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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,010 works

Dirck Hals's 1628 painting of a richly dressed company feasting at a table in an interior with a checkered floor.

A Banquet

Dirck Hals, 1628

Laughing young man raising a wine glass beside a young woman in a tavern interior, with a fireplace and hanging game behind t

Young Man and Woman in an Inn

Frans Hals, 1623

Half-length portrait of an elderly man in a black fur hat and dark cloak, with a painted inscription below.

Jacob Willemsz van Veen (1456-1535), the Artist's Father

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1532

Oval portrait of a man with dark hair, grey mustache and goatee, wearing a dark garment and white collar.

Portrait of a Man

Bartholomeus van der Helst, 1647

Oil portrait of a bearded man in black with a white ruff collar, hand on chest, set within an oval frame.

Portrait of a Bearded Man with a Ruff

Frans Hals, 1625

Painting of the Calling of Saint Matthew: figures gather around a table of coins and a ledger while a robed man points toward

The Calling of Saint Matthew

Jan Sanders van Hemessen, early 17th century

Woman in blue dress playing a lute beside a viola da gamba, sheet music and red cushion, with a dusky landscape behind.

The Musician

Bartholomeus van der Helst, 1662

Oval portrait of an older woman in a black gold-embroidered dress, white ruff and cap, one hand on her chest.

Anna van der Aar (born 1576/77, died after 1626)

Frans Hals, 1626

Young Woman Praying

Jean-Jacques Henner

Oval miniature portrait of a young man with curly hair, lace collar and black doublet on blue background, 1588.

Portrait of a Young Man, Probably Robert Devereux (1566-1601), Second Earl of Essex

Nicholas Hilliard, 1588

Oval portrait of an elderly bearded man in black with a white ruff collar, hand resting on a dark cord, by Frans Hals.

Petrus Scriverius (1576-1660)

Frans Hals, 1626

Painting of a formal 18th-century wedding in an ornate interior, with a clergyman, bride, groom and elegantly dressed attenda

The Wedding of Stephen Beckingham and Mary Cox

William Hogarth, 1729

Oval miniature portrait of a woman in a white lace ruff and black gown, set in a gold frame studded with diamonds.

Portrait of a Woman

Nicholas Hilliard, 1597

Painted portrait of a smiling man in a black hat, white lace collar and grey doublet, hand on hip, against brown background.

Portrait of a Man, Possibly Nicolaes Pietersz Duyst van Voorhout (born about 1600, died 1650)

Frans Hals, ca. 1636-38

Half-length portrait of a young man in a red hat and black and pink clothing, with a carved frieze behind him.

Benedikt von Hertenstein (born about 1495, died 1522)

Hans Holbein the Younger, 1517

Painting of the young Christ seated among bearded scholars in a columned hall as Mary and Joseph enter from the left.

Christ among the Doctors

Abraham Hondius, 1668

Oil portrait of a man in black costume with white collar and lace cuffs, holding a black hat against a dark background.

Portrait of a Man

Frans Hals, early 1650s

Portrait of a bearded man in a black cap and robe, hands clasped on a red table beside letters, before a green curtain.

Derick Berck of Cologne

Hans Holbein the Younger, 1536

Woman carrying a silver pitcher across a checkered floor in a sunlit interior, with a seated man, dog and mirror.

Woman with a Water Pitcher, and a Man by a Bed

Pieter de Hooch, ca. 1667-70

Seated woman in black dress with white lace collar, hands clasped over pink skirt, column and city spires behind her.

Portrait of a Woman

Frans Hals, ca. 1650, reworked probably 18th century

Portrait miniature of a bearded man in a fur-trimmed coat and black cap, set in a jeweled blue enamel gold frame.

William Roper (1493/94-1578)

Hans Holbein the Younger, 1535-36

Interior scene of a man in a red coat and feathered hat with a woman in a white headscarf beside a cart, straw, and a dog.

Paying the Hostess

Pieter de Hooch, ca. 1670

Octagonal painting of a laughing young man with a clay pipe, with two smiling companions behind him.

The Smoker

Frans Hals, ca. 1623-25

Round miniature portrait of a woman in black veil and red headdress holding a book, set in a gold enamel frame with rubies.

Margaret Roper (Margaret More, 1505-1544)

Hans Holbein the Younger, 1535-36

Dark Dutch interior with a woman pouring wine, a seated couple at a table, and a framed portrait on the wall.

The Visit

Pieter de Hooch, ca. 1657

Half-length portrait of a man in a black hat and dark coat with white collar, against a brown background.

Frans Hals (1582/83-1666)

Frans Hals, probably 1650s

Oval miniature portrait of a bearded man in a dark cap and fur collar against blue, in a gold pendant frame.

Thomas Wriothesley (1505-1550), First Earl of Southampton

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1535

Woman in red jacket holding a wine glass beside two men smoking under a leafy garden arbor.

A Woman and Two Men in an Arbor

Pieter de Hooch, ca. 1657-58

Painting of a laughing woman in a white bonnet and ruffled collar, with a dark bird perched on her shoulder.

Barbara Claes (died 1663, called “Malle Babbe”)

Half-length portrait of a woman in a black gown and gold headdress holding a book beside a classical column.

Lady Guildford (Mary Wotton, 1499-1558)

Hans Holbein the Younger