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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2,335 works

Painting of the Virgin holding the Christ child under a golden crown held by two angels, with musician angels and a city behi

Virgin and Child with Four Angels

Gerard David, ca. 1510-15

Oil sketch of two children's heads with dark curly hair and loose brushwork against a muted brown background.

Head of a Child

Jacques-Louis David

Two women on a shore beside a canoe; one holds a newborn wrapped in white under a stormy sky.

The Natchez

Eugène Delacroix, 1823-24 and 1835

Monochrome nativity scene in a dark stable with the Holy Family, kneeling shepherds, a lamb, a donkey, and onlookers in a lof

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, 1760s

Painting of Christ blessing children surrounded by mothers, infants and elders, with a German Bible inscription across the to

Christ Blessing the Children

Lucas Cranach the Younger, 1545

Painting of a wooded landscape with an embracing couple, grazing sheep and goats, children, and a distant sea.

The Three Ages of Humans

Dosso Dossi, ca. 1515

Candlelit interior with an old bearded man mending a quill beside children reading and holding a candle, in an arched panel.

An Evening School

Gerrit Dou, ca. 1655-57

Painting of the Virgin and infant Christ with a golden-haired saint holding a palm, beside roses and apple branches.

Virgin and Child with Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Anthony van Dyck, ca. 1630

Virgin Mary in a red robe holding the Christ Child in a Gothic niche with gilded brocade behind her.

Virgin and Child in a Niche

Jan van Eyck, ca. 1440-50

Oil painting of an old man in a turban and red cloak, a veiled woman, a winged figure, and a boy with a bow in a forest.

Abraham Dismissing Hagar and Ishmael

Barent Fabritius, 1658

Painting of the Madonna in a red mantle holding the Christ Child against her cheek, with gold halos and a gilded frame.

Madonna and Child

Vincenzo Foppa, ca. 1480

Loose brushwork painting of a dim interior with a woman holding a baby, children, a kneeling man in red, and dogs.

Roman Interior

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, ca. 1760

Portrait of a young boy in a black velvet cap and jeweled necklace, set against a green landscape with trees and sky.

Federico Gonzaga (1500-1540)

Francesco Francia, 1510

Painting of a hag in a black cloak beside a sleeping nude woman, with a raised dagger and winged spirits in a dark sky.

The Night-Hag Visiting Lapland Witches

Henry Fuseli, 1796

Painting of a young man stealing a kiss from a woman in white as another woman in pink watches beside a draped table.

The Stolen Kiss

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, ca. 1760

Painting of the Virgin Mary in blue veil holding the nude infant Christ, with a landscape of hills and towers behind.

Madonna and Child

Francesco Francia, 1490s

Gilded altarpiece with the Virgin and Child enthroned between four saints and angels under golden arches.

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints

Taddeo Gaddi, ca. 1340, updated ca. 1480

Two young girls in yellow and pink dresses embrace closely against a dark background, one resting her head on the other.

The Two Sisters

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, ca. 1769-70

Painting of the Madonna and Child with two saints in grey and red robes against a landscape with trees and a river.

Madonna and Child with Saints Francis and Jerome

Francesco Francia, 1500-10

Painting of a boy in a white tunic beside a tabby cat, standing by a tree in a dark woodland with a light horizon.

A Boy with a Cat - Morning

Thomas Gainsborough, 1787

Painting of a haloed friar addressing a kneeling mother holding a child, watched by a crowd, with a harbor landscape at left.

Saint Nicholas of Tolentino Reviving a Child

Garofalo, ca. 1530

Gold-ground painting of the Madonna seated with the Christ Child, flanked by musical angels and a scroll-holding angel band.

Madonna and Child with Angels

Gentile da Fabriano

The Painter's Daughter Mary (1750-1826)

Thomas Gainsborough, mid-19th century

Oil painting of a seated boy with curly hair in a yellow jacket and grey trousers on a rock under a cloudy sky.

Alfred Dedreux (1810-1860) as a Child

Théodore Géricault, ca. 1819-20

Double portrait of a man in red robes and a boy in grey brocade against a distant mountain and town landscape.

Francesco Sassetti (1421-1490) and His Son Teodoro

Domenico Ghirlandaio, ca. 1488

Triptych of the Nativity: Mary kneels before the infant Christ with angels above, flanked by saints in arched niches.

The Nativity with Saints

Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio

Lunette painting of the Virgin and Christ Child with a lily and two kneeling donors against a gold background.

Madonna and Child with Donors

Giovanni da Milano, ca. 1365

Arched altarpiece of Madonna and Child with saints and angels beneath a large tree, with a peacock and hilltop town.

Madonna and Child with Saints

Girolamo dai Libri, ca. 1520

Gilded panel painting of Madonna and Child above scenes of the Annunciation and Nativity, in dark robes and red tones.

Madonna and Child with the Annunciation and the Nativity

Goodhart Ducciesque Master, ca. 1310-15

Painting of a woman in a dark gown holding an infant in a pale shift against a red background.

Anna van Bergen (1492-1541) and Her Son Hendrik (born 1519) as the Virgin and Child