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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2,335 works

Black and white image of a gabled panel showing the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child, with a dove above and gold patterne

Madonna and Child

Lippo di Benivieni

Triptych-style panel with Saint John on Patmos, an enthroned Madonna and Child, and the Death of the Virgin with mourning apo

Saint John on Patmos, Madonna and Child Enthroned, and Death of the Virgin; The Crucifixion

Pacino di Bonaguida

Painting of a shaded Spanish garden with a stone fountain, cypress trees, whitewashed buildings, balconies and children.

A Spanish Garden

Martín Rico y Ortega, 1871

Painting of a woman in red on a swing between tall trees, with a man pulling the rope, a statue, and seated figures in a gard

The Swing

Hubert Robert, 1777-79

Medieval panel of soldiers killing infants while mothers grieve, with a seated crowned king watching in a stone hall.

The Massacre of the Innocents

Sano di Pietro, ca. 1470

Two girls in pastel silk dresses embrace on a wooden cart beside a puppet, in front of a dark architectural background.

The Two Sisters

Richard de Saint-Non, 1770

Ruined classical arch framing an orange sunset, with cattle, herders, women at a fountain, and a hanging lantern.

The Return of the Cattle

Hubert Robert, ca. 1773-75

Painting of a haloed bishop gesturing beside a seated woman at a table, with a wine barrel and gold brocade in an interior.

Saint Remigius Replenishing the Barrel of Wine; (interior) Saint Remigius and the Burning Wheat

Swiss Painter, ca. 1500-1505

Painting of a Highland family in a dim cottage interior with a man in tartan, a woman holding a baby, a child, and dogs.

The Highland Family

David Wilkie, 1824

Crowd of 19th-century viewers gathered before a large painting of a coronation ceremony in a gallery setting.

The Public Viewing David's "Coronation" at the Louvre

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1810

Figures in an arched stone loggia watch a toddler take first steps, with mountains visible through the arch.

First Steps

Franz Ludwig Catel, ca. 1820-25

Painting of a seated woman in a red velvet jacket and grey skirt before a hazy mountain landscape.

The Spanish Girl in Reverie

Washington Allston, 1831

Full-length portrait of a young boy in a grey coat holding a small bird, with a tree and cloudy sky behind him.

James Badger

Joseph Badger, 1760

Portrait of a seated young woman in white dress and bonnet beside a harpsichord holding sheet music, dark background.

Portrait of a Young Woman

Mather Brown, 1801

Painting of a smiling toddler in a white dress holding a red ball against a brown background.

Roland

William Merritt Chase, ca. 1902

Full-length painting of a young boy in a dark sailor suit with white collar, leaning on a blue-seated chair.

Alexander Stewart Wetherill

Alfred Quinton Collins, ca. 1890-1900

Painting of well-dressed people skating and walking on a frozen lake lined with bare winter trees under cloudy skies.

Skating on the Wissahickon

Johan Mengels Culverhouse, 1875

Young girl reclining in bed among pillows, looking at a bouquet of red flowers on the blanket, with a teacup and vase nearby.

Heart's Ease

William P. W. Dana, 1863

Full-length portrait of a boy in a blue coat and brown waistcoat holding a book, with red drapery and bookshelves behind.

Boy of the Crossfield Family (Possibly Richard Crossfield)

John Durand, ca. 1766-68

Oil portrait of a seated woman in white satin holding a child in a blue sash, with an inkwell and quill on a table.

Lady Williams and Child

Ralph Earl, 1783

Painted interior with a coffered ceiling, draped curtains, and robed figures seated among children in a patterned room.

Egyptian Scene (possibly Moses and Zipporah)

Erastus Salisbury Field, 1865-80

Barefoot child in red skirt drinking from a chained cup at an iron street fountain beside a broom and park fence.

The Crossing Sweeper

Seymour Joseph Guy, ca. 1860s

Painting of a helmeted warrior, a fallen soldier, a woman and a child before a stone relief in a classical landscape.

The Wages of War

Henry Peters Gray, 1848

Italian Girl

William Morris Hunt, 1867

Portrait of a young girl with curled dark hair holding flowers and a basket of blooms in a wooded landscape.

Little Girl with Flowers (Amelia Palmer)

Charles C. Ingham, ca. 1830

Full-length portrait of a young boy in a dark suit with lace collar and cuffs, standing by a carved cabinet.

Lewis Einstein

Eastman Johnson, 1882

Oil painting of a young boy in a feathered hat and red vest, arms crossed, leaning against a pale wall.

Italian Boy

William Morris Hunt, 1866 (?)

Oval portrait of a young girl with dark hair and a white collar against a red-brown background.

Daughter of William Page (Possibly Anne Page)

William Page, ca. 1837-38

Dim painting of the Madonna and Child with a small figure of Saint John at right, in loose dark brushwork.

Madonna and Child and Little Saint John

Robert Loftin Newman, by 1894

Portrait of two children in a room: a boy in black jacket and white collar holds a cord, a girl in yellow dress holds a doll.

The Raymond Children

Robert Peckham, ca. 1838