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Discover the treasures of The Met! The METsky bot brings you stunning public-domain artworks from the Met Museum’s vast collection curated over 151 years—thanks to their open access initiative. New post every 3rd hour. Not affiliated with The Met.
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METsky 🏛️ @metsky.bsky.social · 1h
Watch, ca. 1820
Class: Horology
Medium: Gold, silver
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/193383
Watch, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Watch, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Watch, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Watch, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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METsky 🏛️ @metsky.bsky.social · 3h
Glass short-strip mosaic bowl fragment, late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
Class: Glass
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/257269
Glass short-strip mosaic bowl fragment, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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METsky 🏛️ @metsky.bsky.social · 7h
Astragal-end Work Table, 1805–15
Culture: American
Medium: Mahogany, rosewood, Spanish cedar, white pine, poplar
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10010
Astragal-end Work Table, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Astragal-end Work Table, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Astragal-end Work Table, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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METsky 🏛️ @metsky.bsky.social · 10h
Design for a Stage Set, 1828–90, by Eugène Cicéri
Class: Drawings
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/387307
Design for a Stage Set, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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METsky 🏛️ @metsky.bsky.social · 13h
Galloon, 17th–18th century
Class: Textiles-Trimmings
Medium: Metal thread
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/213785
Galloon, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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METsky 🏛️ @metsky.bsky.social · 14h
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar), 490–480 BCE
Class: Vases
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/745363
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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METsky 🏛️ @metsky.bsky.social · 19h
[Man with Buckets], 1870s, by Unknown
Class: Photographs
Medium: Albumen silver print
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/264375
[Man with Buckets], Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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METsky 🏛️ @metsky.bsky.social · 22h
Amphora, 4th–7th century
Class: Ceramics
Culture: Coptic
Medium: Earthenware
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/476256
Amphora, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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METsky 🏛️ @metsky.bsky.social · 1d
Valentine, 1850–60, by Esther Howland
Class: Ephemera
Medium: Open-work, cameo embossed paper, silver paper, chromolithographed die-cut scraps, colored paper, graphite
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/718392
Valentine, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Valentine, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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METsky 🏛️ @metsky.bsky.social · 1d
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup), 490–480 BCE, by Antiphon Painter
Class: Vases
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/709948
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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METsky 🏛️ @metsky.bsky.social · 1d
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup), second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Class: Vases
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/692058
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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METsky 🏛️ @metsky.bsky.social · 1d
Leighton, Center Field, Omaha Omahogs/ Lambs, from the Old Judge series (N172) for Old Judge Cigarettes, 1889, by Goodwin & Company
Class: Photographs
Medium: Albumen photograph
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/404404
Leighton, Center Field, Omaha Omahogs/ Lambs, from the Old Judge series (N172) for Old Judge Cigarettes, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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METsky 🏛️ @metsky.bsky.social · 1d
Man in a Beret, by Rembrandt
Class: Paintings
Medium: Oil on canvas
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437408
Man in a Beret, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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METsky 🏛️ @metsky.bsky.social · 1d
Page from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy, first edition printed in 1633, by Hu Zhengyan
Class: Prints
Culture: China
Medium: Individual leaf from a printed book; ink and color on paper
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/63435
Page from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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METsky 🏛️ @metsky.bsky.social · 2d
Temple Guardian (Nio, one of a pair), early 14th century
Class: Sculpture
Culture: Japan
Medium: Wood
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/62367
Temple Guardian (Nio, one of a pair), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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METsky 🏛️ @metsky.bsky.social · 2d
Picture of the Temporary Lodgings of the New Yoshiwara Pleasure Quarter at Ryōgoku (Shin Yoshiwara Karitaku Ryogoku no zu), 1784, by Kitagawa Utamaro
Class: Prints
Culture: Japan
Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/37183
Picture of the Temporary Lodgings of the New Yoshiwara Pleasure Quarter at Ryōgoku (Shin Yoshiwara Karitaku Ryogoku no zu), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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METsky 🏛️ @metsky.bsky.social · 2d
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup), 490–480 BCE
Class: Vases
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/670481
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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METsky 🏛️ @metsky.bsky.social · 2d
Animal Head Ornament, before 16th century
Class: Shell-Ornaments
Culture: Mexican
Medium: Shell
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/313083
Animal Head Ornament, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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METsky 🏛️ @metsky.bsky.social · 2d
Serpent in C, ca. 1840, by Thomas Key
Class: Aerophone-Lip Vibrated-horn
Culture: British
Medium: Wood, leather, fabric, brass
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/502206
Serpent in C, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Serpent in C, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Serpent in C, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Serpent in C, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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METsky 🏛️ @metsky.bsky.social · 2d
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup), 460–450 BCE
Class: Vases
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/718656
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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METsky 🏛️ @metsky.bsky.social · 2d
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water), late 6th century BCE
Class: Vases
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/749935
Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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METsky 🏛️ @metsky.bsky.social · 2d
Bonnet, ca. 1870
Culture: British
Medium: silk, feathers, cotton, linen
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/156990
Bonnet, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Bonnet, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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METsky 🏛️ @metsky.bsky.social · 3d
Actress standing with arms above head, from the Actresses series (N203) issued by Wm. S. Kimball & Co., 1889, by William S. Kimball & Company
Class: Photographs
Medium: Commercial color lithograph
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/715855
Actress standing with arms above head, from the Actresses series (N203) issued by Wm. S. Kimball & Co., Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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METsky 🏛️ @metsky.bsky.social · 3d
Bowl with ox, tiger, and lion, late 18th century
Class: Ceramics
Culture: China
Medium: Soft-paste porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue (Jingdezhen ware)
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/48438
Bowl with ox, tiger, and lion, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Bowl with ox, tiger, and lion, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Bowl with ox, tiger, and lion, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Bowl with ox, tiger, and lion, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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METsky 🏛️ @metsky.bsky.social · 3d
Double Capital, 1450–1500
Class: Sculpture-Architectural
Culture: French
Medium: St. Béat marble
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/473462
Double Capital, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Double Capital, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Double Capital, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Double Capital, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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