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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,999 works

Oval miniature portrait of a young woman with dark hair, lace collar, green dress and orange shawl, in gilt frame.

Portrait of a Lady

Charles C. Ingham, ca. 1836-38

Oval painting of a seated woman weaving a basket with a child reclining nearby, under trees with a cottage in the distance.

The Basket Maker

Louis Lang, 1853

Miniature portrait of an elderly bearded man with white hair and spectacles, in a dark green coat, seated in a wooden chair.

Parke Godwin

Theodora W. Thayer, 1900

Oval miniature portrait of a man with curly dark hair and beard in a black coat, set in an ornate gold frame.

Mr. Boardman

Margaret Bogardus, 1837

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with curled dark hair, spectacles and a cameo brooch, in a gilt frame and blue velvet case

Portrait of a Lady

Daniel F. Ames, ca. 1845

Oval miniature portrait of a young woman in a white dress with a shoulder bow, her hair decorated with a ribbon.

Bessie Moore

Virginia Richmond Reynolds, 1899

Full-length portrait of a woman in white gown and pink shawl leaning on a stone pedestal before trees and a distant mountain.

Mrs. Cephas Thompson (Olivia Leonard)

Cephas Thompson, ca. 1810-20

Oval miniature portrait of a young woman with upswept auburn hair and a white dress, in a gilt frame on a black stand.

Mrs. Nathaniel Bowen (Margaret Blake)

Jean Francois de la Vallee, ca. 1805

Oval miniature of a young man with curly brown hair in a dark jacket and white shirt, in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Carl Weinedel, 1836

Portrait of a Lady

William P. Sheys, 1813

Miniature portrait of a dark-haired man in a dark coat and white cravat against a peach background, in a black frame.

John Neagle

Daniel Dickinson, 1830

Black-and-white reproduction of a woman in a patterned robe holding a blossom branch, with flowers and a bird ornament in her

Portrait of a Woman

Tsukioka Sessai, 19th century

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a blue satin gown with pink bows and lace, leaning on a ledge before a garden.

Mrs. David Chesebrough

Joseph Blackburn, 1754

Hanging scroll of three men tending a kiln beneath a thatched roof and tree, with a crescent moon above.

Making Ceramics

Eiraku Hozen, first half of the19th century

Full-length portrait of a standing man in a cream coat beside a bookcase of leather books and a green-topped desk.

Elijah Boardman

Ralph Earl, 1789

Painting of ragged prisoners standing before a Union officer in a cleared field, with rifles on the ground and horsemen behin

Prisoners from the Front

Winslow Homer, 1866

Courtyard painting of a rider with horses and two leopards beside an ornate palace with arched colonnades and carved balconie

The Rajah Starting on a Hunt

Edwin Lord Weeks, ca. 1895

Elderly bearded man descends steps between armed soldiers while a woman and child embrace him at a brick doorway.

The Last Moments of John Brown

Thomas Hovenden, 1882-84

Painting of a man in a straw hat mowing golden wheat with a scythe under a bright blue sky.

The Veteran in a New Field

Winslow Homer, 1865

Oil portrait of a man in a floral robe seated before a bookcase of leather-bound books, with one hand on a table.

Portrait of William Duguid

Prince Demah Barnes, 1773

Full-length portrait of a bearded man in black evening dress holding a top hat, fan and pink wrap against a grey background.

Arrangement in Flesh Colour and Black: Portrait of Theodore Duret

James McNeill Whistler, 1883

Painting of a standing commander holding an American flag in a crowded boat crossing an icy river, with soldiers rowing.

Washington Crossing the Delaware

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, 1851

Painting of a striped-costumed musician playing guitar on a garden ledge, with a shadowy figure among trees behind him.

Mezzetin

Jean-Antoine Watteau, ca. 1718-20

Half-length portrait of an older bearded man in a black cap and fur-trimmed coat against a teal background.

Erasmus of Rotterdam

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1532

Miniature portrait of a seated woman in a white dress and lace collar, working on tapestry beside a red table with yarn.

Portrait of a Woman with Tapestry Work

Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin

Miniature portrait of a woman in a straw bonnet and dark shawl, holding a flower basket before a pink sky and hills.

Portrait of a Woman

Vincent Bertrand, ca. 1810

Painting of figures in classical robes gesturing on a loggia, with a sleeping infant in a cradle and a hilly landscape beyond

The Legend of the Infant Servius Tullius

Bonifazio Veronese

Pastoral scene of shepherds, flowers, goats and cattle beside a stream and classical fountain under trees.

Shepherd's Idyll

François Boucher, 1768

Painting of washerwomen working by a stream below a stone bridge, with a donkey, dog, and cow in a wooded landscape.

Washerwomen

François Boucher, 1768

Oval miniature of a man in a powdered wig and gilded steel breastplate against a grey-blue background.

Portrait of a Man

Rosalba Carriera, ca. 1710