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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

32,885 works

Medieval painting of a banquet where a severed head is served on a platter while guests watch and an executioner stands nearb

The Feast of Herod and the Beheading of the Baptist

Giovanni Baronzio, ca. 1330-35

Portrait of Alvise Contarini(?); (verso) A Tethered Roebuck

Jacometto Veneziano, ca. 1485-95

Two bearded saints with gold halos stand against a gold background, one in a red patterned mantle holding a book.

Saints Bartholomew and Simon

Master of Saint Francis, ca. 1272

Painting of a goldsmith weighing coins at a counter beside a couple, with jewelry, silverware and a convex mirror in the shop

A Goldsmith in his Shop

Petrus Christus, 1449

Painting of the Annunciation: Mary in blue before a book, an angel in red brocade, a dove above, in a tiled room.

The Annunciation

Hans Memling, 1480-89

Two panels showing Christ carrying the cross with soldiers, and the risen Christ beside an open tomb with a sleeping soldier.

Christ Carrying the Cross, with the Crucifixion; The Resurrection, with the Pilgrims of Emmaus

Gerard David, ca. 1510

Portrait of a young woman in a red velvet gown and patterned headdress, with a castle and hills visible through an arched win

Margaret of Austria

Jean Hey, ca. 1490

Oil portrait of a seated man in a black hat and lace collar, one hand resting on an open book, dark background.

Portrait of Gerard de Lairesse

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1665-67

Two panels showing the angel Gabriel gesturing toward the Virgin Mary, who raises her hand beneath a dove in arched niches.

Archangel Gabriel; The Virgin Annunciate

Gerard David, ca. 1510

Full-length portrait of a standing man in black cloak and white collar beside a red draped table with a black hat.

Burgomaster Jan van Duren (1613-1687)

Gérard ter Borch, ca. 1666-67

Interior scene with a woman in blue standing beside a table where children and a smoking man sit under gilt wall hangings.

Leisure Time in an Elegant Setting

Pieter de Hooch, ca. 1663-65

Painting of bearded Christ in a crown of thorns gazing upward while carrying a wooden cross, wearing a blue mantle and red ro

Christ Carrying the Cross

El Greco, ca. 1577-87

Full-length portrait of a standing woman in black dress and white collar, resting her hand on a red velvet armchair.

Margaretha van Haexbergen (1614-1676)

Gérard ter Borch, ca. 1666-67

Seated woman in pink silk gown holds a young girl in white dress on a turquoise sofa against a grey background.

Condesa de Altamira and Her Daughter, María Agustina

Francisco Goya, 1787-88

Elderly bearded man in a red cloak with hands resting on an open book against a dark background.

Saint Jerome as Scholar

El Greco, ca. 1610

Painting of bare trees framing a green hillside with a pale house and red roof under a blue sky.

Trees and Houses Near the Jas de Bouffan

Paul Cézanne, 1885-86

Painting of nude women bathing in a woodland pool beside a rocky outcrop, with a hunter and dog at the right edge.

Diana and Actaeon (Diana Surprised in Her Bath)

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1836

Portrait of a seated woman in a blue satin gown with lace sleeves, pearls and gold jewelry, against a gray wall.

Joséphine-Éléonore-Marie-Pauline de Galard de Brassac de Béarn (1825-1860), Princesse de Broglie

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1851-53

Painting of a nude young woman with long auburn hair seated on white cloth against green foliage.

Young Girl Bathing

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1892

Painting of a baby in a white dress and bonnet held by a woman in green, set against a bright yellow background.

Madame Roulin and Her Baby

Vincent van Gogh, 1888

Medieval panel painting of the Last Supper with Christ and twelve apostles at a long table, gold haloes, red and green robes.

The Last Supper

Ugolino di Nerio, ca. 1325

Two girls in an interior, one playing an upright piano while the other stands behind pointing at sheet music, with flowers ne

Two Young Girls at the Piano

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1892

Madonna and Child: Virgin in dark blue mantle holds red-robed Christ Child before a gold leaf background with halo.

Madonna and Child

Simone Martini, ca. 1326

Illuminated manuscript leaf of kneeling robed figures before a walled city, with a divine hand and light above and fleeing de

The Right Hand of God Protecting the Faithful against the Demons

Jean Fouquet, ca. 1452-60

Illuminated scene of the Virgin and infant Christ with shepherds, angels, a stable arch and a star in a blue sky.

Adoration of the Shepherds

Francesco di Marco Marmitta da Parma, ca. 1500

Seated man in dark coat and plumed hat playing a guitar beside a music stand with sheet music, against a grey wall.

Portrait of Monsieur Aublet

Guillaume Voiriot, ca. 1782

Group portrait of a seated man, a woman in blue, several children, and a greyhound in an interior with a classical bust.

The Jabach Family

Charles Le Brun, ca. 1660

Painting of mourners lowering the body of Christ into a stone sarcophagus, with the Virgin Mary praying nearby.

The Entombment of Christ

Juan Rodríguez Juárez, ca. 1702

Kneeling shepherd with a staff before rocky terrain, with a row of nude women with raised arms on the horizon above.

The Dream of the Shepherd (Der Traum des Hirten)

Ferdinand Hodler, 1896

Painting of the Virgin of Guadalupe with golden rays, green star-patterned mantle, and four framed scenes of her apparitions

The Virgin of Guadalupe with the Four Apparitions

Nicolás Enríquez, 1773

Painting of a fish market with a fishmonger cutting salmon, women with baskets, and fish displayed on wooden trays.

Fish Market

Joachim Beuckelaer, 1568

Painting of a large shade tree and open meadow under a pale sky, with a small figure on a path and a distant village.

The Trees, Early Afternoon, France

William A. Harper, ca. 1905

Painting of dancers performing in a dim wooden roundhouse surrounded by seated spectators and women in patterned skirts.

Dance in a Subterranean Roundhouse at Clear Lake, California

Jules Tavernier, 1878

Painting of a young girl in a pink dress beside a glass goblet of cherries, with a green curtain and checkered floor.

Emma Van Name

Joshua Johnson, ca. 1805

Allegorical white-robed woman beside books and arts objects, with figures in a landscape and scattered chains on a checkered

Study For Liberty Displaying the Arts and Sciences, or The Genius of America Encouraging the Emancipation of the Blacks

Samuel Jennings, ca. 1791-92

Painting of the Marriage of the Virgin with a bearded priest, a couple joining hands, angels with flowers, and onlookers unde

The Marriage of the Virgin

José Sánchez, ca. 1690

Painted panel of a royal assembly with a seated king under a canopy, kneeling attendants, pavilions and banana trees.

Royal processions, ceremonies and entertainments

or associated workshops Court of King Mindon or Thibaw, 1870s-1880s

Virgin Mary with crowned Christ child among clouds and angels, saints beside her, and souls burning in flames below.

The Virgin of Carmen and the Souls of Purgatory with St. Joseph and the Prophet Elijah

Juan Francisco de Aguilera, ca. 1720

Night scene of a mounted rider and horses on a snowy slope, with two distant figures on a ridge under a teal sky.

A Reconnaissance

Frederic Remington, 1902

Oil portrait of a woman in a red dress with beaded necklaces, braided hair, and shell earrings against a dark background.

Hayne Hudjihini, Eagle of Delight

Henry Inman, 1832-33

Still life painting of a glass vase holding a dense bouquet of roses, tulips and irises on a dark background, with a butterfl

A Bouquet of Flowers

Clara Peeters, ca. 1612

Gold-ground altarpiece panels: a robed saint with crozier and deer at right, Christ and Satan above, apostles below.

Saint Giles with Christ Triumphant over Satan and the Mission of the Apostles

Miguel Alcañiz, ca. 1408

Pes-Ke-Le-Cha-Co

Henry Inman, 1832-33

Painting of Flora and Zephyr embracing in a garden with cupids scattering flowers beneath a stone urn.

Flora and Zephyr

Jacopo Amigoni, 1730s

Gold-ground painting of the Crucifixion with three crosses, two angels, mounted soldiers, and grieving figures in the foregro

The Crucifixion

Andrea di Bartolo

Painting of a bishop saint with a gold halo and mitre, blessing with one hand, set against blue in a gilded circular frame.

Saint Alexander

Fra Angelico, ca. 1425

Nativity scene with kneeling Mary and Joseph, the infant Christ, an ox and donkey, and a row of haloed angels above.

The Nativity

Zanobi Strozzi, ca. 1433-34

Half-length portrait of a young man with curly red hair, dark cap and slight smile against a dark background.

Portrait of a Young Man

Antonello da Messina, ca. 1470

Painting of the Crucifixion with Christ on the cross over a gold background, flanked by haloed saints and mourners.

The Crucifixion

Fra Angelico, possibly ca. 1440

Black-and-white image of a painted Madonna nursing the Christ Child, both with patterned haloes, on a cracked panel surface.

Madonna and Child

Antoniazzo Romano

Double portrait of a man in a fur hat and a woman in a white headdress, with a landscape visible through a window behind them

Portrait of a Married Couple (Lorenz Kraffter and Honesta Merz?)

Ulrich Apt the Elder, 1512

Family group with a man pointing over a valley, a seated woman in red, several children and a dog on a forest path.

Family Group in a Landscape

Jacques d' Arthois, ca. 1645

Painting of the Nativity with kneeling Mary and Joseph, the infant Christ, an ox and donkey, angels, shepherds and a hilltown

The Nativity

Antoniazzo Romano, 1480s

Nude woman with two children in a landscape with palm trees, a parrot and a distant arched building under a cloudy sky.

Eve with Cain and Abel

Francesco Bacchiacca, 1520s

Seated elderly woman in black dress, white ruff and cap, hands resting on wooden armchair against dark background.

Old Woman in an Armchair

Jacob Adriaensz. Backer

Elderly bearded man in black with white ruff, holding spectacles and an open book with a botanical drawing.

Portrait of a Man, Possibly a Botanist

David Bailly, 1641

Nude woman beside a swan with infants hatching from eggs in a wooded landscape with a distant building.

Leda and the Swan

Francesco Bacchiacca

Painting of an elderly woman in a black dress, white pleated ruff and cap, hands clasped, against a brown background.

Portrait of an Old Woman

Jacob Adriaensz. Backer

Triptych with Madonna and Child in center, Saint Philip with book and staff at left, Saint Agnes with lamb at right, gold bac

Madonna and Child with Saints Philip and Agnes

Donato de' Bardi, ca. 1425-30

Painting of the Virgin with red robe and green mantle holding the nude Christ Child against a rocky background with roses.

Madonna and Child

Francesco Bacchiacca, possibly early 1520s

Oil painting of a seated man in a striped turban and yellow robe holding a hookah in a dim stone interior.

A Bashi-Bazouk

Charles Bargue, 1875

Gold-ground panel with eight painted scenes of Christ's life and saints, including a Coronation of the Virgin and an Ascensio

Scenes from the Life of Christ

Giovanni Baronzio, mid-1340s

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with curly hair and white ruffled collar against a pale blue background.

Portrait of a Woman

John Barry, ca. 1790

Madonna holds the Christ Child before windows showing landscapes, with the young Saint John the Baptist at lower right.

Madonna and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist

Fra' Bartolomeo, ca. 1497

Painting of a haloed saint kneeling by a fallen child in a pink city street, with a white horse and crowd of robed onlookers.

Saint Dominic Resuscitating Napoleone Orsini

Bartolomeo degli Erri, 1467-74

Tempera panel of the Betrayal of Christ with armored soldiers, haloed figures, red hills and hilltop towns on a dark sky.

The Betrayal of Christ

Bartolomeo di Tommaso, ca. 1445-50

Portrait of a man in a red cap and pink scarf before a landscape with trees and a castle.

Portrait of a Man

Fra' Bartolomeo, shortly after 1497

Painting of Saint Thomas Aquinas in black habit beside Saints Peter and Paul at a lectern in a pink arcaded interior with boo

Saint Thomas Aquinas Aided by Saints Peter and Paul

Bartolomeo degli Erri

Painting of a seated woman drawing a bow as a winged Cupid kneels beside her, with hunting dogs and a wooded landscape behind

Diana and Cupid

Pompeo Batoni, 1761

Oval miniature portrait of a man with a large white lace collar and dark doublet against a dark background.

Portrait of a Man

David Baudringhien, 1627

Painting of a stone medieval city gate with round towers, figures on horseback and children on a grassy field, under a cloudy

Porte de la Reine at Aigues-Mortes

Jean-Frédéric Bazille, 1867

Full-length portrait of a young man in red embroidered coat beside a gilded table, classical bust, and a dog.

Portrait of a Young Man

Pompeo Batoni, ca. 1760-65

Oval miniature portrait of a smiling woman with dark hair wearing a large white lace ruff and dark dress, in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Woman

David Baudringhien

Couple resting on grass beside a stone sculpture of draped figures, with a grazing cow and trees in a park setting.

In the Sun

Charles-Edouard de Beaumont, 1875

Portrait of a seated man in a brown coat and white cravat, holding a pen over a sketchbook beside a classical bust.

Edward Miles (1752-1828)

William Beechey

Painting of villagers skating and sledding on a frozen canal before a church and houses under a dark stormy sky.

Skating at Sloten, near Amsterdam

Johannes Abrahamsz Beerstraten

Half-length portrait of a man in a red cap and gray robe with a white ruff, arms crossed, against a dark background.

Chancellor Leonhard von Eck (1480-1550)

Barthel Beham, 1527

Portrait of a young man in a dark blue braided military jacket and red sash, holding a sabre against a cloudy sky.

George IV (1762-1830), When Prince of Wales

William Beechey

Triptych altarpiece with the Virgin and Child enthroned in the center, kneeling donors below, and saints with monks on the wi

The Cellier Altarpiece

Jean Bellegambe, 1511-12

Painted blue and gold urn of mixed flowers set in a marbled niche, with loose blossoms on the ledge.

Vase of Flowers in a Niche

Michel Bruno Bellengé

Seated woman in white gown and red shawl holding a yellow parasol, with a landscape and evening sky behind her.

Portrait of a Woman

William Beechey, ca. 1805

Painting of the Madonna with clasped hands gazing at a sleeping naked infant on a white cloth, with a landscape behind.

Madonna Adoring the Sleeping Child

Giovanni Bellini, early 1460s

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child, both with gold halos, against a gold background in a carved frame.

Madonna and Child

Jacopo Bellini, probably 1440s

Painting of a town gate with a hilltop castle, church spire, carriage and pedestrians under a cloudy sky.

Pirna: The Obertor from the South

Bernardo Bellotto, mid-1750s

Painting of the Madonna and Child flanked by five saints holding palms, a book, keys, and a chalice, with mountains behind.

Madonna and Child with Saints

Giovanni Bellini, ca. 1505-10

Painted interior of an ornate rococo room with blue walls, gilt boiseries, crystal chandelier, and blue velvet drapery.

Project for a Room for King Ludwig II (1854-1886) of Bavaria

Painting of a river town with white villas and church towers, a rowboat on the water, and elegant figures on the bank.

Vaprio d'Adda

Bernardo Bellotto, 1744

Painting of a standing woman with gold jewelry holding a sword against red drapery, by Benjamin-Constant.

Judith

Benjamin-Constant, possibly ca. 1886

Seated woman in white gown with arm around curly-haired young boy in blue jacket, against a dark background.

Madame Philippe Panon Desbassayns de Richemont (Jeanne Eglé Mourgue, 1778-1855) and Her Son, Eugène (1800-1859)

Marie Guillemine Benoist, 1802

Painting of the dead Christ held by three mourners before a cross, with a crown of thorns and nails in the foreground and a t

The Lamentation

Ambrosius Benson, ca. 1520-25

Pastoral painting of a seated woman with a child, a standing man, cattle, goats and sheep beneath large trees.

Rest

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, 1644

Gilded religious panel of the Virgin Mary crowned by angels, surrounded by musician angels and kneeling apostles below.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Ambrogio Bergognone, ca. 1510

Gold-ground panel of the Virgin Mary in blue holding the Christ Child in red, both with haloes.

Madonna and Child

Berlinghiero Berlinghieri, possibly 1230s

Painting of the Virgin in red with clasped hands, a sleeping infant on a cushion, two angels playing instruments, and a river

Madonna and Child with Angels

Bernardino da Genoa, 1515

The Twelve Apostles: Saints Bartholomew, Andrew, Matthew, James the Greater, Thaddeus, Philip, James the Lesser, Simo…

Ambrogio Bergognone

Portrait of a young man with curly red hair in a red cloak, with a hilly landscape and blue sky behind him.

Portrait of a Young Man

Biagio d'Antonio, probably ca. 1470