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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,247 works

Painting of a curly-haired woman in green velvet playing a lute against a dark background.

Woman Playing a Guitar

Simon Vouet, ca. 1618

Seated woman in a white embroidered gown, lace ruff and pearl necklaces, holding a blue fan against a dark background.

Ellen Maurice (1578-1626)

Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, 1597

Half-length portrait of a bearded man in a dark gown holding a red book against a dark background.

Carlo Rimbotti (1518-1591)

Francesco Salviati, 1548

Portrait of an elderly man in a red velvet cape and cap with white fur trim against a dark background.

Pope Clement X (1590-1676)

Giovanni Battista Gaulli, ca. 1670-71

Oil portrait of a young woman with brown hair resting her hand against her mouth, against a muted background.

Young Woman with Her Hand over Her Mouth

Edgar Degas, ca. 1875

Painting of a woman in a golden gown holding a platter with a severed haloed head, a sword and candle nearby.

Salome with the Head of John the Baptist

Gustave Moreau, ca. 1876

Painting of a toddler in a white turban and green vest kneeling with a ball, pretzel, and marionette doll beside a red bench.

Portrait of a Boy

Louis-Léopold Boilly, ca. 1805

Painting of an elderly bearded man in a brown cloak holding a small white dog against a dark background.

An Old Man with a Dog

Giacomo Ceruti, 1740s

Portrait of a woman in a white shawl and beaded necklaces, gazing upward against a cloudy blue sky.

Joanna de Silva

William Wood, 1792

Painted bust-length portrait study of a man with short curly hair and beard, gazing toward the viewer against a dark olive ba

Bust-Length Study of a Man

François-Auguste Biard, 1848

Painting of a bearded man in a hat and overcoat, pipe in mouth, seated before a pale window on a wooden panel.

A Man Seated and Asleep

Giuseppe Abbati, ca. 1865

Elderly scientist in a dark coat works at a crowded laboratory bench among glass flasks, a microscope, and colored chemicals.

In the Laboratory

Henry Alexander, ca. 1885-87

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a blue coat and red collar, set in a border of faceted gems.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Henry Benbridge, ca. 1780

Miniature enamel portrait of a young boy with curly blond hair and a white collar against a dark background.

Brock Livingston Delaplaine

William Russell Birch, 1817

Portrait of a woman in green dress as a shepherdess, with a white lamb, crook and straw hat, against a dark landscape.

Mary Sylvester

Joseph Blackburn, 1754

Portrait of a woman in a white satin gown and pink shawl resting her arm on a stone ledge before a wooded landscape.

Mrs. Samuel Cutts

Joseph Blackburn, ca. 1762-63

Oval portrait of a mustached man in a dark military uniform with gold epaulettes and a medal, against a brown background.

Luigi Palma di Cesnola

Jacob D. Blondel, 1865

Full-length portrait of a young girl in a brown dress and lace bonnet beside a potted rosebush and a striped cat.

Emma Homan

John Bradley, ca. 1844

Oval miniature of four children in blue and black jackets and a red dress at a stone balustrade before trees.

The Allen Children

John Carlin, 1847

Oil portrait of an elderly man in glasses, grey moustache, and dark suit against a dark brushed background.

Edward Guthrie Kennedy

William Merritt Chase, ca. 1895

Portrait of a man in a blue coat and white waistcoat, leaning on a red chair with a powdered wig against a dark background.

Gulian Verplanck

John Singleton Copley, 1771

Portrait of a seated bald man in a brown patterned silk robe, red waistcoat and blue cap, arm resting on a red chair.

Joseph Sherburne

John Singleton Copley, ca. 1767-70

Oil portrait of a seated woman in white satin and red shawl holding a small spaniel before a dark landscape with trees.

Mrs. Jerathmael Bowers

John Singleton Copley, ca. 1763

Portrait of a man in a white wig and black gown with white bands, hand on chest, beside a column and curtain.

Richard Dana

John Singleton Copley, ca. 1770

Oil portrait of a man in a red-brown coat and white cravat against a dark background, by John Singleton Copley, 1771.

Samuel Verplanck

John Singleton Copley, 1771

Oval miniature portrait of a young man with light curly hair in a dark coat and white cravat against a blue sky.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Thomas Seir Cummings, ca. 1835

Portrait of a woman in a blue gown with lace collar, pearl choker and roses, against a blue sky with a rose bush.

Susannah or Mary Bontecou

John Durand, ca. 1768-70

Painting of a woman in a white feathered hat and brown dress holding a fan against a dark background.

Lady with Fan

Frank Duveneck, 1873

Carmelita Requena

Thomas Eakins, 1869

Elderly man in spectacles and dark suit carefully writing ornate script with a pen at a desk against a dark background.

The Writing Master

Thomas Eakins, 1882