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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,775 works

Tibetan thangka showing a Raktayamari mandala with a central wrathful deity, surrounded by concentric rings and seated figure

Mandala of Raktayamari

Mikyo Dorje, late 14th century

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ in a blue mantle before red drapery, with a town and mountains at left.

Madonna and Child

Giovanni Bellini, late 1480s

Three male figures in a rocky landscape with a skull, crown of thorns, inscribed tablets, and a hilltop town behind.

The Meditation on the Passion

Vittore Carpaccio, ca. 1490

Oil painting of the Virgin Mary crowned by two seated figures, with a dove above and musician angels on clouds below.

The Coronation of the Virgin

Annibale Carracci, after 1595

Painting of a woman in blue robes nursing an infant in a forest landscape, with travelers and a castle in the distance.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Gerard David, ca. 1512-15

Painting of Saint Anne in a white veil behind Mary in a pink dress, who looks down at the sleeping Christ Child against green

Virgin and Child with Saint Anne

Albrecht Dürer, probably 1519

Diptych: left panel shows the Crucifixion with mourners and soldiers; right panel shows the Last Judgment with Christ enthron

The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment

Jan van Eyck, ca. 1436-38

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

Triptych with the Crucifixion in the center and saints in landscape settings on the side panels, gold frames.

The Crucifixion with Saints and a Donor

Joos van Cleve, ca. 1520

Virgin and Child with a reading infant beside a pomegranate, in an arched loggia overlooking a walled town.

Madonna and Child

Filippino Lippi, ca. 1483-84

Mantegna's Adoration of the Shepherds: Mary kneels before the Christ Child as shepherds and a kneeling man gather in a rocky

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Andrea Mantegna, shortly after 1450

Painting of the Virgin Mary in pink and blue robes standing on a crescent moon, flanked by angels, with cherubs in clouds bel

The Immaculate Conception

Guido Reni, 1627

Painting of the Holy Family with a kneeling woman kissing the Christ Child's hand, an elderly woman with fruit, and a bearded

The Holy Family with Saints Anne and Catherine of Alexandria

Jusepe de Ribera, 1648

Painting of the Annunciation: an angel in brocade robes speaks to the Virgin Mary beside a lily and open book in a red-canopi

The Annunciation

Hans Memling, ca. 1465-70

Gold-ground painting of a bearded saint in a pink robe holding a red book, with a haloed nimbus and gilded frame.

Saint Andrew

Simone Martini, ca. 1326

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

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

Standing ruler with halo and prayer beads beside a lion and calf, with angels playing music in clouds above.

"Akbar With Lion and Calf", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

Govardhan, verso: ca. 1630; recto: ca. 1530-50

Medieval painting of the Adoration of the Magi with Mary, the Christ Child, kneeling kings, and gilded haloes.

The Adoration of the Magi

Bartolo di Fredi, ca. 1390

Gold-ground panel of Christ crowning the Virgin Mary, surrounded by angels, with musician angels playing instruments below.

The Coronation of the Virgin

Niccolò di Buonaccorso, ca. 1380

Painting of Saint Anthony the Abbot with a golden halo and staff in a barren landscape with a church and animals.

Saint Anthony the Abbot in the Wilderness

Sano di Pietro, ca. 1440

Panel painting: God creates the round world in blue spheres, while an angel expels nude Adam and Eve from a garden of orange

The Creation of the World and the Expulsion from Paradise

Giovanni di Paolo, 1445

Gold-ground arched panel of the Madonna in blue mantle holding fruit, with the Christ Child reaching toward it.

Madonna and Child

Benvenuto di Giovanni, ca. 1475-85

Gold-ground panel of the Virgin Mary seated in a mandorla, flanked by winged angels in pink, green, and blue robes.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Bernardo Daddi, 1337-38

Panel painting of an angel addressing an elderly priest at a temple altar, with onlookers and a domed Gothic building.

The Annunciation to Zacharias; (verso) The Angel of the Annunciation

Giovanni di Paolo, ca. 1455-60

Gilded panel painting of the Nativity with kneeling Mary, the infant Christ in a manger, ox, donkey, shepherds and an angel.

The Nativity

Lorenzo Monaco, ca. 1406-10

Painting of the Annunciation: a winged angel with a lily approaches a kneeling Virgin in a columned interior.

The Annunciation

Sandro Botticelli, ca. 1490

Painting of Christ crowning the Virgin Mary on a gold-patterned throne, with angels playing music below.

Coronation of the Virgin

Giovanni di Paolo, ca. 1455

Medieval painting of a banquet where a severed head is served on a platter while guests watch and an executioner stands nearb

The Feast of Herod and the Beheading of the Baptist

Giovanni Baronzio, ca. 1330-35

Two bearded saints with gold halos stand against a gold background, one in a red patterned mantle holding a book.

Saints Bartholomew and Simon

Master of Saint Francis, ca. 1272