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15 Pieces You Have to See at The Met
Tackling the permanent collection at The Met Fifth Avenue, a trove of more than 2 million works, can be daunting. If you don’t have the time (we’re talking days or weeks, not hours) to see it all, try zeroing in on these 15 masterpieces—a stylistic cross-section of the museum’s must-see paintings, sculptures and photographs.
“Washington Crossing the Delaware” (1851), Emanuel Leutze
“Cow’s Skull: Red, White, and Blue” (1931), Georgia O’Keeffe
“Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat” (1887), Vincent van Gogh
“Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies” (1899), Claude Monet
“Madonna and Child” (ca. 1290–1300), Duccio di Buoninsegna
“The Dance Class” (1874), Edgar Degas
"Mobile” (1941), Alexander Calder
“Aristotle with a Bust of Homer” (1653), Rembrandt van Rijn
“Autumn Rhythm: Number 30” (1950), Jackson Pollock
“Ugolino and His Sons” (1865–67), Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
Relief Panel (ca. 883–859 BC)
“The Attitudes of Animals in Motion” (1881), Eadweard Muybridge
“Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints” (ca. 1504), Raphael
“Bullfight in a Divided Ring” (1814), Francisco Goya
The Temple of Dendur (10 BC)