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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,567 works

Painting of crusaders on a hilltop before a distant city, with clergy carrying a reliquary beneath a glowing vision of Christ

Crusaders before Jerusalem

Wilhelm von Kaulbach

Young woman in yellow dress and white headscarf making lace with bobbins, a cat watching beside a wooden chair.

The Lacemaker

Bernhard Keil, ca. 1665

Painting of a mountain valley with a waterfall, rocky cliffs, dense trees, and sunbeams breaking through a cloudy sky.

A Mountainous Landscape with a Waterfall

Kerstiaen de Keuninck, ca. 1600

Winter landscape with walkers on a snowy path, skaters on a frozen river, and brick houses beneath cloudy skies.

Winter Landscape, Holland

Barend Cornelis Koekkoek, 1833

Painting of a medieval interior with a woman and child on a bench, a painter at a red easel, a seated man and a dog.

Hugo van der Goes Making a Portrait of Mary of Burgundy

Wilhelm Koller, ca. 1872

Panoramic landscape with billowing clouds, a winding road, a river, farm buildings and a distant town under a broad sky.

A Panoramic Landscape with a Country Estate

Philips Koninck, ca. 1649

Landscape painting of a castle above a river at sunset, with trees, travelers on a road, and boats on the water.

Sunset on the Rhine

Barend Cornelis Koekkoek, 1853

Painting of a red sunset over a calm sea, with a large dark cloud above and small silhouetted figures in the foreground.

Red Sunset

Arkhyp Kuindzhi, 1905-8

Wide landscape painting of a winding river, wooded bank, riders on a path, and billowing clouds over distant flat fields.

An Extensive Wooded Landscape

Philips Koninck, 1670s

Woman in red and orange robes playing a lute beside a harp, with sheet music, a recorder, and organ pipes around her.

Allegory of Music

Laurent de La Hyre, 1649

Painting of a hunt with riders, spearmen, and wolves and foxes fighting in the foreground under a cloudy sky.

Copy after Rubens's "Wolf and Fox Hunt"

Edwin Landseer, ca. 1824-26

Wide flat river landscape under a stormy sky, with a sailboat, distant city, farmhouses and grazing cattle.

Wide River Landscape

Philips Koninck, ca. 1648-49

Painting of a riverside village with a church tower, reflections in still water, grazing cow and small figures under a cloudy

The Village of La Celle-sous-Moret

Eugène Lavieille

Painted rococo interior with tiered balconies and masked revelers in harlequin and courtly costumes around an arched door.

A Masked Ball in Bohemia

Andreas Altomonte, ca. 1748

Painting of a rocky coastal landscape with a whitewashed villa, a calm bay and snow-capped mountains beyond.

General Garibaldi's Residence at Caprera

Frederick Richard Lee, 1865

Painting of a seated man in a red cloak choosing game birds from a vendor in a white apron in a timber-framed courtyard.

Choosing the Dinner

Alexandre-Louis Leloir, 1872

Two women in satin gowns seated before a landscape and red drapery, one holding a small framed flower sketch.

Mary Capel (1630-1715), Later Duchess of Beaufort, and Her Sister Elizabeth (1633-1678), Countess of Carnarvon

Painting of a crowded 1876 auction room with an auctioneer, seated bidders, ceramics on display, and a wooden staircase.

Auction Sale in Clinton Hall, New York, 1876

Ignacio de León y Escosura, 1876

Interior scene of a woman with sheet music beside an organist, with seated listeners and bright arched architecture behind.

The Organ Rehearsal

Henry Lerolle, 1885

Painting of two figures playing chess at a table in an interior, with onlookers standing around and a landscape seen through

The Chess Players

Liberale da Verona, ca. 1475

Peasants dancing and drinking before a rustic tavern, with a bagpiper, a bare tree and a donkey rider in the background.

Peasants Dancing

Johannes Lingelbach, 1651

Painting of men burying a body among classical ruins, with a white-robed figure, a dog and onlookers on a wall.

Tobit Burying the Dead

Andrea di Lione, 1640s

Painting of a seated young man gesturing to standing companions, with a woman at an upper window beside a red brick building.

Scene from a Novella

Liberale da Verona

Painting of a chaotic cavalry battle before a round stone tower under a stormy sky, with fallen soldiers and horses.

Battle Scene

Johannes Lingelbach, 1671

Fra Filippo Lippi's Annunciation: kneeling angel Gabriel with red wings faces the Virgin in blue across a central column.

The Annunciation

Painting of a crowded city square with a crowned, nearly nude figure presented on a platform before soldiers and onlookers.

Christ Presented to the People

Lucas van Leyden

Woman in white cap making lace beside a toddler in a wooden high chair, in a Dutch-style interior with a red tablecloth.

The Lacemaker

Nicolaes Maes, ca. 1656

Painting of a crowded tavern-like scene under a ruined arch, with a magpie perched on a barrel and a sea view beyond.

The Tame Magpie

Alessandro Magnasco, ca. 1707-8

Landscape with a large tree, rocky cliffs, a waterfall and a group of armed figures on a ledge overlooking a distant valley.

David at the Cave of Adullam

Giovanni Maldura

Still life painting of a brioche, white rose, peaches, grapes and plums on a white napkin over an ornate table.

The Brioche

Édouard Manet, 1870