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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

506 works

Man in red coat kneels holding hand of seated woman in blue-embroidered silk gown beside a spaniel and gilded bed.

The Declaration of Love

Jean-François de Troy, ca. 1724

Man playing guitar in a sunlit room, gazing through an open window at a distant hilly landscape with cypress trees.

Léon Pallière (1787-1820) in His Room at the Villa Medici, Rome

Jean Alaux, 1817

Family group in a period interior: a woman in a gold gown and feathered hat, a seated man, and a girl offering flowers.

The Saithwaite Family

Francis Wheatley, ca. 1785

Quiet interior with a paneled wall, multi-pane window, panelled door, and a patch of light on the wooden floor.

Moonlight, Strandgade 30

Vilhelm Hammershøi, 1900-1906

Man in red coat looking into a gallery of classical sculpture through an open doorway.

The Hall of Antiquities at Charlottenborg Palace, Copenhagen

Adam August Müller, 1830

Elderly man mending a fishing net in a plain room while an older woman watches from behind, with a clock and ship picture on

The Net Mender (Garnbinderen)

Christian Krohg, 1879

Elderly scientist in a dark coat works at a crowded laboratory bench among glass flasks, a microscope, and colored chemicals.

In the Laboratory

Henry Alexander, ca. 1885-87

Oil painting of a census taker recording a family's details in a farmhouse kitchen beside a fireplace.

Taking the Census

Francis William Edmonds, 1854

Painting of a woman in a white dress sewing by a sunny window in a room with a pink chair and rug.

For the Little One

William Merritt Chase, ca. 1896

Painting of a family in a wood-paneled parlor at Christmas, with a fireplace, tree, and children playing with a toy.

Christmas-Time, The Blodgett Family

Eastman Johnson, 1864

Interior scene: a woman holds up a blue bonnet while an old man reads a letter, watched by a woman, a girl and a dog.

The New Bonnet

Francis William Edmonds, 1858

Glassblowers at a furnace in a dim workshop, with seated onlookers including two women and a green glass bottle in the foregr

Glass Blowers of Murano

Charles Frederick Ulrich, 1886

Interior painting of an old man seated by a fireplace while two women at right admire a feathered bonnet.

The New Bonnet

Eastman Johnson, 1876

Painting of a family in an interior: a woman holds a baby while a man dangles cherries, with a red table and decanters beside

Conversation Piece

Lilly Martin Spencer, ca. 1851-52

Interior of an art studio with students painting and drawing beside plaster casts, green curtains, and a skylight.

Art Students

Louis Lang, ca. 1871

Interior scene of a couple playing cards at a table while a servant pours wine, sunlight through a window, small dog nearby.

A Couple Playing Cards, with a Serving Woman

Pieter de Hooch, ca. 1665-75

Painting of a bearded man in black touching the gold chain of a man in purple robe, in a cluttered artist's studio with easel

Aretino in the Studio of Tintoretto

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1848

Handscroll painting of robed courtiers beside a river and blossoming tree, with calligraphy in the margins.

The Tale of Genji

Kaihō Yūsetsu, 17th century

Painting of a dim vaulted church choir with rows of friars in robes around a central lectern, with a candle and an arched win

The Choir of the Capuchin Church in Rome

François Marius Granet, 1814-15

Grisaille view of a Gothic church nave framed by an oval, with columns, vaults and small figures on a checkered floor.

Interior of a Gothic Church by Day

Pieter Neeffs the Elder, probably ca. 1635-40

Painting of a haloed bishop gesturing beside a seated woman at a table, with a wine barrel and gold brocade in an interior.

Saint Remigius Replenishing the Barrel of Wine; (interior) Saint Remigius and the Burning Wheat

Swiss Painter, ca. 1500-1505

Painting of churchmen in red and black robes lounging in an ornate interior with a tea service and a small dog.

The Missionary's Adventures

Jehan-Georges Vibert, ca. 1883

Grayscale view of a Gothic church interior with tall columns, vaulted arches, a checkered floor and small figures in an oval

Interior of a Gothic Church at Night

Pieter Neeffs the Elder, probably ca. 1635-40

Painting of a Highland family in a dim cottage interior with a man in tartan, a woman holding a baby, a child, and dogs.

The Highland Family

David Wilkie, 1824

Painting of a pope and clergy in a frescoed vaulted hall, with kneeling women in traditional dress and a Swiss Guard at left.

Pope Gregory XVI Visiting the Church of San Benedetto at Subiaco

Jean-François Montessuy, 1843

Woman in striped blouse and apron sits in a chair in a kitchen, finger to her chin, looking upward thoughtfully.

Meditation

John George Brown, ca. 1900-1910

Elderly bearded coppersmith in white apron examines a copper vessel in a dim workshop with tools and an anvil.

The Coppersmith

Edgar Melville Ward, ca. 1898

Bearded man in red cap and black gown examines a coin beside a carved cabinet, book, and stone bust in an interior.

The Antiquary

Edwin White, 1855

Family portrait in a red-draped parlor with a seated woman, standing man, and two girls in pink dresses beside a bookcase.

The Family of John Q. Aymar

George W. Twibill Jr., ca. 1833

Triptych: angel announces to Mary in a domestic interior, donors kneel at left, a carpenter works in his shop at right.

Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece)

Robert Campin, ca. 1427-32