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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

32,885 works

Men in a golden marsh with long poles and a rifle, a white sailboat on the distant water under a pale sky.

Pushing for Rail

Thomas Eakins, 1874

Elderly man in spectacles and dark suit carefully writing ornate script with a pen at a desk against a dark background.

The Writing Master

Thomas Eakins, 1882

Full-length portrait of a man in a dark blue coat and tricorn hat pointing toward a river landscape with trees.

Marinus Willett

Ralph Earl, ca. 1791

Seated young man in dark coat and yellow breeches before a tree in a wooded landscape, oil portrait.

Master Rees Goring Thomas

Ralph Earl, ca. 1783-84

Painting of a seated woman in green dress with an infant and four children before red drapery and a landscape.

Mrs. Noah Smith and Her Children

Ralph Earl, 1798

Four children in period dress stand in a room with a patterned carpet; one girl holds a hammer and another a cat.

The Alling Children

Oliver Tarbell Eddy, ca. 1839

Interior scene: a woman holds up a blue bonnet while an old man reads a letter, watched by a woman, a girl and a dog.

The New Bonnet

Francis William Edmonds, 1858

Half-length oil portrait of a bearded man with curly hair and wire-rimmed glasses, wearing a dark coat against a brown backgr

Mathew B. Brady

Charles Loring Elliott, 1857

Full-length portrait of a young girl in a white dress with puffed sleeves, holding a book, standing on a patterned rug.

Girl of the Bangs-Phelps Family

Erastus Salisbury Field, ca. 1848

Oval miniature portrait of a man with powdered hair, dark coat and white cravat, in a gold pendant frame.

Sharp Delany

Robert Field, 1799

Oval miniature portrait of a young man with curly dark hair in a dark coat and white cravat, set in a copper frame.

Robert Stuart

Robert Field, 1804

Painting of a young woman with dark curly hair seated in a field at dusk, wearing a white blouse and red skirt.

The Quadroon

George Fuller, 1880

Sunset over a calm lake with rocky mountains, an island with a palace and tower, and a small boat with figures.

Isola Bella in Lago Maggiore

Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1871

Hazy golden valley with a hilltop town, waterfalls, a winding stream, and a low sun, with figures on a path among trees.

Tivoli

Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1870

Trompe l'oeil still life of envelopes, stamps and letters pinned to a wood panel within a pink painted frame, 1879.

The Artist's Letter Rack

William Harnett, 1879

Still life painting of books, a quill pen, inkwell, coins, an envelope and banknotes on a dark marble table.

The Banker's Table

William Harnett, 1877

Still life painting of a stoneware mug, folded newspaper, pipe, bread rolls and matches on a wooden table.

New York Daily News

William Harnett, 1888

Small oil sketch of a shaded rocky path with overgrown shrubs and a glimpse of sky through an archway.

Godesberg

James McDougal Hart, 1852

Painting of a mountain range lit pink by sunset, with dark trees and still water in the foreground under a teal sky.

Mountain Range

James McDougal Hart, 1850-55

Painting of a calm river beside tall trees, grazing cows on the bank, and distant hills under a cloudy sky.

Scene at Napanoch

William Hart, 1883

Sunset over a Venetian lagoon with a domed church silhouetted against light, surrounded by boats with red sails.

Santa Maria della Salute, Sunset

William Stanley Haseltine, 1870-85

Painting of a hummingbird perched on a branch beside pink and white apple blossoms against a cloudy sky.

Hummingbird and Apple Blossoms

Martin Johnson Heade, 1875

Painting of a hummingbird perched on a vine beside red passionflowers in a misty tropical forest under cloudy skies.

Hummingbird and Passionflowers

Martin Johnson Heade, ca. 1875-85

Wide meadow with haystacks and small workers under a stormy sky, with sunlight streaming through clouds onto distant hills.

Newburyport Meadows

Martin Johnson Heade, ca. 1876-81

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a white cap and brown satin dress, with a landscape view behind her.

Mrs. Richard Galloway

John Hesselius, 1764

Three terriers hunt rats among barley sheaves and wooden barrels in a dim barn interior.

Rats amongst the Barley Sheaves

Thomas Hewes Hinckley, 1851

Painting of a woman seen from behind in a lace veil and floral cape, walking a sunlit autumn path toward a windmill.

Vespers

George Hitchcock, ca. 1895-1900

Painting of the Schuylkill County Almshouse with brick buildings, horse-drawn carriages, rolling hills and a cloudy sky.

View of the Schuylkill County Almshouse Property

Charles C. Hofmann, 1876

Muted seascape of a beach at dusk with figures in red near the foreground, waves breaking, and a small boat on the horizon.

The Beach, Late Afternoon

Winslow Homer, 1869

Night scene of two figures beside a campfire and a stick lean-to shelter in a dark forest, with sparks rising.

Camp Fire

Winslow Homer, 1880