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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,955 works

Painting of figures in classical robes gesturing on a loggia, with a sleeping infant in a cradle and a hilly landscape beyond

The Legend of the Infant Servius Tullius

Bonifazio Veronese

Painting of three playful cherubs among grapes, apples, a basket and clouds, set in an ornate gilt frame.

Allegory of Autumn

François Boucher, 1753

Three cupids on clouds with a lyre, torch, scroll, doves and roses, painted in a gilt frame on white paneling.

Allegory of Lyric Poetry

François Boucher, 1753

Painting of a blue gulf seen from a hillside town with red rooftops, chimneys, and distant mountains under a pale sky.

The Gulf of Marseille Seen from L'Estaque

Paul Cézanne, ca. 1885

Oil landscape of a Gothic cathedral with a tall spire, framed by trees, grazing cows and a pond in the meadow.

Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop's Grounds

John Constable, ca. 1825

Painting of a reclining nude woman on a spotted cloth in a landscape with trees, water and small background figures.

Bacchante in a Landscape

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1865-70

Gold-ground panel with Christ enthroned above saints with haloes, flanking a circular reliquary, with Latin inscription below

Christ Enthroned with Saints

Bernardo Daddi, ca. 1325

Painting of a shallow brook flowing between rocky cliffs and dense green trees under a pale turquoise sky.

The Hidden Brook

Gustave Courbet, ca. 1873-77

Painted cassone panel showing a woman swimming a river past a soldiers' camp toward a red walled city gate.

The Legend of Cloelia

Guidoccio Cozzarelli, ca. 1480

Painting of a blacksmith at an anvil in a timber workshop, with a woman holding a child and workers beside a glowing forge.

The Forge

Léonard Defrance

Painting of a tightrope dancer with a balancing pole above a clown, musicians and a crowd watching in a wooden street booth.

The Rope Dance

Léonard Defrance

Painting of French soldiers in a battle near a stone wall and white house, with horses, debris and an orange sky.

The Defense of Champigny

Édouard Detaille, 1879

Marie Dihau (1843-1935)

Edgar Degas, 1867-68

Painting of young ballet dancers in a rehearsal room with a double bass lying in the foreground by a green wall.

Dancers in the Rehearsal Room with a Double Bass

Edgar Degas, ca. 1882-85

Gold-ground polyptych with the Madonna and Child enthroned at center, flanked by saints in Gothic arched panels.

Madonna and Child with Saints

Giovanni di Paolo, 1454

Painting of a man crouching to encourage a toddler's first steps, with a woman, flowering tree and cottage behind them.

First Steps, after Millet

Vincent van Gogh, 1890

Dark still life of a lobster, gilded goblet, pewter jug, grapes, lemon and fruit basket on a draped table.

Still Life: A Banqueting Scene

Jan Davidsz. de Heem, ca. 1640-41

Painting of pomegranates, grapes, figs and apples on rocks, with a lizard and butterfly, before a dark mountain landscape.

Pomegranates and Other Fruit in a Landscape

Abraham Brueghel

Gilded cassone panel with three roundels showing Hercules labors, including a centaur fight, a lion, and a wrestling scene.

The Labors of Hercules

Two mounted officers in bicorne hats talk on a sandy road beside a sea and fortified town, painted in 1869.

A General and His Aide-de-camp

Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier, 1869

Painting of mounted soldiers in a cavalry skirmish on a dirt road, with rearing horses, smoke, and trees.

A Cavalry Engagement

Adam Frans van der Meulen

Painting of elegant figures in flowing gowns gathered under a vaulted arch and stone staircase, glowing in warm golden tones.

The Court of the Princess

Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli

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

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 soldiers and women resting in a wooded camp with tents, a ruined tower, horses, and a cooking fire under a cloudy

Troops at Rest

Jean-Baptiste Pater, ca. 1725

Painting of soldiers, women and children on a road past a thatched hut, with a castle on a hill in the distance.

Troops on the March

Jean-Baptiste Pater, ca. 1725

Grisaille painting of a dismasted ship in a storm, with sailors on rocks and in the waves beside a steep cliff.

A Shipwreck in a Storm

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1782

Painting of Apollo driving a chariot with white horses through a turquoise sky with soft pink and gold clouds.

The Chariot of Apollo

Odilon Redon, 1905-16

Painting of a sunlit dirt road lined with green trees, with a small group of figures in period dress walking toward a distant

A Road in Louveciennes

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, ca. 1870

Painting of a calm river lined with green trees, a rowboat, fishermen on the bank, and a cloudy sky.

On the Seine

Martín Rico y Ortega, 1869