The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art or The MET is located in New York City. It was founded in 1870 and has a collection of more than two million artworks that are exhibited on the museum's four main galleries. There are approximately 500,000 cataloged items in storage at any given time. Some of these collections span back from ancient Greek and Roman period through Medieval Europe, Renaissance Italy, eighteenth-century France, nineteenth-century German and The MET's own American art collection. The Metropolitan Museum of Art has collections from around the world with artworks that are created by artists from every continent. Some of these collections include Japanese woodcuts, French impressionist painting, American modernism. The Metropolitan Museum's art collection has been divided into 20 separate departments that include African, Islamic, Japanese and Korean, Oceanic aboriginal and Native American Art; Arms and Armor; Applied Arts; European Sculpture and Decorative Arts from 1300 to 1800; Egyptian Art; European Painting (1300–1800); European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, Eighteenth Century (1700–1800); European Painting (11th–18th Century) The MET Museum's Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo Art; Modern Art; Medieval Art; Musical Instruments; Paintings Conservation. The MET has been publishing their art collection for over a hundred years now. They now have more than 175 books on art, architecture and cultural history. These include publications with catalogues of the Fine Arts Department; Islamic Art department and Arms and Armor departments. Some publications are books on the history of The MET and its building, exhibitions catalogs and scholarly volumes. The Metropolitan Museum was initially established through a public-private partnership. Nowadays, it is privately funded but offers free entrance to all visitors.
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Hendrick van Vliet, 1660 - Interior of the Oude Kerk, Delft - fine art print
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Rembrandt van Rijn, 1633 - Portrait of a Young Woman with a Fan - fine art print
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Pieter de Hooch, 1663 - Leisure Time in an Elegant Setting - fine art print
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Meyndert Hobbema, 1670 - Woodland Road - fine art print
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Caspar Netscher, 1665 - The Card Party - fine art print
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Hans Memling, 16th century - Virgin and Child - fine art print
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Emanuel Murant - The Old Castle - fine art print
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Hugo van der Goes - The Adoration of the Magi - fine art print
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Anthonie van Borssom, 1650 - Barnyard Scene - fine art print
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Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1650 - A Musical Party - fine art print
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Quentin Metsys, 1520 - Portrait of a Woman - fine art print
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Joos van Cleve, 1525 - Virgin and Child - fine art print
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Cornelis de Vos - Portrait of a Woman - fine art print
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Adam Frans van der Meulen - A Cavalry Engagement - fine art print
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Gabriël Metsu - Tavern Scene - fine art print
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Joachim Patinir, 1512 - The Penitence of Saint Jerome - fine art print
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Frans Hals, 1650 - Frans Hals (1582 / 83-1666) - fine art print
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Rembrandt van Rijn, 1660 - Man with a Magnifying Glass - fine art print
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Wallerant Vaillant - Portrait of a Boy with a Falcon - fine art print
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Jacob van Ruisdael, 1670 - Mountain Torrent - fine art print
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Edwaert Collier, 1662 - Vanitas Still Life - fine art print
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Anthony van Dyck, 1630 - A Man Mounting a Horse - fine art print
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Jan van Goyen, 1646 - View of Haarlem and the Haarlemmermeer - fine art print
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Rembrandt van Rijn - Christ and the Woman of Samaria - fine art print
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Rembrandt van Rijn, 1660 - Woman with a Pink - fine art print
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Anthony van Dyck, 1636 - Queen Henrietta Maria - fine art print
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Johannes Lingelbach, 1651 - Peasants Dancing - fine art print
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Anthony van Dyck, 1622 - Lucas van Uffel (mayest 1637) - fine art print
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Jan Steen, 1663 - The Dissolute Household - fine art print
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Bartholomeus van der Helst, 1647 - Portrait of a Man - fine art print
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Pieter de Molijn, 1629 - Landscape with a Cottage - fine art print
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Albert van Ouwater, 1460 - Head of a Donor - fine art print
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Johannes Vermeer, 1656 - A Maid Asleep - fine art print
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Jan Davidsz de Heem, 1640 - Still Life with a Glass and Oysters - fine art print
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Dieric Bouts, 1475 - Virgin and Child - fine art print
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Hugo van der Goes, 1478 - A Benedictine Monk - fine art print
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