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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,119 works

Monochrome painting of a young woman in a sheer gown lifting a veil, labeled ΤΕΡΨΙΧΟΡΗ (Terpsichore) at upper left.

Terpsichore

Joseph Fagnani, 1869

Monochrome painting of a young woman in a white gown holding flutes and resting a hand on a lyre, labeled Euterpe.

Euterpe

Joseph Fagnani, 1869

Painting of a woman in a classical draped robe holding a sword, with a Greek inscription reading Melpomene at upper left.

Melpomene

Joseph Fagnani, 1869

Black and white portrait of an older bald man in spectacles, dark coat and white cravat against a dark background.

Preston Hodges

Charles Loring Elliott, 1850

Monochrome painting of a woman with a flower wreath holding a lyre, beside a nude child holding a torch.

Erato

Joseph Fagnani, 1869

Portrait of a man in a brown coat and powdered wig, with a landscape and cloudy sky behind him.

Tench Francis

Robert Feke, 1746

Painting of a columned hall with lamps, where mourners in robes kneel and weep around a bed with a dead figure.

The Death of the First Born

Erastus Salisbury Field, 1865-80

Seated portrait of a man with light tousled hair and mustache in a dark suit and bow tie against a black background.

Mark Twain

Charles Noel Flagg, 1890

Portrait of a man in a dark coat and white collar seated beside a desk with a book and inkstand.

Henry Clay

Oliver Frazer, ca. 1840

Half-length portrait of an elderly man with white hair in a dark coat, beside books and a scroll on a red background.

Christopher Colles

James Frothingham, ca. 1812-16

Dim painting of a woman in a long gown by a dark forest clearing, with a small group of figures at right.

And She Was a Witch

George Fuller, 1877-84

Painted interior with a coffered ceiling, draped curtains, and robed figures seated among children in a patterned room.

Egyptian Scene (possibly Moses and Zipporah)

Erastus Salisbury Field, 1865-80

Painting of a young man in a red headband gazing at a seated woman holding a lyre, under a tree by a sea landscape.

The Greek Lovers

Henry Peters Gray, 1846

Interior scene with a young woman in white, an older woman in orange, and an elderly man reading at a table beside a dog.

The Pride of the Village

Henry Peters Gray, 1858-59

Painting of a helmeted warrior, a fallen soldier, a woman and a child before a stone relief in a classical landscape.

The Wages of War

Henry Peters Gray, 1848

Portrait of a woman with curled dark hair in a dark off-shoulder dress and shawl, against a shadowed background.

Eunice Harriet Brigham

Chester Harding, ca. 1835

Portrait of a woman in a black feathered hat, gray cloak with fur collar, and yellow gloves against a dark background.

Mrs. Thomas Brewster Coolidge

Chester Harding, ca. 1827

Black and white still life of a candle, sheet music, clarinet, books and a ceramic pitcher on a draped table.

Still Life

William Harnett, 1888

Monochrome portrait of an elderly white-haired man in a dark coat and white cravat, seated with one hand on his chest.

Stephen Van Rensselaer

Chester Harding, ca. 1828

Oil portrait of a man in a dark double-breasted coat and white collar, seated beside a red upholstered chair.

Moses Pond

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1832

Oil portrait of a young man with dark wavy hair in black coat and white cravat, gazing upward beside a red curtain.

Alexander Van Rensselaer

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1837

Half-length portrait of a man with dark wavy hair and mustache, wearing black with a white collar, against a dark background.

Portrait of the Artist

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1851

Oil painting of a boy with hunting dogs, a shotgun and dead rabbits beside a rock under a tree, with hills behind.

The Rabbit Hunters

Thomas Hewes Hinckley, 1850

Painting of a stone church with a tall clock tower beside a brick building, with carriages and pedestrians on a cobbled stree

The North Dutch Church, Fulton and William Streets, New York

Edward Lamson Henry, 1869

Mrs. Thomas Hicks

Thomas Hicks, ca. 1884

Seated elderly man with white hair in a dark coat, beside a red-draped table with an open book and quill pen.

Charles Carroll of Carrollton

William James Hubard, ca. 1830

Three men in a canoe shoot through white rapids on a dark river, with a wooded bank in the background.

Shooting the Rapids, Saguenay River

Winslow Homer, 1905-10

Charles Sumner

William Morris Hunt, 1875

Seated older man with white beard in dark coat and carved chair, resting hand on an open book.

John David Wolfe

Daniel Huntington, 1871

Painting of a winged angel holding a glowing light above a sleeping veiled woman beside a dark forest.

Mercy's Dream

Daniel Huntington, 1858