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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,313 works

Full-length portrait of a young woman in an embroidered silver gown with pearls, lace ruff, and jeweled headdress against a d

Princess Elizabeth (1596-1662), Later Queen of Bohemia

Robert Peake the Elder, ca. 1606

Black-and-white image of an elderly bearded man with white hair, painted in loose brushwork, looking toward the viewer.

Head of a Man

Vasilii Grigorievich Perov, possibly ca. 1870-82

Painting of Saint John the Baptist in a niche, holding a tall cross-topped staff, wearing a brown garment and red mantle.

Saint John the Baptist; Saint Lucy

Pietro Perugino

Painting of a monk in a cream habit writing with a quill at a green-covered desk with inkwell, knife and books.

Portrait of an Olivetan Monk

Baldassarre Tommaso Peruzzi

Painting of Saint Christopher in a red tunic looking up, carrying the infant Christ on his shoulder and holding a staff.

Saint Christopher Carrying the Infant Christ

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1730s

Portrait of a bearded man in black with a white ruff, his hand resting on a painted celestial globe.

Man with a Celestial Globe

Nicolaes Eliaszoon Pickenoy, 1624

The Young Saint John the Baptist

Piero di Cosimo, ca. 1480-82

Painting of a helmeted warrior with a sword reaching toward a reclining woman, with a fallen figure in the foreground.

The Death of Harmonia

Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre, ca. 1740-41

Miniature portrait of a woman in an embroidered gown and lace ruff, with a white dog on a ledge behind her.

Portrait of a Moravian Woman

Pieter Pietersz the Younger

Painted panel of the crucified Christ with bowed head, gold halo, bloodied torso and gilded cross arms on dark ground.

The Crucified Christ

Pietro da Rimini

Gilded painting of the Madonna holding the sleeping Christ Child, with four angels, two playing lute and harp, on gold backgr

Madonna and Child with Angels

Pietro di Domenico da Montepulciano, 1420

Seated woman in blue blouse and yellow headscarf against green background, painted in loose Impressionist brushwork.

Washerwoman, Study

Camille Pissarro, 1880

Painting of a woman washing laundry in a tub in a sunny garden with flowering trees, in soft pointillist brushwork.

A Washerwoman at Eragny

Camille Pissarro, 1893

Painting of tall poplar trees above a sunlit meadow with a wooden fence and small figure, under a cloudy sky.

Poplars, Eragny

Camille Pissarro, 1895

Painting of a crowded market street with Gothic cathedral towers, pale townhouses, striped awnings and pedestrians in sunligh

Rue de l'Epicerie, Rouen (Effect of Sunlight)

Camille Pissarro, 1898

Painting of a tree-lined dirt path with two walking figures, rolling fields, and distant village rooftops under a cloudy sky.

Côte des Grouettes, near Pontoise

Camille Pissarro, probably 1878

Portrait of a Woman

Piero del Pollaiuolo, ca. 1480

Oil portrait of a young woman in a white bonnet, lace ruff and black gown with gold chains, against a dark background.

Portrait of a Young Woman

Oil portrait of a young woman in an embroidered gown, lace ruff, jeweled headdress and pearls against a dark background.

Margherita Gonzaga (1591-1632), Princess of Mantua

Frans Pourbus the Younger

Two armored warriors fight a serpent and monster by a rocky cliff, with a woman watching from the left under a cloudy sky.

The Companions of Rinaldo

Nicolas Poussin, ca. 1633

Painting of nude figures in a wooded riverside setting, one reclining with a leafy wreath and another bending to wash in a st

Midas Washing at the Source of the Pactolus

Nicolas Poussin, ca. 1627

Painting of a young woman with curly golden hair and a flower crown holding a bowl of cherries against a dark background.

Girl with Cherries

Marco d' Oggiono, ca. 1491-95

Painting of Pilate washing his hands at a table, with a servant, an armored soldier, a crowd and a cross in a dark landscape.

Pilate Washing His Hands

Mattia Preti, 1663

Black-and-white image of the Virgin and Child with gilded halos, the Virgin in a dark mantle over patterned brocade, on a gol

Madonna and Child with Saints

Priamo della Quercia, ca. 1442

Painting of the Madonna and Child with saints Francis and Dominic, surrounded by angels and putti, with lilies and roses.

Madonna and Child with Saints Francis and Dominic and Angels

Giulio Cesare Procaccini, ca. 1612

Painting of the Virgin holding the infant Christ before a flowering hedge, while angels above hold a crown over her head.

Virgin and Child

Netherlandish Painter, ca. 1495-1500

Crucifixion scene with kneeling mourners in the foreground, mounted soldiers and a walled city behind the cross.

The Crucifixion

Jan Provoost, ca. 1495

Full-length portrait of a standing man in green coat and black breeches beside marble busts and a gilded chair.

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Périgord (1754-1838), Prince de Talleyrand

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, 1817

Painting of the dead Christ lamented by the Virgin Mary and mourners, with ladders and a cloudy landscape behind.

The Lamentation

Scipione Pulzone, 1593

Three children in a wooded setting: a boy in green riding a brown horse, another boy beside it, and a girl in white.

The Drummond Children

Henry Raeburn, ca. 1808-9