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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

32,885 works

Painting of three nude women before an armored knight and a bearded man beneath an oak, with Cupid overhead and a castle land

The Judgment of Paris

Lucas Cranach the Elder, ca. 1528

Painting of crowded third-class railway carriage with a mother nursing an infant and an older woman holding a basket.

The Third-Class Carriage

Honoré Daumier, 1864

Painting of a woman in blue robes nursing an infant in a forest landscape, with travelers and a castle in the distance.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Gerard David, ca. 1512-15

Painting of Socrates in a stone prison cell, raising a finger as a young man holds a cup while mourning companions gather.

The Death of Socrates

Jacques-Louis David, 1787

Painting of a large bouquet of mixed flowers in a bowl beside a seated woman in a lace bonnet resting her chin on her hand.

A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?)

Edgar Degas, 1865

Painting of Saint Anne in a white veil behind Mary in a pink dress, who looks down at the sleeping Christ Child against green

Virgin and Child with Saint Anne

Albrecht Dürer, probably 1519

Painting of a seated man writing at a red-draped table beside a standing woman in white, with laboratory instruments nearby.

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1794) and Marie Anne Lavoisier (Marie Anne Pierrette Paulze, 1758-1836)

Jacques-Louis David, 1788

Portrait of a man in black cloak and lace collar, leaning on a chair beside a table with a globe and compass.

Lucas van Uffel (died 1637)

Anthony van Dyck, ca. 1622

Diptych: left panel shows the Crucifixion with mourners and soldiers; right panel shows the Last Judgment with Christ enthron

The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment

Jan van Eyck, ca. 1436-38

Oil portrait of a woman with pearl-studded powdered hair and a ruffled gown, holding a small white dog with a blue ribbon.

Marie Emilie Coignet de Courson (1716-1806) with a Dog

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, ca. 1769

Painting of three children in a dark wooded landscape under a stormy sky, a girl holding a toddler who points right.

Cottage Children (The Wood Gatherers)

Thomas Gainsborough, 1787

Nativity painting with the Virgin resting, the Christ Child in a manger, crowned Magi, angels and animals on gold ground.

The Adoration of the Magi

Giotto di Bondone, possibly ca. 1320

Circular painting of a winged figure atop a sphere, with armored horsemen and animals in a rocky landscape below.

The Triumph of Fame; (reverse) Impresa of the Medici Family and Arms of the Medici and Tornabuoni Families

Giovanni di ser Giovanni Guidi, ca. 1449

Painting of blue irises with green leaves in a white pitcher on a green table against a pale background.

Irises

Vincent van Gogh, 1890

Full-length portrait of a boy in red with a lace collar, holding a string to a magpie, with cats and a birdcage beside him.

Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuñiga (1784-1792)

Francisco Goya, 1787-88

Seated cardinal in red robes and spectacles in a room with gilded damask, by El Greco.

Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara (1541-1609)

El Greco, ca. 1600

Painted self-portrait of a bearded man in a yellow straw hat and blue jacket, with short expressive brushstrokes.

Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat (obverse: The Potato Peeler)

Vincent van Gogh, 1887

Painting of a dejected young woman beside spilled eggs in a rustic room, with an older woman, a young man, and a child.

Broken Eggs

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1756

Painting of a stormy sky over the hilltop city of Toledo, with a stone bridge, river, and cathedral spire.

View of Toledo

El Greco, ca. 1599-1600

Van Gogh painting of a golden wheat field with tall cypress trees, blue hills, and a swirling sky.

Wheat Field with Cypresses

Vincent van Gogh, 1889

Painting of a nude man seized by armored soldiers as a woman cuts his hair, with startled onlookers and a stormy sky.

Samson Captured by the Philistines

Painting of a woman in red lace-collared dress at a feast table with roasted birds, surrounded by laughing men in dark hats.

Merrymakers at Shrovetide

Frans Hals, ca. 1616-17

Portrait of a young man in a black cap and fur-trimmed coat, hands folded on a green table beside a book, blue background.

Hermann von Wedigh III (died 1560)

Hans Holbein the Younger, 1532

Triptych with the Crucifixion in the center and saints in landscape settings on the side panels, gold frames.

The Crucifixion with Saints and a Donor

Joos van Cleve, ca. 1520

Young girl in a white tiered dress with rose garland stands before a lilac background with flowers and birds.

Mäda Primavesi (1903-2000)

Gustav Klimt, 1912-13

Painting of an elderly fortune-teller reading the open palm of a young man in a gold-brown vest, with onlookers behind.

The Fortune-Teller

Georges de La Tour, probably 1630s

Full-length portrait of a woman in a white gown and fur-trimmed cloak, with grey curls, against a stormy landscape sky.

Elizabeth Farren (born about 1759, died 1829), Later Countess of Derby

Thomas Lawrence, 1790

Virgin and Child with a reading infant beside a pomegranate, in an arched loggia overlooking a walled town.

Madonna and Child

Filippino Lippi, ca. 1483-84

Seated woman in white blouse and red skirt holds a skull beside candles and a gilded mirror in a dark interior.

The Penitent Magdalen

Georges de La Tour, ca. 1640

Portrait of a Woman with a Man at a Casement

Filippo Lippi, ca. 1440

Reclining nude Venus on blue cloth with Cupid holding a laurel wreath over an incense burner, red curtain behind.

Venus and Cupid

Lorenzo Lotto, 1520s

Seated man in black hat and white headscarf playing guitar on green bench, with jug and onions at right.

The Spanish Singer

Édouard Manet, 1860

Mantegna's Adoration of the Shepherds: Mary kneels before the Christ Child as shepherds and a kneeling man gather in a rocky

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Andrea Mantegna, shortly after 1450

Still life painting of grapes, melon, apricots, bread and a wine bottle on a stone ledge, with a landscape behind.

The Afternoon Meal (La Merienda)

Luis Egidio Meléndez, ca. 1772

Oil painting of a man in a straw boater and a woman in blue in a rowboat on turquoise water, by Edouard Manet.

Boating

Édouard Manet, 1874

Diptych portrait of a man with hands in prayer and a woman in a veil and jeweled necklace, dark backgrounds.

Tommaso di Folco Portinari (1428-1501); Maria Portinari (Maria Maddalena Baroncelli, born 1456)

Hans Memling, ca. 1470

Sheep graze in an autumn field beside tall haystacks under a dark stormy sky, with a shepherd and cottages in the distance.

Haystacks: Autumn

Jean-François Millet, ca. 1874

Full-length painting of a young woman in a pink dress beside a grey parrot on a wooden perch stand.

Young Lady in 1866

Édouard Manet, 1866

Painting of a nude man with a red staff embraced by a winged sphinx on a rocky cliff beneath a cloudy sky.

Oedipus and the Sphinx

Gustave Moreau, 1864

Painting of nude men, centaurs and satyrs hunting wild animals in a forest, with fire and smoke in the distance.

A Hunting Scene

Piero di Cosimo, ca. 1494-1500

Painting of a village on a green hillside with a woman in white on a dirt road, poplars, and clouds overhead.

Jalais Hill, Pontoise

Camille Pissarro, 1867

Painting of a blind giant with a bow carrying a guide on his shoulders through a forest, toward clouds and a distant sea.

Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun

Nicolas Poussin, 1658

Painting of three figures by the sea with a shepherd and goats on a rocky cliff, under a pale blue sky.

The Shepherd's Song

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1891

Bearded man in a gold chain resting his hand on a bust, against a dark background, in a Rembrandt painting.

Aristotle with a Bust of Homer

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1653

Painting of soldiers seizing women amid a panicked crowd in a classical city square under a stormy sky.

The Abduction of the Sabine Women

Nicolas Poussin, probably 1633-34

Painting of the Virgin Mary in pink and blue robes standing on a crescent moon, flanked by angels, with cherubs in clouds bel

The Immaculate Conception

Guido Reni, 1627

Painting of a young woman in a wicker chair by the sea, with cliffs and sailboats in the distance.

By the Seashore

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1883

Full-length portrait of a young officer in a red coat leaning on a tree beside a brown horse.

Captain George K. H. Coussmaker (1759-1801)

Joshua Reynolds, 1782

Painting of the Holy Family with a kneeling woman kissing the Christ Child's hand, an elderly woman with fruit, and a bearded

The Holy Family with Saints Anne and Catherine of Alexandria

Jusepe de Ribera, 1648

Painting of the Annunciation: an angel in brocade robes speaks to the Virgin Mary beside a lily and open book in a red-canopi

The Annunciation

Hans Memling, ca. 1465-70

Oil portrait of a man, a woman in black satin, and a small child beside a garden fountain with a parrot and roses.

Rubens, Helena Fourment (1614-1673), and Their Son Frans (1633-1678)

Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1635

Painting of wheat fields under towering clouds, with a dirt road, small walking figures, trees and distant sailboats.

Wheat Fields

Jacob van Ruisdael, ca. 1670

Pointillist painting of a circus sideshow with a trombone player on a platform, musicians, a boy in a ruffled collar, and a c

Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque)

Georges Seurat, 1887-88

Gold-ground painting of a bearded saint in a pink robe holding a red book, with a haloed nimbus and gilded frame.

Saint Andrew

Simone Martini, ca. 1326

Merry company feasting and making music on a leafy terrace, with a child and spaniel, a songbird cage and a boy on a ladder.

Merry Company on a Terrace

Jan Steen, ca. 1670

Painting of a bare-chested man with long hair being offered a white cloth by a figure in red satin and a fur hat.

Clothing the Naked

Michiel Sweerts, ca. 1661

Tiepolo sketch of mythological gods, putti, horses and a chariot in clouds, framed by painted figures and ornament.

Allegory of the Planets and Continents

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1752

Painting of Venus embracing Adonis, with a cupid, hunting dogs, and a rainbow over a dark forest landscape.

Venus and Adonis

Titian, 1550s

Painting of a top-hatted man with a cane beside a woman in a pale dress at a café table, loose brushwork, warm brown ground.

The Englishman (William Tom Warrener, 1861-1934) at the Moulin Rouge

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1892

Turner's misty seascape of a sailing ship amid rough waves, with a dark whale and small boats in the foreground.

Whalers

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ca. 1845

Half-length portrait of a bearded man with dark curly hair and a white lace collar against a dark grey background.

Juan de Pareja (ca. 1608-1670)

Velázquez, 1650

Painting of a young woman with a faint smile, wearing a blue shawl, turned toward the viewer against a dark background.

Study of a Young Woman

Johannes Vermeer, ca. 1665-67

Painting of Venus embracing Mars in armor beside a grey horse, with two cupids and classical ruins in a landscape.

Mars and Venus United by Love

Paolo Veronese, 1570s

Portrait of a seated woman in white dress and black hat holding a red book, on a green sofa against a gray background.

Comtesse de la Châtre (Marie Charlotte Louise Perrette Aglaé Bontemps, 1762-1848)

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, 1789

Woman in blue skirt and white headcloth pours from a pitcher by a leaded window, with a brass basin on a red-covered table.

Young Woman with a Water Pitcher

Johannes Vermeer, ca. 1662

Painting of a young girl with a halo kneeling in prayer beside a lily, roses, a basket of linen and pink drapery.

The Young Virgin

Francisco de Zurbarán, ca. 1632-33

Oil portrait of a woman in a gold satin gown with lace collar, pearls and a pearl crown, against a dark background.

Queen Henrietta Maria

Anthony van Dyck, 1636

Two men in cloaks stand on a rocky slope under a gnarled tree, watching a crescent moon in a dusky evening sky.

Two Men Contemplating the Moon

Caspar David Friedrich, ca. 1825-30

Painting of the Crucifixion with three crosses on gold ground, mourning women below and armored soldiers on horseback at righ

The Crucifixion

Pietro Lorenzetti, 1340s

Painting of a woman being carried away on a grey horse by a turbaned rider, with a burning city and smoke behind.

The Abduction of Rebecca

Eugène Delacroix, 1846

Painting of a seated woman in black with two girls in blue dresses and a dog in a richly decorated interior.

Madame Georges Charpentier (Marguerite-Louise Lemonnier, 1848-1904) and Her Children, Georgette-Berthe (1872-1945) an…

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1878

Dark painting of a dense winter forest of bare trees under a rust-colored sunset sky, with rocks in a clearing.

The Forest in Winter at Sunset

Théodore Rousseau, ca. 1846-67

Painting of young ballet dancers in white tutus practicing in a green-walled studio, with a cellist and an older man with a c

The Dance Class

Edgar Degas, 1874

Portrait of a man in a brown coat and white cravat, with a stormy sky and the Colosseum behind him.

Joseph-Antoine Moltedo (born 1775)

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, ca. 1810

Painting of three young women and a child in a rocky green valley with two cows and a dog, by Gustave Courbet.

Young Ladies of the Village

Gustave Courbet, 1851-52

Painting of a lion feeding on prey in a lush jungle with yellow and blue flowers and a rising moon.

The Repast of the Lion

Henri Rousseau, ca. 1907

Young man in a feathered hat playing a lute, with pink sleeves and an open book beside him against a dark background.

Lute Player

Valentin de Boulogne, ca. 1625-26

Painting of a young man in a striped turban and pink silk jacket, glancing over his shoulder, with a rifle and pistol.

Bashi-Bazouk

Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1868-69

Moonlit landscape with a robed figure seated in a glowing stone niche beneath a cliff, steps and trees beside.

Virgil's Tomb by Moonlight, with Silius Italicus Declaiming

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1779

Standing ruler with halo and prayer beads beside a lion and calf, with angels playing music in clouds above.

"Akbar With Lion and Calf", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

Govardhan, verso: ca. 1630; recto: ca. 1530-50

Miniature painting of a ruler on a terrace in a pink robe, with a golden halo, angels above, and a river behind him.

"Shah Jahan on a Terrace, Holding a Pendant Set With His Portrait", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

Chitarman, recto: dated 1627-28; verso: ca. 1530-50

Miniature painting of a seated ruler on a throne with courtiers, attendants, and a pink hilly landscape under a gold sky.

The House of Bijapur

Kamal Muhammad, ca. 1680

A Stallion

Habiballah of Sava, ca. 1601-6

Painting of a Great Indian fruit bat with wings fully spread, brown fur and dark membrane on a pale background.

Great Indian Fruit Bat

Bhawani Das, ca. 1777-82

Medieval painting of the Adoration of the Magi with Mary, the Christ Child, kneeling kings, and gilded haloes.

The Adoration of the Magi

Bartolo di Fredi, ca. 1390

Gold-ground panel of Christ crowning the Virgin Mary, surrounded by angels, with musician angels playing instruments below.

The Coronation of the Virgin

Niccolò di Buonaccorso, ca. 1380

Painting of Saint Anthony the Abbot with a golden halo and staff in a barren landscape with a church and animals.

Saint Anthony the Abbot in the Wilderness

Sano di Pietro, ca. 1440

Panel painting: God creates the round world in blue spheres, while an angel expels nude Adam and Eve from a garden of orange

The Creation of the World and the Expulsion from Paradise

Giovanni di Paolo, 1445

Gold-ground arched panel of the Madonna in blue mantle holding fruit, with the Christ Child reaching toward it.

Madonna and Child

Benvenuto di Giovanni, ca. 1475-85

Gold-ground panel of the Virgin Mary seated in a mandorla, flanked by winged angels in pink, green, and blue robes.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Bernardo Daddi, 1337-38

Panel painting of an angel addressing an elderly priest at a temple altar, with onlookers and a domed Gothic building.

The Annunciation to Zacharias; (verso) The Angel of the Annunciation

Giovanni di Paolo, ca. 1455-60

Gilded panel painting of the Nativity with kneeling Mary, the infant Christ in a manger, ox, donkey, shepherds and an angel.

The Nativity

Lorenzo Monaco, ca. 1406-10

Painting of the Annunciation: a winged angel with a lily approaches a kneeling Virgin in a columned interior.

The Annunciation

Sandro Botticelli, ca. 1490

Painting of Christ crowning the Virgin Mary on a gold-patterned throne, with angels playing music below.

Coronation of the Virgin

Giovanni di Paolo, ca. 1455

Portrait of a Woman, Possibly a Nun of San Secondo; (verso) Scene in Grisaille

Jacometto Veneziano, ca. 1485-95

Portrait of a Man, possibly Matteo di Sebastiano di Bernardino Gozzadini

Maestro delle Storie del Pane, 1494(?)