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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

15,596 works

Loose brushwork painting of a dim interior with a woman holding a baby, children, a kneeling man in red, and dogs.

Roman Interior

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, ca. 1760

Saint Roch with a pilgrim's staff gestures toward a radiant figure above him in a bright landscape with trees and mountains.

Saint Roch

Francesco Francia, 1502

Painted portrait of a bald monk in a black robe, hands clasped in prayer, gazing to the side against a teal background.

Portrait of a Monk in Prayer

Painting of a woman in a blue dress holding flowers and a letter at a desk by a window, with a white dog nearby.

The Love Letter

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, early 1770s

Allegorical painting with a glowing cross, winged angels, a fallen devil, and robed figures before a city skyline.

The Restoration of the Catholic Religion in Strasbourg

Claude Guy Hallé, ca. 1681

Black and white portrait of a bearded man in a dark doublet, white lace ruff, and feathered cap with a jewel.

Henri III (1551-1589), King of France

Study of a Nude Man

Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, ca. 1810-20

Medieval panel of an upside-down crucifixion with a kneeling donor reading at left and robed onlookers at right.

The Crucifixion of Saint Peter with a Donor; The Legend of Saint Anthony Abbot with a Donor; The Annunciation

Northern French Painter

Miniature portrait of a man in a blue mantle with gold fleur-de-lis and armor, framed by a diamond border with a crown.

Louis XV (1710-1774), King of France

Painting of walled Jerusalem seen from a dry hillside, with robed figures, resting camels and striped tents in the foreground

Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives

Charles-Théodore Frère, by 1880

Panel painting of a bound nude saint being executed while mounted nobles watch, with a castle and hills behind.

The Martyrdom of Saint Adrian; The Martyrdom of Two Saints, Possibly Ache and Acheul

Northern French Painter

Oval miniature of a young woman with curled hair in a blue dress with red trim, in a gilt frame with white beads.

Portrait of a Woman

Horseman on a galloping bay horse holding up falcons, one flying overhead on a red line, under a stormy sky.

The Arab Falconer

Eugène Fromentin, 1864

Oil portrait of a man in a red coat and white cravat, holding sheet music, against a dark background with green drapery.

Charles Rousseau Burney (1747-1819)

Thomas Gainsborough, ca. 1780

Oval oil portrait of a man in a long curled wig, brown coat and white lace cravat against a dark background.

Portrait of a Man in a Brown Coat

Painting of riders on horses and figures wading across a shallow river below rocky mountains and a cloudy sky.

Arabs Crossing a Ford

Eugène Fromentin, 1873

Portrait of a woman in a tall white headdress, pearl necklace and dark lace-trimmed shawl against a brown background.

Queen Charlotte

Thomas Gainsborough

Oval portrait of a woman with powdered hair, wearing a rose bodice with jeweled brooches and blue silk sleeves.

Portrait of a Woman in a Rose Dress

Monk in white habit with halo sits in bed pointing at revived birds on a platter, surrounded by monks and attendants in a roo

Saint Nicholas of Tolentino Reviving the Birds

Garofalo, ca. 1530

Portrait of an older man in red military coat with gold epaulettes and white ruffled cravat against a dark background.

Lieutenant Colonel Paul Pechell (1724-1800)

Thomas Gainsborough

Oil portrait of an older woman in black hood and white cap holding a closed book, with a coat of arms in the upper left.

Portrait of a Woman Holding a Book

Painting of a haloed friar addressing a kneeling mother holding a child, watched by a crowd, with a harbor landscape at left.

Saint Nicholas of Tolentino Reviving a Child

Garofalo, ca. 1530

Mrs. Grace Dalrymple Elliott (1754?-1823)

Thomas Gainsborough, 1778

Black-and-white rendering of a man with tousled dark hair in a dark coat and white ruffled cravat, against gray.

Portrait of a Man in a Blue Coat

Painting of two bare-shouldered women with a bowl of red fruit and pink flowers against green foliage.

Two Tahitian Women

Paul Gauguin, 1899

Oval portrait of a young woman with piled powdered hair, wearing a blue fur-trimmed wrap and a jeweled brooch against a dark

Portrait of a Young Woman, Called Miss Sparrow

Thomas Gainsborough, 1770s

Oil portrait of a man with long dark hair in a dark coat with gold embroidered lapels, turned to the left.

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)

Four women rest on a wooden veranda beside a basket of fruit, with a bright yellow and green landscape behind them.

The Siesta

Paul Gauguin, ca. 1892-94

Painting of Esther swooning toward a seated king on marble steps, supported by attendants in a golden gown.

Esther before Ahasuerus

Artemisia Gentileschi, 1620s

Painting of an aqueduct and hilltop town at dusk, with bathers by a river and a ruined arched wall on the left.

Evening: Landscape with an Aqueduct

Théodore Géricault, 1818