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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,089 works

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

Landscape painting of Noah's Ark in the distance, with many animals and birds gathered in a forest clearing and figures at le

The Ark

Lodewijk Tieling, ca. 1700

Family portrait of a seated woman, a standing man, and a young girl in white beside a toy dog, in a draped interior.

The Williamson Family

John Mix Stanley, ca. 1841-42

Oval memorial brooch with a miniature of a young woman by a weeping willow, an urn-topped plinth inscribed E S 1795.

Memorial Brooch

Anstiss Stone, ca. 1795

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a silver satin gown and blue wrap, holding a small dish, before a dark tree landscape.

Portrait of a Woman, Called Maria Taylor Byrd

Godfrey Kneller, 1700-1725

Oval portrait of a young woman in a brown dress holding a pink rose, against an olive background.

Young Lady with a Rose

Pieter Vanderlyn, 1732

Oil portrait of a gray-haired man in a dark military coat with gold epaulettes against a brown background.

General Andrew Jackson

Samuel Lovett Waldo, 1819

Painted street scene of townspeople viewing circus posters on a wooden wall, with a boy, a dog, and a horned horse poster.

Coming Events Cast Their Shadows Before

Charles Caleb Ward, 1871

Painting of a winged nude youth holding a torch and reins among a lion, horse, eagle, doves, and cherubs in a stormy sky.

Omnia Vincit Amor, or The Power of Love in the Three Elements

Benjamin West, 1809

Portrait of a young woman in a pink dress and gold shawl, leaning on a ledge before a blue landscape.

Sarah Ursula Rose

Benjamin West, 1756

Full-length portrait of a man in black costume, plumed hat and white stockings against a dark background.

Arrangement in Black, No. 3: Sir Henry Irving as Philip II of Spain

James McNeill Whistler, 1876, reworked 1885

Arrangement in Black: Girl Reading

James McNeill Whistler, ca. 1880-90

Oil portrait of a man in a powdered wig and brown coat with white cravat against a dark background.

Joseph Reade

John Wollaston, 1749-52

Half-length portrait of a woman in a blue-green silk gown, white lace bonnet and ribbon bow, against a dark background.

Mrs. Joseph Reade

John Wollaston, ca. 1749-52

Portrait of a young man in a gray coat with gold braid, standing before a wooded landscape with a cloudy sky.

William Axtell

John Wollaston, ca. 1749-52

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a powdered wig, white cravat and tan coat against a blue sky, in a gold frame.

Elijah Boardman

John Ramage, ca. 1790

Open velvet case showing a miniature portrait of a man in a black coat and cravat against a cloudy sky.

Christopher Grant Perry

Richard Morrell Staigg, 1840

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with curled hair, pearl tiara, red shawl and flower basket, in an open red case.

Mrs. Daniel Parkman (Mary George McDonough)

Anthony Meucci, ca. 1825

Oval miniature portrait of an elderly man with white hair in a red coat with blue facings, in a gilt brooch frame.

John Maunsell

John Ramage, ca. 1785

Seated woman in green dress holding open book, with feathered headpiece and rural landscape with church behind her.

Esther Boardman

Ralph Earl, 1789

Oval miniature portrait of a man with curly dark hair in a black coat and cravat, set in an ornate gold frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Ezra Atherton, 1840

Miniature portrait of a young boy in a dark jacket and blue bow tie, leaning on a column, in an open red case.

Portrait of a Young Man

John Henry Brown, 1854

Oval miniature portrait of an older woman in a white bonnet with a blue rosette, before red drapery and a landscape.

Portrait of a Lady

Robert Field, ca. 1800

Oval portrait miniature of a woman with curly auburn hair and pearls, in a white dress, within an engraved gold frame.

Mrs. Abijah Cheever (Elizabeth Scott)

Nathaniel Hancock, ca. 1795

Oval miniature portrait of a grey-haired man in a dark coat and white cravat, set in a gold and pearl pendant frame.

George Bethune

Edward Greene Malbone, ca. 1800

Oval miniature portrait of a gentleman with curly brown hair, black coat, and white cravat in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Raphaelle Peale, ca. 1800

Oval miniature portrait of a bespectacled man with dark curly hair in a black coat, against a blue sky, in a gold frame.

L. P. Church

William A. Watkins, 1834

Miniature portrait of a woman in a black bonnet and lace collar, set in a gold mat inside an open green-lined case.

Mary Kellogg

James Whitehorne, ca. 1838

Oval miniature of a gentleman with powdered hair in a rose-brown coat, set in a gold frame edged with red stones.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Henry Benbridge, ca. 1770

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

Art Students

Louis Lang, ca. 1871