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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,168 works

Painting of a young woman in a dark headscarf holding a potted plant and a basket of colorful flowers.

The Flower Girl

Charles C. Ingham, 1846

Portrait of a middle-aged man in a blue robe with a hand on his shoulder against red drapery.

A Donor Presented by a Saint

Dieric Bouts, ca. 1460-65

Portrait of a bearded monk in brown robes holding an open book, with a small crucifixion scene in the background.

Brother Gregorio Belo of Vicenza

Lorenzo Lotto, 1547

Seated woman in a pink dress with lace collar, resting her head on her hand beside a carved chair and a red rose.

A Rose

Thomas Anshutz, 1907

Bust-length oil portrait of an older man with white hair in a dark coat and white cravat before green drapery.

George Washington

Gilbert Stuart, begun 1795

Portrait of a boy with curly dark hair and a girl in a white blouse holding red velvet, seated before a dark background.

Michael Angelo and Emma Clara Peale

Rembrandt Peale, ca. 1826

Full-length portrait of a standing man in a dark coat holding a walking stick against a warm brown background.

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

William Merritt Chase, 1885

Portrait of a boy in a red coat seated by a column, holding a chain attached to a gray squirrel, with a landscape behind.

Daniel Crommelin Verplanck

John Singleton Copley, 1771

Painting of a bearded man in white shirt modeling a clay relief in a studio, with a plaster bust on the wall behind him.

Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Kenyon Cox, 1887, replica 1908

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

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a blue silk gown and lace bonnet holding a cherry branch at a table.

Mrs. John Winthrop

John Singleton Copley, 1773

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

Full-length portrait of a man in a dark suit with hands in pockets, head bowed, against a tan background, by Thomas Eakins.

The Thinker: Portrait of Louis N. Kenton

Thomas Eakins, 1900

Portrait of a woman in a yellow bonnet and black dress with green shawl, set against a cloudy landscape.

Euphemia White Van Rensselaer

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1842

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

Portrait of a young woman in a gold gown sketching in a large book on a red sofa, with a classical urn and sunset sky behind

Susan Walker Morse (The Muse)

Samuel Finley Breese Morse, ca. 1836-37

Full-length portrait of a man in blue uniform and yellow breeches leaning on a cannon, with a horse and flag under a dusky sk

George Washington

Charles Willson Peale, ca. 1779-81

Portrait of a woman in black with lace bonnet holding a young girl in a red dress with flowers against dark background.

Mrs. Mayer and Daughter

Ammi Phillips, 1835-40

Portrait of a seated man in a red coat and gray wig, with a landscape of a tree and distant town behind him.

Francis Brinley

John Smibert, 1729

Oil portrait of a seated man in red embroidered uniform with a sword, green drape and bookshelf behind him.

Josef de Jaudenes y Nebot

Gilbert Stuart, 1794

Portrait of a young woman in a jeweled tiara and white gown, with jewelry sketches and handwritten notes beside her.

Queen Victoria

Thomas Sully, 1838

Oil portrait of a woman in blue silk holding a nude toddler, with an orange tree in a terracotta urn beside a window.

Mrs. Francis Brinley and Her Son Francis

John Smibert, 1729

Seated woman in white gold-embroidered gown with feathered headdress, holding a fan beside a red table with books.

Matilda Stoughton de Jaudenes

Gilbert Stuart, 1794

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

Man in worn clothing raising his hat beside a rifle, chair, and Provost Marshal Office sign in a doorway.

A Bit of War History: The Contraband

Thomas Waterman Wood, 1865

Portrait of a young man in a dark velvet doublet and cap, one hand resting on a gilded book beside a red pedestal.

Portrait of a Young Man

Bronzino, 1530s

Painting of a seated woman in a red dress holding fruit, with a patterned yellow chair and floral curtain behind her.

Madame Cézanne (Hortense Fiquet, 1850-1922) in a Red Dress

Paul Cézanne, 1888-90

Painting of a bearded Black Union soldier with a rifle on his shoulder standing beside a Provost Marshal Office door.

A Bit of War History: The Recruit

Thomas Waterman Wood, 1866

Half-length portrait of a bearded Carthusian monk in a white hooded habit against a glowing red background.

Portrait of a Carthusian

Petrus Christus, 1446

Painting of a seated man writing at a red-draped table beside a standing woman in white, with laboratory instruments nearby.

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1794) and Marie Anne Lavoisier (Marie Anne Pierrette Paulze, 1758-1836)

Jacques-Louis David, 1788