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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,955 works

Sunlit Venetian canal with gondolas, arched palazzi, shade trees, and children on the steps beside the water.

A Canal in Venice

Martín Rico y Ortega, 1879

Painting of shepherd, sheep and cattle at a fountain beside a ruined arched aqueduct with a classical statue.

Aqueduct in Ruins

Painting of a stone arched bridge over a waterfall, with a white horse, a resting cow and a kneeling man in the foreground.

Bridge over a Cascade

Painting of a calm river with a figure in a small boat, grassy meadows, trees and a tall poplar under a cloudy sky.

A River Landscape

Théodore Rousseau, ca. 1845-50

Three painted panels showing the Mass of Saint Gregory, Saint Michael slaying a dragon, and Saint Jerome with a lion.

Saint Michael; The Mass of Saint Gregory; Saint Jerome

Master of the Saint Catherine Legend

Medieval panel of soldiers killing infants while mothers grieve, with a seated crowned king watching in a stone hall.

The Massacre of the Innocents

Sano di Pietro, ca. 1470

Painting of two women in a garden speaking to a seated man in a brown robe beside a tea table, with a small dog.

The Reprimand

Jehan-Georges Vibert, 1874

Painting of churchmen in red and black robes lounging in an ornate interior with a tea service and a small dog.

The Missionary's Adventures

Jehan-Georges Vibert, ca. 1883

Painting of a Highland family in a dim cottage interior with a man in tartan, a woman holding a baby, a child, and dogs.

The Highland Family

David Wilkie, 1824

Sketch of Flora and Zephyr with cherubs and flower garlands among clouds, within a cartouche-shaped frame.

Flora and Zephyr

Jacob de Wit, 1743

Oval ceiling sketch of allegorical figures, putti and a lyre among clouds in a bright sky.

Allegory of the Arts

Jacob de Wit, 1742

Oil painting of yellow, cream and maroon pansies among dark green leaves against a brown background.

Pansies

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1903

Still life of apples on a white dish beside a porcelain sugar bowl, with a floral patterned wall behind.

Dish of Apples

Paul Cézanne, ca. 1876-77

Painting of two women seated side by side, one in blue and one in orange, before a green rural landscape with a thatched hut.

Two Women

Paul Gauguin, 1901 or 1902

Winter landscape with ice skaters on a frozen canal, bare trees, crows, a tall castle tower and snowy cottages.

A Winter Landscape with Ice Skaters and an Imaginary Castle

Christoffel van den Berghe, ca. 1615-20

Painted lunette of a bearded God the Father with outstretched arms, golden halo and rays, in a gilded arched frame.

God the Father

Ambrogio Bevilacqua

Crowd of 19th-century viewers gathered before a large painting of a coronation ceremony in a gallery setting.

The Public Viewing David's "Coronation" at the Louvre

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1810

Oil sketch of a waterfall pouring over a dark cliff, framed by green trees and hills under a blue sky.

Waterfall at Terni

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1826

Painting of a sunlit meadow at the edge of a wood, with tall trees on the left and clouds in a blue sky.

Edge of a Wood

Claude-Félix-Théodore Caruelle d' Aligny, ca. 1850

Painting of village outskirts with green fields, trees, rooftops, a church steeple, and a sandy path in the foreground.

The Outskirts of a Village

Edmond Aman-Jean, ca. 1880

Painting of a calm lake beneath hazy mountains, with poplar trees and green fields along the shore under a pale sky.

Lake Fucino and the Abruzzi Mountains

Joseph Bidauld, ca. 1789

Painted landscape of sunlit hills under a blue sky with cumulus clouds, and a village with church towers at lower right.

Mountainous Landscape at Vicovaro

Simon Denis, ca. 1786-97

Painting of a black cow standing in a barn beside a feeding trough, with straw and a stone wall behind it.

Cow in a Barn

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot

Oil sketch of dark storm clouds lit with pink highlights above a low horizon, with pale blue sky and wisps above.

Cloud Study (Distant Storm)

Simon Denis, ca. 1786-1806

Painting of wooded hills, a rocky slope, and a farmhouse beneath a cloudy sky, with trees and a meadow in the foreground.

Mountainous Landscape at Tivoli

Simon Denis, ca. 1786-97

Painting of Roman rooftops, a dome, a bell tower, and an umbrella pine under a pale sky with distant hills.

View on the Quirinal Hill, Rome

Simon Denis, 1800

Landscape with a stone wall and two towers in the foreground, cypress trees, and rolling hills under a pale sky.

Fortified Wall at Tivoli

Simon Denis, ca. 1786-1806

Painting of a pope and clergy in a frescoed vaulted hall, with kneeling women in traditional dress and a Swiss Guard at left.

Pope Gregory XVI Visiting the Church of San Benedetto at Subiaco

Jean-François Montessuy, 1843

Painting of robed monks in a vaulted stone church interior, a gesturing figure at centre beside a floor opening and hanging b

Dramatic Scene with Monks in a Crypt

Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard

Painting of the Colosseum and Arch of Constantine from the Palatine Hill, with trees, rooftops and a blue sky.

View of the Colosseum and the Arch of Constantine from the Palatine

Charles Rémond, ca. 1822-24