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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,826 works

Grayscale study of a seated nude man leaning against a standing draped figure who raises an arm.

Science: A Preparation for the Mural in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

John Singer Sargent, 1921

Loose painted view of a shallow alpine pool with rocks, golden grass, and dark evergreens reflected in the water.

Alpine Pool

John Singer Sargent, 1907

Oil sketch of two seated women in white robes beside a dark doorway with a glowing hanging lantern.

Two Arab Women

John Singer Sargent, 1905

Painting of a family seated at a candlelit table in a dim room with a crucifix and religious figures on the wall.

Tyrolese Interior

John Singer Sargent, 1915

Watercolor of a lake framed by steep cliffs and snowy mountain peaks, with a small white boat on the water.

Bay of Uri, Brunnen (from Switzerland 1870 Sketchbook)

John Singer Sargent, 1870

Loose brown and ochre sketch of two nude bathers on a wharf beside masts and rigging, with a building at right.

The Balcony, Spain [and] Two Nude Bathers Standing on a Wharf

John Singer Sargent, 1879

Grayscale watercolor sketch of mountain peaks and a wooden shelter at Stelvio Pass, with handwritten inscriptions.

Ortler Spitz from Summit of Stelvio Pass (from Switzerland 1869 Sketchbook)

John Singer Sargent, 1869

Loose oil sketch of a winding road, bare trees, and white village buildings on hills under a pale sky.

Spanish Landscape

John Singer Sargent, 1879

Painting of a figure in a red cloak standing in snow before a stone wall and snowy village buildings.

Mannikin in the Snow

John Singer Sargent, 1891

Oil portrait of a woman in a white blouse with pearl necklace, hand to her chin, against a dark brown background.

Mrs. Henry Galbraith Ward

John Singer Sargent, 1891

Two women in white dresses and hats lie relaxed on a green lawn, painted in loose, sketchy brushstrokes.

Two Girls on a Lawn

John Singer Sargent, 1889

Oil painting of a young man in a dark cassock writing at a cluttered table with wildflowers and hanging robes behind him.

Padre Sebastiano

John Singer Sargent, 1904

Loose painted sketch of a draped Madonna statue with a crown and halo in a dark arched niche above an altar.

A Spanish Madonna

John Singer Sargent, 1879

Painting of a dark-haired woman in a loose red shawl against a dark, loosely brushed background.

Gitana

John Singer Sargent, 1876

Loose painting of two women with parasols walking through a sunlit garden with trees and blue flowers.

Two Girls with Parasols

John Singer Sargent, 1888

Portrait of a man in dark suit holding palette and brushes against a black background, painted in 1902.

William M. Chase, N. A.

John Singer Sargent, 1902

Oil portrait of an elderly white-haired man in a dark suit seated before a draped curtain, one hand raised to his head.

Henry G. Marquand

John Singer Sargent, 1897

Three women in white gowns in a dark green interior with a gilded frame and white flowers, by John Singer Sargent.

The Wyndham Sisters - Lady Elcho, Mrs. Adeane, and Mrs. Tennant

John Singer Sargent, 1899

Watercolor of a rocky mountain stream with rushing white water and a seated nude figure on boulders at right.

Mountain Stream

John Singer Sargent, 1912

Oil sketch of sunlit ochre sandstone cliffs above a desert, with a green river and hazy hills at left.

Cliffs at Deir el Bahri, Egypt

John Singer Sargent, 1890

Sunlit courtyard in Tetuan with white walls, a dark arched doorway, and a figure in red in a second arch.

Courtyard, Tetuan, Morocco

John Singer Sargent, 1879

Loose oil portrait of a woman with a white headband, gold earrings and coral necklace against a brown background.

Egyptian Woman with Earrings

John Singer Sargent, 1890

Full-length double portrait of a bearded man in a light suit and a woman in a black jacket and white skirt holding a straw ha

Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Phelps Stokes

John Singer Sargent, 1897

Painting of reapers resting in a golden wheat field beside haystacks and dark trees under a pale sky.

Reapers Resting in a Wheat Field

John Singer Sargent, 1885

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark beret and grey robe holding a small red book against a green background.

Portrait of a Man

Andrea del Sarto, 1528

Madame Arthur Fontaine (Marie Escudier, born 1865)

Odilon Redon, 1901

Nude Venus on a gilded couch with cupids, doves, pearls and flowers, before teal curtains and a garden view.

The Toilet of Venus

François Boucher, 1751

Painted stage design of a colonnaded interior with blue columns, a pyramid, a green sphinx, and a patterned orange wall.

Stage Design for Cleopatra

Robert Delaunay, 1918

Gold-ground triptych with the Crucifixion at center, grieving figures below, and saints and angels on the side panels.

The Crucifixion

Paolo Uccello, 1450

Loose oil sketch of a dim interior with a mother holding an infant, figures around a bed, a kneeling man in red, and dogs.

The Happy Mother

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1760

Painting of a mosque interior with striped arches, rows of praying men, hanging lamps, and pigeons on the stone floor.

Prayer in the Mosque Alternative title(s): The mosque of Borurssa

Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1871

Horsemen in turbans and red and green cloaks lead a caravan with camels across a sunlit desert under blue sky.

'riders Crossing the Desert'

Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1870

Family portrait of a woman in blue, a man in red, a naked toddler, and two spaniels in a classical interior.

Edward Smith Stanley (1752-1834), Twelfth Earl of Derby, with His First Wife (Lady Elizabeth Hamilton, 1753-1797) and…

Angelica Kauffmann, 1776

Landscape painting of a calm river with large trees, figures on the bank, small boats, a stone bridge, and distant hills.

The Ford

Claude Lorrain, 1648

Pastoral landscape by Claude Lorrain with tall trees, a river crossing, herders with cattle and goats, and a distant hilltop

Sunrise

Claude Lorrain, 1646

Painted landscape with tall trees, grazing cattle, and a distant pale castle with towers on a hill under blue sky.

View of La Crescenza

Claude Lorrain, 1648

Pastoral landscape with a shepherd, cattle and goats beside a river, a stone tower at left, and a distant hilltop town.

La campiña romana

Claude Lorrain, 1639

Brown wash drawing of grazing sheep beneath large trees, with a flock and shepherds in the distant landscape.

Landscape with Sheep

Claude Lorrain, 1648

Blue-toned drawing of the Holy Family resting by a river with an angel, a donkey, palm trees and a distant bridge and city.

Landscape with the Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Claude Lorrain, 1645

Pen and ink sketch of a woman's head broken into angular lines against architectural forms, signed Boccioni.

Analytical Study of a Woman's Head Against Buildings

Umberto Boccioni, 1911

Painting of a sunlit bay with red-roofed houses, a rocky hill, small boats and distant sailboats under a blue sky.

The Bay of Fourmis

Eugène-Louis Boudin, 1892

Loose painted scene of a woman in a white dress and red petticoat walking on a beach, with a seated figure and the sea behind

Princess Pauline Metternich on the Beach

Eugène-Louis Boudin, 1865

Group portrait of a seated man, a woman in blue and four children in a study with a bust, globe, books and a greyhound.

Everhard Jabach (1618-1695) and His Family

Charles Le Brun, 1660

Grey-toned drawing of a surgeon lecturing over a patient while assistants work and spectators fill the tiered amphitheater.

Gross Clinic

Thomas Eakins, 1875

Watercolor of a woman in a white dress singing beside a pianist and a violinist in a warm interior.

The Pathetic Song

Thomas Eakins, 1881

Painting of a Seville street with a trumpet player, a dancing girl in white, and a seated child with a tambourine against a g

A Street Scene in Seville

Thomas Eakins, 1870

Watercolor of a bearded cowboy in fringed yellow jacket and hat, playing banjo on a stool and singing upward.

Cowboy Singing

Thomas Eakins, 1892

Painting of a young boy blowing a soap bubble from a pipe over a stone ledge, with a child peeking in behind him.

the soap-bubbles

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, 1733

Painting of a shepherdess with a staff beside a ewe and lambs resting under a tree, with village houses in the distance.

Springtime

Charles Émile Jacque

Two altarpiece wings: Saint Paul with a kneeling donor on the left, and Christ appearing to the kneeling Virgin Mary on the r

Saint Paul with a Donor; Christ Appearing to His Mother

Master of the Saint Ursula Legend, ca. 1485

Virgin and Child rest beside a stone ledge with an older man, while an angel leads a donkey through a wooded river landscape.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Pier Francesco Mola, ca. 1641

Portrait of a Woman

Joshua Reynolds

Grisaille painting of a seated nymph with grapes and an urn, surrounded by playful putti carrying garlands and grapes.

Nymph and Putti; Nymph with a Wreath and Putti with Garlands of Flowers

Piat Joseph Sauvage

Bay hunter horse with a seated groom and black dog beneath a large tree, with a rural landscape under clouds.

The Third Duke of Dorset's Hunter with a Groom and a Dog

George Stubbs, 1768

Painting of a sunlit path beside a picket fence covered in red roses, with dense dark green trees behind.

Rose Hedge

Wilhelm Trübner, 1910

Painting of a Venetian canal with moored boats, gondolas, a classical church at right, and a tall bell tower under a bright s

Venice, from the Porch of Madonna della Salute

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ca. 1835

Oil portrait of an elderly bald clergyman with a white beard in dark robes, holding a small book, against a dark background.

Filippo Archinto (born about 1500, died 1558), Archbishop of Milan

Titian, 1550

Full-length portrait of a woman in a flowing white gown against a pale, muted background, by Gustav Klimt.

Serena Pulitzer Lederer (1867-1943)

Gustav Klimt, 1899

Abstract painting of geometric buildings in blue, rose, ochre and olive with triangular roofs and a green circle.

Colorful Architecture

Paul Klee, 1917

Two men work with rope on a path beside a canal, shaded by green trees, in Max Liebermann's 1904 painting.

The Ropewalk in Edam

Max Liebermann, 1904

Painting of the Madonna in a red dress holding the Christ Child against a gilded background with putti and medallions.

Madonna and Child

Luca Signorelli, 1505

Half-length portrait of a man in a brown cloak holding an open book against a dark olive background.

Portrait of Johann Joachim Winckelmann

Anton Raphael Mengs, 1777

Oval painting of a youth with a rose wreath holding flowers, a rainbow behind, in an ornate gilded frame.

Pleasure

Anton Raphael Mengs, 1754

Painting of a red sunset over water, with a large dark cloud above the low sun and silhouetted shrubs in the foreground.

Red sunset on the Dnieper

Arkhip Kuindzhi, 1905

Painting of draped female figures and a nude bathing figure among slender trees and blossoms in a pastel meadow.

Springtime

Maurice Denis, 1894

Fan-shaped ink painting of a large tree, a small figure by a fence, and distant hills, with calligraphy on both sides.

Scene from The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Oku no hosomichi)

Yosa Buson, 1780

Mme Ida Rubinstein

Léon Bakst, 1910

Painting of nude women and a standing male nude in a sunlit wooded clearing with green trees and white drapery.

Joy of Life

Suzanne Valadon, 1911

Painting of a nude woman reclining on a patterned sofa against a green arched panel with small figures.

Reclining Nude

Suzanne Valadon, 1928

Painting of a rocky heath with a dirt path, a tall birch tree, scattered boulders, and a small figure under a blue sky.

A Path among the Rocks

Théodore Rousseau, 1861

Painting of a woman in a red blouse and green skirt, hands clasped, against a warm ochre background, in loose expressive brus

Woman in Red Blouse

Chaïm Soutine, 1919

Expressive painting of green trees and a small standing figure in a hat beside dark trunks, in loose brushwork.

Man with Horse

Chaïm Soutine, 1920

Painting of a seated woman in a black fur coat and red dress, hands clasped, against a blue brushy background.

Portrait of Madeleine Castaing

Chaïm Soutine, 1929

Expressive painting of a hilltop village with white houses, red roofs, a winding road, and blue mountains behind.

View of Cagnes

Chaïm Soutine, 1924

Painting of a large pink ray fish above red tomatoes, a green jug, and a white pitcher on a cloth against a dark background.

Still Life with Rayfish

Chaïm Soutine, 1924

Half-length portrait of a man in a red cap and pink scarf before a landscape with trees and a distant castle.

Portrait of a Man

Fra' Bartolomeo, 1497

Pen and ink drawing of the Madonna holding the Christ child, with a young boy and two putti standing beside her.

Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and Two Putti (recto); Madonna and Child with the Infant Sai…

Fra' Bartolomeo, 1505

Oval wicker basket overflowing with roses, tulips and carnations on a table, dark background, with a butterfly above.

A Basket of Flowers

Jan Brueghel the Elder, 1620

Painting of villagers dancing at an autumn festival among log houses, birch trees and fields, with a church spire in the dist

Village Festival

Boris Kustodiev, 1924

Soldiers in grey coats gather at a campfire in a muddy camp with white tents, wagon, barrels, and tethered horses under cloud

Rainy Day in Camp (also known as "Camp near Yorktown")

Winslow Homer, 1871

Night painting of a cannon on a fortress parapet beside a domed sentry box, with a crescent moon over a teal sea.

{1=Searchlight on Harbor Entrance, Santiago de Cuba}

Winslow Homer, 1901

Studies of Indian Chiefs Made at Fort Laramie

Albert Bierstadt, 1859

Virgin Mary holds the Christ Child as a kneeling elderly magus offers gold, with richly dressed attendants behind them.

The Adoration of the Magi

Quinten Metsys, 1526

Portrait of a woman in white headdress and black dress holding a book, framed by gilded columns and an ornate arch.

Portrait of a Woman

Quinten Metsys, 1520

Seated woman in a white silk gown with lilac trim, holding a red book, before a leafy garden backdrop.

Графиня Мария Ивановна Ламсдорф, ур. Бек

Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1859

The Empress Eugénie

Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1854

Painting on silk of two brown birds perched among teal bamboo branches beside a gnarled tree and rock, with red seals.

北宋徽宗竹禽圖卷

Emperor Huizong of Song, 1150

Grayscale image of a smiling peasant man in a hat holding a bird at a table with a jug, village houses behind him.

A Peasant with a Bird

Adriaen Brouwer, 1626

Oval painting of a peasant woman in a white headscarf picking fleas from a dog beside a bench and jug, with a village behind.

A Peasant Woman Picking Fleas off a Dog

Adriaen Brouwer, 1626

Painting of a rocky river with a weir, autumn trees and a mill with red roofs under a pale sky.

The Bouchardon Mill, Crozant

Armand Guillaumin, 1898

Painting of a steam train crossing a red-brick arched bridge over a turquoise river, with fishermen and cloudy sky.

Railroad Bridge over the Marne at Joinville

Armand Guillaumin, 1871

Painting of a veiled woman with a sleeping child on her shoulders, wearing beaded necklaces and hoop earrings.

An Egyptian Peasant Woman and Her Child

Léon Bonnat, 1869

Painting of a barefoot young woman in red and green dress drinking from a stone wall fountain against a blue landscape.

Roman Girl at a Fountain

Léon Bonnat, 1875

Seated elderly man with white beard in dark suit and cravat, hands clasped, in a carved armchair against a dark background.

John Taylor Johnston (1820-1893)

Léon Bonnat, 1880

Study Head of a Woman

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1780

Woman painter with palette beside a flower vase, open book and pink rose in a stone window niche.

Rachel Ruysch in her studio

Rachel Ruysch, 1692