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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,406 works

Oval half-length portrait of a man with curly dark hair in a black coat and white shirt, against a dusky background.

Henry G. Stebbins

Henry Inman, 1838

Portrait of a young girl in a pale blue lace-trimmed dress holding pink flowers, against a dark background.

Portrait of a Lady

Lawrence Kilburn, 1764

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with dark curls, white ruffled collar, and blue background in a gold beaded frame.

Mrs. James Bleecker (Sarah Bache)

John Ramage, ca. 1795

Oval miniature portrait of a smiling woman with curled dark hair in a blue dress, set in a gold beaded frame.

Mrs. James Bleecker (Elizabeth Garland Bache)

John Ramage, ca. 1788

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with curled hair, lace veil and red dress, set against a soft landscape background.

Portrait of a Lady

Henry Inman, ca. 1827

Oval miniature portrait of a young man with gray hair in a blue coat and white cravat, with blue drapery behind.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Philippe Abraham Peticolas, 1798

Full-length portrait of a military officer in red coat gesturing toward a smoky battle with burning ships and soldiers.

General George Eliott

Mather Brown, 1790

Oval portrait miniature of a man in a red coat, yellow waistcoat and gray wig, in a gold pendant frame.

Moses Gill

John Singleton Copley, ca. 1759

Oil portrait of a man with white powdered hair in a navy coat and white cravat, holding a book against red drapery.

John Shaw

Gilbert Stuart, 1793

Three-quarter portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and patterned ascot, resting a hand on a red chair against gold damask

John Taylor Johnston

Daniel Huntington, 1875

Oval miniature portrait of a young boy in a red coat with white lace jabot and black bow, set in a gold pendant frame.

William Middleton

Mary Roberts, ca. 1752-58

Oval miniature portrait of a young child with short brown hair in a white lace-trimmed dress, set in a gold frame.

Thomas Middleton

Mary Roberts, ca. 1752-58

Oval miniature portrait of a young girl in a white lace-trimmed dress, set in a gold pendant frame with a ring bail.

Henrietta Middleton

Mary Roberts, ca. 1752-58

Miniature portrait of a seated woman in a black dress with white collar, against a red drapery and blue sky.

Catherine Augusta Wilmerding

Henry Colton Shumway, 1843

Oval miniature portrait of a man in dark coat and white cravat, framed in gold with radiating blue enamel.

Joseph Barrell, Jr. (1765-1801)

Nathaniel Hancock, ca. 1790

Half-length portrait of a man in a powdered wig and blue coat with gold buttons, seated before a red curtain and landscape.

Reynold Keen

Matthew Pratt, ca. 1769

Christiana Stille Keen

Matthew Pratt, ca. 1769

Oval oil portrait of a man with powdered gray hair in a dark coat with red gold-edged lapels and white cravat.

James DeLancey

Gilbert Stuart, ca. 1785

Miniature portrait of a boy in a dark jacket and white collar holding a hoop, with a fence and tree behind him.

Paul Joseph Revere

Margaret Bogardus, ca. 1840

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a powdered wig, red coat with blue facings, and white cravat, in a gold frame.

John St. Clair

John Singleton Copley, 1758

Decorative ceiling design with rose garlands, a central medallion, and gilded leaf borders on a taupe ground.

Frieze and ceiling

Virgilio Tojetti, 1881-82

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the crowned Christ Child, in a jeweled gold gown between red curtains.

Our Lady of Guápulo

Peruvian Painter, 18th century

Painting of John the Baptist pouring water on Christ in a river, with God the Father and a dove in clouds above.

The Baptism of Christ

Nicolás Enríquez, 1773

Painting of the Holy Family walking a road, with the Virgin and Joseph holding a child's hands beneath a dove and God in clou

The Return of the Holy Family from Egypt

Nicolás Enríquez, 1773

Painting of the Virgin of El Camino with Christ Child, angels with candles, and bishops St. Fermín and St. Saturnino below.

The Virgin of El Camino with St. Fermín and St. Saturnino

Nicolás Enríquez, 1773

Virgin and Christ Child on a pillar above kneeling figures, with angels in clouds and a distant landscape.

The Apparition of the Virgin of El Pilar to St. James

Nicolás Enríquez, 1773

Three boys fishing by a creek under a large tree, with a distant house in a rural landscape.

Boys Fishing

Thomas Le Clear, 1846

Open wooden paint box with a loose oil study of a reclining nude on the lid and a heavily used palette below.

Paint box with nude study

Helena de Kay, ca. 1871

Painting of a small wooden shelter on stilts beside calm water, framed by tall trees and sunlit grass.

Summer Woodlands

Julie Hart Beers, ca. 1870s

Oil portrait of a nun in a golden crown and blue mantle, holding a small figure of the Christ Child against a dark background

Portrait of Sor Juana de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe

Domingo Ortiz, 1797