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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,394 works

Painting of a classical wedding procession with nude and draped women, a winged figure with a laurel wreath, and a teal sky.

The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1540

Oval sketch of an allegorical apotheosis with gods, putti, a seated queen, an eagle and a lion in soft clouds.

The Apotheosis of the Spanish Monarchy

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1760s

Grisaille painting of putti in a Bacchic triumph, with a child on a chariot holding a cup and thyrsus beside a lion.

The Triumph of Bacchus

Piat Joseph Sauvage, early 1780s

Sketch of winged figures and putti in clouds above a crowd on steps, with a red banner and ship rigging.

The Glorification of the Giustiniani Family

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1783

Oil sketch of Neptune with trident among clouds, winds and putti, with a sea landscape beyond, in warm ochre tones.

Neptune and the Winds

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1760s

Titian painting of a reclining nude Venus beside a lute player, a cupid and a landscape under red velvet drapery.

Venus and the Lute Player

Titian, ca. 1565-70

Painting of a bearded sea god holding a platter of crabs and fish, with a second triton behind him among rocks and reeds.

Two Tritons at the Feast of Acheloüs

Anthony van Dyck

Painting of a red-haired seated woman in white blouse and gold drapery beside rocks, with a stormy mountain sky and a child f

Ariadne

George Frederic Watts, 1894

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

Oval painting of a bound woman at a fiery altar, a priest raising a knife, a goddess above and cherubs around.

The Sacrifice of Iphigenia

Gaetano Gandolfi, 1789

Painting of a reclining winged youth with laurel wreath, surrounded by musical instruments and books, with a blindfolded cupi

Allegory of Sacred and Profane Love

Michele Desubleo, 1665-75

Painting of the Judgment of Paris: three nude goddesses before a seated youth, with a winged messenger, a child, a dog and sh

Judgment of Paris

Alessandro Turchi, ca. 1640

Loose oil sketch of a robed figure rising in a pink sky while a young woman in drapery reaches toward a dark tree.

The Return of Persephone

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1890-91

Neptune in a chariot pulled by grey sea horses through waves, with tritons, putti and a flying cupid under a cloudy sky.

The Return of Neptune

John Singleton Copley, ca. 1754

Reclining nude woman asleep on red and white drapery in a wooded landscape with a distant sea at dusk.

Ariadne

Asher Brown Durand, ca. 1831-35

Three-panel study with classical figures, winged putti and gilded background in a dark wood frame.

Study for the Ceiling of the Marquand Music Room

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1886

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

Hanging scroll of a black cat curled on rocks above white narcissus flowers, with calligraphy and red seals in the upper righ

Black Cat and Narcissus

Zhu Ling, 19th century

Ink drawing of narcissus plants with long arching leaves and white flowers rising above them on pale paper.

Narcissus

Zhao Mengjian, mid-13th century

Hanging scroll of two robed figures on a cloud bridge above water, with a small bird on a rock, in a patterned silk mount.

The God Izanagi and Goddess Izanami

Nishikawa Sukenobu, 18th century

Painting of a reclining nude woman on a spotted cloth in a landscape with trees, water and small background figures.

Bacchante in a Landscape

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1865-70

Oil sketch of three nude women with raised arms and loose draperies against a dark brown background.

The Three Graces

Gilded cassone panel with three roundels showing Hercules labors, including a centaur fight, a lion, and a wrestling scene.

The Labors of Hercules

Painting of a woman dressed as the goddess Diana, holding a gold bow beside a tree, wearing a leopard fur wrap and red drape.

Madame Bergeret de Frouville as Diana

Jean-Marc Nattier, 1756

Painting of Apollo driving a chariot with white horses through a turquoise sky with soft pink and gold clouds.

The Chariot of Apollo

Odilon Redon, 1905-16

Painting of a seated woman in white robes with a veil, holding a scroll beside a lyre against a dark background.

Polyhymnia

Joseph Fagnani, 1869

Nude Venus in red hat stands by a tree as winged Cupid is stung by bees, with a Latin inscription and landscape behind.

Venus with Cupid the Honey Thief

Lucas Cranach the Elder

Nude woman with gold jewelry reclines by a spring pool, with a castle and river town in the background and partridges at her

Nymph of the Spring

Lucas Cranach the Younger, ca. 1545-50

Monochrome painting of a young woman in a sheer gown lifting a veil, labeled ΤΕΡΨΙΧΟΡΗ (Terpsichore) at upper left.

Terpsichore

Joseph Fagnani, 1869

Grisaille painting of a seated nymph with grapes and an urn, surrounded by playful putti carrying garlands and grapes.

Nymph and Putti; Nymph with a Wreath and Putti with Garlands of Flowers

Piat Joseph Sauvage