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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,834 works

Oil portrait of a man with powdered gray hair in a navy coat with red collar, white cravat and epaulette.

Joseph Howell, Jr.

Charles Peale Polk, ca. 1787

Painting of a sunlit spring woodland with pale birch trees, a bare-branched tree, and a low stone wall in a clearing.

Spring Woods

Henry Ward Ranger, ca. 1895-1900

Painting of the Berks County Almshouse in 1880, showing red brick buildings, gardens, grazing cows, and carriages in an oval

Berks County Almshouse, 1880

John Rasmussen, 1880

Painting of a trumpeter on horseback at a city gate, with a crowd, a large tree, and a tavern building in warm tones.

The Vigilant Stuyvesant's Wall Street Gate

John Quidor, 1863

Choppy grey sea with white breaking waves, a rocky headland at left, birds in flight, and a cloudy sky.

Near Land's End, Cornwall

William Trost Richards, 1879

Painting of a whitewashed farmhouse with a red roof beside a dirt road curving past a wooden fence toward a hillside.

The Old Mill (Vieux Moulin)

Theodore Robinson, ca. 1892

Painting of rolling green hills under dark clouds, with a winding road, cattle, sheep, and a standing figure in the foregroun

Landscape

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1897-98 (?)

Monochrome portrait of a bearded man with swept-back hair, wearing a striped tie and waistcoat, against a dark background.

Stephen Whitney Phoenix

Platt Powell Ryder, 1892

Oval oil portrait of a bearded man with dark hair in a dark jacket against a deep green background.

Levi Hale Willard

Samuel H. Sexton, 1857

Painting of a stormy sea wrecking a shore with fallen figures, serpents and a flock of birds under dark clouds.

The Deluge towards Its Close

Joshua Shaw, ca. 1813

Portrait of a woman in black dress and coral necklace seated before red drapery, with a landscape at left.

Mary Ann Garrits

Frederick R. Spencer, 1834

Oval oil portrait of a dark-haired woman in a red silk dress with white chemise against a dark background.

Hannah Pemberton

John Smibert, 1734

Painting of a meadow with a pond, ducks, a split-rail fence, and trees under a pale sky.

East Hampton Meadows

George Henry Smillie, 1883

Oval portrait of a man in a green coat and frilled white cravat, with a lakeside landscape and cloudy sky behind him.

Jonathan Dwight

Joseph Steward, ca. 1790

Half-length portrait of a woman in a white turban, black dress, white ruffled collar and red shawl, against a dark background

Mrs. Andrew Sigourney

Gilbert Stuart, Ca. 1820

Oil portrait of a balding man in a black coat and white cravat before a red chair and red background.

Albert Gallatin

Gilbert Stuart, ca. 1803

Portrait of an elderly man with white hair, dark coat and frilled cravat, seated against a dark background.

George Heathcote

Gilbert Stuart, ca. 1785

Oil portrait of an elderly man with white powdered hair in a dark coat and white ruffled cravat, against a dark background.

George Washington

Gilbert Stuart, ca. 1803

Oval portrait of a man in a green coat and white cravat with powdered hair, holding a book against a dark background.

Man in a Green Coat

Gilbert Stuart, ca. 1779-85

Portrait of a young man with curly hair in a dark coat and white ruffled cravat against a green background.

David Sears, Jr.

Gilbert Stuart, ca. 1815

Portrait of a man in a dark blue naval-style coat with gold epaulette, holding a gold sword hilt, against a red and blue sky.

Matthew Clarkson

Gilbert Stuart, ca. 1794

Oil portrait of a woman in a white lace bonnet and brown fur stole against a dark background.

Mrs. Katherine Matthews

Thomas Sully, 1812-13

Loosely painted black-and-white portrait of a woman in a wide-brimmed hat with a feather and dark dress.

Mrs. Huges

Thomas Sully, ca. 1830

Oil self-portrait of a man with curly dark hair in a brown coat, holding a paintbrush against a gray background.

Portrait of the Artist

Thomas Sully, 1821

Oil portrait of a man with tousled dark hair, white cravat and dark coat against a brown background.

William Gwynn

Thomas Sully, 1821

Oil portrait of a man with dark curly hair in a dark coat and white cravat against a dark background.

John Finley

Thomas Sully, 1821

Oval black-and-white portrait of a woman with curled hair, bonnet and lace shawl, hand resting on her chest.

Sarah Annis Sully (Mrs. Thomas Sully)

Thomas Sully, 1832

Black and white view of a painted portrait of a man with powdered hair in a dark military coat with epaulettes.

George Washington

Thomas Wilcocks Sully, 1840

Monochrome reproduction of a painted study of a standing deer with antlers in a shadowy forest clearing.

Deer - Sketch from Nature

Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait, ca. 1882

Two setter dogs pointing toward a group of quail in tall grass beneath a cloudy sky.

On Point

Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait, 1874

Oil portrait of an elderly man with white hair in a dark coat and white cravat, hands clasped over a cane.

John Walsh

John Neagle, ca. 1840

Two bearded men on horseback in snowy woods with a rifle and hunting dogs, one pointing ahead.

Trappers

Jonathan K. Trego, ca. 1855

Oil portrait of a young woman in a straw hat holding a garland of flowers beside a stone urn in a garden.

Spring

Cephas Giovanni Thompson, 1838

Portrait of a woman in a red wrap and pearl necklace holding a small sprig of flowers against a dark background.

Portrait of a Lady (Possibly Hannah Stillman)

Pieter Vanderlyn, 1720-30

Black and white view of a misty mountain valley with a rushing river, rocks, tall evergreen trees and cliffs.

After the Storm

Albert Bierstadt, ca. 1870-80 (?)

Grayscale painting of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat and cloak, face lit against a dark background.

Henry Irving as Philip II of Spain

James McNeill Whistler, after 1872

Oil portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, turned to the left, with a red drape at the right.

John A. Sidell

John Vanderlyn, ca. 1830

Portrait of a white-haired man in a black coat and ruffled white cravat against a red oval background.

Egbert Benson

John Vanderlyn, ca. 1794

Portrait of a Man

Thomas Hicks, ca. 1850

Half-length oil portrait of a dark-haired man in a black jacket and bow tie against red drapery.

Francis Lucas Waddell

John Vanderlyn, ca. 1837

Portrait of a seated woman in black holding a young blond child in white on her lap against a dark green background.

Mrs. Marinus Willett and Her Son Marinus, Jr.

John Vanderlyn, ca. 1802

Grayscale portrait of a man with curly dark hair, wearing a dark jacket and white cravat against a plain background.

William Conklin

Chinese Painter, ca. 1800

Oil portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and white cravat, holding gloves, against a brown background.

Edward Kellogg

Samuel Lovett Waldo, 1831-32

Oil portrait of a seated older man in a dark coat and white ruffled cravat before red drapery.

Matthew Clarkson

Samuel Lovett Waldo, 1823

Portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and white cravat holding a folded letter, against a muted landscape background.

Henry La Tourette de Groot

Samuel Lovett Waldo, 1825-30

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a black dress and white lace bonnet, holding a red book, against a dark background.

Mrs. Edward Kellogg

Samuel Lovett Waldo, 1831-32

Black and white view of a seated man in a dark coat and white cravat, holding a small book, against a dim background.

Portrait of a Man

Samuel Lovett Waldo, ca. 1820

Black and white image of an elderly woman in a lace bonnet and black dress, holding spectacles over an open book.

Portrait of a Lady (Possibly of the Buloid Family)

Samuel Lovett Waldo, 1832

Black and white reproduction of a painting of a girl in a white puffed-sleeve dress reaching toward flowers.

Portrait of a Girl with Flowers

Samuel Lovett Waldo, ca. 1835

Oil portrait of a dark-haired man in a black coat and white cravat against a dark background.

The Reverend John Brodhead Romeyn

Samuel Lovett Waldo, ca. 1817-20

Oil portrait of a woman with dark hair in a white dress against a grey brushed background, painted around 1826.

Mrs. Samuel L. Waldo

Samuel Lovett Waldo, ca. 1826

Elderly bearded coppersmith in white apron examines a copper vessel in a dim workshop with tools and an anvil.

The Coppersmith

Edgar Melville Ward, ca. 1898

Painting of a bare-branched village lane with a small child in a red coat walking past a white picket fence.

Connecticut Village (Going to School)

J. Alden Weir, after 1891

Painting of two women in black feathered hats and fur-trimmed coats, one in a green floral bodice, in a muted interior.

The Green Bodice

J. Alden Weir, by 1898

Painting of a knight gesturing as a woman offers a jeweled ornament, with an old man in red and a horse in a stable setting.

The Damsel and Orlando

Benjamin West, ca. 1793

Painted self-portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat holding a palette and brush against a dark background.

Self-portrait

Samuel Lovett Waldo, ca. 1815

Half-length portrait of an older military officer in a dark blue uniform with gold epaulettes against a dark smoky background

General Winfield Scott

Robert Walter Weir, ca. 1855

Painting of Hagar and an angel pointing upward while Ishmael sits slumped beside her beneath a stormy sky.

Hagar and Ishmael

Benjamin West, 1776, reworked 1803

Bearded man in red cap and black gown examines a coin beside a carved cabinet, book, and stone bust in an interior.

The Antiquary

Edwin White, 1855

Half-length portrait of an older man in powdered wig, dark velvet coat and lace jabot against a brown background.

George Washington

Adolph-Ulrich Wertmüller, 1795

Painting of a forest path with tall trees, a woodland stream, and warm evening light glowing through the canopy.

Evening in the Woods

Worthington Whittredge, 1876

Oil portrait of a man in a gray periwig, brown coat and white cravat against a dark background.

Cadwallader Colden

John Wollaston, 1749-52

Portrait of a seated man in dark jacket, white cravat and spectacles, against a soft grey background.

Thomas Macdonough

Joseph Wood, ca. 1818

Painted portrait of a woman in a dark dress, white fichu and ruffled cap against a dark background.

Mrs. Cadwallader Colden

John Wollaston, ca. 1749-52