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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,567 works

Winslow Homer's Maine Coast: white surf crashes over dark rocks under a grey, overcast sky.

Maine Coast

Winslow Homer, 1896

Painting of sailing boats on a calm river under a cloudy sky, with a distant town and church tower on the far bank.

Marine

Salomon van Ruysdael, 1650

Beachgoers under yellow, white and red parasols on sand, with blue sea and sailboats and a cloudy sky beyond.

At the Seaside

William Merritt Chase, ca. 1892

Calm sea with small sailboats, a rowboat with one figure, and a wooded islet under a heavy cloudy sky.

Passing off of the Storm

John Frederick Kensett, 1872

Watercolor and ink drawing of a palace hall with yellow curtains, carved balcony, wooden windows and a crowd of seated figure

Palace Interior

Ragunath, ca. 1880-1900

Dim rustic interior with a man leaning on a barrel beside copper pots, cabbages, carrots and a basket, with a landscape at le

Rustic Interior

David Ryckaert III, 1632

Dim kitchen interior with an elderly woman seated by a hearth, surrounded by leeks, pumpkin, cabbage and copper pots.

Interior of a Kitchen

Willem Kalf, ca. 1642-44

Painting of a seated man and standing woman in a Dutch interior with checkered floor, open window and a small dog.

Interior with a Young Couple

Pieter de Hooch, probably ca. 1662-65

Painting of the elegant interior of Saint Peter's Basilica with crowds of figures in period dress on the marble floor.

Interior of Saint Peter's, Rome

Giovanni Paolo Panini, after 1754

Interior of a Gothic church with tall pointed arches, a carved choir screen, an organ, and a painted vaulted ceiling.

Interior of the Sint-Pieterskerk, 's-Hertogenbosch

Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, 1632

Oval painting of a woman in black with lace collar having her palm read by a cloaked figure, a feathered-hat man watching by

A Couple in an Interior with a Fortune-Teller

Jacob Duck, ca. 1632-33

Oil painting of a reclining turbaned man with two women in an ornate oriental interior with rugs and a brass ewer.

Three Figures in an Interior (Un Envoi de Serbie)

Benjamin-Constant, 1876

Interior hall with masked figures in dark cloaks and colorful gowns, beneath a timbered ceiling and hanging chandeliers.

The Ridotto Pubblico at Palazzo Dandolo

Francesco Guardi, ca. 1765-68

Painting of a kneeling emaciated woman receiving communion from a monk, with angels and cherubs in a landscape with lake and

The Last Communion of Saint Mary of Egypt

Marcantonio Franceschini, 1680

Soldiers in a stone guardroom play cards beside scattered armor, a drum, and a greyhound, with a painted angel visible behind

Guardroom with the Deliverance of Saint Peter

David Teniers the Younger, ca. 1645-47

Triptych landscape with rocky peaks, a river baptism on the left, a kneeling saint in the center, and a seated saint with a b

The Penitence of Saint Jerome

Joachim Patinir, ca. 1515

Painting of three miracles of Saint Zenobius showing mourners, clergy, a bier and a horse in a Renaissance city square.

Three Miracles of Saint Zenobius

Sandro Botticelli, ca. 1500

A Deerhound

Edwin Landseer, 1826

White dog barking beside dead game: a hanging fox, jay, dead pigeon and woodpecker against a stone wall in a forest.

Dog Guarding Dead Game

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1753

Two ink door panels of puppies playing in snow beside bamboo and a distant pine-covered hill.

Puppies in the Snow

Nagasawa Rosetsu, 1792-99

Painting of a crowded horse fair with men controlling many horses on dusty ground beneath trees and a cloudy sky.

The Horse Fair

Rosa Bonheur, 1852-55

Painting of mounted soldiers in blue uniforms galloping across a dusty plain under a pale blue sky.

My Bunkie

Charles Schreyvogel, finished 1899

Ink and color sketch of a striped tiger beside a rock, with a small fox at the right edge, on a handscroll.

Sketches of Birds and Animals

Kawanabe Kyōsai, late 19th century, before 1870

Painting of a forest road with travelers, carts, horses, pigs and dogs winding toward a distant open landscape.

A Woodland Road with Travelers

Jan Brueghel the Elder, 1607

Painting of two shepherds playing pipes beside sheep, cattle and a dog, with a river and distant town under a cloudy sky.

Piping Shepherds

Aelbert Cuyp, ca. 1643-44

Ink wash hanging scroll of white herons with dark reeds in misty grey, signed with red seals at lower right.

White Herons

Maruyama Ōkyo, 1769

Painting of a child surrounded by lions, a leopard, oxen, and lambs in a wooded landscape with figures at left.

Peaceable Kingdom

Edward Hicks, ca. 1830-32

Painting of a snowy city street with bare trees, row houses, and a lone man in a long coat walking across the road.

City Watchman

William P. Chappel, 1870s

Bird's-eye painting of the walled hilltop city of Ranthambhor with palaces, lakes, gardens and surrounding river.

Fortified City of Ranthambhor

Bagta, ca. 1810-18

Painting of a white city perched on a dark rock with fires at its base and three pale birds flying against a blue sky.

A City on a Rock

Francisco Goya, 1800