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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

680 works

Oval black-and-white reproduction of a young woman in a jeweled headdress and pearl-trimmed white chemise, looking downward.

Portrait of a Young Woman

Corneille de Lyon

Candlelit interior with an old bearded man mending a quill beside children reading and holding a candle, in an arched panel.

An Evening School

Gerrit Dou, ca. 1655-57

Interior scene of a seated woman and two standing men around a green-draped table with wine and a pipe.

Conversation Piece (The Sense of Smell)

Jan Ekels the Younger, probably 1791

Circular portrait of a bearded man in a dark robe and black cap holding a letter, with a red book beside him.

Portrait of a Prelate

Lavinia Fontana, ca. 1580

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

Nativity scene with kneeling Mary, Christ Child, Joseph in red cloak, standing woman in green, ox and donkey, gold background

The Nativity

South Netherlandish Painter

Gold-ground panel of a saint pointing at a cracking pagan temple as a kneeling man prays beside it.

Saint John the Evangelist Causes a Pagan Temple to Collapse

Francescuccio Ghissi, ca. 1370

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

Painting of the Virgin and Child with kneeling king and attendants, gold vessels, and a stone arcade behind them.

The Adoration of the Magi

Hugo van der Goes

Round miniature portrait of a man with powdered hair and white cravat in brown coat, set in a gilded frame.

Alexandre Théodore Victor (1760-1829), Comte de Lameth

Jean Urbain Guérin, ca. 1789-90

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

The Smoker

Frans Hals, ca. 1623-25

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

Oval miniature portrait of a man with brown curly hair and a moustache, wearing a black doublet and white collar, in a gold f

Portrait of a Man, Said to Be Philip Wharton (1613-1696), Fourth Baron Wharton

John Hoskins, 1648

Painting of a red-cloaked charioteer driving horses through clouds beside a woman scattering flowers from a basket.

Apollo and Aurora

Gérard de Lairesse, 1671

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

Oval miniature portrait of a man with shoulder-length hair, white collar and dark coat, against a blue sky with a tree, 1657.

Dr. Brian Walton (born about 1600, died 1661)

John Hoskins, 1657

Oval miniature portrait of a woman in a white dress and veil against a dark wooded background, in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Woman

Etienne Charles Le Guay, ca. 1800

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

Gold-ground altarpiece with an enthroned haloed saint, two standing saints and three kneeling donors in red and pink.

Saint Lawrence Enthroned with Saints and Donors

Filippo Lippi, 1440s

Monochrome brown painting of people gathering manna in a desert camp, with angels above and two bearded prophets in the upper

The Gathering of Manna

Circular portrait of a bearded man in a black beret and dark doublet against a teal background, with date inscription.

Portrait of a Man (Sir Ralph Sadler?)

Hans Holbein the Younger, 1535

Octagonal panel of women around a fountain with hunters and hounds chasing deer through rocky hills under a dark sky.

Ameto's Discovery of the Nymphs

Master of, ca. 1410

Medieval panel of Madonna and Child with a bishop presenting a kneeling donor, with gold throne and flowers.

Madonna and Child with the Donor, Pietro de' Lardi, Presented by Saint Nicholas

Master G.Z., ca. 1420-30

Edward VI (1537-1553), When Duke of Cornwall

Hans Holbein the Younger

Octagonal panel with two shepherds at left and three women in red, pink and yellow robes among rocks and trees.

A Contest between the Shepherds Alcesto and Acaten

Master of, ca. 1410

Two altarpiece wings showing a messenger before a crowned king and a queen bringing gifts, with kneeling donors below.

Abner's Messenger before David; The Queen of Sheba Bringing Gifts to Solomon; The Annunciation

Master of the Saint Barbara Legend, ca. 1480

Round painting of Joseph gesturing to fellow prisoners at a table, with dream vignettes of a basket of birds and a grape vine

Joseph Interpreting the Dreams of His Fellow Prisoners

Master of the Story of Joseph

Virgin and Child enthroned under a canopy with two saints, two harp-playing angels, and a male figure in a garden landscape.

Virgin and Child with Saints Catherine of Alexandria and Barbara

Hans Memling, early 1480s

Interior scene with a nursing mother and infant, a visitor in black, a servant, and a small dog on a marble floor.

The Visit to the Nursery

Gabriel Metsu, 1661

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a black robe holding a paper, with an hourglass and a landscape view behind him.

Portrait of a Man

Moretto da Brescia, ca. 1520-25