The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Terracotta horse and rider Cypriot ca. 600 BCE Warrior Byzantine 4th–5th century Man
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
1637) Anthony van Dyck ca. 1622 Wheat Fields Jacob van Ruisdael ca. 1670 Man
On the back of this rectangular ivory panel, a raised rim surrounds a smooth, recessed compartment, displaying the vertical orientation of the ivory grain. The recessed field provided an area for the panel to receive a thin sheet of wax that could be used as an erasable writing surface
On the upper left, a man makes an unwanted advance on a woman, who shoves him and
Hals’ portraits suggest friendliness, preoccupation, or reserve, without giving away much about the person.
Merrymakers at Shrovetide Frans Hals ca. 1616–17 Young Man and Woman in an Inn
The daguerreotype process, employing a polished silver-plated sheet of copper, was the dominant form of photography for the first twenty years of picture making in the United States.
[Portrait of a Young Man] Samuel F. B.
Friedrich Overbeck (German, Lübeck 1789–1869 Rome) 1839–41 Head of a Bearded Man
Tombs provide us with invaluable information about the lives of the ancient Egyptians.
The earlier of the two dates to the Middle Kingdom and belonged to a man named Wah
What does a cake have in common with an Italian Renaissance painting? The answer may surprise you! Watch to learn about the special properties of egg yolk that make it just as perfect for painting as it is for baking.
Permissions: Julie Zeftel Special Thanks: Julie Arslanoglu — Portrait of a Woman with a Man
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Met Art in Publication Seated Man Macky Kane 1941–1943 Two Reclining Women Mama
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1781–83 Christ Before Pilate Daniel Hopfer 1520s Saint James Cures a Blind Man
