MetCollects in 2019

See works of art new to the Museum's collection and explore all the episodes from this year. [Web Version]( [The Met]( [Met News] MetCollects in 2019 [MetCollects]( is an online series that celebrates works of art new to the Museum's collection. Each episode debuts a new acquisition, looking at the object or artwork through the fresh eyes of photographers and the enthusiastic voices of The Met's curators, leading scholars, and artists. Take a look back at all the episodes from this year. [Why Born Enslaved! by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux]( [Book of Flower Studies]( [Caryatid Mirror Depicting a Young Girl]( [My Strength Lies by Wangechi Mutu]( [Carved chest by Robert Laurent]( [Puteal (wellhead) with Narcissus and Echo, and Hylas and the Nymphs]( [Galatea by Max Klinger]( [Our Lady of Valvanera]( [Mother's by Ishiuchi Miyako]( [Duck Walk by Mark Bradford]( [Cannon (Bastard Culverin) made for Henry II, King of France]( [Sign up to be notified when new episodes of MetCollects publish →]( [The Met Fifth Avenue]( 1000 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10028 [The Met Cloisters]( 99 Margaret Corbin Drive Fort Tryon Park New York, NY 10040 [The Met Breuer]( 945 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10021 [metmuseum.org]( [Manage Your Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe]( [MetCollects]( is supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies. Comments are welcome at [metmuseum_newsletter@metmuseum.org](mailto:MetMuseum_Newsletter@metmuseum.org). Images: Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French, 1827–1875). [Why Born Enslaved!]( (detail), modeled 1868, carved 1873. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, The Wallace Foundation, Wrightsman Fellows Gifts, and Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation Gift, 2019 (2019.220) | Master of Claude de France. Book of Flower Studies (detail), ca. 1510–1515. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, The Cloisters Collection, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, and Rogers Fund, 2019 (2019.197) | [Caryatid Mirror Depicting a Young Girl]( (detail). Egypt, ca. 1295–1070 B.C. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift and Gift of Diane Carol Brandt in memory of her husband, Martin Lewis, 2019 (2019.25) | Robert Laurent (American (born France), 1890–1970). [Carved chest]( (detail), 1911. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Ronald S. Kane Bequest, in memory of Berry B. Tracy, 2019 (2019.186a–o)| [Puteal (wellhead) with Narcissus and Echo, and Hylas and the Nymphs]( (detail), 2nd century. Roman. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace, Howard S. and Nancy Marks, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald S. Lauder, The Jaharis Family Foundation Inc., Philodoroi, Leon Levy Foundation, Renée E. and Robert A. Belfer, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Moran, Mr. and Mrs. Mark Fisch, Annette de la Renta, Beatrice Stern, Frederick J. Iseman, The Abner Rosen Foundation Inc., Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Chilton Jr., Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Barbara G. Fleischman, in memory of Lawrence A. Fleischman, and Malcolm Hewitt Wiener Foundation Gifts; and The Bothmer Purchase and Diane Carol Brandt Funds, 2019 (2019.7) | Max Klinger (German, 1857–1920). [Galatea]( (detail), 1906. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, by exchange, Anonymous and Charles Hack and the Hearn Family Trust Gifts, and Gifts of Irwin Untermyer and Mrs. Robert M. Hillas, by exchange, 2018 (2018.25a, b) | [Our Lady of Valvanera]( (detail), ca. 1770–80. Peru, Cuzco. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of James Kung Wei Li in memory of Ambassador and Mme Ti-Tsun Li, Republic of China, 2018 (2018.652.3) | Ishiuchi Miyako (Japanese, 1947). [Mother's #3 [photograph]]( (detail), 2000, printed 2005. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Alfred Stieglitz Society Gifts, 2018 (2018.572) © Miyako Ishiuchi | Mark Bradford (American, 1961). [Duck Walk]( (detail), 2016. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Anonymous Gift, 2017. © Mark Bradford, Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth (2017.291a, b) | [Cannon (Bastard Culverin)]( (detail), ca. 1550. French. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Ronald S. Lauder, Alejandro Santo Domingo, and Mr. and Mrs. Mark Fisch Gifts, 2018 (2018.756)