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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,970 works

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

Full-length portrait of a man in a navy uniform with gold braid, pointing toward a sailing ship at sea under a stormy sky.

Captain John Gell

Gilbert Stuart, 1785

Oval miniature portrait of a man with curly dark hair in a blue coat and white cravat, set in a gold pendant frame.

Stephen Thorn

George Augustus Baker Sr., 1818

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

Painting of an old bearded man with a rifle surrounded by a crowd on a village street with wooden houses and a flag.

Rip Van Winkle

Albertis del Orient Browere, 1833

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 miniature portrait of a man with dark hair in a dark coat and white cravat, set in a gold pendant frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman

William M. S. Doyle, 1810

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

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

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

Painting of Christ touching the eyes of a kneeling blind man beneath a tree, with disciples, a dog, and a town at dusk.

Christ Healing the Blindman

Gerardus Duyckinck I, ca. 1725-30

Two haloed saints playing lutes, one in red and one in dark robes, with lilies and wings against a blue sky.

Saint Bonaventure and Saint Anthony of Padua

Basilio Santa Cruz Pumacallao, ca. 1670-90

Painting of Saint Ansanus with a gold halo, red cloak, green tunic, and a spear with a banner, on gold ground.

Saint Ansanus

Simone Martini, ca. 1326

Gilded panel of the dead Christ mourned by haloed figures before a cross and rocky hill, under a Gothic arch.

The Lamentation over the Dead Christ

Niccolò di Buonaccorso, ca. 1380

Painting of Saint Ambrose as a bishop in a jeweled mitre, holding a crozier and book against a gold background.

Saint Ambrose

Giovanni di Paolo, ca. 1465-70

Painted panel of a kneeling saint praying to Christ in clouds while a woman sits up in a red bed with attendants.

Saint Catherine of Siena Beseeching Christ to Resuscitate Her Mother

Giovanni di Paolo, ca. 1447-65

Gold-ground panel of a haloed friar with lilies, a wreath, two angels, and a bishop above.

The Exultation of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino

Giovanni di Paolo, ca. 1450

Painting of a haloed bearded saint raising a hand before a bed, as a kneeling woman and onlookers look on in an arched room.

Saint John the Evangelist Raises Drusiana

Giovanni di Paolo, ca. 1455-60