Museum Exhibition
Costume Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
May 10, 2026 – January 10, 2027
The exhibition Costume Art pairs garments from The Met's collection with artworks to reveal the inherent relationship between clothing and the body.
Exhibition artworks
Representative work
MARCANTONIO RAIMONDI (Italian, ca. 1480–before 1534), / after Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, 1483–1520)
Adam and Eve
ca. 1512–14
Engraving
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Currier & Ives (American, active 1857–1907) / Thomas B. Worth (American, active 1834–1917)
The Grecian Bend: Fifth Avenue Style
1868
Hand-colored lithograph
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Georges Seurat (French, 1859–1891)
Study for “A Sunday on La Grande Jatte,” 1884
Oil on canvas
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Franz Xaver Winterhalter (German, 1805–1873)
Countess Alexander Nikolaevitch Lamsdorff (Maria
Oil on canvas
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James Gillray (British, 1756–1815)
The Graces in a High Wind— a Scene taken from Nature
Hand-colored etching, engraving, and aquatint
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18 documented works in this exhibition
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