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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,826 works

Three otters swim in misty grey water, painted in soft ink on silk with a signature and red seals at right.

Otters Swimming

Seki Shūkō, ca. 1890-92

Three slender needlefish swim across a pale silk ground beside a pink branch and green leaves.

Three Fishes and a Branch

Seki Shūkō, ca. 1890-92

Two pale eels curl beside brown mushrooms and green grass on silk, with calligraphy and red seals at upper right.

Eels

Seki Shūkō, ca. 1890-92

Three hanging scrolls of a misty landscape with waterfall, pines, red maples, and white cherry blossoms, with figures seated

Nunobiki Waterfall, Mount Yoshino, and Tatsuta River

Kanō Tsunenobu, after 1709

Woman in blue silk dress and straw hat painting at an easel, with two young women watching beside her in a studio.

Self-portrait with two pupils

Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, 1785

Painting of bound Christ in a crown of thorns presented before a man in red, with a Gothic town square behind.

Christ Shown to the People

Jan Mostaert, 1510-15

Oval portrait of a bearded man with graying hair in a black garment and white lace ruff against a dark background.

Portrait of a Man

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1632

Young woman with curled blonde hair sketching at a drawing board by a window, in a white dress, with two figures on a balcony

Marie Joséphine Charlotte du Val d'Ognes

Marie-Denise Villers, 1801

Half-length portrait of a man in a dark costume and metal breastplate, holding a red plume, against a dark background.

Portrait of a Man with a Breastplate and Plumed Hat

Rembrandt van Rijn

Painting of tall trees and a grassy clearing in a shaded forest, with a broken stump at left and dense green foliage behind.

Trees in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris

Achille Etna Michallon, 1812

Painting of a kneeling woman about to be sacrificed, with a raised dagger, a brazier, armored soldiers and mourning onlookers

The Sacrifice of Polyxena

Giovanni Francesco Romanelli

Four young musicians with a lute and violin, one with wings, around open sheet music, painted in warm tones.

The Musicians

Caravaggio, 1595

Two bare-shouldered women in blue and purple cloth hold fruit and pink blossoms against a dense green background.

Two Tahitian women with mango flowers

Paul Gauguin, 1899

Painting of a woman in a red wrap carrying a child on her shoulders, with other women, fruit and tropical trees in the backgr

Hail Mary

Paul Gauguin, 1891

Small painting of men raising a timber frame beside a house on a dirt road, with a white horse and a tree at right.

House Raising

William P. Chappel, 1870s

Nude woman leaning over shallow lake water under a hazy golden sky with distant mountains, by Paul Émile Chabas.

September morning

Paul Émile Chabas, 1912

Full-length painting of a man in a dark coat and black hat holding a walking stick on a sunlit grassy path.

Portrait of the Painter

John La Farge, 1859

Four saints in a dark forest: a bald man with keys, a veiled woman beside a dragon, a woman with a chalice, and a bearded man

Saints Peter, Martha, Mary Magdalen, and Leonard

Antonio da Correggio, 1515

Oval miniature portrait of a young woman with curly brown hair in a white dress, blue sash and red shawl, in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Lady

Adolf Ulrik Wertmüller, 1805

Painting of three women by a stream with a brown horse drinking, rocky background, and reflections in the water.

Portrait of Mlle Fiocre in the Ballet

Edgar Degas, 1867

Full-length portrait of a young woman in a striped gold and silver gown beside a gilded chair and red drapery.

Maria Luisa of Parma (1751-1819), Later Queen of Spain

Laurent Pêcheux, 1765

Black and white view of a young woman in a white bonnet and ruff collar, wearing layered chains against a dark background.

Portrait of a Young Woman

Pieter Pourbus, 1544

Pastel portrait of a man in a pink coat, lace jabot and powdered wig, with roses at his chest, against a grey-green backgroun

Portrait of Olivier Journu (1724-1764)

Jean-Baptiste Perronneau, 1756

Painting of a wooded landscape with a kissing couple beside goats, distant figures on a path, and a sea view.

The Three Ages of Man

Dosso Dossi, 1515

Bearded friar in brown habit gazes upward beside a crucifix, with a dusky rocky landscape behind him.

Saint Francis

Federico Barocci, 1597

Miniature portrait of two men in a book-lined room with a piano, a greyhound, and an oval portrait on the wall.

Joseph and Karl August von Klein

Heinrich Franz Schalck, 1810

Miniature of a young woman with curly auburn hair reclining in a wooded setting, wearing a white dress and blue drapery.

Portrait of a Young Woman

Jean-Antoine Laurent, 1795

Oil portrait of a seated man in black with white collar holding a pocket watch on a blue ribbon against blue drapery.

Portrait of a Man with a Watch

Cornelius Janson van Ceulen the Younger, 1657

Full-length portrait of a woman in a white gown and fur-trimmed cloak before a landscape with trees and sky.

Elizabeth Farren (born about 1759, died 1829), Later Countess of Derby

Thomas Lawrence, 1790

Painting of a seated man writing with a quill beside a woman in white, with chemistry apparatus on a red-draped table.

Portrait of Monsieur de Lavoisier and his Wife, chemist Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze

Jacques-Louis David, 1788

Oil portrait of a man in a black beret and grey fur-trimmed coat, holding a rolled paper against a dark background.

Portrait of a Man

Jan Gossaert, 1520

Double portrait of a man in a fur hat and a woman in a white headdress, with a landscape of river, church and mountains behin

Portrait of a Man and His Wife (Lorenz Kraffter and Honesta Merz?)

Ulrich Apt the Elder, 1512

Portrait of a young man in dark clothing and a black cap, resting his hand on a book beside a red pedestal.

Portrait of a Young Man with a Book

Painting of a woman in a blue bodice reading a book while seated in a grassy field, with a boat on water behind her.

A Woman Reading

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1869

Oval portrait of a smiling boy in a wide hat building a house of playing cards on a gilded chair.

Boy with a House of Cards

François-Hubert Drouais

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

Joseph Reade

John Wollaston the Younger, 1749

Portrait of a young woman in a blue gown with lace, pearls, a flower wreath, and a pink flower held in her hand.

Portrait of a Lady

Lawrence Kilburn, 1764

Portrait of a woman in a blue-green silk gown, lace cap and white bow, against a dark background.

Mrs. Joseph Reade

John Wollaston the Younger, 1749

Full-length portrait of a young man in a gray coat with gold embroidered trim, against a wooded landscape and cloudy sky.

William Axtell

John Wollaston the Younger, 1749

Flora

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1654

Rembrandt painting of a bearded man in a gold chain resting his hand on a bust, against a dark background.

Aristotle with a Bust of Homer

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1653

Seated older man in a blue coat and white cravat, holding an open book, in front of a warm brown background.

James Johnston of Straiton (died 1841)

Henry Raeburn, 1776

Painting of a fair-haired young child in a cream dress holding flowers in a green, shadowed outdoor landscape.

William Scott-Elliot of Arkleton (1811-1901)

Henry Raeburn, 1815

Seated woman in white dress with orange sash reading papers, framed by trees and a pink sunset landscape.

Mrs. Richard Alexander Oswald (Louisa Johnston, ?born about 1760, died 1797)

Henry Raeburn, 1794

Seated man in white wig and red robe with black gown against a dark brown background, painted in 1805.

William Robertson (1753-1835), Lord Robertson

Henry Raeburn, 1805

Full-length portrait of a young man in green coat and red waistcoat beside a chestnut horse under a tree.

George Harley Drummond (1783-1855)

Henry Raeburn, 1808

Seated woman in white dress and brown shawl before a tree and misty landscape, painted in oil by Henry Raeburn.

Lady Maitland (Catherine Connor, died 1865)

Henry Raeburn, 1776

Painting of Saint John the Baptist scenes: two women embrace under an arcade, a birth scene in a red-draped bed, and a distan

Scenes from the Life of Saint John the Baptist

Francesco Granacci, 1506

Painting of the Virgin in red and green robes holding a nude infant Christ with a small bird against a landscape.

Madonna and Child

Francesco Granacci, 1520

Triptych painting of the Crucifixion with Resurrection and Last Judgment scenes in side panels, gilded arched frames.

The Crucifixion

Francesco Granacci, 1510

Painting of Perseus on a winged horse with a sword, approaching a nude Andromeda beside a cliff as a sea monster rises below.

Perseus and Andromeda

Bernardino Cesari, 1600

Painting of a woman in pink standing in a flowering garden with roses, trees and a grey house with red roofs behind.

Garden at Vaucresson

Edouard Vuillard, 1920

Hanging scroll of a woman in a black kimono with red and blue circular patterns, head bowed, one bare foot visible.

Dancer

Hishikawa Moronobu

Painting of the Virgin and Child enthroned with six saints against a gold background, including a bishop and an armored saint

Mary with Child and six saints

Francesco Pesellino, 1450

Ink painting on a hanging scroll of a wild goose standing by reeds at water's edge, with a red seal at lower right.

Wild Goose and Reeds

Hanging scroll of a carp beside a pink lotus bud and reeds on a muted ochre ground, by Kano Yasunobu.

Fish and Lotus

Hanging scroll of a misty ink landscape with pine trees, distant mountains and a faint rainbow arc.

Misty Landscape with Rainbow

Hanging scroll of a misty landscape with a pale moon, distant hills, reeds, trees and still water.

Landscape with the Moon

Shiokawa Bunrin, 19th century

Hanging scroll of a misty landscape with a pagoda, rocky cliffs, pine trees, a small boat, and distant mountains in brown ink

River Gorge with Waterfall

Pair of hanging scrolls with pink roses, white blossoms, green leaves and small birds on a pale background.

Roses and Field Sparrow (?)

Hasegawa Gyokuhō, 19th century

Hanging scroll of a grapevine in grey ink with two large leaves, a cluster of grapes, and a red artist's seal.

Grapevine

Matsumura Goshun, after 1790

Hanging scroll of ink bamboo with tall stalks and dark leaves on a brownish silk ground, framed in brocade.

Bamboo

Kaō, ca. 16th century

Gold-ground panel of the Virgin and Child seated on a throne, flanked by musician angels, with an inscribed scroll below.

Madonna and Child with Angels

Gentile da Fabriano, 1410

Ink painting of a tanuki raccoon dog peering down at its reflection in water on a hanging scroll.

Tanuki (Racoon Dog) Viewing Its Reflection in Water

Kawanabe Kyōsai, late 19th century