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Metropolitan Museum

In formation since 1870, the Metropolitan Museum's collection now contains more than two million works of art from all over the world, from ancient through modern times. Here are some of the more photogenic pieces.
Main entrance on 5th Avenue Painter Great Hall King Tut
Portrait of a bearded man Portrait of the Boy Eutyches Egyptian sarcophagus Egyptian headress
Image of a god Egyptian bas relief Sphinx Dancing maenad
Demeter and Persephone Wounded Amazon Greek athlete Roman youth
Bearded Hermes Greek girl with birds Head of a Greek woman Alexander the Great
Greek vase Roman sarcophagus Selene and Endymion Dionysos with archaistic female figure
Youthful Hercules Mature Hercules Roman priest Emperor Caligula
Emperor Constantine I Carved wooden house post Personification of Ktisis Virgin and Child
Philip II of Spain Young warrior Young Archer Nude with violin
Spanish Patio Choir screen Bishop with a book Aaron
Knight on horseback Another knight on horseback Japanese helmet Large dish: Joseph Receiving His Brothers in Egypt
Figure in stained glass Four panels of stained glass Wedding celebration in stained glass Pieta with donors
Enshrouding the body of Jesus MIddle panel of a triptych Francois I, King of France Torché Figure
European Sculpture Court Perseus with the Head of Medusa Ugolino and His Sons Rodin's Burghers of Calais, close up
Marsyas Lounging with a lyre La Frileuse French bishop
The Comte du Muy Large vase Imperial Easter Egg by Fabergé Imperial Lilies-of-the-Valley Basket
Woman in marble drapery Napoleon III Napoleon III artwork Voltaire
Reclining Naiad Facade of a house Torchiere Nydia, the Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii
Cleopatra Diana Autumn Landscape Garden landscape, mosaic
Pan in front of Tiffany windows Trumpeting angel The Angel of Death and the Sculptor The sculptor, close up
Tiffany window with irises Hibiscus and Parrots Grand Staircase Young Woman Drawing
Madame Grand Madame X View of Toledo Harpsichord
Plate Japanese porcelain Chinese lady with a purse Terracotta face
Head of Buddha image Face, close up Krishna in battle Astor Court walkway
Astor Court Flower arrangement Courtyard g1/09/268309/3/70954200.MpWFNiXG.jpg
Seated Arhat Figure with a mustache Wisteria Dining Room The Thinker
Orpheus and Eurydice Nontransparent Monument Performance outside

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alfredo 05-Aug-2012 16:31
a lovely display of centuries in art viva!!
Barry Rosenberg01-Feb-2011 18:31
very fine work with some interesting perspectives that really highlight the great diversity of the Met. It has been many years since my last visit as a local and this has me itching to return.
Wayne Brasch26-Jan-2011 17:00
Interesting collection of bas-reliefs, bust & sculptures.
Mike 21-Oct-2010 01:25
Lovely series John, thx for sharing! V
joseantonio13-Sep-2010 16:46
Very nice collection
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