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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,089 works

Gold-ground painting of the crucified Christ with angels above and four mourning figures standing below on rocky ground.

The Crucifixion

Ugolino di Nerio, ca. 1315-20

Head of an Old Woman

Orazio Borgianni, after 1610

Painting of a kneeling woman in a red cloak looking up at a winged angel in a yellow robe beside dark trees.

Hagar and the Angel

Francesco Maffei, ca. 1657

Oil painting of a woman in a white and blue turban and red robe, holding a green palm frond, gazing downward.

A Female Martyr Saint

Carlo Francesco Nuvolone, ca. 1650

Painting of a man in white robes standing in a doorway between red Egyptian-style columns, with palms and cactus behind him.

An Egyptian in a Doorway

Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1865

Painting of a chained tiger lying before a carpet hung on a tiled wall, with armed guards and brass minarets behind.

The Sultan's Tiger

Benjamin-Constant

Painting of a reclining woman on an ornate divan with a seated attendant, tiled wall and tiger skin rug.

Odalisque

Benjamin-Constant

Painting of a bearded man in turban and oriental robes reclining on cushions, holding a pipe, before green drapery.

Western Gentleman in Oriental Costume

British Painter

Caravan of camels and men resting at a stone well in a golden desert valley under a blue sky.

Halt of Caravans at the Wells of Saba (Beersheba) in the Desert South of Hebron

Charles de Coubertin, 1850

Oil painting of a seated bearded man in a white turban beside a saddled brown horse, leaning against a brick wall.

Seated Arab Man with Horse

Alfred Dedreux, possibly ca. 1850-58

Oil painting of a bearded man in a red turban and fur-trimmed robe writing with a quill, looking upward.

The Arab Sage

Painted sketch of a crowd in robes before a red tent, with a couple in formal dress and colorful banners overhead.

Sketch for "Reception of Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie by the Kabyle Leaders at Algiers on September 18, 1…

Isidore Pils, ca. 1862-67

Arab Warrior

Horace Vernet, ca. 1817-22

Full-length seated portrait of a man in blue velvet coat with orders, beside a gilt desk and armchair in a dim interior.

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

François Gérard, 1808

Painting of a red-robed cardinal leading a procession of men in black past a classical church under a blue sky.

A Cardinal's Procession

Ottavio Mario Leoni, 1621

Haloed monk in a dark habit holding a red book, with a robed figure and an angel above on a gold panel.

Saint Silvester Gozzolini

Segna di Buonaventura, 1320s

Gilded panel showing a bald bearded monk holding a red book, with an angel and a bearded saint in arched niches above.

Saint Benedict

Segna di Buonaventura, 1320s

Painting of a woman with a floral wreath led to a garlanded altar by armed warriors, with a golden urn in the foreground.

The Sacrifice of Polyxena

Charles Le Brun, 1647

Painting of a woman in a fur-trimmed coat and feathered hat beside a balustrade with a black poodle on a yellow background.

Woman Standing Beside a Balustrade with a Poodle

Paul Ranson, ca. 1895

Oil portrait of a woman with curly black hair, velvet burgundy dress, pearls, and lace, against a dark background.

Portrait of a Woman

Giovanni Battista Gaulli, ca. 1670s

Painting of the Crucifixion with three figures on crosses, a ladder, kneeling soldiers, grieving women and a dog under a teal

The Crucifixion

Pedro Orrente, ca. 1625-30

Seated bearded man in white turban and red robe holding a writing tablet and stylus against a dark background.

William Edward Dighton (1822-1853) in Middle Eastern Dress

Frederick Goodall, ca. 1852-53

Painting of the dead Christ supported by mourners in a landscape with a hilltop castle and a distant crucifixion.

The Lamentation

Ludovico Mazzolino, ca. 1514-16

Painting of an executioner with a sword beside a slumped figure, with a bearded God and angels in clouds above.

The Execution of Saint John the Baptist

Ubaldo Gandolfi, ca. 1770

Oil portrait of a bearded man with tousled hair and a white collar against a dark background, signed Carolus-Duran 1861.

Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904)

Carolus-Duran, 1861

Painting of a woman in a red dress gazing upward as a snake coils around her arm against a dark background.

The Death of Cleopatra

Guido Cagnacci, ca. 1645-55

Painting of a woman in a green veil and gold coins leaning on a carved wooden balcony with a rose and birdcage.

Woman at a Balcony

Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1887-88

Painting of the dead Christ held by the grieving Virgin Mary, with two mourners beside them against a dark background.

The Lamentation

Luis de Morales, ca. 1560

Standing saint in grey friar's habit with gold halo, holding a crucifix and red book, with wounds on hands and feet.

Saint Francis of Assisi

Antoniazzo Romano, ca. 1480-81

Painting of a bowed man with bare shoulder and white cloth in his hands, lit against a dark background.

Bust of a Man (Saint Matthias?)

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, ca. 1715-20