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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,430 works

Two fish swim in misty water beneath a branch of green leaves and small white blossoms.

Fishes

Watanabe Seitei, ca. 1887

Ink landscape of misty mountains, a traveler on a path approaching a wooden house beside a river valley.

Visiting a Friend

Seki Shūkō, 1892

Winter landscape with snowy mountains, leafless trees, a rider on a bridge, and a misty lake in muted grey tones.

Winter Scene

Seki Shūkō, 1892

Three red and orange goldfish swim among feathery green aquatic plants against a pale grey misty background.

Goldfish

Watanabe Seitei, ca. 1887

Ink and colour painting of a spiny lobster and a pufferfish swimming over a rippled sandy sea floor with seaweed.

Bottom of the Sea Showing Cray Fish

Seki Shūkō, ca. 1890-92

Three grey fish swim across a pale silk background with soft wavy ripples, signed and sealed at lower right.

Fishes Swimming

Seki Shūkō, ca. 1890-92

Three fish swimming beneath rippled water in soft grey tones, with calligraphy and red seals at upper right.

Fishes

Seki Shūkō, ca. 1890-92

Ink painting of two small birds in flight above slender reeds on a pale silk background, with a red seal.

Small Birds and Bamboo

Kawabata Gyokushō, 1887-92

Ink painting of two ducks on pale silk, one with a dark head and the other raised, with faint water reflections below.

Pair of Ducks

Kawabata Gyokushō, 1887-92

Ink painting of a cat seen from behind, head turned left, with dark ears and a pale body and curled tail on silk.

Cat Seen from Behind

Kawabata Gyokushō, ca. 1887-92

Grey ink painting of a bird leaning over water beside faint reeds on a pale silk ground.

Bird at the Water's Edge

Kawabata Gyokushō, 1887-92

A Pair of Puppies

Kawabata Gyokushō, ca. 1887-92

Ink painting of a squirrel with a bushy tail gnawing a chestnut husk on pale silk.

Squirrel Eating Chestnuts

Kawabata Gyokushō, 1887-92

Ink painting of a crane standing beside tall reeds at water's edge, in soft grey tones on pale silk.

Crane Among Reeds

Kawabata Gyokushō, 1887-92

Ink painting of a dark rooster with a long black tail beside a pale hen, both on a beige silk ground.

Cock and Hen

Kawabata Gyokushō, 1887-92

Four shrimp swim among wispy green seaweed on a soft grey silk background, with a signature in the upper right.

Shrimp (Ebi)

Seki Shūkō, ca. 1890-92

Small fish swim in a swirling current across a grey silk ground, with thin water plants along the bottom edge.

Small Fishes

Seki Shūkō, ca. 1890-92

Three otters swim in misty grey water, painted in soft ink on silk with a signature and red seals at right.

Otters Swimming

Seki Shūkō, ca. 1890-92

Three slender needlefish swim across a pale silk ground beside a pink branch and green leaves.

Three Fishes and a Branch

Seki Shūkō, ca. 1890-92

Two pale eels curl beside brown mushrooms and green grass on silk, with calligraphy and red seals at upper right.

Eels

Seki Shūkō, ca. 1890-92

Woman in blue silk dress and straw hat painting at an easel, with two young women watching beside her in a studio.

Self-portrait with two pupils

Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, 1785

Painting of bound Christ in a crown of thorns presented before a man in red, with a Gothic town square behind.

Christ Shown to the People

Jan Mostaert, 1510-15

Oval portrait of a bearded man with graying hair in a black garment and white lace ruff against a dark background.

Portrait of a Man

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1632

Young woman with curled blonde hair sketching at a drawing board by a window, in a white dress, with two figures on a balcony

Marie Joséphine Charlotte du Val d'Ognes

Marie-Denise Villers, 1801

Half-length portrait of a man in a dark costume and metal breastplate, holding a red plume, against a dark background.

Portrait of a Man with a Breastplate and Plumed Hat

Rembrandt van Rijn

Two bare-shouldered women in blue and purple cloth hold fruit and pink blossoms against a dense green background.

Two Tahitian women with mango flowers

Paul Gauguin, 1899

Painting of a woman in a red wrap carrying a child on her shoulders, with other women, fruit and tropical trees in the backgr

Hail Mary

Paul Gauguin, 1891

Full-length painting of a man in a dark coat and black hat holding a walking stick on a sunlit grassy path.

Portrait of the Painter

John La Farge, 1859

Four saints in a dark forest: a bald man with keys, a veiled woman beside a dragon, a woman with a chalice, and a bearded man

Saints Peter, Martha, Mary Magdalen, and Leonard

Antonio da Correggio, 1515

Oval miniature portrait of a young woman with curly brown hair in a white dress, blue sash and red shawl, in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Lady

Adolf Ulrik Wertmüller, 1805