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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,889 works

Painting of a festive procession with riders, gunfire smoke and onlookers in a sunlit walled town street.

Wedding Procession

Victor Eeckhout

Oil study of fan palms and date palms in grassland under a lavender twilight sky.

Study of Palm Trees

Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1855/56

Painted sketch of a crowd in robes before a red tent, with a couple in formal dress and colorful banners overhead.

Sketch for "Reception of Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie by the Kabyle Leaders at Algiers on September 18, 1…

Isidore Pils, ca. 1862-67

Oil study of grey storm clouds over rolling dark hills with a pale unpainted foreground.

Landscape Study with Clouds

Emile Loubon, ca. 1829-31

Painting of a domed church with brick apse and weathered buildings on the Via Sacra, with trees and a walking man in the fore

A Section of the Via Sacra, Rome (The Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian)

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, ca. 1814-15

Quiet interior with a paneled wall, multi-pane window, panelled door, and a patch of light on the wooden floor.

Moonlight, Strandgade 30

Vilhelm Hammershøi, 1900-1906

Painting of a mountain valley under stormy clouds, with dark spruce trees in the foreground and a glowing sunset behind dista

View over Hallingdal

Johan Christian Dahl, 1844

Still life painting of silver and gold vessels, shells, a sword hilt and red velvet cloth on a ledge before a landscape.

Still Life with Silver and Gold Plate, Shells, and a Sword

Meiffren Conte, fourth quarter 17th century

Painting of pansies in yellow, purple and white growing in two terracotta pots against a dark background.

Potted Pansies

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1883

Painting of a striped tiger resting on rocky ground with dark hills and a muted sky behind it.

Tiger in Repose

Antoine-Louis Barye, ca. 1850-65

Still life painting of grape vines with clusters of grapes, peaches, figs, cherries, and three small birds on a dark backgrou

Grape Vines and Fruit, with Three Birds

Bartolomeo Cavarozzi, ca. 1615-18

Dark interior painting of a bearded man pointing at a man counting coins at a table, with onlookers in red and gold robes.

The Calling of Saint Matthew

Giovanni Battista Caracciolo, ca. 1625-30

Nativity scene with the Virgin kneeling by the infant Christ, shepherds approaching, an ox and donkey, and a glowing star ove

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Girolamo da Carpi, ca. 1535-40

Painting of a ruined classical tomb by a lagoon at sunset, with a rowing boat, sailing ship, and small figures.

Imaginary View with a Tomb by the Lagoon

Canaletto, early 1740s

Oil sketch of a brown stag lying on grass, head raised with open mouth, antlers in grey outline on a pale canvas.

Dying Stag

Edwin Landseer, ca. 1830

Painting of a reclining winged youth with laurel wreath, surrounded by musical instruments and books, with a blindfolded cupi

Allegory of Sacred and Profane Love

Michele Desubleo, 1665-75

Painting of the Judgment of Paris: three nude goddesses before a seated youth, with a winged messenger, a child, a dog and sh

Judgment of Paris

Alessandro Turchi, ca. 1640

Still life painting of a woven basket of grapes, figs, pomegranate, peaches and apple with large dark leaves.

Basket of Fruit

Bartolomeo Cavarozzi, ca. 1620

Seated woman nursing an infant with children nearby, sleeping boy in blue, dim landscape and hills behind, oil painting.

Charity

Carlo Cignani, ca. 1680

Painting of a woman with a skull leaning toward a man holding a palm frond, with a turbaned figure in shadow behind.

The Temptation of Saint Mary Magdalen

Johann Liss, ca. 1626

Oil study of a river bank with water reflections and tall wild plants, including broad leaves and a white flower.

Study of Water and Plants

Thomas Fearnley, 1837

Oil sketch of a deep valley with several waterfalls falling down steep brown cliffs under a partly cloudy sky.

Gudvangen

Thomas Fearnley, 1839

Three-panel study with classical figures, winged putti and gilded background in a dark wood frame.

Study for the Ceiling of the Marquand Music Room

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1886

Oil study of a seated nude man with curly hair, twisting on a wooden stool beside a crate against a dark brown background.

Study of a Nude Man

Gustave Courbet, early 1840s

Painting of a river bending past village houses and poplar trees, with two figures on the path and a church tower beyond.

Picquigny

Frits Thaulow, 1899

Still life painting of a flower vase, cut melon, peaches, and grapes on a stone ledge, with a fly on the melon.

Still Life with a Vase of Flowers, Melon, Peaches, and Grapes

marquise de Grollier Charlotte Eustache Sophie de Fuligny Damas, 1780

Painting of children playing battledore and shuttlecock in a red-doored room, watched by a seated woman, with a harbor view t

The Children of Nathan Starr

Ambrose Andrews, 1835

Painting of snow-capped Canadian Rockies rising above a turquoise lake with fallen logs and pine trees in the foreground.

Canadian Rockies (Lake Louise)

Albert Bierstadt, ca. 1889

Painting of Yosemite Valley with granite cliffs, a calm river, pine trees, canoes and grazing horses under cloudy sky.

Merced River, Yosemite Valley

Albert Bierstadt, 1866

Painting of snow-capped mountains above a calm lake with wooded islands and birds in flight.

Mountain Scene

Albert Bierstadt, 1880-90