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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,089 works

Black-and-white portrait of a bearded man in a black cap with a white feather and dark doublet with white sleeves.

Charles de Cossé (1506-1563), Comte de Brissac

Corneille de Lyon

Small portrait of a man with curly brown hair, white ruff, black doublet and gold chain, against a green background.

Portrait of a Man with a Gold Chain

Corneille de Lyon

Painting of a woman in red cradling a sleeping man under an apple tree as armed men watch from the foliage behind.

Samson and Delilah

Lucas Cranach the Elder, ca. 1528-30

Half-length portrait of a man in a black cap and dark robe against a turquoise background.

Martin Luther (1483-1546)

Lucas Cranach the Elder, probably 1532

Gold-ground panel with Christ enthroned above saints with haloes, flanking a circular reliquary, with Latin inscription below

Christ Enthroned with Saints

Bernardo Daddi, ca. 1325

Painted cassone panel showing a woman swimming a river past a soldiers' camp toward a red walled city gate.

The Legend of Cloelia

Guidoccio Cozzarelli, ca. 1480

Painting of a blacksmith at an anvil in a timber workshop, with a woman holding a child and workers beside a glowing forge.

The Forge

Léonard Defrance

Miniature portrait of a woman with pearl headdress, white feathers, pearl necklace and a pink and purple sash, in a gold fram

Princess María Francisca de Asis de Borbón and Her Son Infante Carlos Luis María Fernando de Borbón

Luis de la Cruz y Rios, 1818

Oval miniature portrait of an older bald man in a green fur-collared coat and white lace jabot, in a gilt frame.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), after a Painting by Greuze of 1777

Charles Paul Jérôme de Bréa, 1777

Painting of a tightrope dancer with a balancing pole above a clown, musicians and a crowd watching in a wooden street booth.

The Rope Dance

Léonard Defrance

Painting of French soldiers in a battle near a stone wall and white house, with horses, debris and an orange sky.

The Defense of Champigny

Édouard Detaille, 1879

Marie Dihau (1843-1935)

Edgar Degas, 1867-68

Painting of young ballet dancers in a rehearsal room with a double bass lying in the foreground by a green wall.

Dancers in the Rehearsal Room with a Double Bass

Edgar Degas, ca. 1882-85

Painting of a dark theater audience in the foreground watching pale ballet dancers under arches on a dim stage.

The Ballet from "Robert le Diable"

Edgar Degas, 1871

Woman in striped silk gown playing a harp, with sheet music and a blue vase beside her, in a dim interior.

Self-Portrait with a Harp

Rose Adélaïde Ducreux, 1791

Portrait of a seated woman with powdered grey hair, pink gown, pink bow and white lace shawl beside red drapery.

Madame de Saint-Morys (Eléonore Elisabeth Angélique de Beauterne, 1742-1824)

Joseph-Siffred Duplessis, 1776

Brown monochrome wash drawing of a man in period dress mounting a horse, holding its bridle and a riding crop.

A Man Mounting a Horse

Anthony van Dyck, ca. 1630

Brown monochrome sketch of a man on a rearing horse with a flowing mane, highlighted in white on a tan ground.

A Man Riding a Horse

Anthony van Dyck, ca. 1630

Portrait of a bearded man in a black hat and fur-trimmed coat holding a rosary, with a river landscape behind him.

Heinrich(?) vom Rhein zum Mohren (1477-1536)

Conrad Faber von Creuznach, late 1520s

Oval monochrome portrait of a woman with curled hair and a draped gown with brooch, in a dark wooden frame.

Portrait of a Woman

Thomas Forster, 1700

Oval miniature of a young man with curly dark hair and blue eyes, wearing a brown jacket and floral waistcoat.

Self-Portrait

John Faed, ca. 1850

Painting of a seated woman with red hair in a dark dress, turquoise brooch and gold bracelet, hands clasped, against grey.

Portrait of a Woman

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1885

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a long curled wig, cravat and buttoned coat, in a dark wooden frame.

Portrait of a Man

Thomas Forster, 1700

Half-length portrait of a young man in a dark cap and robe, hands clasped in prayer, in a gilded arched frame.

Portrait of a Young Man

Oval portrait of a woman with upswept hair, pearl necklace, white dress, blue sash and pink rose against a dark background.

Mrs. Ralph Izard (Alice De Lancey, 1746/47-1832)

Thomas Gainsborough

Gold-ground polyptych with the Madonna and Child enthroned at center, flanked by saints in Gothic arched panels.

Madonna and Child with Saints

Giovanni di Paolo, 1454

Tempera painting of the Madonna and Child flanked by two angels, with a small kneeling donor in the lower left corner.

Madonna and Child with Two Angels and a Donor

Giovanni di Paolo, ca. 1445

Painting of a man crouching to encourage a toddler's first steps, with a woman, flowering tree and cottage behind them.

First Steps, after Millet

Vincent van Gogh, 1890

Painting of a dim vaulted church choir with rows of friars in robes around a central lectern, with a candle and an arched win

The Choir of the Capuchin Church in Rome

François Marius Granet, 1814-15

Oval portrait of a man in a gray wig, dark coat, gold embroidered waistcoat and lace jabot against a dark background.

Jean Jacques Caffiéri (1725-1792)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, ca. 1765