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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,090 works

Pastel of a blonde woman in a grey dress examining a straw hat with blue trim on a checkered sofa.

At the Milliner's

Edgar Degas, 1881

Winter landscape with ice skaters on a frozen canal, bare trees, crows, a tall castle tower and snowy cottages.

A Winter Landscape with Ice Skaters and an Imaginary Castle

Christoffel van den Berghe, ca. 1615-20

Crowd of 19th-century viewers gathered before a large painting of a coronation ceremony in a gallery setting.

The Public Viewing David's "Coronation" at the Louvre

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1810

Painting of a young woman with bowed head, gold headband and red necklace against a dark background.

Young Woman with a Red Necklace

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1645

Painting of a nude woman seen from behind before a mirror, with a red curtain and bed in a warm interior.

Woman before a Mirror

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1897

Figures in an arched stone loggia watch a toddler take first steps, with mountains visible through the arch.

First Steps

Franz Ludwig Catel, ca. 1820-25

Painting of a bearded man in a red robe and white turban leaning on a crate beside a plaster bust in a studio.

An Ottoman Man in the Artist's Studio

Auguste-Xavier Leprince, ca. 1823-26

Painting of a pope and clergy in a frescoed vaulted hall, with kneeling women in traditional dress and a Swiss Guard at left.

Pope Gregory XVI Visiting the Church of San Benedetto at Subiaco

Jean-François Montessuy, 1843

Painting of a bishop in white vestments celebrating Mass in a columned hall, with attendants, a kneeling bread offering, and

The Mass of Saint Basil

Pierre Subleyras, 1746

Oil portrait of an older man in red papal vestments with gold embroidered stole against a dark red background.

Pope Benedict XIV (Prospero Lambertini, 1675-1758)

Pierre Subleyras, 1746

Oval pastel portrait of a woman with powdered hair, a feathered hat, and a blue dress with gold buttons.

Madame Elisabeth de France (1764-1794)

Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, ca. 1787

Pastel double portrait of a man in a brown coat and a seated woman in a cream gown with pink ribbons and lace.

François de Jullienne (1722-1754) and Marie Elisabeth de Jullienne (Marie Elisabeth de Séré de Rieux, 1724-1795)

Charles-Antoine Coypel, 1743

Painting of a sorceress pointing skyward beside a prone old man and a cauldron, with women and clouds in an arched setting.

Medea Rejuvenating Aeson

Corrado Giaquinto, ca. 1760

Self-portrait of a man in a dark jacket beside a tall window with grey interior walls, in muted tones.

Self-Portrait at Spurveskjul

Vilhelm Hammershøi, 1911

Woman in green dress examining a ring by a sunlit window, with a straw hat of roses on her lap.

The Ring

John White Alexander, 1911

Black and white photograph of an oval portrait of an elderly man with white hair, round spectacles, and a fur-collared coat.

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin

H. Sanford, 1776-1883

Black-and-white photo of a reverse-painted glass portrait of a man in a powdered wig and dark coat, labeled Washington, in a

Plaque of George Washington

Gilbert Stuart, 1776-1830

Painting of a farm with barns, a white farmhouse, haystacks and an ox cart with workers under a cloudy sky.

Leete Farm, West Claremont, New Hampshire

Francis Alexander, ca. 1822

Painting of a seated woman in a green and black dress adjusting her bodice, looking downward, against a green curtain.

Study in Green and Black

John White Alexander, by 1906

Painting of an elderly bearded man with white hair in a dark coat, seated and resting his hands on a chair.

Walt Whitman

John White Alexander, 1889

Painting of a seated woman in a red velvet jacket and grey skirt before a hazy mountain landscape.

The Spanish Girl in Reverie

Washington Allston, 1831

Oval grayscale portrait of a man with curly hair, mustache, dark coat and bow tie against a shadowed background.

James Topham Brady

Joseph Alexander Ames, 1869

Portrait of the Marquis de Lafayette

William P. Babcock, 1850-80

Portrait of a man in dark coat and ruffled white jabot holding a folded letter, against a dark background.

Philip Van Cortlandt

Ezra Ames, ca. 1810

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and black bow tie against a brown background.

John F. Kensett

George Augustus Baker Jr., 1875

Oval portrait of a woman with dark curls and red flowers in her hair, wearing a white blouse and blue bodice.

Mrs. William Loring Andrews

George Augustus Baker Jr., 1861-63

Oil portrait of an elderly woman in a white bonnet, dark velvet dress and white shawl, seated in a red chair.

Mrs. Benjamin Simons

Henry Benbridge, ca. 1771-76

Portrait of a seated man in gray suit with a quill pen at a desk, red curtain and window view behind him.

Samuel Cutts

Joseph Blackburn, ca. 1762-63

Painting of tepees, horses and figures beside large trees in an open landscape under a cloudy sky.

An Indian Encampment

Ralph Albert Blakelock, ca. 1880-1900

Night scene of figures husking corn beside a farmhouse and barn under a moonlit, cloudy sky.

Corn Husking

David Gilmour Blythe, ca. 1863-64