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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,775 works

Illuminated initial D showing Saint Agatha's martyrdom, with executioner, soldier with SPQR shield, and seated judge.

Martyrdom of Saint Agatha in an Initial D

Sano di Pietro, ca. 1470-73

Illuminated initial C showing Christ above, an angel blowing a trumpet, and figures rising from tombs below, on gold leaf.

Last Judgment in an Initial C

Lorenzo Monaco, ca. 1406-7

Illuminated initial B with three haloed seated figures in blue above a group of angels, framed by gold foliage and prophets.

The Trinity in an Initial B

Master of the Codex Rossiano, Probably 1387

Illuminated manuscript cutting showing the Ascension of Christ in a gold initial V, with the Virgin and two apostles below.

Ascension in an Initial V

Niccolò di ser Sozzo, ca. 1342-50

Illuminated initial M showing the angel Gabriel kneeling before the Virgin Mary in the Annunciation, with gold haloes and blu

Annunciation in an Initial M

Maestro Daddesco, ca. 1310-15

Friar in brown habit gesturing from a wooden pulpit against a blue background with a red border.

Saint Bernardino Preaching from a Pulpit

Francesco di Giorgio, ca. 1470-75

Two haloed saints stand before a gold Gothic arch while kneeling lay figures in red venerate them, framed by a floral border.

Saint Mark the Evangelist and Saint Sinibaldus Venerated by Members of a Lay Confraternity

Cristoforo Cortese, ca. 1425-34

The Sixteen Luohans

Chen Xian, spurious date of 1634

Tibetan-style mandala painting with a central blue wrathful deity surrounded by red lotus petals, square palace and seated fi

Hevajra Mandala

Sakya School, 16th century

Painted folio of Krishna in a chariot leading a procession of elephants, horses and palanquin bearers in red and gold.

Krishna and the Kshatriya Maidens Proceed to Dvaraka: page from a Bhagavata Purana series

Sa Nana, ca. 1520-30

Head of Krishna: cartoon for a mural of the Raslila

Sahib Ram, ca. 1800

Painted folio of Krishna and Radha seated with attendant women in a garden, with a peacock and red pavilion below.

Krishna and Radha with Their Confidantes: Page from a Dispersed Gita Govinda

Manohar, ca. 1655-60

Painting of blue Krishna dancing on a coiled serpent in water while women and cowherds watch from the bank and cattle graze.

Krishna Subduing Kaliya, the Snake Demon: Folio from a Bhagavata Purana Series

First generation after Manaku and Nainsukh, ca. 1785

Miniature painting of a bearded man with folded hands before blue-skinned Krishna and Radha seated on a gilded throne under a

Raja Balwant Singh’s Vision of Krishna and Radha

Nainsukh, ca. 1745-50

Ink painting of the monk Bodhidharma in flowing robes crossing water on a reed, with calligraphy and red seals above.

Bodhidharma crossing the Yangzi River on a reed

Li Yaofu, before 1317

Ink line drawing of a standing bodhisattva in flowing robes holding a staff, on a hanging scroll with calligraphic inscriptio

Bodhisattva Guanyin in the Form of the Buddha Mother

Chen Hongshou, dated 1620

Handscroll painting of a seated Buddha surrounded by bodhisattvas, celestial beings, and devotees on clouds, with calligraphy

“Universal Gateway,” Chapter 25 of the Lotus Sutra

Sugawara Mitsushige, dated 1257

Hanging scroll of seated Jizō Bodhisattva on a lotus throne with staff, halo, and clouds, in a patterned brocade mount.

Jizō Bosatsu

Hanabusa Itchō, 1667-98

Painting of a Buddha's hand citron branch with yellow finger-like fruit on a gray silk background, with a red seal.

Buddha’s Hand Citron (Busshukan)

Katsushika Hokusai, mid-19th century

Ink and light color drawing of Jizō Bosatsu seated on a cloud playing a flute, with a pale halo behind him.

Jizō Bosatsu Playing a Flute

Kano Tan'yu, mid-17th century

Seated bodhisattva holding a vajra staff on a lotus throne, with a smaller vajra and inscriptions below, in ink and color.

Daishōjin Bosatsu, from “Album of Buddhist Deities from the Diamond World and Womb World Mandalas”

Takuma Tametō, 12th century

Ink hanging scroll of Bodhidharma seated in a robe, with a stern expression, bald head and large earring.

Bodhidharma (Daruma)

Kanō Sanraku, 17th century

Ink painting of white-robed Kannon seated on rocks under a willow, with a golden censer and carp in water below.

White-Robed Kannon

Kawanabe Kyōsai, ca. 1887

Seated Buddha with praying hands beside a snarling horned demon, with orange flames and a pale halo behind, on a rocky cliff.

Shakyamuni Subjugating Demons

Kawanabe Kyōsai, ca. 1888

Painting of bound Christ in a crown of thorns presented before a man in red, with a Gothic town square behind.

Christ Shown to the People

Jan Mostaert, 1510-15

Hanging scroll of seated Kannon in white robes beside a bamboo branch in a blue vase, with a halo behind.

Kannon

Shibata Zeshin, 19th century

Miniature painting of a blue-skinned figure before a seated woman in a courtyard with attendants, a fountain, and a white pav

Page from a Dispersed Rasikapriya (Lover's Breviary)

Painted manuscript leaf with a seated multi-armed deity, attendants, golden stupa and black Sanskrit script in side columns.

Leaves from an Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra

Mahavihara Master, early 12th century

Miniature painting of Radha and Krishna embracing on a green path among flowering trees, peacocks and herons, with a sunset s

Radha and Krishna Walk in a Flowering Grove (recto); Krishna Fluting (verso)

the Kota Master, ca. 1720 (recto); ca. 1750-75 (verso)

Painting of a woman on horseback, a river crossing with boatmen and an ox, and a sage seated in a cave on the right bank.

Radha Crosses a River to Interview a Hindu Sage

Chokha, ca. 1820