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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,247 works

Oval miniature portrait of a young man with curly hair in a dark coat and white cravat, framed with seed pearls.

Benjamin Kintzing

Benjamin Trott, ca. 1815

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with curly dark hair, white lace-trimmed dress and orange shawl, in a gold pendant frame.

Mrs. Nathaniel Chapman (Rebekah Biddle)

Benjamin Trott, ca. 1815

Oil portrait of a man with grey powdered hair, white ruffled cravat and dark coat against a dark background.

Alexander Hamilton

John Trumbull, 1804-6

Full-length portrait of a uniformed officer beside a horse, with a soldier, cannon and distant battle under a stormy sky.

George Washington before the Battle of Trenton

John Trumbull, ca. 1792-94

Oval portrait of a man with grey curly hair, white ruffled cravat and blue jacket against a turquoise background.

Giuseppe Ceracchi

John Trumbull, ca. 1792

Oval portrait of a man in a powdered wig, blue coat and white cravat against a grey background, with a yellow border.

Thomas Jefferson

John Trumbull, 1788

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a silver satin gown and blue wrap, holding a small dish, before a dark tree landscape.

Portrait of a Woman, Called Maria Taylor Byrd

Godfrey Kneller, 1700-1725

Oil portrait of a gray-haired man in a dark military coat with gold epaulettes against a brown background.

General Andrew Jackson

Samuel Lovett Waldo, 1819

Group portrait of four children in an interior with red drapery, a spaniel, and a girl in a white dress with coral beads.

The Knapp Children

Samuel Lovett Waldo, ca. 1833-34

Portrait of a young woman in a pink dress and gold shawl, leaning on a ledge before a blue landscape.

Sarah Ursula Rose

Benjamin West, 1756

Full-length portrait of a man in black costume, plumed hat and white stockings against a dark background.

Arrangement in Black, No. 3: Sir Henry Irving as Philip II of Spain

James McNeill Whistler, 1876, reworked 1885

Oil portrait of a man in a powdered wig and brown coat with white cravat against a dark background.

Joseph Reade

John Wollaston, 1749-52

Half-length portrait of a woman in a blue-green silk gown, white lace bonnet and ribbon bow, against a dark background.

Mrs. Joseph Reade

John Wollaston, ca. 1749-52

Portrait of a young man in a gray coat with gold braid, standing before a wooded landscape with a cloudy sky.

William Axtell

John Wollaston, ca. 1749-52

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a powdered wig, white cravat and tan coat against a blue sky, in a gold frame.

Elijah Boardman

John Ramage, ca. 1790

Oval miniature portrait of a young boy with curly hair in a dark jacket and white shirt, set in a gilt frame inside an open l

Joseph Stevens Buckminster Thacher

George Harvey, ca. 1829

Open velvet case showing a miniature portrait of a man in a black coat and cravat against a cloudy sky.

Christopher Grant Perry

Richard Morrell Staigg, 1840

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with curled hair, pearl tiara, red shawl and flower basket, in an open red case.

Mrs. Daniel Parkman (Mary George McDonough)

Anthony Meucci, ca. 1825

Oval miniature portrait of an elderly man with white hair in a red coat with blue facings, in a gilt brooch frame.

John Maunsell

John Ramage, ca. 1785

Seated woman in green dress holding open book, with feathered headpiece and rural landscape with church behind her.

Esther Boardman

Ralph Earl, 1789

Oval miniature portrait of a man with curly dark hair in a black coat and cravat, set in an ornate gold frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Ezra Atherton, 1840

Miniature portrait of a young boy in a dark jacket and blue bow tie, leaning on a column, in an open red case.

Portrait of a Young Man

John Henry Brown, 1854

Oval miniature portrait of an older woman in a white bonnet with a blue rosette, before red drapery and a landscape.

Portrait of a Lady

Robert Field, ca. 1800

Oval portrait miniature of a woman with curly auburn hair and pearls, in a white dress, within an engraved gold frame.

Mrs. Abijah Cheever (Elizabeth Scott)

Nathaniel Hancock, ca. 1795

Oval miniature portrait of a grey-haired man in a dark coat and white cravat, set in a gold and pearl pendant frame.

George Bethune

Edward Greene Malbone, ca. 1800

Oval miniature portrait of a gentleman with curly brown hair, black coat, and white cravat in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Raphaelle Peale, ca. 1800

Oval miniature portrait of a bespectacled man with dark curly hair in a black coat, against a blue sky, in a gold frame.

L. P. Church

William A. Watkins, 1834

Miniature portrait of a woman in a black bonnet and lace collar, set in a gold mat inside an open green-lined case.

Mary Kellogg

James Whitehorne, ca. 1838

Oval miniature of a gentleman with powdered hair in a rose-brown coat, set in a gold frame edged with red stones.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Henry Benbridge, ca. 1770

Full-length portrait of a man in a navy uniform with gold braid, pointing toward a sailing ship at sea under a stormy sky.

Captain John Gell

Gilbert Stuart, 1785