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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Painting of a shivering allegorical woman and a child on a carved stone pedestal under bare trees and a pale winter sun.

Allegory of Winter

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1706

Oval miniature portrait of a young boy in a red coat with gold braid and white lace collar, in a gold frame.

Williams Middleton

Mary Roberts, 1752

Oval portrait miniature of a young girl in a white lace-trimmed dress, set in a gold frame against a dark background.

Hester Middleton

Mary Roberts, 1752

Oil portrait of a woman in a red gown and gold headdress holding a pink carnation against a dark background.

Woman with a Pink

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1660

Painting of Christ crowned with thorns, bound and holding a reed, beside the grieving Virgin in a dark hood, before a gothic

Christ Crowned with Thorns (Ecce Homo), and the Mourning Virgin

Adriaen Isenbrandt, 1530

Half-length portrait of a man in a black cap weighing gold coins on a balance scale at a green table.

Man Weighing Gold

Adriaen Isenbrandt, 1515

Two panels of the Annunciation and Visitation showing angel, Virgin and two women in Gothic arched settings.

The Life of the Virgin

Adriaen Isenbrandt, 1521

Portrait of a young man in black velvet with a beret, sword, small white dog, child, candle and books in an interior.

Portrait of a Young Man

Benedetto Pagni, 1524

Portrait of a bearded man in a fur-trimmed dark coat and black cap seated beside a window showing a town view.

Bartolommeo Bonghi (died 1584)

Giovanni Battista Moroni, 1553

Oval miniature portrait of a curly-haired boy in a feathered hat and white ruffled collar, in a gilt frame.

Portrait of a Boy

Marie-Anne Fragonard, 1775

Pointillist painting of a circus sideshow with a tall trombone player on a platform, a child, musicians, and an audience.

Parade de cirque (Circus Sideshow)

Georges Seurat, 1887

Portrait of a young woman in a silver gown and pearl necklace, seated in a red chair before a green interior wall.

Portrait of a Woman

Jacopo Zucchi, 1550

Painting of a crowd around a bare-chested preacher on a mound, with Roman ruins and hills under a cloudy sky.

The Preaching of St John the Baptist

Bartholomeus Breenbergh, 1634

Gold-ground panel of mourners with haloes lowering the dead Christ toward an open tomb beneath a wooden cross.

The Lamentation

Master of the Codex of Saint George, 1330

Oval miniature of a woman with curly hair in a white veil and dress, set against a dark wooded background in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Woman

Charles Etienne Leguay, 1800

Painting of a calm lake framed by mountains, with trees and fields in the foreground under a pale sky.

Lake Fucino and the Abruzzi Mountains

Jean-Joseph-Xavier Bidauld, 1789

Painting of an arched stone bridge over a river, a church with a bell tower on the left, and hills under an evening sky.

The Bridge at La Cava, Kingdom of Naples

Jean-Joseph-Xavier Bidauld, 1778

Oil painting of a barefoot boy holding a fishing rod under a tree at dusk, with a river landscape behind him.

The Young Fisherman

Henry Inman, 1829

Oval miniature portrait of a gray-haired man in a green coat and striped waistcoat, in an ornate gold frame.

James Bogert, Jr.

Henry Inman, 1835

Oil study of a standing man in a red turban, yellow and green robes, and a red shawl, holding a sword against a blue sky.

Study for "Portrait of an Indian"

Anne-Louis Girodet, 1807

Oil portrait of a woman with curled dark hair, wearing a black lace-trimmed dress and fur stole, against a dark background.

Madame Jacques-Louis-Étienne Reizet (Colette-Désirée-Thérèse Godefroy, 1782-1850)

Anne-Louis Girodet, 1823

Painting of rolling Kansas plains under a rain shower, with a red barn, farmhouse, dirt roads and distant mesas.

Spring Shower (Western Kansas Landscape)

John Steuart Curry, 1931

Black and cream painting of a family at a table in a log-walled room, a standing man leaning over as they say grace.

Family Supper (Saying Grace)

Horace Pippin, 1946

Painting of two children asleep under a striped blanket beside a black stove, with a lamp and a dark window.

Asleep

Horace Pippin, 1943

Oil landscape of wooded hills and rocky slopes overlooking a broad valley with distant blue mountains under a cloudy sky.

German Landscape with View towards a Broad Valley

Fritz Petzholdt, 1829

Painting of the Annunciation: a kneeling angel in red greets Mary in blue beside a Gothic doorway, with a dove and lilies.

The Annunciation

Petrus Christus, 1450

Painting of Christ wearing a crown of thorns, blood on forehead, against a dark blue background with gold foliage.

Head of Christ

Petrus Christus, 1445

Three-quarter portrait of a woman with dark hair, jeweled necklace, red velvet dress and folded hands against a dark backgrou

Portrait of Maria Madddalena Baroncelli (ca. 1465 -?), wife of Tommaso Portinari

Hans Memling, 1470

Painting of an elderly man with grey hair, dark clothing and clasped hands against a dark background.

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Hans Memling, 1475

Portrait of a Woman with a Man at a Casement

Filippo Lippi, 1440

Oil portrait of a young woman with upswept hair, green dress, white lace collar and red drape, in an oval frame.

Lady Mary Berkeley, Wife of Thomas Chambers

Godfrey Kneller, 1700

Painting of a shadowy forest interior with tall tree trunks, dense green foliage, and a small stream in the foreground.

Interior of a Wood at Pierrefitte

Robert Léopold Leprince, 1822

Triptych altarpiece with the Virgin and Child enthroned center, kneeling donors below, and saints in side panels.

The Le Cellier Altarpiece

Jehan Bellegambe, 1509

Medieval painting of a haloed preacher in a pulpit addressing a congregation, with Christ in a roundel above and a scribe at

Sermon of Saint Albertus Magnus

Friedrich Walther, 1430

Painting of a crowned, haloed bearded king seated and playing a golden harp against a gold background.

David

Lorenzo Monaco, 1408

Gold-ground panel showing a haloed bearded patriarch with a flaming knife beside a kneeling child in red.

Abraham

Lorenzo Monaco, 1408

Gold-ground panel of the Nativity: Mary kneels before the infant Christ in a manger, with an ox, ass, angel and shepherds.

Geburt Christi

Lorenzo Monaco, 1409

Portrait of a man in a brown greatcoat and white cravat, with the Colosseum and stormy sky behind him.

Joseph-Antoine Moltedo

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1810

Oval portrait of a dark-haired man in a brown coat and white cravat, against a dark background, in a gilded star frame.

Portrait of a Man

Joseph Bordes, 1810

Oval portrait of an elderly man in a red coat with fur collar and white cravat, against a dark background.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Joseph-Siffred Duplessis, 1778

Painting of an angel kneeling before the Virgin Mary in an interior, with a dove of the Holy Spirit radiating light above.

The Annunciation

Peter Candid, 1585

Woman seated at a table near a window, playing a lute, with a wall map and checkered floor in a quiet interior.

Woman with a lute

Johannes Vermeer, 1662

Painting of a woman asleep at a carpeted table beside fruit and a pitcher, with an open door behind her.

A Woman Asleep -or- A Girl Asleep

Johannes Vermeer, 1657

Painting of a smiling young woman with a white shawl and a pearl earring against a dark background.

Study of a young woman.[1] Alternative title(s): Portrait of a Young Woman

Johannes Vermeer, 1665

Miniature painting in a red case of a female torso with bare breasts resting on soft white drapery.

Beauty Revealed

Sarah Goodridge, 1828

Half-length portrait of a man in black cap and robe holding a quill over an open book against a blue background.

Portrait of Guillaume Budé

Jean Clouet, 1536

Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau)

John Singer Sargent, 1884

Painting of Christ with a crown of thorns, head bowed, flanked by bearded men in turbans and red hats.

Christ Presented to the People (Ecce Homo)

Il Sodoma, 1540

Wide panoramic painting of formal palace gardens with a central fountain, clipped topiary, and a long tree-lined avenue.

Panoramic View of the Palace and Gardens of Versailles

John Vanderlyn, 1818

Painting of the sailing ship Franklin flying the American flag among many boats in a New York harbor under cloudy sky.

The U. S. Ship Franklin, with a View of the Bay of New York

Thomas Thompson, 1820

Half-length portrait of a young man with curly hair, white cravat and brown coat against a dark background.

Portrait of the Artist

John Vanderlyn, 1800

Miniature portrait of a young boy in a dark jacket and white lace collar holding a small bird, in an open case.

Henry Larcom Abbot

Washington Blanchard, 1835

Miniature portrait of a young woman in a white bonnet with a blue bow, red shawl, and blue book, in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Woman

Jean-Baptiste Isabey, 1795

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a dark military uniform with gold epaulettes and decorations, in a gold frame.

Napoléon I (1769-1821)

Jean-Baptiste Isabey, 1812

Painting of a winged woman in yellow drapery holding red cloth among clouds, with putti and flowers, in a gilded ceiling fram

Dawn

Gaspare Diziani, 1709

Miniature portrait of a young man in a powdered wig and blue velvet coat, set in an ornate gold frame with black enamel.

Portrait of a Young Man

Christian Friedrich Zincke, 1703

Black-and-white image of a seated Madonna in a dark veil and mantle holding the Christ Child, both with haloes, on an arched

Madonna and Child with Saints

Priamo della Quercia, 1442

Painting of reclining nude Venus holding a laurel wreath, with winged Cupid beside her on a blue drape before red curtains.

Venus and Cupid

Lorenzo Lotto, 1530

Oval painting of putti on clouds holding a gilded medallion with a pale relief of a seated woman and child.

Putti with a Medallion

Charles Dominique Joseph Eisen, 1740

Black-and-white photo of a hanging scroll showing a palace by water, rocky peaks, a sailboat, and a column of inscribed text.

A Tang Palace

Hanging scroll of a woman in pale robes holding a fan beside tall bamboo and rocks on an ochre ground.

Lady in a Bamboo Grove

Painting of Christ crucified between a grieving Virgin Mary and Saint John, with a skull at the base of the cross.

The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John

Hendrick ter Brugghen, 1625

Black-and-white image of a Madonna nursing the Christ Child, both with haloes, against a gilded background.

Madonna and Child

Antoniazzo Romano, 1452

Nativity scene with kneeling Mary and Joseph, Christ Child, ox and donkey, angels above, shepherds and a hilltop town.

The Nativity

Antoniazzo Romano, 1480