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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Oil study of fan palms and date palms in grassland under a lavender twilight sky.

Study of Palm Trees

Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1855/56

Painted sketch of a crowd in robes before a red tent, with a couple in formal dress and colorful banners overhead.

Sketch for "Reception of Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie by the Kabyle Leaders at Algiers on September 18, 1…

Isidore Pils, ca. 1862-67

Arab Warrior

Horace Vernet, ca. 1817-22

Oil study of grey storm clouds over rolling dark hills with a pale unpainted foreground.

Landscape Study with Clouds

Emile Loubon, ca. 1829-31

Painting of a domed church with brick apse and weathered buildings on the Via Sacra, with trees and a walking man in the fore

A Section of the Via Sacra, Rome (The Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian)

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, ca. 1814-15

Quiet interior with a paneled wall, multi-pane window, panelled door, and a patch of light on the wooden floor.

Moonlight, Strandgade 30

Vilhelm Hammershøi, 1900-1906

Painting of the dead Christ supported by two angels against a dark background, with a glowing halo and white loincloth.

Dead Christ Supported by Angels

Francesco Trevisani, ca. 1710

Painting of a mountain valley under stormy clouds, with dark spruce trees in the foreground and a glowing sunset behind dista

View over Hallingdal

Johan Christian Dahl, 1844

Full-length seated portrait of a man in blue velvet coat with orders, beside a gilt desk and armchair in a dim interior.

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Périgord (1754-1838), Prince de Bénévent

François Gérard, 1808

Painting of a bearded elderly man in an orange robe kneeling and gazing upward in tears beside golden keys.

The Tears of Saint Peter

Jusepe de Ribera, ca. 1612-13

Painting of a red-robed cardinal leading a procession of men in black past a classical church under a blue sky.

A Cardinal's Procession

Ottavio Mario Leoni, 1621

Still life painting of silver and gold vessels, shells, a sword hilt and red velvet cloth on a ledge before a landscape.

Still Life with Silver and Gold Plate, Shells, and a Sword

Meiffren Conte, fourth quarter 17th century

Painting of a kneeling figure reaching toward an angel in clouds, with sleeping figures in the dark foreground below.

The Agony in the Garden

Nicolas Poussin, 1626-27

Haloed monk in a dark habit holding a red book, with a robed figure and an angel above on a gold panel.

Saint Silvester Gozzolini

Segna di Buonaventura, 1320s

Gilded panel showing a bald bearded monk holding a red book, with an angel and a bearded saint in arched niches above.

Saint Benedict

Segna di Buonaventura, 1320s

Painting of a woman with a floral wreath led to a garlanded altar by armed warriors, with a golden urn in the foreground.

The Sacrifice of Polyxena

Charles Le Brun, 1647

Painting of a woman in a fur-trimmed coat and feathered hat beside a balustrade with a black poodle on a yellow background.

Woman Standing Beside a Balustrade with a Poodle

Paul Ranson, ca. 1895

Painting of pansies in yellow, purple and white growing in two terracotta pots against a dark background.

Potted Pansies

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1883

Oil portrait of a woman with curly black hair, velvet burgundy dress, pearls, and lace, against a dark background.

Portrait of a Woman

Giovanni Battista Gaulli, ca. 1670s

Painting of Saint Francis kneeling on rocks, clasping a wooden cross, with a skull and open book beside him under a stormy sk

Saint Francis in Ecstasy

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1650

Painting of the Crucifixion with three figures on crosses, a ladder, kneeling soldiers, grieving women and a dog under a teal

The Crucifixion

Pedro Orrente, ca. 1625-30

Seated bearded man in white turban and red robe holding a writing tablet and stylus against a dark background.

William Edward Dighton (1822-1853) in Middle Eastern Dress

Frederick Goodall, ca. 1852-53

Painting of the dead Christ supported by mourners in a landscape with a hilltop castle and a distant crucifixion.

The Lamentation

Ludovico Mazzolino, ca. 1514-16

Painting of an executioner with a sword beside a slumped figure, with a bearded God and angels in clouds above.

The Execution of Saint John the Baptist

Ubaldo Gandolfi, ca. 1770

Oval painting of a bound woman at a fiery altar, a priest raising a knife, a goddess above and cherubs around.

The Sacrifice of Iphigenia

Gaetano Gandolfi, 1789

Oil portrait of a bearded man with tousled hair and a white collar against a dark background, signed Carolus-Duran 1861.

Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904)

Carolus-Duran, 1861

Painting of a woman in a red dress gazing upward as a snake coils around her arm against a dark background.

The Death of Cleopatra

Guido Cagnacci, ca. 1645-55

Painting of dense chrysanthemums in white, yellow, orange and red blooms among tall green stems and leaves.

Chrysanthemums in the Garden at Petit-Gennevilliers

Gustave Caillebotte, 1893

Painting of a striped tiger resting on rocky ground with dark hills and a muted sky behind it.

Tiger in Repose

Antoine-Louis Barye, ca. 1850-65

Painting of a woman in a green veil and gold coins leaning on a carved wooden balcony with a rose and birdcage.

Woman at a Balcony

Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1887-88