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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,826 works

Blue bellflowers and pale blossoms spill from a woven basket, with brush calligraphy and a red seal beside it.

Bellflowers in Basket

Ogata Kenzan, 18th century

Hanging scroll of a standing woman in a kimono patterned with a dragon and waves, against a plain background.

Standing Beauty

Hishikawa Moronobu, 1618

Red camellia blossoms and green leaves beside stylized blue waves and a rock, with calligraphy and a red seal at right.

Camellia by Water

Ogata Kenzan, dated 1741

Triptych: angel announces to Mary in a domestic interior, donors kneel at left, a carpenter works in his shop at right.

Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece)

Robert Campin, ca. 1427-32

Oval portrait miniature of a young woman with dark upswept hair, pink dress and black choker, in a gold pendant frame.

Elizabeth Ann Timothy

Henry Benbridge, ca. 1775-85

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with dark curls, white lace collar and blue dress, in an ornate gilt frame.

Carolyn Mishner

Hugh Bridport, ca. 1825

Miniature portrait of a woman with dark ringlets, black dress, and lace collar against a dark textured background.

Portrait of a Lady

John Carlin, 1844

Black and white portrait of a man in wire-rimmed spectacles, dark jacket and white cravat, against a dark background.

Dr. Samuel A. Bemis

Alvan Clark, ca. 1840

Miniature portrait of a woman with curled dark hair in a blue dress with white lace trim, against a dark background.

Portrait of a Lady

Alvan Clark, ca. 1835

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a powdered wig and brown coat, framed by a ring of red garnet stones.

Jeremiah Lee

John Singleton Copley, ca. 1769

Gold necklace with oval miniature portraits of children, a young man in a naval cap, and a young woman.

A Mother's Pearls

Thomas Seir Cummings, 1841

Grayscale portrait of a young girl with center-parted curly hair and an off-shoulder dress, head and shoulders shown.

Ida Cushman

George Hewitt Cushman, ca. 1856

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with curly dark hair in a blue shawl, set in a gilt metal frame.

Rebecca Wetherill

George Hewitt Cushman, ca. 1849

Monochrome miniature portrait of a man with spectacles and dark coat, with a ship on the sea at right.

Gustavus Adolphus Rollins

Thomas Seir Cummings, ca. 1835

Oval miniature portrait of a man with reddish hair in a dark coat and white cravat, in an ornate gilt frame.

Henry Clay

Savinien Edme Dubourjal, ca. 1845

Black-and-white miniature portrait of a man with wavy hair and sideburns, wearing a dark coat and white cravat.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Daniel Dickinson, 1820-22

Oval miniature portrait of a heavyset man in a grey coat and pink cravat, set in a silver pendant frame.

William Gale

Joseph Dunkerley, 1776

Oval miniature portrait of a young man with powdered hair, dark coat and white cravat against a dark background.

Portrait of a Gentleman

William Franks, ca. 1795

Miniature portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat against a soft blue-grey background, in an ornate gilt frame.

Dr. Francis Kinloch Huger

Charles Fraser, 1825

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with dark curled hair, white lace collar, and puffed sleeves against a shaded background.

Mrs. Jean Pierre Barre

Charles Fraser, 1825-30

Oval miniature portrait of a young man with dark hair, black coat and high collar against a grey background.

Powell Macrae

Charles Fraser, 1833

Oval miniature portrait of a man with dark hair in a dark coat and white cravat against a grey background.

Self-portrait

Thomas Gimbrede, ca. 1805

Monochrome portrait of a young woman with braided dark hair, dark dress, white collar and drop earrings.

Alice Goudry

Eliza Goodridge, ca. 1830-35

Oval miniature of a gentleman in a powdered wig, blue coat and white cravat, in a beaded gold frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Nathaniel Hancock, ca. 1785

Miniature portrait of a woman with curled dark hair, pearl tiara and necklace, in a white gown against a pale blue background

Mrs. Manigault Heyward (Susan Hayne Simmons)

Robert Fulton, ca. 1813

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with dark curly hair in a pale gown with lace trim, by Edward Greene Malbone.

Mrs. James G. Almy (Myra Eliot)

Edward Greene Malbone, ca. 1798

Oval miniature portrait of a young man with curly dark hair in a black jacket against a cloudy sky, in a gilt frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Anna Claypoole Peale, 1832

Oval monochrome miniature portrait of an older woman in a white bonnet and shawl over a dark dress, dated 1800.

Mrs. John Montgomery (Sarah Diemer)

Raphaelle Peale, 1800

Oval miniature portrait of a woman in a dark bonnet and black dress against a grey background.

Mrs. Phineas Miller (Catherine Littlefield)

Joseph-Pierre Picot de Limoelan de Cloriviere, 1806

Monochrome miniature portrait of a man with dark curled hair, dark coat and white cravat, against a grey textured background.

Stephen Danforth Hassam

John S. Porter, ca. 1820-25