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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,010 works

Painting of two robed saints on temple steps pointing skyward while a lame man reaches toward them, with a crowd and classica

Saints Peter and John Healing the Lame Man

Nicolas Poussin, 1655

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

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

The Crucifixion

Jan Provoost, ca. 1495

Painting of a seated woman embracing a child in a dim classical interior, with a kneeling woman and a standing man in red.

Andromache and Astyanax

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, ?1813-17; 1823-24?

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

Long horizontal painting of draped allegorical figures gathered in a forest glade with stone ruins at the edges, by Puvis de

The Allegory of the Sorbonne

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1889

Pastel-toned mural-style painting of figures in a garden with fruit trees, a stone fountain, arches and a river landscape bey

Inter artes et naturam (Between Art and Nature)

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, ca. 1890-95

Horizontal painting of nude and draped figures in a rural landscape with a thatched hut, trees, and a pond.

Ludus pro patria (Patriotic Games)

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, ca. 1883-89

Painting of many sleeping figures on a grassy field under a tree and thatched hut, with a moon over the sea.

Sleep

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, ca. 1867-70

Painting of a crowd in a classical town gathering around an altar with smoke rising, one man gesturing upward in a red cloak.

Paul and Barnabas at Lystra

Painting of merrymakers in an interior: a man raises a wine glass, a woman in gold silk leans back, and a red drape hangs at

A Party of Merrymakers

Pieter Jansz. Quast, ca. 1635-38

Portrait of a Man

Edme Quenedey, ca. 1780

Full-length portrait of a young man in green coat and red waistcoat beside a saddled brown horse under a tree.

George Harley Drummond (1783-1855)

Henry Raeburn, ca. 1808-9

Oil portrait of an older white-haired man in a blue coat and white cravat, seated with an open book.

James Johnston of Straiton (died 1841)

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a white dress and sash against a dark sunset landscape, by Henry Raeburn.

Janet Law

Oil portrait of a seated older man with white hair in a brown coat, with smoky landscape behind him.

John Gray (1731-1811) of Newholm

Portrait of a seated woman in a white dress and brown shawl, before a tree and landscape with distant hills.

Lady Maitland (Catherine Connor, died 1865)

Seated woman in white dress and orange sash reads papers among dark trees, with a pink sunset landscape behind her.

Mrs. Richard Alexander Oswald (Louisa Johnston, ?born about 1760, died 1797)

Henry Raeburn, ca. 1794

Half-length portrait of a man with light hair in a dark coat and white cravat against a brown background.

William Forsyth (1749-1814)

Henry Raeburn, ca. 1800

Seated man in a white wig and red judicial robe against a dark background, painted in a formal portrait style.

William Robertson (1753-1835), Lord Robertson

Henry Raeburn, 1805

Christ kneels in prayer while sleeping disciples rest nearby and an angel holding a chalice appears in the sky.

The Agony in the Garden

Raphael, ca. 1504

Half-length portrait of a woman in black dress, large white ruff and lace cap against a dark background.

Portrait of a Woman

Jan van Ravesteyn, 1635

Painting of an older bearded man in a white turban and gold brocade robe with a fur-trimmed cloak, holding a stick.

Man in a Turban

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1632

Oil portrait of a man with a goatee, white lace collar and dark cloak, one hand on his chest, against a dark background.

Portrait of a Man, probably a Member of the Van Beresteyn Family

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1632

Portrait of a woman in a black dress with a large white ruff collar, gold chain and pearl bracelets, leaning on a ledge.

Portrait of a Woman, probably a Member of the Van Beresteyn Family

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1632

Painting of a woman in gleaming armor and gold helmet holding a Medusa-head shield, before a dark arched background.

Bellona

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1633

Oval portrait of an older woman in a white bonnet and ruffled white collar, against a dark background.

Portrait of a Woman

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1633

Oil portrait of a young woman in black dress with white lace collar and pearls, hand resting on a red chair against a dark ba

Portrait of a Young Woman with a Fan

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1633

Oil portrait of a man in a wide black hat and white ruff collar, looking over his shoulder against a dark background.

Herman Doomer (ca. 1595-1650)

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1640