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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,826 works

Ink painting of a thatched roof eave with a dark wooden post and hanging reed leaves against a pale misty background.

Eaves Decorated with Irises for the Tango Festival

Kikuchi Yōsai, 1867

Hanging scroll of two court ladies in colorful kimono on a wooden bridge and pine branch above a rushing stream and misty mou

Lady Iga 伊賀局図 (Iga no tsubone zu)

Kikuchi Yōsai, 1860

Portrait of a woman in a dark dress with lace cuffs, holding a white feather, against a dark brown background.

Portrait of a Woman

Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen, 1648

Seated man in a black coat and white collar, holding tan gloves, against a dark brown background.

Portrait of a Man

Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen, 1648

Carved gilded cassone with painted panel of a crowded battle scene before a walled harbor city with ships.

Cassone with painted front panel depicting the Conquest of Trebizond

Apollonio di Giovanni, 1461

Dim painted landscape with a nude male figure seen from behind and a female figure in a flowing dress beneath trees.

Athlete and Dancer

Arthur Bowen Davies, 1895

Brown ink wash drawing of a wooded landscape with tall trees, wind-bent branches, and a dark grassy foreground.

Landscape: Black Trees II

Arthur Bowen Davies, 1862

Painting of a pale nude woman gazing upward on a grassy slope beside a dark tree, with clouds and water beyond.

A Measure of Dreams

Arthur Bowen Davies, 1908

Two pale nude male figures stand on dark rocks in a misty wooded landscape, with a small rider on horseback at left.

Adventure

Arthur Bowen Davies, 1914

Dance - Uplift

Arthur Bowen Davies, 1920

Painting of a walled hill town above green slopes, with grazing white cattle in the foreground and blue mountains beyond.

Italian Hill Town

Arthur Bowen Davies, 1925

Gilded altarpiece panel with the Madonna and Child enthroned at center, flanked by five saints and angels under Gothic arches

Madonna and Child with Saints

Giovanni di Paolo, 1454

Gold-ground religious panel of a standing saint in a dark cloak and cap, with halo, under a Gothic arch.

The Blessed Andrea Gallerani (died 1251)

Giovanni di Paolo, 1447

Standing robed religious figure in black cloak and white habit holding a red book, against a gold Gothic arch background.

The Blessed Ambrogio Sansedoni (1220-1286)

Giovanni di Paolo, 1447

Painting of God over a circular world, with Adam and Eve led from an orange garden by an angel with a flaming sword.

The Creation of the World and the Expulsion from Paradise

Giovanni di Paolo, 1445

Painting of a kneeling saint praying to Christ in glory while a woman lies ill in a red bed with attendants.

Saint Catherine of Siena Beseeching Christ to Resuscitate Her Mother

Giovanni di Paolo, 1447

Painting of a kneeling saint in grey robes with arms raised toward a floating crucified Christ above a gilded altar.

Saint Catherine of Siena Receiving the Stigmata

Giovanni di Paolo, 1447

Painted panel of an angel and an elderly man at a temple altar, with onlookers and Gothic domes above.

The Annunciation to Zacharias; (verso) The Angel of the Annunciation

Giovanni di Paolo, 1455

Christ crowns the Virgin Mary on a red damask throne, surrounded by gold-haloed angels, with two angels playing music below.

Coronation of the Virgin

Giovanni di Paolo, 1455

Painted saint in a jeweled mitre and gold-ground halo, reading an open book and holding a crozier.

Saint Ambrose

Giovanni di Paolo, 1465

Tempera panel of Madonna and Child with an elderly saint holding a book and a young saint holding a lamb, on gold ground.

Madonna and Child with Saints Jerome and Agnes

Giovanni di Paolo, 1465

Gilt panel showing a haloed friar in black habit within a laurel and lily wreath, with angels and a bishop above.

The Exultation of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino

Giovanni di Paolo, 1450

Painting of a haloed saint gesturing beside a bed where a woman sits, with onlookers in an arched room.

Saint John the Evangelist Raises Drusiana

Giovanni di Paolo, 1460

Oval painting of a woman having her palm read by a fortune-teller while a gentleman watches, in an interior with a fireplace.

A Couple in an Interior with a Gypsy Fortune-Teller

Jacob Duck, 1632

Seated Buddha with clasped hands beside a shaggy fanged beast, flames and a pale moon behind them on rocky ground.

Shakyamuni Conquering the Demons (Shaka Gōma-zu)

Kawanabe Kyōsai, 1888

Ink painting of two mice on and in a melon, with a bird flying past white hibiscus flowers and grasses.

Mice in a Melon

Kawanabe Kyōsai, 1887

Two rabbits on a rock beneath berry branches, one holding a small dead rodent in its paws, in grey ink and colour.

Rabbits

Kawanabe Kyōsai, 1887

Ink and colour painting of a seated white-robed Guanyin beneath willows, with a gilded vessel and carp in water below.

白衣観音図

Kawanabe Kyōsai, 1887

Ink scroll painting of an eagle with spread wings on rocks, chasing a hare across grass below a misty mountain.

兎を追う鷲図

Kawanabe Kyōsai, 1885

Ink and color painting of a crowded gathering of seated men and women writing and painting on paper in a Japanese interior.

Painting and Calligraphy Gathering at the Nakamurarō in Ryōgoku 両国中村楼書画会之図 (Ryōgoku Nakamurarō shogakai no zu)

Kawanabe Kyōsai, 1876

Nativity scene at night: kneeling Virgin, Christ Child, ox and donkey, shepherds, and a glowing angel above a mountain landsc

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Girolamo da Carpi, 1535

Gold-background panel of the Virgin in blue veil holding the Christ Child in orange robe, with halos and a red scroll.

Madonna and Child

Berlinghiero Berlinghieri, 1230

Painting of the Virgin Mary in a red gown holding the nude Christ child before a rocky background with roses.

Madonna and Child

Francesco Bacchiacca, 1520

Painting of a nude woman with two infants in a landscape of palm trees, a parrot, and a distant arched building.

Eve with Cain and Abel

Francesco Bacchiacca, 1520

Nude Leda stands beside a swan in a wooded landscape as cherubs hatch from broken eggs around her.

Leda and the Swan

Francesco Bacchiacca, 1550

Painting of seven draped women dancing under a swirling starry sky, holding glowing cords aloft.

The Pleiades

Elihu Vedder, 1885

Painting of draped Greek women dancing and waving scarves on a sandy beach by the sea under a cloudy sky.

Greek Girls Bathing

Elihu Vedder, 1872

Small sketch of a rider on a donkey climbing stone steps while companions gesture beside a wall.

The Fable of the Miller, His Son, and the Donkey

Elihu Vedder, 1867

Oil sketch of tall medieval towers and buildings on a hilltop town under blue sky, with a grassy path in the foreground.

San Gimignano

Elihu Vedder, 1836

Black and white reproduction of a painting: a nude woman offers a cup to a winged youth beside a stone balustrade and roses.

The Cup of Love

Elihu Vedder, 1887

Barefoot woman in dark cloak and white shawl stands on a rocky path before pale desert hills under blue sky.

The Lost Mind

Elihu Vedder, 1864

Painting of a dark sea serpent coiled over a grassy sand dune beside a turquoise ocean under a pale pink sky.

Lair of the Sea Serpent

Elihu Vedder, 1899

Painting of red poppies in a garden below a low wall, with dark cypress trees and a pale cloudy sky.

Cypress and Poppies

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Black-and-white reproduction of a painting showing a standing man with a rifle on a sunlit rocky hillside.

The African Sentinel

Elihu Vedder, 1865

Pencil sketch of a leaning palm tree with spreading fronds and coconut clusters against a shaded sky.

Palm Tree

Elihu Vedder, 1836

Woman in white blouse and blue striped skirt looks into a hand mirror at a vanity beside a bouquet of flowers.

Woman with a Mirror (Femme qui se mire)

Frederick Carl Frieseke, 1911

Painting of a reclining nude woman and a seated woman in a dappled sunlit garden with green foliage.

Summer

Frederick Carl Frieseke, 1914

Handscroll with ink landscape of misty hills and rocks beside a column of Chinese calligraphy.

清王翬等康熙南巡圖（卷三: 濟南至泰山）卷

Hanging scroll of snowy mountains, bare trees, rocks and a small hut beside a frozen stream in grey ink.

Snow Clearing: Landscape after Li Cheng

Pencil sketch of a rural landscape with trees along a field and distant buildings under open sky.

Aurora

James McDougal Hart, 1863

Painting of a river landscape with a lone tree on a grassy hill, a dirt path, a fallen trunk, and distant hills under clouds.

Paysage de rivière - Alexandre François Desportes

Alexandre François Desportes, 1690

Hanging scroll of ink bean vine with drooping pods and leaves above a rock, with calligraphy at upper left.

Bean Vine

Painting of a calm lake with a village and church tower on a promontory, wooded hills behind, and a villa on the right shore.

Lake of Orta

Carroll Beckwith, 1910

Monochrome ink landscape scroll with a misty cliff, a tree on rocky shore, and a calm lake under a pale sky.

Landscape

Tenshō Shūbun

Painting of the Madonna and Child enthroned with two saints and two angels crowning the Virgin.

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints Mary Magdalen and John the Baptist

Giuliano Bugiardini, 1523

Hanging scroll of a seated samurai and a standing youth in colorful kimono on a patterned mat, with a hanging flowering branc

Samurai and Wakashu (Bushi to wakashu)

Miyagawa Isshō, 1700

Painting of grape pickers in a vineyard with a woman carrying a basket, a boy kneeling, and a village behind.

The Grape Harvest

Léon Augustin Lhermitte, 1884

Grayscale painting of a haloed figure gesturing at a table in a dim room, with a seated mother, infant, children and onlooker

Among the Humble

Léon Augustin Lhermitte, 1905

Handscroll painting of women in colorful kimono walking past blossoming trees, with a man holding a parasol and a seated woma

三幅神吉原通い図巻「全盛季春遊戯」

Chobunsai Eishi, 1850

Hanging scroll of an aged monk leaping from an altar amid smoke, flames, and scattered sutra scrolls, with a fierce figure in

小林清親筆頼豪阿闍梨

Kobayashi Kiyochika, 1900

Ink blossoms and branches on gold leaf with columns of black calligraphy and a red seal, Japanese album leaf.

本阿見光悦書・俵屋宗達下絵桜下絵和歌色紙鴨長明

Hon'ami Koetsu, 1606

Handscroll fragment with brush calligraphy of a poem beside pale ochre wash plant forms on paper, framed by patterned brocade

小倉百人一首和歌巻断簡

Hon'ami Koetsu, 1615

Cypress fronds in grey and ochre tones spread across a pale sheet, with Japanese calligraphy columns beside them.

Waka Poem with Printed Gold-and-Silver Underpainting of Cypress Fronds

Hon'ami Koetsu, 1600

Oval miniature portrait of a woman in a white bonnet and draped shawl, in a metal frame with a loop.

Beulah Elmy Twining (Mrs. Torbert)

James Peale, 1811

Oval miniature portrait of a curly-haired man in a green coat, yellow waistcoat and white cravat, in a gold frame.

Anthony Wayne Robinson

James Peale, 1811

Oval miniature portrait of a young woman with curled dark hair in a white dress, in a gold and black frame.

Anna Claypoole Peale

James Peale, 1812

Still life painting of cabbage, eggplant, okra, tomatoes and split balsam apples on a wooden table.

Still Life: Balsam Apples and Vegetables

James Peale, 1820

Hanging scroll of a woman binding her hair beside a small attendant under flowering cherry branches, in muted tones.

Woman Binding Her Hair and Attendant under Flowering Cherry Tree

Miyagawa Chôshun, 1700

Oval black-and-white portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, gazing toward the viewer against a dark background.

Portrait of Martin Euclid Thompson

William Sidney Mount, 1830

Gold-framed altarpiece of the Virgin Mary ascending with angels, musicians, and kneeling apostles below a distant landscape.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Ambrogio Bergognone, 1500

Loose sketch of a wide river bending past a wooded hillside, with a distant town and a white sail under cloudy skies.

View of the Hudson River from the Catskills

Stanford White, 1870

Still life painting of a bouquet of tulips, irises, roses and poppies in a glass vase, with a butterfly on a pink rose.

A Bouquet of Flowers in a Crystal Vase

Nicolaes van Verendael, 1662

A Circus Boy

Antonio Mancini, 1872

Ink landscape of a river with willows, a fisherman, terraced fields and flying birds, by Wu Li, 1679.

Whiling Away the Summer

Wu Li, 1679

Hanging scroll of three elegant women in kimono beside a willow tree and rock, with calligraphy and red seals above.

柳下美人図

Santō Kyōden, 1796

Portrait of a young blonde girl in a white dress standing among blue delphiniums and pink roses, with a cherub statue in a ga

Betty Newell

Charles Courtney Curran, 1922

Interior of an artist's studio with a woman in a blue dress before a gilded painting and two visitors seated nearby.

Fair Critics

Charles Courtney Curran, 1887

Seated men in turbans rest in an ornate Moorish interior with hanging rifles, carpets, and a standing attendant in yellow.

The Opium Smokers

Georges Clairin, 1872

Painting of the Madonna and Child with two saints in a gilded frame, with a lunette of Christ supported by angels above.

Madonna and Child with Saints Jerome and Mary Magdalen

Neroccio di Bartolomeo de’ Landi, 1490

Winter scene of skaters and sledges on a frozen canal before a church and village houses under a dark stormy sky.

Skating at Sloten, near Amsterdam

Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraaten, 1642

Painting of a wide river with sailing boats, a crowded ferry, figures on the bank, a windmill and village houses under cloudy

River Scene with Boats

Adam Willaerts, 1643

Hanging scroll of two women in patterned kimono, one holding a fan, on a golden ground with brocade mounting.

Woman and Attendant

Nishikawa Sukenobu, 1700

Hanging scroll of a woman in a red kimono holding a kitten, with a shamisen and lacquer box beside her.

Beauty with a Kitten

Nishikawa Sukenobu, 1750

Oval miniature portrait of a man with curly hair, dark coat and white cravat, in a gold beaded frame.

Mr. Cook

John Wesley Jarvis, 1810

Ink drawing of a reclining woman and a seated man in Japanese court dress, with columns of calligraphy beside them.

三十六歌仙図

Sakai Hōitsu, 1824

Hanging scroll on gold ground: a figure in red robes holds a torch by a staircase while dark-robed attendants kneel below.

月次絵

Sakai Hōitsu, 1796

Fan-shaped painting of craggy mountains and trees with red, green and blue foliage, signed with a red seal.

Autumnal Landscape

Ike Gyokuran, 1728

Ink painting of a pavilion with figures among bare trees, bamboo, a pine and tiled rooftops in a garden.

Drinking in the Bamboo Garden

Painting of a sunlit path beside a green fence covered in red roses, with dark evergreen trees and a blue sky behind.

Landscape

Wilhelm Trübner, 1910

Oval painting of a veiled Madonna holding a nude infant with grapes, flanked by angels under a grapevine trellis.

Madonna of Giverny

Frederick William MacMonnies, 1901

Oil self-portrait of a man with a moustache holding a palette and brush, with a dark painting in a gilt frame behind him.

Self-portrait

Frederick William MacMonnies, 1904

Painting of a town on a steep rock summit with three white birds in the sky and flames rising at the cliff base.

"A City on a Rock"

Lucas Velázquez, 1850

Grey wash view of a villa with arched doorways and pines beside a calm lake, with two small boats on the water.

Italian Lake Scene with Villa (from Cropsey Album)

Carl Werner, 1849

Hanging scroll of a rider on a brown horse crossing a misty mountain path beneath a gnarled tree with red fruit.

Herb Gatherer in the Mountains

Matsumura Goshun, 1767

Ink painting of plum blossom branches with a gnarled trunk, calligraphic inscription and red seals on pale paper.

Plum Blossoms

Portrait of Lady