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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,956 works

Ink and color painting on a fan leaf of a bird perched on a cord beside a gourd, with calligraphy and red seals.

Bird

Ink painting of a misty river with a sailboat, rooftops on the bank, and autumn trees tinted orange and blue.

Sailing in Autumn

Xugu, dated 1893

Ink and light color landscape with a pavilion on a cliff, a waterfall, pine trees, and two travelers on a path.

Landscapes in the Styles of Various Artists

Cao Jian, dated 1716

Ink landscape on a fan leaf with mountains, trees, a thatched hut, a boat on water, and calligraphy at right.

Landscape

Ink painting of two long-tailed pheasants on rocks beside water, with bamboo and grasses, by Shen Zhou.

Marsh Scene with Birds

Ink handscroll of white-breasted crows flying and perching on branches above a misty grey landscape.

Landscape with White-Breasted Crows

Ink sketch of running children, a crowd of boys, and a boy with a stick beside a snake on a handscroll.

Frolicking Figures and Animals

Kawanabe Kyōsai, 19th century

Ink and color landscape of a misty river with mountains, a boat with a figure, red autumn trees and a pavilion.

Landscape with Autumn Foliage

Folding fan painting of two scholars standing beside a boy feeding a white goose under a pine tree.

Two Scholars and Boy with Goose

Sun Rong, 19th century

Ink drawing of tiered palace pavilions, a stone staircase with figures, and two sailing boats on water.

The Daming Palace

Wang Zhenpeng, early 15th century

Ink and color landscape of two figures crossing a stone bridge toward a pavilion among bamboo and pines, with misty mountains

Landscape with Man Crossing Bridge

Ink landscape of a misty river with two small boats, a riverside village, trees, and layered mountains in the background.

Landscape with Sailboats

Painting of a white crane on rocks by waves, with peach branches and pink blossoms overhead beside a pine trunk.

Flowers and Birds

Taki Katei, 19th century

Soft ink and color landscape with a pierced rock, thatched pavilion, leafy tree and misty shore, with red seals.

Landscapes

Fan Qi, dated 1646

Six-panel gold screen with green arrowroot vines and grey poem cards bearing calligraphy and small landscape paintings.

Anthology of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Wakan rōeishū) with Underpainting of Arrowroot Vines

Konoe Nobuhiro, early 17th century

Six-panel folding screen of children playing by a sandy shore, with a boat and gold leaf clouds.

Children Playing in Summer and Winter

Maruyama Ōshin, early 19th century

Ink handscroll of a landscape with pine trees, a figure-filled pavilion, rocks, and a misty sky.

Discourse on Poetry

Folding screen with three flying crows on gold ground and two egrets perched on a branch under willow fronds.

Egrets and Crows

Shibata Zeshin, late 19th century

Handscroll painting of mounted riders in red armor racing past a crowd on a wooden stand, with tiled rooftops below.

Horse Race at Kamo

Sumiyoshi Hiromori, 18th century

Two hanging scrolls of ink plum branches with white blossoms on a gray-brown ground, framed in blue brocade borders.

Ink Plum

Byōsen Myōshitsu, 15th century

Painting of pink and white oleander flowers in a blue jug beside a yellow book against a green background.

Oleander

Vincent van Gogh, 1888

Painting of nude figures, satyrs and a centaur returning from a boar hunt beside a lake under a stormy sky.

The Return from the Hunt

Piero di Cosimo, 1495

Painting of nude hunters and centaurs chasing animals through a dark forest at dusk, with smoke rising in the distance.

A Hunting Scene

Piero di Cosimo, 1495

Round miniature portrait of a heavyset man in a white cap and ruffled shirt, set against a teal night sky with a crescent moo

Pierre Louis Dubus (1721-1799), Called Préville, of the Comédie-Française

Jean-Baptiste Massé, 1750

Monochrome drawing of an armored samurai grappling a dragon from waves below a bell-shaped shrine with a Buddha.

Picture Book in the Katsushika Style (Ehon Katsushika-buri)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1836

Ink drawing of an armored rider with a spear on a galloping horse beside a shaggy horned demon.

Two Figures

Katsushika Hokusai, 1800

Portrait of a young girl with curled brown hair decorated with silver bows, set against a dark background, wearing white.

María Teresa (1638-1683), Infanta of Spain

Diego Velázquez, 1651

Painting of a seated woman on a garden bench with a man in a top hat behind her and red flowers in the background.

Camille Monet (1847-1879) on a Garden Bench

Claude Monet, 1873

Painting of a blue gulf seen from a hillside village with red roofs, chimneys, green trees and pale mountains under a pale sk

The Gulf of Marseilles Seen from L'Estaque

Paul Cézanne, 1885

Painting of nude bathers by a stream beneath trees and cypresses, with loose brushwork and a blue sky.

Baigneuses

Paul Cézanne, 1874