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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2,335 works

Hanging scroll of a courtesan and attendant walking beneath a flowering cherry tree, in patterned black and red kimono.

Courtesan and her Attendant under a Cherry Tree

Utagawa Toyoharu, early 19th century

Ink drawing of Hotei reclining with a child looking up at him, with cursive calligraphy above on a grey paper scroll.

Hotei with a Child

Ono no Ozū, 1624

Hanging scroll of a woman and small child beneath a blossoming cherry tree, in striped red robes and green clothing.

Woman and Child under a Cherry Tree

Utagawa Toyohiro, late 18th-early 19th century

Hanging scroll showing a rooster, a carp streamer, a red-robed Shōki figure with a sword, and bamboo banners.

Boy’s Day Carp Streamer and Shōki Banner

Kawanabe Kyōsai, before 1870

Hanging scroll of figures in a blossoming garden with rocks, wooden bridges, a stream, and a pale moon overhead.

Fragrant Garden under a Hazy Moon

Nakabayashi Chikutō, 1843

Ink drawing of Hotei reclining with a child kneeling beside him, with calligraphy above, on a hanging scroll.

Hotei and a Child

Ono no Ozū, dated 1624 (Genna 10)

Hanging scroll with a fan-shaped gold panel showing several Chinese boys in robes playing among books and toys.

Chinese Boys at Play

Kano Motonobu, first half 16th century

Monochrome painting of a woman with pinned hair embracing a young child who looks upward against a dark background.

Lady Dashwood and Her Son

Charles Howard Hodges, ca. 1785

Woman in white dress beside a girl playing guitar on a green sofa in a sunlit room with sheer curtains.

Idle Hours

J. Alden Weir, 1888

Painting of a seated boy in dark green clothes with a sketchbook, pencil and straw hat, in an autumn wooded setting.

Amory Sibley Carhart

Thomas Le Clear, ca. 1860-65

Miniature portrait of a young boy with curly hair in a red fur-trimmed coat and white ruffled collar against blue.

Edward Blake Parkman

Sarah Goodridge, ca. 1825

Portrait of a boy in a green coat with a racket and shuttlecock, with a spaniel, before a distant landscape.

Portrait of a Boy, Probably of the Crossfield Family

William Williams, ca. 1770-75

Painting of a seated couple and a child with a flower by a stream, with a gabled Victorian house in a sunlit meadow.

Summer Flowers

Jerome Thompson, 1859

Oval painting of a seated woman weaving a basket with a child reclining nearby, under trees with a cottage in the distance.

The Basket Maker

Louis Lang, 1853

Miniature portrait of a young woman with curly dark hair in a blue dress and lace collar, holding a green parasol, in a case.

Sarah Ann Beck

Anna Claypoole Peale, ca. 1818

Elderly bearded man descends steps between armed soldiers while a woman and child embrace him at a brick doorway.

The Last Moments of John Brown

Thomas Hovenden, 1882-84

Saint John writes in a book in red robes beside a haloed eagle, while the Virgin and Child appear in clouds above a lake.

Saint John on Patmos

Hans Baldung Grien, ca. 1511

Painting of figures in classical robes gesturing on a loggia, with a sleeping infant in a cradle and a hilly landscape beyond

The Legend of the Infant Servius Tullius

Bonifazio Veronese

Pastoral scene of shepherds, flowers, goats and cattle beside a stream and classical fountain under trees.

Shepherd's Idyll

François Boucher, 1768

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

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 washerwomen working by a stream below a stone bridge, with a donkey, dog, and cow in a wooded landscape.

Washerwomen

François Boucher, 1768

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

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

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

Painting of a man crouching to encourage a toddler's first steps, with a woman, flowering tree and cottage behind them.

First Steps, after Millet

Vincent van Gogh, 1890

Painting of a dim vaulted church choir with rows of friars in robes around a central lectern, with a candle and an arched win

The Choir of the Capuchin Church in Rome

François Marius Granet, 1814-15

Tempera painting of the Madonna and Child flanked by two angels, with a small kneeling donor in the lower left corner.

Madonna and Child with Two Angels and a Donor

Giovanni di Paolo, ca. 1445

Full-length oil portrait of a young blonde girl in a red dress with white lace collar against a dark background.

Marion Lenbach (1892-1947), the Artist's Daughter

Franz von Lenbach, 1900