. 1801
Oil on canvas
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1304577

Unidentified artist
Books and Scholarly Accoutrements, 19th century
Two-panel folding screen; ink and color on paper
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1277876

Studio of Kano Takanobu
The Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals, early 17th century
Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, gold, and silver on paper
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1273904

Unidentified artists
Hunting screen, 19th century
Eight-panel folding screen, ink and color on paper
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1273903

Unknown artist
Folding screen with figures in a landscape, 19th century
Carved talc mounted on silk
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1273902

Follower of Kano Motonobu
Phoenix and Peacock in a Landscape, mid- to-late 16th century
Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and brushed gold on paper
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1273901

Jang Seung-eop (장승업 張承業, sobriquet: Owon 오원 吾園)
Birds, Animals, and Still-lifes, late 19th century
Eight-panel folding screen; ink and color on panel
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1273900

Ren Yi (Ren Bonian)
Bird on Ground Beside Two Blooming Flowers, late 19th century
Album leaf; ink and color on paper
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1273844

Unidentified artist
Birds and Flowers, 19th century
Eight-panel screen mounted as two sets of four panels; ink and color on paper
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1273825

Studio of Kano Takanobu
Amusements at Kitano Shrine, mid- to late 1610s
Six-panel folding screen; ink, color, gold, silver, and gold leaf on paper
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1273001

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

