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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

680 works

Ink and color drawing of court women in a palace interior with a writing box, veranda, and garden grasses beyond.

Albums of scenes from The Tale of Genji

Tosa Mitsunori, early 17th century

Painting of a seated ruler in a palace courtyard with attendants, two elephant figures, a peacock fan, and a fountain.

Maharana Amar Singh II Is Shown Two Silver Elephants

Stipple Master, ca. 1705

Miniature portrait of a young man in a black cap and grey cape holding a cane, in an ornate gilt frame.

Alfred Sully

Thomas Sully, ca. 1839

Miniature portrait of a woman in a straw bonnet and dark shawl, holding a flower basket before a pink sky and hills.

Portrait of a Woman

Vincent Bertrand, ca. 1810

Pastoral scene of shepherds, flowers, goats and cattle beside a stream and classical fountain under trees.

Shepherd's Idyll

François Boucher, 1768

Oval miniature portrait of an older bald man in a green fur-collared coat and white lace jabot, in a gilt frame.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), after a Painting by Greuze of 1777

Charles Paul Jérôme de Bréa, 1777

Oval miniature portrait of a young woman with curled hair, maroon dress and white lace collar, in a gold frame.

Lola Montez (1818-1861)

Painting of washerwomen working by a stream below a stone bridge, with a donkey, dog, and cow in a wooded landscape.

Washerwomen

François Boucher, 1768

Round portrait of a man in a red cap and red jacket with gold initials, against a teal background, in a gilded frame.

Portrait of a Man in Royal Livery

Hans Holbein the Younger, 1532-35

Twelve Heads

Flora

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1654

Painting of a mounted commander with an eagle standard leading soldiers in a battle before a smoking walled city.

The Capture of Carthage

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1725-29

Madame Ingouf

Vincent, ca. 1790

Pastel of a blonde woman in a grey dress examining a straw hat with blue trim on a checkered sofa.

At the Milliner's

Edgar Degas, 1881

Painting of tepees, horses and figures beside large trees in an open landscape under a cloudy sky.

An Indian Encampment

Ralph Albert Blakelock, ca. 1880-1900

Panel painting of the Adoration of the Magi with Mary, the Christ Child, kneeling kings, attendants and a star above.

Adoration of the Magi

Unknown artist, ca. 1470-90

Oval miniature portrait of a heavyset man in a grey coat and pink cravat, set in a silver pendant frame.

William Gale

Joseph Dunkerley, 1776

Oval miniature of three women with curled brown hair and ribbons against a turquoise background, in a gilt frame.

Madame Jerome Bonaparte (Elizabeth Patterson)

Thomas Sully, ca. 1805-10

Ink painting of gnarled plum branches under a pale moon, with two figures on rocks and misty mountains behind.

Viewing plum blossoms by moonlight

Ma Yuan, early 13th century

Heian-style painting of court ladies on a veranda and garden with a pond, ducks and snowy shrubs on gold ground.

The Tale of Genji (Genji Monogatari)

Tosa Mitsusada, 17th century

Standing robed figure with red staff inside a circular medallion framed by scalloped cloud motifs on brown silk.

Twelve Designs for Circular Mirror

Ink sketch of men relaxing in a boat under a thatched canopy, fishing, with calligraphy and a red seal beside.

After Ike no Taiga and Yosa Buson’s Ten Conveniences and Ten Pleasures

Totoki Baigai, 1800

Woodblock print of two women in kimono, one playing a biwa lute and the other a koto, with calligraphy above.

Two Ladies; One is Playing the Biwa (Japanese Lute) and the Other, the Koto (Japanese Harp)

Kubo Shunman, probably 1815

Brown wash drawing of an armored rider on a rearing horse, with a fallen nude figure beneath the hooves.

Study for the Equestrian Monument to Francesco Sforza

Antonio del Pollaiuolo, 1480

Black-and-white Japanese print of two women in patterned kimono, one wearing a wide hat, with script along the border.

Leaf from One Hundred Japanese Women

Hishikawa Moronobu, ca. 1695

Pastel drawing of three ballet dancers in tutus preparing in a studio, one bending forward, one seated, by Edgar Degas.

Three Dancers Preparing for Class

Edgar Degas, after 1878

Pen and brown wash drawing of mourning figures in draped garments, one wearing a feathered headdress, beside bows and arrows.

Indians Lamenting the Approach of the White Man (from McGuire Scrapbook)

Frederick Stiles Agate, ca. 1830

Three Japanese women in patterned kimono and upswept hairstyles, drawn in black ink on a pale woodblock print page.

Leaf from a Book Entitled: Wakoku Hiaku-jo: One Hundred Japanese Women

Hishikawa Moronobu, 1625

Pastel drawing of a nude woman with red hair bending forward and drying her foot with a white towel.

Woman Drying Her Foot

Edgar Degas, 1885-86

Pencil sketch of a man seated backward on a chair beside a table with a bottle, with an overturned chair on the floor.

Study for Facing the Enemy (from McGuire Scrapbook)

Francis William Edmonds, ca. 1845