ARTWORKS REFERENCED
IN THE TEXT
Artworks are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art unless otherwise noted. Click an object’s title to view high resolution images in most cases and to find more information, including location within the galleries.
I: THE GRAND STAIRCASE
View of Toledo
ca. 1599–1600
El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) Spanish, born Greece
29.100.6
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints
ca. 1504
Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio) Italian
16.30ab
Madonna and Child
ca. 1290–1300
Duccio di Buoninsegna Italian
2004.442
The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer
1922 (cast)
Edgar Degas
French
29.100.370
Marble Statue of a Wounded Warrior
ca. AD 138–181
Roman, copy of a Greek bronze statue of ca. 460–450 BC
25.116
Mastaba Tomb of Perneb
ca. 2381–2323 BC
Egyptian, Old Kingdom
13.183.3
The Triumph of Marius
1729
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Italian
65.183.1
Bis Pole
ca. 1960
Fanipdas
Asmat people, Indonesia
1978.412.1250
The Harvesters
1565
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Netherlandish
19.164
II: WINDOWS
Madonna and Child
ca. 1230
Berlinghiero
Italian
60.173
Tiburcio Pérez y Cuervo, the Architect
1820
Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)
Spanish
30.95.242
María Teresa, Infanta of Spain
ca. 1651–1654
Velázquez (Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez)
Spanish
49.7.43
Study of a Young Woman
ca. 1665–1667
Johannes Vermeer
Dutch
1979.396.1
A Maid Asleep
ca. 1656–1657
Johannes Vermeer
Dutch
14.40.611
Venus and Adonis
1550s
Titian (Tiziano Vecellio)
Italian
49.7.16
Portrait of a Man
ca. 1515
Titian (Tiziano Vecellio)
Italian
14.40.640
The Crucifixion
ca. 1325–1330
Bernardo Daddi
Italian
1999.532
III: A PIETÀ
“Madonna of the Goldfinch”
ca. 1506
Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio)
Italian
Uffizi, Florence
Diana
1892–1893
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
American, born Ireland
Philadelphia Museum of Art
There is a smaller version in the Met: 28.101
Nativity and Adoration of Christ
ca. 1290–1300
Italian
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Christ in the Tomb and the Virgin
ca. 1377
Niccolò di Pietro Gerini
Italian
Philadelphia Museum of Art
IV: OF MILLIONS OF YEARS
Water Deity (Chalchiuhtlicue)
15th–early 16th century
Aztec
00.5.72
Dish of Apples
ca. 1876–1877
Paul Cézanne
French
1997.60.1
Bronze Statue of a Nude Male [no image]
ca. 200 BC – AD 200
Greek or Roman
Private collection, on loan to the Met
Marble Column from the Temple of Artemis at Sardis
ca. 300 BC
Greek
26.59.1
Mastaba Tomb of Perneb
ca. 2381–2323 BC
Egyptian, Old Kingdom
13.183.3
Recumbent Lion
ca. 2575–2450 BC
Egyptian, Old Kingdom
2000.485
Biface, or Hand Ax
ca. 300,000–90,000 BC
Egyptian, Lower Paleolithic Period
06.322.4
Hollow-Base Projectile Point
ca. 6900–3900 BC
Egyptian, Neolithic Period
26.10.68
Model of a Traveling Boat being Rowed from the Tomb of Meketre
ca. 1981–1975 BC
Egyptian, Middle Kingdom
20.3.1
Model of a Bakery and Brewery from the Tomb of Meketre
ca. 1981–1975 BC
Egyptian, Middle Kingdom
20.3.12
Model of a Porch and Garden from the Tomb of Meketre
ca. 1981–1975 BC
Egyptian, Middle Kingdom
20.3.13
Model of a Granary with Scribes from the Tomb of Meketre
ca. 1981–1975 BC
Egyptian, Middle Kingdom
20.3.11
Seated Statue of Hatshepsut
ca. 1479–1458 BC
Egyptian, New Kingdom
29.3.2
Large Kneeling Statue of Hatshepsut
ca. 1479–1458 BC
Egyptian, New Kingdom
29.3.1
Mummy of Ukhhotep, son of Hedjpu
ca. 1981–1802 BC
Egyptian, Middle Kingdom
12.182.132c
Canopic Jar of Nephthys
ca. 1981–1802 BC
Egyptian, Middle Kingdom
11.150.17b
The Temple of Dendur
ca. 10 BC
Egyptian, Roman Period
68.154
V: FURTHER SHORES
The Astor Chinese Garden Court
1981 (built), 17th century style
Chinese
Gallery 217
Old Trees, Level Distance
ca. 1080
Guo Xi
Chinese
1981.276
Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies
1899
Claude Monet
French
29.100.113
Haystacks (Effect of Snow and Sun)
ca. 1891
Claude Monet
French
29.100.109
Vétheuil in Summer
1880
Claude Monet
French
51.30.3
Queen Mother Pendant Mask
16th century
Edo people, Nigeria
1978.412.323
Community Power Figure (Nkisi)
19th–20th century
Songye people, Democratic Republic of the Congo
1978.409
VI: FLESH AND BLOOD
Self-Portrait, “Yo”
1900
Pablo Picasso
Spanish
1982.179.18
347 Suite
1968
Pablo Picasso
Spanish
Various accession numbers, e.g., 1985.1165.38
The Actor
1904–1905
Pablo Picasso
Spanish
52.175
Woman in White
1923
Pablo Picasso
Spanish
53.140.4
Marble Head from a Herm
ca. late 5th century BC
Greek
59.11.24
Electrotype Copy of a Stolen Cypriot Bracelet
Copy produced by Tiffany & Co. of a bracelet made in 6th–5th century BC
Cypriot
74.51.3552
Statuette of Neith
664–380 BC
Egyptian, Late Period
26.7.846
Saint Thomas
ca. 1317–1319
Workshop of Simone Martini
Italian
43.98.9
Anne Elizabeth Cholmley, Later Lady Mulgrave
ca. 1788
Gainsborough Dupont
British
49.7.56
View of Vétheuil
1880
Claude Monet
French
56.135.1
Sarpedon Krater
ca. 520–510 BC
Euphronios
Greek
Museo Nazionale Cereti, Cerveteri, Italy
Signet Ring of Ramesses VI
ca. 1143–1136 BC
Egyptian, New Kingdom
26.7.768
Gold Coin of the Veneti or Namneti
Mid-2nd century BC
Celtic
17.191.120
Gold Coin of the Parisii
Last quarter 2nd century BC
Celtic
17.191.121
Ornaments, perhaps dress fasteners or sleeve fasteners
ca. 800 BC
Irish
47.100.9 and 47.100.10
Dancer in the Role of Harlequin
1920 (cast)
Edgar Degas
French
29.100.411
Arabesque Devant
1920 (cast)
Edgar Degas
French
29.100.385
Marble Statue of a Crouching Aphrodite
1st or 2nd century AD
Roman, copy of a Greek statue of the 3rd century BC
09.221.1
Madonna and Child
ca. 1290–1300
Duccio di Buoninsegna
Italian
2004.442
Heart of the Andes
1859
Frederic Edwin Church
American
09.95
View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm—The Oxbow
1836
Thomas Cole
American
08.228
Winter, Central Park, New York
1913–1914
Paul Strand
American
2005.100.117
The Flatiron
1904
Edward J. Steichen
American
33.43.39
Old and New New York
1910
Alfred Stieglitz
American
58.577.2
Georgia O’Keeffe—Hands
1919
Alfred Stieglitz
American
1997.61.18
Georgia O’Keeffe—Feet
1918
Alfred Stieglitz
American
1997.61.55
Georgia O’Keeffe—Torso
1918
Alfred Stieglitz
American
28.130.2
Georgia O’Keeffe—Breasts
1919
Alfred Stieglitz
American
1997.61.23
Georgia O’Keeffe
1922
Alfred Stieglitz
American
1997.61.66
Georgia O’Keeffe
1918
Alfred Stieglitz
American
1997.61.25
Georgia O’Keeffe
1918
Alfred Stieglitz
American
28.127.1
VII: CLOISTERS
Chapel from Notre-Dame-du-Bourg at Langon
ca. 1126
French
34.115.1-.269
“Cuxa” Cloister
ca. 1130–1140
Catalan
25.120.398-.954
Annunciation Triptych (Mérode Altarpiece)
ca. 1427–1432
Workshop of Robert Campin
Netherlandish
56.70a-c
The Cloisters Cross (Bury Saint Edmunds Cross)
ca. 1150–1160
British
63.12
“Bonnefont” Cloister
Late 13th–14th century
French
25.120.531-.1052
The Harvesters
1565
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Netherlandish
19.164
VIII: SENTINELS
Facade of the Second Branch Bank of the United States
1822–1824
Martin Euclid Thompson
American
Gallery 700
Meeting House Gallery, Inspired by the Old Ship Church in Hingham, Massachusetts
1924, based on original from 1681
American
Gallery 713
Room from the Hart House
1680
American
Gallery 709
Ballroom from Gadsby’s Tavern (the Alexandria Ballroom)
1792
American
Gallery 719
George Washington
ca. 1795
Gilbert Stuart
American
07.160
Washington Crossing the Delaware
1851
Emanuel Leutze
American, born Germany
97.34
Mahogany Side Chair
ca. 1760–1790
American
32.57.4
Birthday Thing Number 50
2015
Emilie Lemakis
American
The artist’s collection
IX: KOUROS
Marble Statue of a Kouros (youth)
ca. 590–580 BC
Greek
32.11.1
Terra-cotta Neck-Amphora, with Ajax Carrying the Body of Achilles
ca. 530 BC
Attributed to the Painter of London B 235
Greek
26.60.20
Marble Head of Athena (the Athena Medici)
ca. AD 138–92
Original attributed to Phidias
Roman, copy of a Greek statue of ca. 430 BC
2007.293
Folio from the “Blue Quran”
ca. AD 850 – 950
Tunisian
2004.88
Portable Quran manuscript
17th century
Iranian or Turkish
89.2.2156
Folio from the “Quran of ‘Umar Aqta’ ” [second link] [third link]
ca. 1400
‘Umar Aqta’
Central Asian, made in present-day Uzbekistan
18.17.1, .2, and 21.26.12
Incense Burner of Amir Saif al-Dunya wa’l-Din ibn Muham- mad al-Mawardi
1181–1182
Ja ‘far ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Ali Iranian
51.56
Chess Set
12th century
Iranian
1971.193a-ff
The Mi’raj, or The Night Flight of Muhammad on his Steed Buraq
ca. 1525–1535
Sultan Muhammad Nur Iranian
1974.294.2
Helmet with Aventail
Late 15th–16th century
Turkish, in the style of Turkman armor
50.87
Moroccan Court
2011 (built), style of the 14th century
Moroccan
Gallery 456
Mihrab (Prayer Niche)
1354–1355
Iranian
39.20
The “Simonetti” carpet
ca. 1500
Egyptian
1970.105
Portrait of a Dervish
16th century
Central Asian, likely made in present-day Uzbekistan
57.51.27
X: THE VETERAN
The Abduction of the Sabine Women
ca. 1633–1634
Nicholas Poussin
French
46.160
Washington Crossing the Delaware
1851
Emanuel Leutze American, born Germany
97.34
Mrs. Sylvanus Bourne
1766
John Singleton Copley
American
24.79
Shaker Dining Table
1800–1825
American
66.10.1
Walnut Tea Table
1740–1790
American
25.115.32
Mahogany Worktable
1815–1820
American
65.156
Rosewood and Mahogany Card Table
ca. 1825
Attributed to the workshop of Duncan Phyfe
American
68.94.2
Maple Drop-leaf Table
1700–1730
American
10.125.673
Maple and Mahogany Tilt-top Tea Table
ca. 1800
American
10.125.159
Satinwood, Mahogany, and White Pine Console Table
ca. 1815
American
1970.126.1
Yellow Pine and Oak Trestle Table
1640–1690
American
10.125.701
Oak, Pine, and Maple Chamber Table
1650–1700
American
49.155.2
Walnut, Tulip Poplar, and White Pine Tall Clock
1750–1760
John Wood Sr. and John Wood Jr. American
41.160.369
Mahogany and White Pine Shelf Clock
1805–1809
Aaron Willard and Aaron Willard Jr.
American
37.37.1
Mahogany and White Pine Wall Clock
1800–1810
Simon Willard
American
37.37.2
Mahogany Acorn Clock
1847–1850
Forestville Manufacturing Company
American
1970.289.6
Mahogany Lighthouse Clock
1800–1848
Simon Willard
American
30.120.19a, b
Mahogany, White Pine, and Tulip Poplar Banjo Clock
ca. 1825
Aaron Willard Jr.
American
30.120.15
Mahogany, White Pine, and Tulip Poplar Lyre Clock
1822–1828
John Sawin
American
10.125.391
Walnut and White Pine Looking Glass
1740–1790
American
25.115.41
Steel Sugar Nippers
18th century
American
10.125.593
Leather Fireman’s Helmet
1800–1850
American
10.125.609
Leather Fireman’s Shield
1839–1850
American
10.125.608
Job Perit
1790
Reuben Moulthrop
American
65.254.1
Mrs. Thomas Brewster Coolidge
ca. 1827
Chester (Charles) Harding
American
20.75
Henry La Tourette de Groot
1825–1830
Samuel Lovett Waldo and William Jewett American
36.114
Sunset on the Sea
1872
John Frederick Kensett
American
74.3
Conestoga Wagon Jack
1784
American
53.205
Silver Tray
1879
Tiffany & Co.
American
66.52.1
Willie Mays, Card Number 244, from Topps Dugout Quiz Series (R414-7)
1953
Topps Chewing Gum Company
American
Burdick 328, R414–7.244
Hank Aaron, from the Bazooka “Blank Back” Series (R414–15)
1959
Topps Chewing Gum Company
American
63.350.329.414–15.14
Honus Wagner, from the White Border Series (T206)
1909–1911
American Tobacco Company
American 63.350.246.206.378
Mike “King” Kelly, from World’s Champions, Series 1 (N28)
1887
Allen & Ginter’s Cigarettes
American
63.350.201.28.3
Jack M’Geachy, from the Gold Coin Series (N284)
1887
Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco
American
63.350.222.284.62
Guitar
1937
Hermann Hauser
German
1986.353.1
Kamanche
ca. 1869
Iranian
89.4.325
Koto
20th century
Japanese
1986.470.3
Courting Flute (siyotanka)
ca. 1850–1900
Sioux
89.4.3371
Harpsichord
ca. 1670
Michele Todini (designer), Basilio Onofri (gilt work), and Jacob Reiff (carving)
Italian
89.4.2929a-e
“The Gould” violin
1693
Antonio Stradivari
Italian
55.86a-c
Kanyáhte’ ká’nowa’ (Snapping turtle shell rattle)
19th century
Iroquois
06.1258
Banjo
ca. 1850–1900
American
89.4.3296
Kora
ca. 1960
Mamadou Kouyaté and Djimo Kouyaté
Senegambian
1975.59
Foot-Combat Helm of Sir Giles Capel
ca. 1510
Possibly British
04.3.274
Colt Patterson Percussion Revolver, No. 3, Belt Model, Serial 156
ca. 1838
Colt’s Manufacturing Company
American
59.143.1a-h
Colt Model 1851 Navy Percussion Revolver, Serial No. 2
1850
Colt’s Manufacturing Company
American
68.157.2
“Peacemaker” Colt Single-Action Army Revolver, Serial No. 4519
1874
Colt’s Manufacturing Company
American
59.143.4
Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau)
1883–1884
John Singer Sargent
American, born Italy
16.53
Northeaster
1895, reworked by 1901
Winslow Homer
American
10.64.5
Mother and Child (Baby Getting Up from His Nap)
ca. 1899
Mary Cassatt
American
09.27
XI: UNFINISHED
The Harvesters
1565
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Netherlandish
19.164
Saint Barbara
1437
Jan van Eyck
Netherlandish
Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp
Untitled
2009
Kerry James Marshall
American
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven
Black Draftee (James Hunter)
1965
Alice Neel
American
COMMA Foundation, Damme, Belgium
“Untitled” (Portrait of Ross in L.A.)
1991
Felix Gonzalez-Torres
American, born Cuba
Art Institute of Chicago
The Dirty Bride or The Wedding of Mopsus and Nisa
ca. 1566
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Netherlandish
32.63
XII: DAYS’ WORK
Study after Saint Peter, with Arm Studies (recto); Skeleton of a Hand with Forearm, Male Torso, and Right Forearm (verso)
ca. 1493–1494
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Italian
Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich
Sonnet “To Giovanni da Pistoia” and Caricature on His Painting of the Sistine Ceiling
ca. 1509–1510
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Italian
Casa Buonarroti, Florence
Studies for the Libyan Sibyl (recto)
ca. 1510–1511
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Italian
24.197.2
Sketches for Compositions of the Pietà and the Entombment
ca. 1555–1560
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Italian
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Studies for the Dome of Saint Peter’s (recto)
ca. 1551–1564
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Italian
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille
Studies for the Fortifications of Florence: The Torre del Serpe at the Prato di Ognissanti (recto)
ca. 1530
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Italian
Casa Buonarroti, Florence
Pietà Rondanini
1552–1564
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Italian
Castello Sforzesco, Milan
Housetop and Bricklayer with Bars Quilt
ca. 1955
Lucy T. Pettway
American
2014.548.52
Log Cabin Quilt
ca. 1935
Mary Elizabeth Kennedy
American
2014.548.44
Lazy Gal Bars Quilt
ca. 1965
Loretta Pettway
American
2014.548.50
XIII: AS MUCH AS I CAN CARRY
The Triumph of Marius
1729
Giovanni Battista
Tiepolo
Italian
65.183.1
Terra-cotta Neck-Amphora. Obverse: Apollo between Hermes and Goddess; reverse: Memnon between His Ethiopian Squires
ca. 530 BC
Greek
98.8.13
Marble Column from the Temple of Artemis at Sardis
ca. 300 BC
Greek
26.59.1
Marble Bust of a Man
AD mid–1st century
Roman
12.233
Slit Gong (Atingting kon)
Mid- to late 1960s
Tin Mweleun
Ambrym people, Vanuatu
1975.93
Canoe
1961
Chief Chinasapitch
Asmat people, Indonesia 1
978.412.1134
Bis Pole
ca. 1960
Jewer
Asmat people, Indonesia
1978.412.1248
Money Coil (Tevau)
Late 19th–early 20th century
Solomon Islands
2010.326
Perseus with the Head of Medusa
1804–1806
Antonio Canova
Italian
67.110.1
Boiserie from the Hôtel de Varengeville
ca. 1736–1752, with later additions
French
63.228.1
Sunflowers
1887
Vincent van Gogh
Dutch
49.41
Oleanders
1888
Vincent van Gogh
Dutch
62.24
Irises
1890
Vincent van Gogh
Dutch
58.187
The Potato Peeler (reverse of Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat)
1885
Vincent van Gogh
Dutch
67.187.70b
L’Arlésienne: Madame Joseph-Michel Ginoux
1888–1889
Vincent van Gogh
Dutch
51.112.3
First Steps, after Millet
1890
Vincent van Gogh
Dutch
64.165.2
Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat (obverse of The Potato Peeler)
1887
Vincent van Gogh
Dutch
67.187.70a
Isaac and Rebecca, known as “The Jewish Bride”
ca. 1665–1669
Rembrandt van Rijn
Dutch
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
The Gulf Stream
1899, reworked by 1906
Winslow Homer
American
06.1234
The Crucifixion
ca. 1420–1423
Fra Angelico (Guido di Pietro)
Italian
43.98.5