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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Painting of a medieval court scene with figures in red and white robes, a wolfhound, and a crowd of courtiers in a carved hal

"King Lear," Act I, Scene I

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1898

Painting of snowy mountains above a valley with a waterfall, lake, and a camp of tepees and horses in the foreground.

The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak

Albert Bierstadt, 1863

Two men in a canoe on a misty river, one paddling and one reclining, with a black cat at the bow under a pale sky.

Fur Traders Descending the Missouri

George Caleb Bingham, 1845

Woman in a blue dress reading in a chair beside a sleeping setter dog on a rug, with a yellow curtain behind her.

The Artist's Wife and His Setter Dog

Thomas Eakins, ca. 1884-89

Portrait of a seated woman in pink dress with feathered hat, holding a fan, with a parrot, black cat and butterflies.

Molly Wales Fobes

Rufus Hathaway, 1790

Painting of Niagara Falls framed by trees, with a beaver, deer and snake in the foreground and verses printed in the border.

The Falls of Niagara

Edward Hicks, ca. 1825

Painting of two seated men playing chess while a standing man watches, in a dim wood-paneled room with a red carpet and a cat

The Chess Players

Thomas Eakins, 1876

Full-length portrait of two children, a boy in a dark suit and a girl in white, with a red cardinal and strawberries.

Edward and Sarah Rutter

Joshua Johnson, ca. 1805

Full-length portrait of a man in a blue military coat beside a figure in a red turban, with a harbor and ships behind.

George Washington and William Lee (George Washington)

John Trumbull, 1780

Two finches on bamboo branches beside a rock, painted on golden silk with red seal stamps around the edges.

Finches and bamboo

Emperor Huizong ), early 12th century

Six-panel screen of ink gibbons climbing bare trees above rocks, waves and a pale moon on gold paper.

Gibbons in a Landscape

Sesson Shūkei, ca. 1570

Courtly painting of a seated ruler under a canopy, with a decorated horse, armed guards, musicians and attendants.

Maharana Sarup Singh Inspects a Prize Stallion

Tara, 1845-46

Painting of a rider in yellow brocade on a rearing black horse, with a gold halo and an attendant walking beside.

Maharana Sangram Singh Riding a Prize Stallion

Stipple Master, ca. 1712

Painting of three nude women before an armored knight and a bearded man beneath an oak, with Cupid overhead and a castle land

The Judgment of Paris

Lucas Cranach the Elder, ca. 1528

Oil portrait of a woman with pearl-studded powdered hair and a ruffled gown, holding a small white dog with a blue ribbon.

Marie Emilie Coignet de Courson (1716-1806) with a Dog

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, ca. 1769

Nativity painting with the Virgin resting, the Christ Child in a manger, crowned Magi, angels and animals on gold ground.

The Adoration of the Magi

Giotto di Bondone, possibly ca. 1320

Circular painting of a winged figure atop a sphere, with armored horsemen and animals in a rocky landscape below.

The Triumph of Fame; (reverse) Impresa of the Medici Family and Arms of the Medici and Tornabuoni Families

Giovanni di ser Giovanni Guidi, ca. 1449

Full-length portrait of a boy in red with a lace collar, holding a string to a magpie, with cats and a birdcage beside him.

Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuñiga (1784-1792)

Francisco Goya, 1787-88

Painting of nude men, centaurs and satyrs hunting wild animals in a forest, with fire and smoke in the distance.

A Hunting Scene

Piero di Cosimo, ca. 1494-1500

Painting of soldiers seizing women amid a panicked crowd in a classical city square under a stormy sky.

The Abduction of the Sabine Women

Nicolas Poussin, probably 1633-34

Full-length portrait of a young officer in a red coat leaning on a tree beside a brown horse.

Captain George K. H. Coussmaker (1759-1801)

Joshua Reynolds, 1782

Merry company feasting and making music on a leafy terrace, with a child and spaniel, a songbird cage and a boy on a ladder.

Merry Company on a Terrace

Jan Steen, ca. 1670

Tiepolo sketch of mythological gods, putti, horses and a chariot in clouds, framed by painted figures and ornament.

Allegory of the Planets and Continents

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1752

Painting of Venus embracing Adonis, with a cupid, hunting dogs, and a rainbow over a dark forest landscape.

Venus and Adonis

Titian, 1550s

Painting of Venus embracing Mars in armor beside a grey horse, with two cupids and classical ruins in a landscape.

Mars and Venus United by Love

Paolo Veronese, 1570s

Painting of the Crucifixion with three crosses on gold ground, mourning women below and armored soldiers on horseback at righ

The Crucifixion

Pietro Lorenzetti, 1340s

Painting of a woman being carried away on a grey horse by a turbaned rider, with a burning city and smoke behind.

The Abduction of Rebecca

Eugène Delacroix, 1846

Painting of a seated woman in black with two girls in blue dresses and a dog in a richly decorated interior.

Madame Georges Charpentier (Marguerite-Louise Lemonnier, 1848-1904) and Her Children, Georgette-Berthe (1872-1945) an…

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1878

Painting of three young women and a child in a rocky green valley with two cows and a dog, by Gustave Courbet.

Young Ladies of the Village

Gustave Courbet, 1851-52

Painting of a lion feeding on prey in a lush jungle with yellow and blue flowers and a rising moon.

The Repast of the Lion

Henri Rousseau, ca. 1907