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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,887 works

Decorative panel of two spotted panthers eating grapes beneath a vine, with red and green parrots perched above on a gold gro

Panthers of Bacchus Eating Grapes

Alexandre François Desportes, ca. 1719-20

Ink drawing of robed animals seated at low tables and beneath a tree, with an owl, a vase of flowers, and reeds.

Scene Inspired by the Scrolls of Frolicking Animals and Humans

Tomioka Tessai, 1890s

Still life of a dead heron and game birds beside hunting gear, with a stone urn of flowers and a lake landscape behind.

Gamepiece with a Dead Heron

Jan Weenix, 1695

Hanging scroll of a white cat beside chrysanthemums with fluttering butterflies and calligraphy in the upper right.

Cat and Butterfly

Xugu, 19th century

Ink painting of willow trees along a misty river with three small boats and a wooden footbridge.

Painting - Bi Chang

Bi Chang, 18th-19th century

Hanging scroll of a long-tailed fenghuang phoenix perched on rocks beside bamboo, with a moon in the upper right.

Painting of Fenghuang

Lin Liang, 1416

Ink painting of the seated god Jurōjin with long white beard on a hanging scroll with gold brocade mount.

Painting of Jurōjin

Kanō Tsunenobu, late 17th-early 18th century

Hanging scroll of misty green mountains with cliffs, a waterfall, pine trees and small pavilions among blossoming trees.

Landscape

Nakabayashi Chikkei, 19th century

Seated woman in a pink dress with lace collar, resting her head on her hand beside a carved chair and a red rose.

A Rose

Thomas Anshutz, 1907

Bust-length oil portrait of an older man with white hair in a dark coat and white cravat before green drapery.

George Washington

Gilbert Stuart, begun 1795

Portrait of a boy with curly dark hair and a girl in a white blouse holding red velvet, seated before a dark background.

Michael Angelo and Emma Clara Peale

Rembrandt Peale, ca. 1826

Painting of a bearded man carrying a basket of eggs and vegetables and a chicken through a rainy street past posted notices.

Young Husband: First Marketing

Lilly Martin Spencer, 1854

Woman hoeing a cabbage garden beside a stone cabin, with a girl carrying a jug and a seated child nearby.

The Way They Live

Thomas Anshutz, 1879

Full-length painting of a smiling female dancer in a gold and black costume, arms raised, with roses at her feet.

Carmencita

William Merritt Chase, 1890

Painting of a giant goblet-shaped rock with waterfalls and a lake on its rim, set in mountains under a glowing sunset sky.

The Titan's Goblet

Thomas Cole, 1833

Portrait of a boy in a red coat seated by a column, holding a chain attached to a gray squirrel, with a landscape behind.

Daniel Crommelin Verplanck

John Singleton Copley, 1771

Full-length portrait of a standing man in a dark coat holding a walking stick against a warm brown background.

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

William Merritt Chase, 1885

Painting of a shepherd and sheep walking a forest path beside large beech trees, with a sunlit valley and mountains beyond.

The Beeches

Asher Brown Durand, 1845

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a blue silk gown and lace bonnet holding a cherry branch at a table.

Mrs. John Winthrop

John Singleton Copley, 1773

Woman in a blue dress reading in a chair beside a sleeping setter dog on a rug, with a yellow curtain behind her.

The Artist's Wife and His Setter Dog

Thomas Eakins, ca. 1884-89

Painting of a hazy golden mountain gorge with birch trees and a rocky cliff in the foreground, a waterfall and lake below.

A Gorge in the Mountains (Kauterskill Clove)

Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1862

Portrait of a woman in a yellow bonnet and black dress with green shawl, set against a cloudy landscape.

Euphemia White Van Rensselaer

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1842

Full-length portrait of a man in a dark suit with hands in pockets, head bowed, against a tan background, by Thomas Eakins.

The Thinker: Portrait of Louis N. Kenton

Thomas Eakins, 1900

Full-length portrait of two children, a boy in a dark suit and a girl in white, with a red cardinal and strawberries.

Edward and Sarah Rutter

Joshua Johnson, ca. 1805

Portrait of a young woman in a gold gown sketching in a large book on a red sofa, with a classical urn and sunset sky behind

Susan Walker Morse (The Muse)

Samuel Finley Breese Morse, ca. 1836-37

Full-length portrait of a man in blue uniform and yellow breeches leaning on a cannon, with a horse and flag under a dusky sk

George Washington

Charles Willson Peale, ca. 1779-81

Portrait of a seated man in a red coat and gray wig, with a landscape of a tree and distant town behind him.

Francis Brinley

John Smibert, 1729

Oil portrait of a seated man in red embroidered uniform with a sword, green drape and bookshelf behind him.

Josef de Jaudenes y Nebot

Gilbert Stuart, 1794

Portrait of a young woman in a jeweled tiara and white gown, with jewelry sketches and handwritten notes beside her.

Queen Victoria

Thomas Sully, 1838

Oil portrait of a woman in blue silk holding a nude toddler, with an orange tree in a terracotta urn beside a window.

Mrs. Francis Brinley and Her Son Francis

John Smibert, 1729