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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,887 works

Seated woman in white gold-embroidered gown with feathered headdress, holding a fan beside a red table with books.

Matilda Stoughton de Jaudenes

Gilbert Stuart, 1794

Full-length portrait of a man in a blue military coat beside a figure in a red turban, with a harbor and ships behind.

George Washington and William Lee (George Washington)

John Trumbull, 1780

Painting of a sunlit forest stream with a fallen log, tall trees, and a small waterfall over rocky ledges.

The Trout Pool

Worthington Whittredge, 1870

Bearded man on crutches saluting in a doorway beneath a Provost Marshal Office sign, with a rifle hung on the wall.

A Bit of War History: The Veteran

Thomas Waterman Wood, 1866

Hanging scroll of ink bamboo leaning in the wind over a rock, with calligraphy and red seals on the mount above.

Bamboo in the Wind

Yi Jeong, early 17th century

Two hanging scroll landscapes with misty mountains, rock peaks, distant buildings and trees in muted brown ink tones.

Evening bell from mist-shrouded temple (left); Autumn moon over Lake Dongting (right)

An Gyeon, ca. 1450-1500

Man in worn clothing raising his hat beside a rifle, chair, and Provost Marshal Office sign in a doorway.

A Bit of War History: The Contraband

Thomas Waterman Wood, 1865

Tibetan thangka showing a Raktayamari mandala with a central wrathful deity, surrounded by concentric rings and seated figure

Mandala of Raktayamari

Mikyo Dorje, late 14th century

Thangka mandala with a central sun deity on a chariot, surrounded by lotus petals and rows of seated Buddhist figures in red

Mandala of the Sun God Surya

Kitaharasa, likely 1379

Painting of a bearded Black Union soldier with a rifle on his shoulder standing beside a Provost Marshal Office door.

A Bit of War History: The Recruit

Thomas Waterman Wood, 1866

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ in a blue mantle before red drapery, with a town and mountains at left.

Madonna and Child

Giovanni Bellini, late 1480s

Venus reclines nude on a gilded couch with doves and cupids attending her beside a teal drapery and a pearl necklace.

The Toilette of Venus

François Boucher, 1751

Portrait of a young man in a dark velvet doublet and cap, one hand resting on a gilded book beside a red pedestal.

Portrait of a Young Man

Bronzino, 1530s

Painting of a seated woman in a red dress holding fruit, with a patterned yellow chair and floral curtain behind her.

Madame Cézanne (Hortense Fiquet, 1850-1922) in a Red Dress

Paul Cézanne, 1888-90

Half-length portrait of a bearded Carthusian monk in a white hooded habit against a glowing red background.

Portrait of a Carthusian

Petrus Christus, 1446

Portrait of a woman in a white blouse and red bodice with a headdress, holding a red flower against a brown background.

Sibylle

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, ca. 1870

Painting of three nude women before an armored knight and a bearded man beneath an oak, with Cupid overhead and a castle land

The Judgment of Paris

Lucas Cranach the Elder, ca. 1528

Painting of a woman in blue robes nursing an infant in a forest landscape, with travelers and a castle in the distance.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Gerard David, ca. 1512-15

Painting of a seated man writing at a red-draped table beside a standing woman in white, with laboratory instruments nearby.

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1794) and Marie Anne Lavoisier (Marie Anne Pierrette Paulze, 1758-1836)

Jacques-Louis David, 1788

Painting of Saint Anne in a white veil behind Mary in a pink dress, who looks down at the sleeping Christ Child against green

Virgin and Child with Saint Anne

Albrecht Dürer, probably 1519

Portrait of a man in black cloak and lace collar, leaning on a chair beside a table with a globe and compass.

Lucas van Uffel (died 1637)

Anthony van Dyck, ca. 1622

Diptych: left panel shows the Crucifixion with mourners and soldiers; right panel shows the Last Judgment with Christ enthron

The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment

Jan van Eyck, ca. 1436-38

Oil portrait of a woman with pearl-studded powdered hair and a ruffled gown, holding a small white dog with a blue ribbon.

Marie Emilie Coignet de Courson (1716-1806) with a Dog

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, ca. 1769

Painting of three children in a dark wooded landscape under a stormy sky, a girl holding a toddler who points right.

Cottage Children (The Wood Gatherers)

Thomas Gainsborough, 1787

Painted self-portrait of a bearded man in a yellow straw hat and blue jacket, with short expressive brushstrokes.

Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat (obverse: The Potato Peeler)

Vincent van Gogh, 1887

Full-length portrait of a boy in red with a lace collar, holding a string to a magpie, with cats and a birdcage beside him.

Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuñiga (1784-1792)

Francisco Goya, 1787-88

Seated cardinal in red robes and spectacles in a room with gilded damask, by El Greco.

Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara (1541-1609)

El Greco, ca. 1600

Painting of a woman in red lace-collared dress at a feast table with roasted birds, surrounded by laughing men in dark hats.

Merrymakers at Shrovetide

Frans Hals, ca. 1616-17

Portrait of a young man in a black cap and fur-trimmed coat, hands folded on a green table beside a book, blue background.

Hermann von Wedigh III (died 1560)

Hans Holbein the Younger, 1532

Painting of a stormy sky over the hilltop city of Toledo, with a stone bridge, river, and cathedral spire.

View of Toledo

El Greco, ca. 1599-1600