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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,970 works

Multi-panel medieval altarpiece showing scenes of a feast, a church with angels, and figures in a town and landscape.

The Life and Miracles of Saint Godelieve

Master of the Saint Godelieve Legend

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

Round painting of Joseph gesturing to fellow prisoners at a table, with dream vignettes of a basket of birds and a grape vine

Joseph Interpreting the Dreams of His Fellow Prisoners

Master of the Story of Joseph

Painting of a woman in a headscarf leading two cows along a wet muddy path across a flat grassy pasture under grey sky.

Changing Pasture

Anton Mauve, ca. 1880

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

Gathering Wood

Painting of a shepherd with a dog leading a sheep flock along a muddy track beside a plowed field under a grey sky.

The Return to the Fold

Painting of a shepherdess carrying a lamb and leading sheep along a dirt road across a flat landscape at dusk.

A Shepherdess and Her Flock

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

Virgin and Child enthroned under a canopy with two saints, two harp-playing angels, and a male figure in a garden landscape.

Virgin and Child with Saints Catherine of Alexandria and Barbara

Hans Memling, early 1480s

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 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

Half-length portrait of a man in a brown cloak and white shirt holding a yellow book against an olive background.

Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717-1768)

Anton Raphael Mengs, ca. 1777

Interior scene of a musical party with a woman in orange, a cellist, a man at a window, and a standing woman in an archway.

A Musical Party

Gabriel Metsu, 1659

Interior scene with a nursing mother and infant, a visitor in black, a servant, and a small dog on a marble floor.

The Visit to the Nursery

Gabriel Metsu, 1661

Man smoking a clay pipe at a table beside a woman in a white headcloth holding a pewter jug, in a dim interior.

Tavern Scene

Woman in dark dress at a stone window holding a peach, with fruit dish, book, grapevine and birdcage nearby.

A Woman Seated at a Window

Gabriel Metsu, early 1660s

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with upswept dark hair, wearing a pink dress and pearls, in a gold frame.

Hannah Mahady

Jeremiah Meyer, ca. 1760

Painting of ragged townsfolk beside a bread cart with loaves, a seated woman, and boys before brick houses.

The Baker's Cart

Jean Michelin, 1656

Painting of the Marriage of the Virgin: Joseph offers a ring to Mary as suitors with rods gather beneath Gothic arches.

The Marriage of the Virgin

Michelino da Besozzo, ca. 1430

Dark pastoral landscape with tall trees, a rider on a white horse, sheep and figures, under a cloudy sky with mountains.

Landscape with a Battle between Two Rams

Jan Miel, ca. 1640

Portrait of a woman in a black embroidered gown and large white ruff, with a heraldic shield at upper right.

Margaretha van Clootwijk (born about 1580/81, died 1662)

Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt, 1639

Half-length portrait of an elderly bearded man in a white ruff and black garment, with a red coat of arms at upper left.

Jacob van Dalen (1570-1644), Called Vallensis

Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt, 1640

Half-length portrait of a woman in a black dress with a white lace collar, pearl necklace and cap, against a dark background.

Portrait of a Woman with a Lace Collar

Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt, ca. 1632-35

Night scene of a woman playing lute beside a man in a red cloak, with a boy and another man in shadow.

The Serenade

Frans van Mieris the Elder, ca. 1678-80

Portrait of a man in a white wig and red cloak beside a flower vase, with a wooded landscape behind him.

Portrait of a Man

Arnold Boonen, ca. 1720

Full-length portrait of a man in red embroidered dress holding a jeweled crown and scepter beside green drapery and a marble

Charles I (1600-1649), King of England

Daniël Mijtens, 1629

Painting of a wooded landscape with rocky mountains, a standing figure with staff pointing to a seated figure by water.

Mercury and Battus

Francisque Millet

Silhouetted herdsman blowing a horn on a hill at sunset, with cows gathering in the orange-lit landscape below.

Calling the Cows Home

Jean-François Millet, ca. 1872