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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

795 works

Painting of figures harvesting olives from a large tree, with a boy on a hillside path and a waterfall in the distance.

Gathering Olives at Tivoli

François-Louis Français, 1868

Painting of a flowering orchard in spring with twisted branches, blossoming trees, a wooden fence and grassy meadow.

The Flowering Orchard

Vincent van Gogh, 1888

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

Small panel portrait of a young man with reddish hair and a dark cap, looking upward against a black background.

Portrait of a Young Man; (reverse) Girl Making a Garland

Hans von Kulmbach, ca. 1508

Woman in a dark robe leans against a classical column beside an urn and scattered leaves in a dusky garden.

Lachrymae

Lord Leighton Frederic, 1894-95

Half-length portrait of a woman in a dark red gown and pearl-trimmed black headdress against a blue background.

Lady Lee (Margaret Wyatt, born about 1509)

Hans Holbein the Younger, early 1540s

Painting of tall poplar trees above a sunlit meadow with a wooden fence and small figure, under a cloudy sky.

Poplars, Eragny

Camille Pissarro, 1895

Seated man in black clothing and white collar holds a quill pen and paper, against a dark background.

Lieven Willemsz van Coppenol (born about 1599, died 1671 or later)

Rembrandt van Rijn

Oil portrait of a young woman in a black gown with red sleeve ribbons, gold headdress and jewellery, hands clasped.

Portrait of a Young Woman

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1540-45

Painting of the Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and Saint John, with a white dove held by the Christ Child.

The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth, Saint John, and a Dove

Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1608-9

Painting of slender pale tree trunks in a green forest with speckled, dappled light across grass and foliage.

The Forest at Pontaubert

Georges Seurat, 1881

Portrait of a woman in a black hood and white coif with a gold medallion, against a dark background.

Lady Rich (Elizabeth Jenks, died 1558)

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1540

Painting of a woman in a pink blouse with hair in a bun, seated before green garden foliage and a pale wall.

Woman in the Garden of Monsieur Forest

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1889-91

Seated woman in white gown with a harp, lamp at left, and a veiled attendant in shadow beside a column.

Desdemona (The Song of the Willow)

Théodore Chassériau, 1849

Painting of a man leaning on a parapet beside a tree, with pale buildings and sunlit pavement behind him.

A Man Leaning on a Parapet

Georges Seurat, ca. 1881

Tiepolo painting of the Holy Family with a donkey and a kneeling winged angel beside a rocky cliff and sea.

The Flight into Egypt

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1767-70

Painting of a couple embracing on a forest swing, a man in red and a woman in white, with irises and butterflies nearby.

Springtime

Pierre-Auguste Cot, 1873

Christ in a blue robe with a crown of thorns carries a heavy wooden cross past a walled city under a blue sky.

Christ Carrying the Cross

Jan Gossaert, ca. 1520-25

Seated woman in a white embroidered gown, lace ruff and pearl necklaces, holding a blue fan against a dark background.

Ellen Maurice (1578-1626)

Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, 1597

Painting of Nevada Falls in Yosemite with rushing white water, tall pines, and small figures on a log in the foreground.

Nevada Falls, Yosemite

Albert Bierstadt, 1872 or 1873

Dark nocturnal landscape with a large silhouetted tree over a waterfall and moonlit river beneath a glowing sky.

A Waterfall, Moonlight

Ralph Albert Blakelock, by 1886

Full-length portrait of a man in a dark blue coat and tricorn hat pointing toward a river landscape with trees.

Marinus Willett

Ralph Earl, ca. 1791

Autumn river landscape with golden trees, fallen leaves, two figures on a rock, and a boat in misty light.

Indian Summer

William Trost Richards, 1875

Dark, dreamy landscape with a twisted tree, rolling hills, swirling clouds, and two draped figures at lower left.

The Forest of Arden

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1888-97 (?), reworked 1908 (?)

Portrait of a young man in red velvet with fur collar, hands clasped, before columns and a landscape view.

Portrait of a Young Man

Hans Memling, ca. 1472-75

Saint Christopher wading a river with the Christ Child on his shoulders, holding a staff, with cliffs and a chapel behind.

Saint Christopher and the Infant Christ

Nativity scene with Mary kneeling by the Christ Child, Saint Joseph, many angels, an ox and donkey in a brick stable.

The Adoration of the Christ Child

Master of Frankfurt, possibly 1496-1502

Painting of the Virgin Mary nursing the infant Christ, with an older man reading in a straw hat and a still life of citrus an

The Holy Family

Joos van Cleve, possibly 1527-33

Small arched panel of the Virgin Mary in blue holding the Christ Child, who reaches up to her neck.

Virgin and Child

Gerard David, 1490-1523

Religious painting of the dead Christ mourned by the Virgin and companions, with a distant city and crucifixion hill behind.

The Lamentation of Christ

Simon Marmion, ca. 1473