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Public Domain Art from THE MET
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Public domain works from various Met's departments. This account is not associated with the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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the-met-art · 7 years ago
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Untitled Artwork, Asian Art
Medium: Silk
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1896 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/65791
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the-met-art · 7 years ago
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Fragment, Islamic Art
Medium: Linen, wool; plain weave, tapestry weave
Rogers Fund, 1927 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/448128
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the-met-art · 7 years ago
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Cylinder seal, Ancient Near Eastern Art
Medium: Faience
Rogers Fund, 1956 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/324355
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the-met-art · 7 years ago
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Astrology by Parmigianino, Drawings and Prints
Medium: Etching and drypoint
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1927 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/366519
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the-met-art · 7 years ago
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Skyphos by Group of Altenburg 331, Greek and Roman Art
Medium: Terracotta
Rogers Fund, 1906 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/247376
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the-met-art · 7 years ago
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Partisan, Arms and Armor
Medium: Steel, wood, gold
Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/26716
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the-met-art · 7 years ago
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Candlestick, American Decorative Arts
Medium: Blown glass
Bequest of Adeline R. Brown, 1947 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/1211
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the-met-art · 7 years ago
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Old Beggar Woman, Robert Lehman Collection
Medium: Copper alloy with brown patina under a worn layer of black lacquer or wax.
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/461539
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the-met-art · 7 years ago
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Scaraboid seal, Ancient Near Eastern Art
Medium: Steatite, black
Purchase, 1899 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/322302
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the-met-art · 7 years ago
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Pedestal, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Medium: Gilt bronze
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1906 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/189780
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the-met-art · 7 years ago
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The Boatman by Robert Henri, American Paintings and Sculpture
Medium: Charcoal on paper
Gift of A. E. Gallatin, 1923 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/19266
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the-met-art · 7 years ago
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Fragment, Medieval Art
Medium: Glass, ceramic
Gift of Clarence H. Mackay, Archer M. Huntington, Stephen H. P. Pell and Bashford Dean, 1928 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/695174
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the-met-art · 7 years ago
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Harpo-lyre by André Augustin Chevrier, Musical Instruments
Medium: Spruce, walnut, ormolu
Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Cassilly Gift, 1992 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/503435
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the-met-art · 7 years ago
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Easy Chair, American Decorative Arts
Medium: Walnut, maple, white pine
Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1909 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/3477
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the-met-art · 7 years ago
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Partial design for ceiling decorated in chinese motifs by Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, Drawings and Prints
Medium: pen and ink, wash, watercolor, and gouache on wove paper; mounted on blue wove paper
Dodge Fund, 1967 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/385051
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the-met-art · 7 years ago
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Ivory label incised with an early hieroglyph that may be the image of a bundle of arrows, Egyptian Art
Medium: Wood, ink
Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1901 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/551834
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the-met-art · 7 years ago
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Column Shaft, The Cloisters
Medium: Stone
The Cloisters Collection, 1925 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/470633
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