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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,430 works

Painting of nude figures gathering fruit in lush trees, with cattle, sheep, cherubs and birds in a wooded landscape.

The Golden Age

Joachim Wtewael, 1605

Oval painting of Aurora on a chariot with white horses, cherubs and winged figures in a cloudy sky.

The Chariot of Aurora

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1760s

Painting of a woman in a teal shawl beside two scarlet ibises on a balcony, with a city skyline behind under a rose sky.

Young Woman with Ibis

Edgar Degas, 1857-58; reworked 1860-62

Renaissance painting of the Holy Family with the infant Saint John, Christ holding a cherry and a bird.

The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist

Perino del Vaga, ca. 1524-26

Tiepolo painting of the Holy Family with a donkey and a kneeling winged angel beside a rocky cliff and sea.

The Flight into Egypt

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1767-70

Still life painting of grape vines with clusters of grapes, peaches, figs, cherries, and three small birds on a dark backgrou

Grape Vines and Fruit, with Three Birds

Bartolomeo Cavarozzi, ca. 1615-18

Men in a golden marsh with long poles and a rifle, a white sailboat on the distant water under a pale sky.

Pushing for Rail

Thomas Eakins, 1874

Painting of a hummingbird perched on a branch beside pink and white apple blossoms against a cloudy sky.

Hummingbird and Apple Blossoms

Martin Johnson Heade, 1875

Winslow Homer beach scene: a girl wringing out her hair, a seated boy, a standing figure and a dog near breaking waves.

Eagle Head, Manchester, Massachusetts (High Tide)

Winslow Homer, 1870

Painted portrait of George Washington in uniform with flags, drums, an eagle emblem and patriotic inscriptions below.

The American Star (George Washington)

Frederick Kemmelmeyer, ca. 1803

Painting of a hummingbird perched on a vine beside red passionflowers in a misty tropical forest under cloudy skies.

Hummingbird and Passionflowers

Martin Johnson Heade, ca. 1875-85

Small oil study of white surf breaking on a sandy beach, with a green sea and dark headland under a pale blue sky.

Study for Eagle Head, Manchester, Massachusetts

Winslow Homer, 1869 (?)

Landscape painting of Noah's Ark in the distance, with many animals and birds gathered in a forest clearing and figures at le

The Ark

Lodewijk Tieling, ca. 1700

Oval memorial brooch with a miniature of a young woman by a weeping willow, an urn-topped plinth inscribed E S 1795.

Memorial Brooch

Anstiss Stone, ca. 1795

Painting of a winged nude youth holding a torch and reins among a lion, horse, eagle, doves, and cherubs in a stormy sky.

Omnia Vincit Amor, or The Power of Love in the Three Elements

Benjamin West, 1809

Gold-ground altarpiece of the Madonna and Child enthroned, with a goldfinch and two small kneeling donors, in a gilded Gothic

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Two Donors

Lorenzo Veneziano, ca. 1360-65

Painting of a still river at sunset with dark trees, reflections in the water, and ducks on a grassy bank.

Landscape with Ducks

Charles-François Daubigny, 1872

Ink painting on a gold fan leaf of a bird perched among flowering branches with blossoms and leaves.

Bird on a flowering branch

Zhang Chong, late 16th or early 17th century

Hanging scroll of a white cockatoo upside down on a chain beneath pink blossoms, with a small bird below.

Cockatoo

Chen Shu, dated 1721

Hanging scroll of white hibiscus blossoms and green leaves with a white egret standing at the base on a brown ground.

Hibiscus and Egret

Jiang Tingxi, dated 1724

Bird

Ogawa Haritsu, 18th century

Hanging scroll of ducks resting among reeds and grasses by water, painted in ink on a muted brown silk ground.

Ducks and Reeds

Hanging scroll of crabapple and pink china roses with two birds perched on a branch against a tan silk background.

Crabapple, China rose, and Indian flycatcher

Shen Quan, 1750

Ink painting of a sparrow with a rust crown perched on a branch, with dark leaves and pink blossoms below.

Animals, Flowers and Birds

Ren Bonian, 19th century

Ink painting of two eagles perched on rocks beneath bare branches, on a pale hanging scroll.

Two eagles

Bada Shanren, dated 1702

Hanging scroll of mandarin ducks beside pink hibiscus and chrysanthemums at a rock, with birds in blossoming branches above.

Mandarin ducks and cotton rose hibiscus

Lü Ji, late 15th century

Seated figure in pink robe gazes at plum blossom branch, with teapot and cup on grass; ink painting with calligraphy.

Ink Play

Jin Nong, dated 1754

Painting of a ruler and women on a palace terrace, with peacocks, greyhounds, cypress trees and birdcages in the courtyard.

Maharana Amar Singh II with Ladies of the Zenana outside the Picture Hall at Rajnagar

Stipple Master, ca. 1707-8

Ink sketch of a robed standing scholar holding a plum branch, with a reclining figure sketched in the lower left corner.

Album of Sketches by Katsushika Hokusai and His Disciples

Katsushika Hokusai, 19th century

Horsemen hunting on open steppe, one rider galloping with a falcon flying above, painted on silk fan leaf.

Nomads hunting with falcons

Chen Juzhong, early 13th century