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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

32,885 works

Painting of the Virgin Mary in blue seated and praying amid kneeling apostles in colorful robes in a colonnaded hall.

The Dormition of the Virgin

Carlo Saraceni, ca. 1612

Gilded panel painting of Saint George in ornate armor with a red and white lance, standing over a dragon.

Saint George

Carlo Crivelli, 1472

Painting of a seated woman in a white cap and dark shawl peeling with a knife, in dim interior with loose brushwork.

The Potato Peeler (reverse: Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat)

Vincent van Gogh, 1885

Painting of the Virgin Mary kneeling at a lectern as a winged angel with a lily approaches, with a dove and putti above.

The Annunciation

Philippe de Champaigne, ca. 1644

Painting of a man in a red coat helping a seated woman in a garden with an urn, bust and a watching figure at a window.

The Servant Justified

Nicolas Lancret, ca. 1740

Painting of two women with a pink parasol, a man in a red coat gesturing to a bearded monk beside a stone archway.

Brother Philippe's Geese

Nicolas Lancret, ca. 1736

Oval portrait of a young woman in a pink dress and flower wreath, with a river valley and blue sky behind her.

Faustine Léo (1832-1865)

Henri Lehmann, 1842

Impressionist painting of haystacks in a sunlit meadow beside tall trees, with a small figure walking under a pale sky.

Haystacks, Morning, Eragny

Camille Pissarro, 1899

Painting of the Virgin holding a book with the Christ Child and several saints gathered in a dark setting.

Madonna and Child with Saints

Ludovico Carracci, 1607

Full-length painting of a young man in a black hat and majo costume holding an orange shawl and walking stick.

Young Man in the Costume of a Majo

Édouard Manet, 1863

Painting of Saint John the Baptist with a cross, banner and lamb beside him, against a dramatic sunset sky.

Saint John the Baptist Preaching

Mattia Preti, ca. 1650

Painting of an elderly woman in a dark veil and white headcloth against a blue background, with an inscription at upper left.

Portrait of a Woman, Said to Be Caritas Pirckheimer (1467-1532)

Albrecht Dürer

Painting of a cobbled Berlin street with townhouses, a distant church spire, copper pots, dogs and workers.

Parochialstrasse in Berlin

Eduard Gaertner, 1831

Oil sketch of a reclining male nude sleeping on a draped cloth against a dark brown background.

Male Nude

Edgar Degas, 1856

Women and children relax on a sunlit lawn in a garden with flowerbeds, a parasol, and a brick wall behind them.

In Full Sunlight (En plein soleil)

James Tissot, ca. 1881

Painting of a dark stone and timber entrance half-covered by dense vines and shrubs under a pale blue sky.

An Overgrown Mineshaft

Carl Gustav Carus, ca. 1824

Dim vaulted stone passage with ivy-covered arches opening onto a sunlit landscape and pale sky beyond.

View in the Stables of the Villa of Maecenas, Tivoli

François Marius Granet, ca. 1805-10

Oil painting of Doric temple columns framing a distant ruined temple, hills, and blue sky, with grass in the foreground.

Columns of the Temple of Neptune at Paestum

Constantin Hansen, 1838

Small painting of a hunter with rifle and dog walking along a reedy lake shore toward distant hills at dusk.

An Evening beside Lake Arresø

Johan Thomas Lundbye, ca. 1837

Moonlit harbor scene with a brick tower, soldier with rifle, men on pier, and sailing boats on calm water.

View from the Citadel Ramparts in Copenhagen by Moonlight

Martinus Rørbye, 1839

Oil sketch of rocky hills under a stormy sky with a rainbow, a tree at lower left, and water across the middle ground.

The Cemetery at Pronoia near Nauplia

Carl Rottmann, ca. 1841-47

Moonlit seascape of a mother and child on a rocky shore beside an anchor, with a sailboat on the water.

Mother and Child by the Sea

Johan Christian Dahl, 1830

Full-length painting of an armored knight in red plumed hat holding a banner, with a sword, before a landscape with a castle.

Saint Maurice

Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop, ca. 1520-25

Sketch of saints ascending on clouds amid angels and putti in a bright sky, by Franz Anton Maulbertsch.

The Glorification of the Royal Hungarian Saints

Franz Anton Maulbertsch, ca. 1772-73

Full-length portrait of a man in a white wig and black gown leaning on a book beside a draped table and armchair.

The Reverend Philip Cocks (1735-1797)

Johan Joseph Zoffany, late 1760s

Painting of a Gothic arched window in ruined stone walls framing blue sky, clouds, and distant hills with a small pine.

Gothic Windows in the Ruins of the Monastery at Oybin

Carl Gustav Carus, ca. 1828

Study of a Boy in a Blue Jacket

Benedetto Luti, 1717

Pastel portrait of a young woman with blue ribbon in her hair, wearing red drapery and a gold earring, glancing sideways.

Study of a Girl in Red

Benedetto Luti, 1717

Painting of Christ with long hair and beard, raising his hand in blessing against a blue background in a gilded arched frame.

Christ Blessing

Gerard David, ca. 1500-1505

Lone figure in a dark coat walks a stony path past a wall and bare tree under stormy grey clouds.

Wanderer in the Storm

Karl Julius von Leypold, 1835