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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

820 works

Still life painting of a summer flower bouquet with roses, phlox and dahlias in a vase on a wooden table.

Summer Flowers

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1880

Ink painting of plum blossom branches with a gnarled trunk, calligraphic inscription and red seals on pale paper.

Plum Blossoms

Painting of a white vase holding a loose bouquet of red poppies, blue cornflowers and wildflowers against a pink background.

Vase of Flowers (Pink Background)

Odilon Redon, ca. 1906

Still life of a dead heron and game birds beside hunting gear, with a stone urn of flowers and a lake landscape behind.

Gamepiece with a Dead Heron

Jan Weenix, 1695

Still life painting of a bouquet of tulips, irises, roses and poppies in a glass vase, with a butterfly on a pink rose.

A Bouquet of Flowers in a Crystal Vase

Nicolaes van Verendael, 1662

Hanging scroll of a white cat beside chrysanthemums with fluttering butterflies and calligraphy in the upper right.

Cat and Butterfly

Xugu, 19th century

Ink drawing of a flowering branch with white blossoms, grey leaves and buds on a pale ground, with a red seal at lower left.

"Refined Elegance in the Four Seasons" (Shiji seiga), Album of Flower Paintings

Yamamoto Baiitsu, 1844

Hanging scroll of two quail beside white and red chrysanthemums and blue gentian flowers on an ochre ground.

Quail and Autumn Flowers

Tosa Mitsuoki, 1667

Full-length painting of a smiling female dancer in a gold and black costume, arms raised, with roses at her feet.

Carmencita

William Merritt Chase, 1890

Painting of a woman walking in a green meadow past white flowering spring trees under a pale blue sky with a moon.

Spring Blossoms, Montclair, New Jersey

George Inness, ca. 1891

Painting of a blue vase with yellow, orange and white lilies on a table beside a paint tube, against blue drapery.

Vase of Flowers

Preston Dickinson, 1926

Painting of children reaching for a bouquet in a crowded Victorian dining room with a woman seated beside a table.

The Contest for the Bouquet: The Family of Robert Gordon in Their New York Dining-Room

Seymour Joseph Guy, 1866

Four gold-leaf panels showing a gnarled plum tree in blossom above rocks, with an azalea at left.

Old Plum

Kanō Sansetsu, 1646

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

Painting of a large bouquet of mixed flowers in a bowl beside a seated woman in a lace bonnet resting her chin on her hand.

A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?)

Edgar Degas, 1865

Painting of blue irises with green leaves in a white pitcher on a green table against a pale background.

Irises

Vincent van Gogh, 1890

Hanging scroll of plum blossoms in ink rising from a dark rock, with calligraphy and red seals at upper left.

Plum Blossoms

Ki-en, 1734

Painting of a young girl with a halo kneeling in prayer beside a lily, roses, a basket of linen and pink drapery.

The Young Virgin

Francisco de Zurbarán, ca. 1632-33

Still life painting of a glass vase holding a dense bouquet of roses, tulips and irises on a dark background, with a butterfl

A Bouquet of Flowers

Clara Peeters, ca. 1612

Ochre-toned painting of a seated nymph gathering grapes beside a vessel, with putti carrying fruit and an amphora on a dark g

Nymph and Putti in a Vintage Scene; Nymph with a Wreath and Putti with Garlands of Flowers

Piat Joseph Sauvage, 1763

Painting of Flora and Zephyr embracing in a garden with cupids scattering flowers beneath a stone urn.

Flora and Zephyr

Jacopo Amigoni, 1730s

Painted blue and gold urn of mixed flowers set in a marbled niche, with loose blossoms on the ledge.

Vase of Flowers in a Niche

Michel Bruno Bellengé

Folding screen with ink painting of a gnarled plum tree in bud against gold leaf, in a dark wooden frame.

Plum Blossoms

Keibun, 1823

Oil painting of an overflowing wicker basket of roses, tulips, and marigolds with scattered flowers on a table.

A Basket of Flowers

Jan Brueghel the Younger, probably 1620s

Angel Gabriel kneels in a garden before the Virgin Mary in a Gothic doorway as a dove and lily appear.

The Annunciation

Petrus Christus, ca. 1445

Two girls in a sunlit room, one arranging wildflowers in a metal vase while the other holds a small bouquet.

Flowers of the Field

Francis Luis Mora, 1913

Painting of a dense cluster of white spring blossoms spilling from a dark vase against a pale background.

Spring Flowers

Gustave Courbet, ca. 1855-60

Painting of a flowering apple orchard with a grazing cow and resting figures under a cloudy blue sky.

Apple Blossoms

Charles-François Daubigny, 1873

Painting of a blue urn overflowing with roses, tulips, irises and poppies, with grapes and peaches below, on gold ground.

Flowers in a Blue Vase

Willem van Leen, 1750

Portrait of a young woman in white silk with a sheer veil, holding a bouquet of roses and cornflowers beside a carved table.

Portrait of a Young Woman as a Vestal Virgin

François-Hubert Drouais, 1767