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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

32,885 works

Woman with laundry bundle guides a child down riverside steps, with a glowing row of buildings behind them.

The Laundress

Honoré Daumier, 186[3?]

Dark painted landscape with a mounted knight holding a lance beside a dead mule lying in the foreground.

Don Quixote and the Dead Mule

Honoré Daumier, after 1864

Dark painting of two men drinking at a wooden table under a tree, with a dog lying in the shadows below.

The Drinkers

Honoré Daumier, by 1861

Two panels of the Annunciation: an angel with a sceptre on the left, and the kneeling Virgin with a dove above on the right.

The Annunciation

Gerard David, 1506

Crucifixion scene with Christ at center, Virgin Mary in blue at left, kneeling woman in green, and a bishop in red at right.

The Crucifixion

Gerard David, ca. 1495

Triptych of the Nativity with angels, Mary, Joseph and infant Christ, flanked by saints Jerome and Leonard and kneeling donor

The Nativity with Donors and Saints Jerome and Leonard

Gerard David, ca. 1510-15

Painting of the Nativity with Mary, Joseph, the Christ Child, kneeling angels, a shepherd, a donkey and an ox in ruined arche

The Nativity

Gerard David, early 1480s

Painting of the Virgin holding the Christ child under a golden crown held by two angels, with musician angels and a city behi

Virgin and Child with Four Angels

Gerard David, ca. 1510-15

Painting of the Virgin and Child receiving a kneeling king with a golden gift, attendants in rich robes, a dog, and a castle

The Adoration of the Magi

Gerard David, ca. 1520

Full-length portrait of a standing officer in dark blue uniform with medals, holding a letter and plumed hat before red drape

General Étienne-Maurice Gérard (1773-1852)

Jacques-Louis David, 1816

Oil sketch of two children's heads with dark curly hair and loose brushwork against a muted brown background.

Head of a Child

Jacques-Louis David

Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte (1778-1851), Daughter of Louis XVI

Jacques Joseph de Gault, 1795

Three monkeys in dark and light period clothing inspect a landscape canvas in a cluttered studio; a man in grey stands at the

The Experts

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, 1837

Oil painting of a shadowy city street with an archway, horses, and figures helping a man lying on a cloth.

The Good Samaritan

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, by 1853

Painting of turbaned horsemen with muskets galloping through a sunlit arched street beneath an ornate balcony.

The Turkish Patrol

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, ca. 1855-56

Painting of an elderly woman in a yellow shawl seated beside a large amphora, with a palm tree and rooftops behind her.

The Old Italian Woman

Edgar Degas, 1857

Painting of a bearded man in a black hat sorting prints from a green folder, with botanical sheets and a white horse figure n

The Collector of Prints

Edgar Degas, 1866

Two ballet dancers in white tutus practice at a barre in a studio with a yellow wall and wooden floor.

Dancers Practicing at the Barre

Edgar Degas, 1877

Painting of four ballet dancers in green tutus adjusting their hair and costumes in a backstage area beside a pillar.

Dancers, Pink and Green

Edgar Degas, ca. 1890

Painting of ballet dancers in a studio with a violinist, a tall mirror, and a wooden floor, by Edgar Degas.

The Dancing Class

Edgar Degas, ca. 1870

Seated man in dark coat with cane in a studio, with paintings and an easel behind him.

James-Jacques-Joseph Tissot (1836-1902)

Edgar Degas, ca. 1867-68

Joseph-Henri Altès (1826-1895)

Edgar Degas, 1868

Painting of a seated woman in a dark dress in a room with a sofa, curtain, and window showing green garden foliage.

Madame Théodore Gobillard (Yves Morisot, 1838-1893)

Edgar Degas, 1869

Painting of a seated woman in a gray dress and black shawl against a warm ochre patterned wall.

Portrait of a Woman in Gray

Edgar Degas, ca. 1865

Oil portrait of a young woman with dark hair in a white blouse, seated before a pale background with rose brushstrokes.

Portrait of a Young Woman

Edgar Degas, ca. 1885

Woman in grey dress leans toward a hunched man at a desk with papers, beneath a racing painting on a wood-paneled wall.

Sulking

Edgar Degas, ca. 1870

Painting of two bearded men in dark suits standing in a dim interior beside a framed picture on the wall.

Two Men

Edgar Degas, ca. 1865-69

Painting of a woman in red leaning over a table to iron white cloth beside a bright window.

A Woman Ironing

Edgar Degas, 1873

Painting of a storm-tossed boat with a haloed sleeping figure in the stern and terrified men struggling on dark green waves.

Christ Asleep during the Tempest

Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1853

Painting of a shaded garden with a stone bench among tall trees and hollyhocks beside a dirt path.

George Sand's Garden at Nohant

Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1842-43