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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,907 works

Gold-ground polyptych with the Madonna and Child enthroned at center, flanked by saints in Gothic arched panels.

Madonna and Child with Saints

Giovanni di Paolo, 1454

Tempera painting of the Madonna and Child flanked by two angels, with a small kneeling donor in the lower left corner.

Madonna and Child with Two Angels and a Donor

Giovanni di Paolo, ca. 1445

Black and white image of a gabled panel showing the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child, with a dove above and gold patterne

Madonna and Child

Lippo di Benivieni

Painted panel of a crowned female saint with halo and palm frond against a gold background, c. 1342.

Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Pietro Lorenzetti, ca. 1342

Painting of the Virgin kneeling in prayer among trees and rocks, with a gilded Gothic background and carved frame.

The Virgin

Spanish Painter

Icon of the Dormition of the Virgin: Mary lies on a bier surrounded by apostles, bishops and angels under a gold background.

The Dormition of the Virgin

Triptych-style panel with Saint John on Patmos, an enthroned Madonna and Child, and the Death of the Virgin with mourning apo

Saint John on Patmos, Madonna and Child Enthroned, and Death of the Virgin; The Crucifixion

Pacino di Bonaguida

Gilded processional cross with a painted crucifixion of Christ and small figures in ornate scrolled frames.

Processional Crucifix

Pietro di Francesco Orioli, ca. 1480s

Three painted panels showing the Mass of Saint Gregory, Saint Michael slaying a dragon, and Saint Jerome with a lion.

Saint Michael; The Mass of Saint Gregory; Saint Jerome

Master of the Saint Catherine Legend

Black and white view of an icon showing four standing saints, one with large angel wings, under Cyrillic inscriptions.

Panel from a Saints' Calendar (painted on both sides)

Russian Painter

Painting of a haloed bishop gesturing beside a seated woman at a table, with a wine barrel and gold brocade in an interior.

Saint Remigius Replenishing the Barrel of Wine; (interior) Saint Remigius and the Burning Wheat

Swiss Painter, ca. 1500-1505

Painting of a bishop in white vestments celebrating Mass in a columned hall, with attendants, a kneeling bread offering, and

The Mass of Saint Basil

Pierre Subleyras, 1746

Painting of the Annunciation: an angel with a sceptre kneels at left before the Virgin Mary at a lectern in a tiled room.

The Annunciation

South German Painter, 1440-50

Painting of the Virgin Mary with a golden halo surrounded by robed apostles holding a candle, palm and book.

The Dormition of the Virgin; (reverse) Christ Carrying the Cross

Hans Leonhard Schäufelein, ca. 1510

Painted interior with a coffered ceiling, draped curtains, and robed figures seated among children in a patterned room.

Egyptian Scene (possibly Moses and Zipporah)

Erastus Salisbury Field, 1865-80

Oil portrait of a man in a dark double-breasted coat and white collar, seated beside a red upholstered chair.

Moses Pond

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1832

Painting of a winged angel holding a glowing light above a sleeping veiled woman beside a dark forest.

Mercy's Dream

Daniel Huntington, 1858

Dim painting of the Madonna and Child with a small figure of Saint John at right, in loose dark brushwork.

Madonna and Child and Little Saint John

Robert Loftin Newman, by 1894

Painting of Hagar and an angel pointing upward while Ishmael sits slumped beside her beneath a stormy sky.

Hagar and Ishmael

Benjamin West, 1776, reworked 1803

Painting of a crowned Virgin in red holding a child, flanked by two angels in dark gowns and two kneeling infants.

Nuestra Señora de los Desamparados (Our Lady of the Forsaken)

Spanish Painter, 18th century

Panel painting of the Adoration of the Magi with Mary, the Christ Child, kneeling kings, attendants and a star above.

Adoration of the Magi

Unknown artist, ca. 1470-90

Ink drawing of robed Buddhist figures under a gnarled tree with a dog and rocks, in pale grey tones.

(Copy after) The Sixteen Luohans

Shitao, 19th-early 20th century

Hanging scroll of a bald luohan monk in green and ochre robes with a young attendant carrying a staff beneath a pine.

Luohan

Guanxiu, 15th century?

Triptych: angel announces to Mary in a domestic interior, donors kneel at left, a carpenter works in his shop at right.

Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece)

Robert Campin, ca. 1427-32

Ink drawing of a bearded sage seated on a platform, flanked by monks, a female attendant, and an armored guardian figure.

Vimalakirti and the Doctrine of Nonduality

Wang Zhenpeng, dated 1308

Ink line drawing of Buddhist luohan monks in patterned robes, one holding a tall staff and another an incense burner.

The Sixteen Luohans

Qiu Ying, 16th or 17th century

Hanging scroll of the wrathful deity Fudō Myōō with sword and rope, standing before a red flaming halo on a rocky pedestal.

Fudō Myōō and Two Attendants

Ryūshū Shūtaku, 14th century

Hanging scroll of a seated Buddha on a lotus throne with attendants and an altar, rendered in pale tones on a dark blue groun

Buddha Seated on Lotus Throne

Hanging scroll of standing Avalokiteshvara with a willow branch and vase, wearing jewelry and robes, against a dark backgroun

The Bodhisattva Willow Kannon (Avalokiteshvara)

Wu Daozi, late 19th century

Painting of a bearded bishop saint with a gold halo, mitre, and crozier, raising one hand before a dark blue background.

A Bishop Saint

Fra Angelico, 1425