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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

32,885 works

Gold-ground panel with Christ enthroned above saints with haloes, flanking a circular reliquary, with Latin inscription below

Christ Enthroned with Saints

Bernardo Daddi, ca. 1325

Painting of a shallow brook flowing between rocky cliffs and dense green trees under a pale turquoise sky.

The Hidden Brook

Gustave Courbet, ca. 1873-77

Painted cassone panel showing a woman swimming a river past a soldiers' camp toward a red walled city gate.

The Legend of Cloelia

Guidoccio Cozzarelli, ca. 1480

Painting of a blacksmith at an anvil in a timber workshop, with a woman holding a child and workers beside a glowing forge.

The Forge

Léonard Defrance

Miniature portrait of a woman with pearl headdress, white feathers, pearl necklace and a pink and purple sash, in a gold fram

Princess María Francisca de Asis de Borbón and Her Son Infante Carlos Luis María Fernando de Borbón

Luis de la Cruz y Rios, 1818

Oval miniature portrait of an older bald man in a green fur-collared coat and white lace jabot, in a gilt frame.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), after a Painting by Greuze of 1777

Charles Paul Jérôme de Bréa, 1777

Painting of a tightrope dancer with a balancing pole above a clown, musicians and a crowd watching in a wooden street booth.

The Rope Dance

Léonard Defrance

Painting of French soldiers in a battle near a stone wall and white house, with horses, debris and an orange sky.

The Defense of Champigny

Édouard Detaille, 1879

Marie Dihau (1843-1935)

Edgar Degas, 1867-68

Painting of young ballet dancers in a rehearsal room with a double bass lying in the foreground by a green wall.

Dancers in the Rehearsal Room with a Double Bass

Edgar Degas, ca. 1882-85

Painting of a dark theater audience in the foreground watching pale ballet dancers under arches on a dim stage.

The Ballet from "Robert le Diable"

Edgar Degas, 1871

Woman in striped silk gown playing a harp, with sheet music and a blue vase beside her, in a dim interior.

Self-Portrait with a Harp

Rose Adélaïde Ducreux, 1791

Portrait of a seated woman with powdered grey hair, pink gown, pink bow and white lace shawl beside red drapery.

Madame de Saint-Morys (Eléonore Elisabeth Angélique de Beauterne, 1742-1824)

Joseph-Siffred Duplessis, 1776

Painting of the Virgin Mary in a red mantle holding the nude infant Christ against a dark green background.

Virgin and Child

Albrecht Dürer, 1516

Painting of a veiled woman in red looking down at a nude infant nursing, against a dark brown background.

Virgin and Child

Anthony van Dyck, ca. 1620

Brown monochrome wash drawing of a man in period dress mounting a horse, holding its bridle and a riding crop.

A Man Mounting a Horse

Anthony van Dyck, ca. 1630

Brown monochrome sketch of a man on a rearing horse with a flowing mane, highlighted in white on a tan ground.

A Man Riding a Horse

Anthony van Dyck, ca. 1630

Portrait of a bearded man in a black hat and fur-trimmed coat holding a rosary, with a river landscape behind him.

Heinrich(?) vom Rhein zum Mohren (1477-1536)

Conrad Faber von Creuznach, late 1520s

Oval monochrome portrait of a woman with curled hair and a draped gown with brooch, in a dark wooden frame.

Portrait of a Woman

Thomas Forster, 1700

Oil sketch of three nude women with raised arms and loose draperies against a dark brown background.

The Three Graces

Oval miniature of a young man with curly dark hair and blue eyes, wearing a brown jacket and floral waistcoat.

Self-Portrait

John Faed, ca. 1850

Painting of a seated woman with red hair in a dark dress, turquoise brooch and gold bracelet, hands clasped, against grey.

Portrait of a Woman

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1885

Gilded Gothic triptych showing Christ crowning the Virgin Mary, flanked by standing saints and angels against gold leaf.

The Coronation of the Virgin, and Saints

Giovanni di Tano Fei, 1394

Painting of Saints John the Evangelist and Lawrence with a chalice, open book, palm frond and eagle against a dark background

Saints John the Evangelist and Lawrence

Defendente Ferrari

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a long curled wig, cravat and buttoned coat, in a dark wooden frame.

Portrait of a Man

Thomas Forster, 1700

Oval miniature of a curly-haired boy in a plumed hat and lace collar, in a gilt frame with white beads.

Portrait of a Boy

Marie Anne Gérard Fragonard, ca. 1775

Half-length portrait of a young man in a dark cap and robe, hands clasped in prayer, in a gilded arched frame.

Portrait of a Young Man

Oval portrait of a woman with upswept hair, pearl necklace, white dress, blue sash and pink rose against a dark background.

Mrs. Ralph Izard (Alice De Lancey, 1746/47-1832)

Thomas Gainsborough

Virgin and Christ Child standing atop a small chapel, crowned by angels, with a ship and coastline below.

The Translation of the Holy House of Loreto

Saturnino Gatti, ca. 1490

Gold-ground polyptych with the Madonna and Child enthroned at center, flanked by saints in Gothic arched panels.

Madonna and Child with Saints

Giovanni di Paolo, 1454