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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,907 works

Ink painting of the laughing deity Hotei carrying a sack and staff, with a calligraphic inscription above.

Hotei

Kanō Takanobu, 1616

Ink sketch of Krishna in a river beneath a coiled serpent, with a procession of robed musicians above.

Krishna Subdues the Serpent Kaliya in the Yamuna River: Illustration from a Bhagavata Purana Series

Nainsukh, ca. 1780

Painting of a festive courtyard with an orange canopy, a central throne, white lions, and crowds of turbaned men among palms.

Celebration of the Birth of Krishna (Janamashtami)

Ragunath, ca. 1880-1900

Painted manuscript folio showing seated Bodhisattva Maitreya flanked by attendants, with black script columns on tan paper.

Bodhisattva Maitreya, Folio from a dispersed Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom) Manuscript

Mahavihara Master, early 12th century

Painted manuscript folio of seated green Tara flanked by two attendants, with Sanskrit text in black columns on either side.

Green Tara, Folio from a dispersed Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom) Manuscript

Mahavihara Master, early 12th century

Painted manuscript leaf showing golden seated Bodhisattva Maitreya with attendants, flanked by columns of black Sanskrit scri

Bodhisattva Maitreya, Leaf from a dispersed Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom) Manuscript

Mahavihara Master, early 12th century

Painted folio showing seated White Tara with attendants and flames, flanked by two columns of black Sanskrit text.

White Tara, Folio from a dispersed Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom) Manuscript

Mahavihara Master, early 12th century

Green Tara bestows boons on ecstatic devotees in a painted manuscript folio, with Sanskrit text in black columns on each side

Green Tara Dispensing Boons to Ecstatic Devotees: Folio from a Manuscript of the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfe…

Mahavihara Master, early 12th century

Painted manuscript folio showing Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara in red and white robes among devotees, flanked by columns of bla

The Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara Dispensing Boons: Folio from an Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Manuscript

Mahavihara Master, early 12th century

Ink painting of Bodhidharma, bald and bearded, gazing upward, with calligraphy and a red seal above on a hanging scroll.

Portrait of Daruma

Fūgai Ekun, early 17th century

Painting of Krishna in a tree above bathing women, with herders and cattle on a green hillside, framed in red.

"Krishna Steals the Clothing of the Gopis (Female Cowherds)", Folio from the Devotional Text of the Bhagavata Purana

The Early Master at the Court of Mandi, ca. 1640

Pair of hanging scrolls: gold-on-black moonlit gathering beneath pines, and grey mountain landscape with seated figures aroun

Luring the Sun Goddess Amaterasu Out of a Cave with Music; Death of the Historical Buddha

Kôno Bairei, late 19th century

Hanging scroll of the bodhisattva Monju seated on a lion, drawn in ink with a small red seal at lower right.

Monju on a Lion

Shūsei, late 15th century

Hanging scroll of seated White-Robed Kannon in white robe with gold jewelry, before pine, waterfall and cliffs, with calligra

White-Robed Kannon

Sakai Hōitsu, 1823

Painting of four-armed Vishnu seated on the winged green bird Garuda, holding a lotus, conch and mace, in a decorative border

Vishnu on Garuda

Sajnu, ca. 1810-20

Hanging scroll of Buddhist hell scenes with red demons, flames, a seated judge, and robed figures in a misty landscape.

Scenes of the Buddhist Hell

Shōsai, second half 19th century

Painted album page showing a seated Buddha in a wooden pavilion, with monks in yellow robes praying and Burmese script below.

Scenes from Life of the Buddha

King Mindon, 1880s

Painting of blue-skinned Vishnu Venkateshvara in an ornate crown, flanked by two attendants in red and orange robes.

Vishnu Venkateshvara, Lord of Tirupati

South India Tirupati School, late 18th century

Painting of a red-faced deity with an ornate crown and jewelry holding a lotus, with a small attendant beside him.

Krishna Rajagopalaswamy, king of the cowherds

South India Tirupati School, late 18th century

Painting of a bearded man on a rock gesturing toward light as winged angels in white and red robes surround him.

Moses Shown the Promised Land

Benjamin West, 1801

Saint John writes in a book in red robes beside a haloed eagle, while the Virgin and Child appear in clouds above a lake.

Saint John on Patmos

Hans Baldung Grien, ca. 1511

Medieval painting of the Nativity with Mary, Joseph, the infant Jesus, an ox and donkey, shepherds, and angels above.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Bartolo di Fredi, 1374

Gold-ground painting of the Crucifixion with grieving figures at left and armored soldiers at right.

The Crucifixion

Master of the Codex of Saint George, ca. 1330-35

Painting of Christ wearing a crown of thorns, bare-shouldered, gazing upward against a dark background.

Christ Crowned with Thorns

Antonello da Messina

Gold-ground panel with Christ enthroned above saints with haloes, flanking a circular reliquary, with Latin inscription below

Christ Enthroned with Saints

Bernardo Daddi, ca. 1325

Painting of the Virgin Mary in a red mantle holding the nude infant Christ against a dark green background.

Virgin and Child

Albrecht Dürer, 1516

Painting of a veiled woman in red looking down at a nude infant nursing, against a dark brown background.

Virgin and Child

Anthony van Dyck, ca. 1620

Gilded Gothic triptych showing Christ crowning the Virgin Mary, flanked by standing saints and angels against gold leaf.

The Coronation of the Virgin, and Saints

Giovanni di Tano Fei, 1394

Painting of Saints John the Evangelist and Lawrence with a chalice, open book, palm frond and eagle against a dark background

Saints John the Evangelist and Lawrence

Defendente Ferrari

Virgin and Christ Child standing atop a small chapel, crowned by angels, with a ship and coastline below.

The Translation of the Holy House of Loreto

Saturnino Gatti, ca. 1490