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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,313 works

Virgin Mary holds a child who reaches for grapes, with a fruit basket and a wide landscape of cliffs and a river behind.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Jan Matsys, 1537-40

Panel painting of a haloed nude saint bound on a grill, surrounded by robed onlookers against a gold background.

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence; (reverse) Giving Drink to the Thirsty

Master of the Acts of Mercy

Portrait of an elderly man in black cap and fur-trimmed robe with gold chain, hands resting on red patterned cloth.

Jan (1438/41-1516), First Count of Egmond; Magdalena, Countess of Egmond (1464-1538)

North Netherlandish Painter

Painting of a young woman in a brown vest looking into a mirror she holds, her reflection visible in the glass against a dark

The Sense of Sight

Master of the Annunciation to the Shepherds

Medieval painting of the Crucifixion with Christ on the cross, mourning women on the left, a saint with a book on the right,

The Crucifixion

Master of the Berswordt Altar, ca. 1400

Two haloed saints on a gold background: a bishop with mitre and crozier, and a figure in black robe with red cap and book.

Saint Adalbert and Saint Procopius

Master of Eggenburg, ca. 1490-1500

Painted scene of men lowering a haloed figure in red robes into a stone tomb within a Gothic church interior.

The Burial of Saint Wenceslas

Master of Eggenburg, ca. 1490-1500

Gold-ground painting of Christ on the cross with angels, grieving women kneeling below, and soldiers on horseback at right.

The Crucifixion

Fra Angelico, ca. 1420-23

Painting of the Virgin holding the Christ Child in an arched niche, she wears a pink gown and teal cloak with gold halo.

Madonna and Child

Master of the Lanckoronski Annunciation

Medieval-style painting of the Virgin Mary nursing the Christ child, in a blue mantle against a gold background with Latin in

Virgin and Child

Netherlandish Painter

Half-length Madonna in dark veil and gold halo, with one hand raised to her chest, painted on a fragment of panel.

Madonna and Child

Master of the Magdalen, ca. 1280

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding and kissing the Christ Child, with a red mantle and a blue hilly landscape behind them.

Virgin and Child

Master of the Mansi Magdalen

Gold-ground panel with three stacked scenes: an angel greeting Mary, the Nativity with angels, and the Magi adoring the Chris

Saints and Scenes from the Life of the Virgin

Master of Monte Oliveto, ca. 1320

Gold-ground painted crucifix with Christ on a blue cross, the Virgin and Saint John in roundels, and two haloed friars.

Crucifix

Don Silvestro dei Gherarducci, 1370-75

Painting of Christ's frontal head with a gold halo, two blue-robed angels above, and gilded background.

Head of Christ

Don Silvestro dei Gherarducci

Grisaille painting of the Madonna and Child with infant John the Baptist and angels beneath a dove in a starry sky.

Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and Angels

Master called Pseudo-Pier Francesco Fiorentino

Portrait of a young man in dark cap and gown holding an open book, with a Gothic church and townscape behind him.

Young Man Holding a Book

Master of the View of Saint Gudula, ca. 1480

Painting of the Virgin nursing the infant Christ, in red robe and blue mantle, against an incised gold background in an arche

Virgin and Child

Follower of Rogier van der Weyden

Painting of the dead Christ on the ground surrounded by grieving figures in red, blue and black robes before a rocky landscap

The Lamentation

Master of the Virgin among Virgins

Black-and-white image of a Madonna and Child flanked by a bearded saint reading a book and a woman holding a vessel.

Madonna and Child with Saints Jerome and Mary Magdalen

Matteo di Giovanni di Bartolo

Painting of a man on a horse-drawn cart loaded with firewood on a muddy path beside bare trees.

Gathering Wood

Black and white image of sheep crossing a stream at dusk, with a shepherd and dark trees behind them.

Twilight

Full-length portrait of a young girl in a black dress with a lace collar, beside a red chair and a small white dog.

María Teresa (1638-1683), Infanta of Spain

Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo, 1646

Oil painting of four men in period dress playing cards in a dim wooden room, one holding a pipe, another with a sword.

The Card Players

Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier, 1863

Man in a wide-brimmed hat and red boots singing while playing a long-necked theorbo in a warmly lit interior.

Soldier Playing the Theorbo

Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier, 1865

Painted portrait of an elderly man with grey hair, dark brown robe and clasped hands against a dark background.

Portrait of an Old Man

Hans Memling, ca. 1475

Portrait of a young woman in red velvet holding a pink flower, framed by an arched opening with a landscape behind her.

Young Woman with a Pink

Hans Memling, ca. 1485-90

Gilded panel of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ, flanked by saints and angels under a Gothic pinnacle.

Madonna and Child with Saints and Angels

Lippo Memmi, ca. 1350

Gilded altarpiece panel of Saint Clare in a dark veil and brown habit holding a red book against a gold background.

Saint Clare

Lippo Memmi, ca. 1330

Painting of Saint Paul with halo, holding a sword and a book, set against a gold background within a gothic arch.

Saint Paul

Lippo Memmi, ca. 1330