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The Met Store Statue of Aphrodite Sculpture
357.95 USD
A beautiful marble sculpture of Aphrodite in the Museum's collection was made in Imperial Rome (1st or 2nd century A. D.) as a copy of a Greek statue of the third or second century B. C. In this work, the goddess of love is shown as though surprised at her bath. Originally, her arms reached forward to shield her body in a gesture that both concealed and accentuated her sexuality. Our beautiful reproduction of the Museum's Aphrodite was created with a combination of three-dimensional imaging and traditional sculpture techniques.
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The Met Store Auguste Rodin: Adam Sculpture
502.95 USD
The Museum's Adamwas cast in bronze about 1910 from Auguste Rodin's (French, 1840-1917) original 1880 model. Based on this work, our reduced-scale reproduction was created with a combination of three-dimensional imaging and traditional sculpture techniques. Click
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The Met Store Statuette of a Hippopotamus Sculpture
75.95 USD
Ceramic Hippopotamus Sculpture Since its arrival at The Met in 1917, the charming Egyptian hippopotamus figurine affectionately known as "William©" (ca. 1961-1878 BCE) has been a Museum favorite. Like the original statuette, our reproduction is decorated with drawings of lotus blossoms and marsh plants, symbols of life and rebirth and a nod to the hippo's habitat along the shallow banks of the Nile River.
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The Met Store Figure of a Parrot Sculpture
402.95 USD
Skilled metalworkers in India have for centuries created courtly objects of distinction in a variety of styles, materials, and techniques. One such brass object in the Museum's collection is in the shape of a graceful parrot (Indian, late 18th century), delicately perched on one leg, which may have been used as a finial. Our delightful parrot figure, crafted of hand- patinated bonded bronze, is based on the original brass parrot.
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The Met Store Cycladic Head Sculpture
352.95 USD
This strikingly abstract sculpture was reproduced from an intriguing marble head of a woman, of a type that represents the first flowering of marble sculpture in prehistoric Greece. The original head, made 2700-2500 B. C., is from the Cyclades, an island group in the Aegean Sea that's rich in marble, emery, and obsidian. Inhabitants of these islands began to produce marble figures and vessels as early as 5000 B. C. Little is known about these figural sculptures, which are predominantly women; the frequency of female figures makes it likely they were related to fertility. The Met's ancient sculpture displays traces of the eyes in extremely low relief, indicating they were formerly rendered with pigment.
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The Met Store Small Egyptian Cat Sculpture
52.95 USD
Our reproduction is based on an ancient Egyptian statuette of a cat (664-30 BCE) from the Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, now in the Museum's collection. The original cat figure sits on a menat-shaped base with its tail wrapped along its right side. In its subtle modeling and stylized features, the sculptor has captured the lithe aloofness and dignity characteristic of the feline, which served as the zoomorphic form of the powerful protective goddess Bastet. A collar is engraved around the neck, from which is suspended an wedjat-eye pectoral for protection and well-being.
The Met Store Auguste Rodin: The Thinker Sculpture
252.95 USD
Bronze Statue, Fine Art Sculpture Our scaled reproduction in hand-patinated bonded bronze was scanned from a bronze of The Thinker in The Met collection, which was cast about 1910 from an original 19th-century model by Auguste Rodin (French, 1840-1917). Rodin's first government commission was for a monumental portal covered with sculptural reliefs for a Paris museum. He proposed a vast composition based loosely on Dante's Divine Comedy, but the work remained unfinished. The artist later began to extract individual figures from the reliefs and enlarge them to create freestanding sculptures. In its original position, The Thinker was at the center of the portal's lintel. The detached, brooding figure has been invested with multiple meanings-poet, judge, sculptor. Click
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Greek Terracotta Scented Candle
55.95 USD
An art-inspired scented candle. Top notes of terracotta, minerals, and salt define this earthy scented candle, elevated with decorative details from an ancient Greek terracotta vessel (ca. 450 BCE), known as a volute-krater, used for mixing water and wine.
Support The Met
42.95 USD
Support The Met The Metropolitan Museum of Art relies on the generosity of our friends and supporters to meet the enormous costs of providing world-class exhibitions, programs, and scholarship to millions of visitors. Your online, tax-deductible gift will be used to fund our crucial priorities, including protecting and conserving artworks that span 5,000 years; presenting groundbreaking special exhibitions; welcoming school groups, families, and children through educational programs; and more. Help us bring life to art, and art to lives. For more information, please call the Development Office at 212-570-3956, fax us at 212-396-5040, or email development@metmuseum. org.
Support The Met
27.95 USD
Support The Met The Metropolitan Museum of Art relies on the generosity of our friends and supporters to meet the enormous costs of providing world-class exhibitions, programs, and scholarship to millions of visitors. Your online, tax-deductible gift will be used to fund our crucial priorities, including protecting and conserving artworks that span 5,000 years; presenting groundbreaking special exhibitions; welcoming school groups, families, and children through educational programs; and more. Help us bring life to art, and art to lives. For more information, please call the Development Office at 212-570-3956, fax us at 212-396-5040, or email development@metmuseum. org.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Met Neapolitan Christmas Tree Ornament
45.95 USD
Metropolitan Museum of Art Christmas ornaments. A holiday favorite at The Met for more than 40 years, the annual Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche is adorned with resplendent angels and surrounded by magnificent crèche figures, including shepherds, animals, kings, and the Holy Family. Now you can bring this beloved tradition into your home with our metal ornament inspired by this beloved Museum tradition, complete with a festive red ribbon for hanging. To learn more about the history of The Met Store's collectible art ornaments and shop other art-inspired designs, read our blog post
The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Met Facade Wreath Ornament
45.95 USD
Metropolitan Museum of Art Christmas ornaments. This quaint metal ornament with a festive red ribbon for hanging celebrates the cheer and charm of the holiday season at The Met. Enveloped in a Christmas wreath is the Museum's iconic facade, one of the architectural glories of New York City. Since the building opened to the public in 1880, the Museum has undertaken several major programs of expansion and remodeling. The original building has been greatly enlarged, and various additions now completely surround the original structure, which is set back in Central Park. Today, The Met's Beaux-Arts entryway serves as one of Manhattan's most beloved landmarks.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Chinese Bough Scented Candle
55.95 USD
An art-inspired scented candle. Top notes of azalea and bamboo define this aromatic candle decorated with a detail from an exuberant 18th-century Chinese depiction of a blossoming tree by Jin Nong (Chinese, 1687-1773).
The Met Store Head of a Youth Sculpture
192.95 USD
Our bonded bronze reproduction is based on a 1st-century A. D. Roman cast-bronze head that is now in the Israel Museum. Produced in cooperation with the Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
The Met Store Seated Female Nude Sculpture
67.95 USD
Our miniature reproduction is based on an original sculpture (ca. 1600) by an unknown French or Franco-Flemish artist and now in the collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
The Met Store Edgar Degas: Dancer Sculpture
357.95 USD
The Museum's sculpture is directly reproduced from a bronze cast made in 1920 after the death of Impressionist artist Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917), who made the original mold.
The Met Store Veiled Dancer Sculpture
182.95 USD
Our bonded-bronze reproduction is based on an original Greek statuette in the Museum's collection believed to be from the third-second century B. C. that shows the expressive qualities of a swirling dancer's drapery. The woman's face is covered by the sheerest of veils, discernible at its edge below her hairline and at the cutouts for the eyes. Her extended right foot shows a laced slipper. This dancer has been convincingly identified as a depiction of one of the professional entertainers, a combination of mime and dancer, for which the cosmopolitan city of Alexandria was famous in antiquity.
The Met Store Edgar Degas: Dancer with Raised Right Foot Sculpture
457.95 USD
Our reproduction is based on an original bronze sculpture cast in 1920 from an earlier model by Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917) probably in wax; one of several versions he created that explore subtle variations in the dynamics of a dancer's movement.
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Parastone Bv Umberto Boccioni: Unique Forms of Continuity in Space Sculpture
75.95 USD
An art-inspired gift for the home. This striking sculpture reproduces Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, a monumental bronze sculpture created by the Italian Futurist Umberto Boccioni (Italian, 1882-1916) in 1913 and cast in 1950. The work's dynamism and energy reflects the Futurists's celebration of the fast pace and mechanical power of the modern world; as such, the figure's marching silhouette appears deformed by speed, while its sleek metal contours allude to machinery. Believing that modern technological warfare would shatter Italy's obsession with the classical past, the Futurists campaigned for Italy's entry into World War I on the side of the Allies. Boccioni was tragically killed in action in 1916 at the age of 34.
Parastone Bv Edgar Degas: Spanish Dancer Sculpture
39.95 USD
An artful gift inspired by The Met collection. Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917) found a ready source of inspiration in dancers; his many paintings, drawings, and sculptures of the subject explore subtle variations in the dynamics of a dancer's movement. This graceful sculpture reproduces Degas's Spanish Dancer, modeled probably around 1884 and cast in 1920 at the Parisian foundry A. A. Hébrard et Cie. Upon Degas's death in 1917, more than 150 figurative sculptures were found in his studio. Most were made of fragile wax, clay, and plastiline (a wax- and oil-based modeling material), and many had deteriorated, with only a few preserved in copies cast from them in plaster. Although Degas didn't favor reproducing his sculptures in more permanent materials, his heirs authorized a series of 72 bronze copies. The series was completed before May 1921 when it was exhibited in Paris. Edition A, comprising the first and best casts of the series, was reserved for the Impressionist collector Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, who later bequeathed this version of Spanish Dancer to The Met.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art 2025 Star, Snowflake, and Angel Tree Ornament Set
177.95 USD
Art ornaments inspired by The Met collection. This year's star and snowflake ornaments celebrate two spectacular treasures in The Met's American Wing. The 2025 Star Ornament is informed by a grand staircase (1893) originally designed for the Chicago Stock Exchange building. The vision of Louis Henry Sullivan (American, 1856-1924) and Dankmar Adler (American, 1844-1900)-leading figures of the Chicago School style of architecture, from which the towering building type known as the skyscraper emerged-the staircase boasts extraordinary ironwork in the way of geometric and naturalistic forms exemplary of Sullivan's mature aesthetic. He likewise echoed similar motifs throughout the rest of the building. The staircase was removed from the Stock Exchange when it was demolished in 1972, and is now installed in The Met's Charles Engelhard Court. Our silvery snowflake is inspired by the detailing on a fabulous library table (1879-82). Crafted by the design duo known as Herter Brothers (German, active New York, 1864-1906), arguably the leading American cabinetmaking and decorating firm of the late 19th century, the Museum's table exemplifies Gilded Age decadence. Tasked with designing and decorating William Henry Vanderbilt's new Fifth Avenue mansion, the brothers gave this table pride of place as the centerpiece of the library, though it served as more of a sculpture and monument to its patron, who was then considered the richest man in America. The stellar motif scattered across the tabletop mimics the placement of the stars over the northern hemisphere on May 8, 1821, the day Vanderbilt was born. This year's Angel Tree Ornament reimagines an ethereal angel, attributed to the 18th-century Italian artisan Salvatore di Franco (Italian, active 18th century), from The Met's celebrated Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche. This popular Museum installation features an elaborate 18th-century Neapolitan Nativity scene at the base of the tree, with a host of exquisitely carve
Parastone Bv Female Fertility Figure Sculpture
49.95 USD
This small resin reproduction depicts an akua ba figure, one of the most recognizable forms in African art. Consecrated by priests, such figures are carried by women who hope to conceive a child. The flat, disk-like head is an exaggerated convention of the Akan ideal of beauty, while the sculpture's flattened shape allows it to be carried against a woman's back, wrapped in her skirt. The rings on the figure's neck signify beauty, health, and prosperity in Akan culture. After influencing pregnancy, akua ba are often returned to shrines as offerings to the spirits who responded to the appeals for a child. A collection of figures becomes an advertisement for the spirits' ability to help women conceive. Families also keep akua ba as memorials to a child or children; the figures become family heirlooms that evoke a loved one.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art 2025 Angel Tree Ornament
101.95 USD
Art ornaments inspired by The Met collection. This year's Angel Tree Ornament reimagines an ethereal angel, attributed to the 18th-century Italian artisan Salvatore di Franco (Italian, active 18th century), from The Met's celebrated Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche. This popular Museum installation features an elaborate 18th-century Neapolitan Nativity scene at the base of the tree, with a host of exquisitely carved and dressed angels soaring in the branches above the Holy Family. The decoration and illumination of this majestic tree is a cherished annual event of the holiday season.
Parastone Bv Auguste Rodin: Danaïd Sculpture
53.95 USD
Give an artful gift. This striking reproduction pays homage to Auguste Rodin's (French, 1840-1917) design for Danaïd, also known as The Spring. The original sculpture references a story from Greek mythology, in which the Danaïds, or daughters of Danaos, are forced to fill up bottomless vessels with water as punishment for murdering their husbands on their wedding night. Rodin chose to depict one of the Danaïds in a moment of exhaustion and despair, realizing the impossibility of her task. Danaïd was initially conceived as part of The Gates of Hell, but Rodin ultimately elected not to include it. Produced in cooperation with the Musée Rodin, Paris. Click
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Angel Tree 3D Advent Calendar
37.9 USD
An art calendar, only from The Met. A holiday favorite at The Met for more than 40 years, the annual Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche is adorned with resplendent angels and surrounded by magnificent crèche figures, including shepherds, animals, kings, and the Holy Family. Now you can bring this beloved tradition into your home with our exclusive pop-up Advent calendar. Tie back the strings of the pop-up tree to reveal a three-dimensional re-creation of the Museum's Christmas Tree and surrounding crèche figures. On each of the 24 days of Advent, open a die-cut window to add an angel to your tree.
Parastone Bv Auguste Rodin: The Kiss Medium White Sculpture
63.95 USD
Give an artful gift. Like Auguste Rodin's (French, 1840-1917) iconic sculpture The Thinker,The Kissis taken from The Gates of Hell, the artist's magnum opus. It was originally based on the figures Paolo and Francesca from Dante's Inferno, who were banished to Hell for eternity because they kissed after Francesca had married Paolo's brother. Sensual but also radiating a deep and sincere love,The Kiss, recalled by this reproduction, has remained one of Rodin's most popular works to this day. Produced in cooperation with the Musée Rodin, Paris.
Parastone Bv Amedeo Modigliani: Green Tête Sculpture - 14K Gold Plate - Medium
39.95 USD
An artful gift for the museum lover. This striking tête or head sculpture pays homage to the abstracted likenesses created by Amedeo Modigliani (Italian, 1884-1920). In 1909, after Modigliani met Constantin Brancusi (French, b. Romania, 1876-1957), he began carving stone sculptures in the form of stylized, elongated heads, producing about 25 in total. His sculptures, like his painted portraits, draw heavily from African, ancient Cycladic, Sumerian, Egyptian, and Greek art.