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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,089 works

Monochrome painting of a woman with pinned hair embracing a young child who looks upward against a dark background.

Lady Dashwood and Her Son

Charles Howard Hodges, ca. 1785

Painted family portrait of a man, woman, and small child in a garden with a fountain, statue, and parrot.

Copy after "Rubens, His Wife Helena Fourment (1614-1673), and Their Son Frans (1633-1678)"

Bernard Lens III, 1721

Gothic gilded altarpiece with enthroned Madonna and Child at center, flanked by saints in arched niches.

Altar von San Domenico in Ascoli, Polyptychon, Gesamtansicht, Mitteltafel: Thronende Madonna, linke und rechte Tafeln…

Carlo Crivelli, 1476

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man in a dark coat beside a shadowed bronze sculpture against a dark olive background.

Auguste Rodin

Robert MacCameron, 1910

Painting of cavalry soldiers charging on horseback across golden plains, with raised rifles and dust clouds under a pale sky.

On the Southern Plains

Frederic Remington, 1907

Oil sketch of a seated woman in a black bodice and green striped skirt, looking downward against a muted background.

Study in Black and Green (Oil Sketch)

John White Alexander, ca. 1906

Full-length painting of a red-haired woman in a fur-trimmed purple robe before a stylized willow tree and checkered floor.

Mrs. Ethel Cushing

Howard Cushing, ca. 1912-14

Full-length portrait of a man in a dark suit with a mustache, holding a hat and red glove, against a muted gray background.

Edward Guthrie Kennedy

James McNeill Whistler, 1893-95

Painting of a bearded man on a rock gesturing toward light as winged angels in white and red robes surround him.

Moses Shown the Promised Land

Benjamin West, 1801

Miniature portrait of a young man in a black cap and grey cape holding a cane, in an ornate gilt frame.

Alfred Sully

Thomas Sully, ca. 1839

Portrait of a grey-haired man in a dark coat and yellow waistcoat, holding a folded letter, seated in a wooden chair.

Elie Williams

Charles Willson Peale, 1789

Oval portrait miniature of a man with powdered grey hair in a burgundy coat and white cravat, set in a gold frame.

Joseph Donaldson

Charles Willson Peale, 1776

Oval miniature portrait of a man with tousled light hair in a dark coat and white cravat, set in a gold frame.

Self-portrait

James Peale, 1789

Woman in white dress beside a girl playing guitar on a green sofa in a sunlit room with sheer curtains.

Idle Hours

J. Alden Weir, 1888

Oval miniature portrait of a man with brown hair in a black coat and white cravat, set in a gold pendant frame.

Peter Gilman Odlin

Raphaelle Peale, ca. 1805

Miniature portrait of a man with curly hair and spectacles in a burgundy fur-collared coat, in a gilt and black frame.

Frederick Gore King

Thomas Seir Cummings, ca. 1827

Oval miniature self-portrait of a young man with curly brown hair, fur-collared coat, and white cravat in a gilt frame.

Self-portrait

Thomas Seir Cummings, ca. 1825

Farmers pitch hay beside oxen in a green field under a dark, approaching storm sky with a distant farmhouse.

Approaching Storm

William Keith, 1880

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

James Stuart

Joseph Wood, 1800-1805

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, set in a gold frame.

Colonel James Elliott McPherson

Charles Fraser, 1819

Painting of a forest clearing with a kneeling woman, a reclining figure, a wolf, a dog, and an armed man on a rock.

Leatherstocking's Rescue

John Quidor, 1832

Oval miniature of a woman with curled hair, pearl headband and white dress against a pale blue background.

Mrs. Gabriel Manigault (Margaret Izard)

Walter Robertson, ca. 1795

Painting of a seated couple and a child with a flower by a stream, with a gabled Victorian house in a sunlit meadow.

Summer Flowers

Jerome Thompson, 1859

Miniature portrait of a young woman with ringlet curls, white dress and pink shawl, in an open green-lined case.

Mrs. Christopher Grant Perry (Frances Sargeant)

Richard Morrell Staigg, ca. 1840

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