The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
The Whitney Collection encompasses the full scope of paintings that would have been
For this reason, few examples have survived, and these have been recovered almost
Ancient Egypt and the Near East share a number of games that were transmitted through military campaigns and trade relations.
The earliest known boards, which have two or three parallel rows of holes, come from
Chemical analysis of enamel compositions help to distinguish between authentic Renaissance period pieces and later pieces done in Renaissance style.
Recent stylistic re-evaluations as well as emerging documentary evidence have raised
W. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm) Classification: Sculpture Credit Line: Gift of Edward B.
It may originally have been placed above a door or as a lunette beneath an arch,
Excavated by Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter, 1911. Acquired by Carnarvon in the division of finds. Carnarvon Collection, 1911–1926. Carnarvon Collection purchased by the Museum from Lady Carnarvon, 1926
The statuettes of the child Amenemhab (26.7.1413a, b) and Huwebenef were found inside
From the chapel of Château-de-Bouvreuil, Rouen (destroyed late 16th century; glass installed in the chapel of a building constructed on the same site (late 17th century–early 19th century); [ Art market, rue Saint-Remain, Rouen (sold 1905) ; Albert Gorge, Rouen (1905–sold shortly after 1910) ; [ Bacri Frères, Paris (acquired shortly after 1910–sold before 1935)] ; [ Michel Acézat Paris, 1878–1944 (acquired before 1935–until 1944)] ; his posthumous sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris (November 24-25, 1969, no
ca. 1265 On view at The Met Cloisters in Gallery 08 These glass panels may have
Avenue in Gallery 207 Turtles and tortoises, symbols of longevity and endurance, have
Two Ceramic Tiles (nos. 02.5.91 and 1971.235.2)Major renovations undertaken about 1578 in the private quarters (or harem) of Istanbul’s Topkapı Palace during the reign of Sultan Murad III (r
The tiles for the royal bedroom appear to have been produced in numbers more than
