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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,661 works

Painting framed by rocky cliffs, looking down on a town with a domed church and a hilltop fortress beyond.

Virgil's Tomb, Naples

Franz Ludwig Catel, 1818

Painting of the Bay of Naples with Mount Vesuvius smoking in the distance, a castle on an islet, and a figure on a path.

The Bay of Naples with Vesuvius and Castel dell'Ovo

Franz Ludwig Catel, 1818

Oil sketch of the brick arches and ruined walls of the Basilica of Constantine in Rome under a blue sky.

The Basilica of Constantine, Rome

Michael Neher, 1830

Full-length portrait of a young woman in a pale gown and dark cloak holding white magnolia blossoms against a green backdrop.

Magnolia

James Jebusa Shannon, 1899

Woman reading a book to two girls in white dresses against a blue floral background with a gold halo shape.

Jungle Tales (Contes de la Jungle)

James Jebusa Shannon, 1895

Two men in 18th-century dress talk on a porch while women, children and dogs gather nearby, with a lawn and river beyond.

Washington and Lafayette at Mount Vernon, 1784 (The Home of Washington after the War)

Louis Rémy Mignot, 1859

Illuminated manuscript leaf with gold initial showing Christ ascending among clouds above the Virgin and two apostles.

Ascension in an Initial V

Niccolò di Ser Sozzo Tegliaccio, 1342

Ink painting of a standing red-crowned crane with a red crown on a pale hanging scroll.

鶴図

Nagasawa Rosetsu, 1780

Two fusuma panels showing puppies playing on misty ground beside bamboo, a pine tree, and soft hills in ink.

雪狗子図襖

Nagasawa Rosetsu

Man in a red coat looks into a gallery of classical sculptures, with a bust on a pedestal in the right foreground.

The Hall of Antiquities at Charlottenborg Palace, Copenhagen MET

Adam August Müller

Grayscale painting of a horse-drawn carriage with three riders on a country road, with two onlookers, a dog, and trees.

A Carriage Ride

Edward Lamson Henry, 1870

Grayscale street scene of a church clock tower, brick townhouses, horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians on a cobblestone road

Saint George's Church, New York

Edward Lamson Henry, 1875

Painting of a steam train arriving at a wooden station, with crowds, horse carriages and autumn houses under a cloudy sky.

The 9:45 Accommodation

Edward Lamson Henry, 1867

Hanging scroll of two birds on a flowering branch with pink roses and white blossoms against a tan silk background.

Flowers and Birds

Shen Quan, 1750

Hanging scroll of two red-crowned cranes beside a peach tree, pink roses, bamboo and a waterfall on a rock.

桃と月季花（長春花）に鶴図

Shen Quan, 1750

Family in a cluttered room with a woman holding a baby, a man repairing an item, a boy, and a cat on a trunk.

Just Moved

Henry Mosler, 1870

Handscroll landscape of bare winter trees, misty hills, a thatched house with figures, and a stream with a wooden fence.

南宋傳劉松年倣高克明溪山雪意圖卷

Painting of a bare-shouldered woman asleep on a green sofa with a young child sleeping against her lap.

The Green Sofa

Anne Goldthwaite, 1930

Loose painted garden scene with a wrought-iron gate, tall trees, palm fronds, and a woman in a white dress on a path.

Garden Gate, Near Ascain #7

Anne Goldthwaite, 1912

Grayscale painting of two white mules pulling a cart with two riders across a steel truss bridge.

White Mules on a Bridge

Anne Goldthwaite, 1930

Oil landscape of rolling wooded hills under a cloudy sky with patches of blue, painted in muted olive and ochre tones.

August

Charles Harold Davis, 1908

Seated portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit in a wooden armchair against a dim brown interior.

Henry George

George de Forest Brush, 1903

Painting of a woman holding a toddler while a girl in green stands beside her on grass against a dark background.

In the Garden

George de Forest Brush, 1906

Painting of a woman in a green cloak holding a nude toddler, with an older child at left and a dusky landscape behind.

Mother and Child

George de Forest Brush, 1894

Full-length painted portrait of a young boy in tweed riding clothes and boots, holding a crop, before autumn trees.

Alan Harriman

George de Forest Brush, 1905

Painting of steam trains and smoke moving through a steep rocky railway cut, with small workers on the rim at right.

The Conquerors (Culebra Cut, Panama Canal)

Jonas Lie, 1913

Monochrome painting of a barefoot woman in flowing drapery beside a stone fountain amid garden trees.

Aurora

Will Hicock Low, 1894

Painting of a ship near an iceberg in Arctic waters, with a polar bear on broken ice under a dramatic storm sky.

An Arctic Summer: Boring though the Pack in Melville Bay

William Bradford, 1871

Painting of a flat, muddy meadow under a grey overcast sky with two grazing cows and bare trees near the horizon.

The Meadows

William Langson Lathrop, 1897

Night scene of a crowd gathered under a large white tent, with lit city buildings behind and children in the foreground.

The Mission Tent

Jerome Myers, 1906