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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,119 works

Seated man in a dark coat and white cravat beside an open book and stacked volumes, in a painted portrait.

Gulian Verplanck

John Wesley Jarvis, ca. 1811

Eros with bow and arrows leans toward a young woman holding a rose, beside a waterfall in a pastoral landscape.

The Temptation of Eros

Angelica Kauffmann, 1750-75

Oil painting of a woman in white drapery embracing winged Cupid, who raises a pink rose on a golden bow against a landscape.

The Victory of Eros

Angelica Kauffmann, 1750-75

Oil portrait of a seated woman and a child on a wooden bench in a shaded woodland with a distant landscape.

Portrait of a Lady and Child

George W. Twibill Jr., 1833

Family portrait in a red-draped parlor with a seated woman, standing man, and two girls in pink dresses beside a bookcase.

The Family of John Q. Aymar

George W. Twibill Jr., ca. 1833

Panel painting of the Adoration of the Magi with Mary, the Christ Child, kneeling kings, attendants and a star above.

Adoration of the Magi

Unknown artist, ca. 1470-90

Mary of Burgundy

Master H.A. or A.H., 1528

Pen sketch in an oval border of a standing woman in an interior with a pillar, a window with seated figures, and a landscape.

Drawing for an Illustration from a Sat Sai of Bihari Lal Series: The Message of the Eyes (recto); Lady in Search of H…

Nainsukh, ca. 1785-90

Ink drawing of robed Buddhist figures under a gnarled tree with a dog and rocks, in pale grey tones.

(Copy after) The Sixteen Luohans

Shitao, 19th-early 20th century

Hanging scroll of a bald luohan monk in green and ochre robes with a young attendant carrying a staff beneath a pine.

Luohan

Guanxiu, 15th century?

Monochrome ink landscape hanging scroll with a craggy mountain, pine trees, a stream and a small pavilion.

Landscape After Wang Meng

Zhang Geng, dated 1759

Hanging scroll of a woman with a fan standing among bamboo stalks and rocks in a muted ochre landscape.

Lady in a Bamboo Grove after Qiu Ying

Shen Shuo, 1544

Hanging scroll of a horseman approaching a pavilion where scholars play go beneath a large tree, by Wang Su, 1862.

Bringing the Message of Victory to Dongshan

Hanging scroll of two men weighing books on a hanging scale beneath a pine tree, in ink on brown silk.

Weighing Books

Guo Xu, early 16th century

Ink and color painting of a seated robed scholar beside a jar, a book, and a dish of greens, with calligraphy at right.

Figures, flowers, and landscapes

Chen Hongshou, one leaf dated 1627

Ink line drawing on a handscroll showing three robed luohan figures on pale paper, with red seals at the right edge.

The Eighteen Luohans

Ding Yunpeng, 19th century?; spurious date of 1607

Hanging scroll of an elderly scholar teaching a young attendant beside banana plants, with a kneeling figure at a low table.

The Scholar Fu Sheng Transmitting the Book of Documents

Du Jin, 15th-mid-16th century

Ink and color painting on a fan leaf of a robed scholar reading a scroll while seated on a dark pitted rock.

Scholar on a rock

Ren Bonian, ca. 1880

Ink drawing on silk of seated officials on a platform with attendants, potted plants, and kneeling figures below.

The Classic of Filial Piety

Li Gonglin, ca. 1085

Ink handscroll of wild geese flying over reeds by a water edge, with black calligraphy columns and red seals on the right.

Courtly Odes, Beginning with "Wild Geese"

Ma Hezhi, mid-12th century

Handscroll painting of a robed scholar in a lakeside pavilion beside bamboo, willow and white geese on the water.

Wang Xizhi watching geese

Qian Xuan, ca. 1295

Handscroll painting of a seated ruler in a pavilion, attendants, and grooms leading horses beneath trees.

Duke Wen of Jin Recovering His State

Li Tang, mid-12th century

Faint ink sketch of a robed monk seated on rocks beside a small pagoda in a misty landscape.

Meeting between Yaoshan and Li Ao

Zhiweng, before 1256

Ink drawing on silk of demons playing drum and flute, a procession of small demons, and a woman riding a horse with an attend

The Demon Queller Zhong Kui Giving His Sister Away in Marriage

Hanging scroll of a standing woman in a kimono patterned with a dragon and waves, against a plain background.

Standing Beauty

Hishikawa Moronobu, 1618

Triptych: angel announces to Mary in a domestic interior, donors kneel at left, a carpenter works in his shop at right.

Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece)

Robert Campin, ca. 1427-32

Oval portrait miniature of a young woman with dark upswept hair, pink dress and black choker, in a gold pendant frame.

Elizabeth Ann Timothy

Henry Benbridge, ca. 1775-85

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with dark curls, white lace collar and blue dress, in an ornate gilt frame.

Carolyn Mishner

Hugh Bridport, ca. 1825

Miniature portrait of a woman with dark ringlets, black dress, and lace collar against a dark textured background.

Portrait of a Lady

John Carlin, 1844

Black and white portrait of a man in wire-rimmed spectacles, dark jacket and white cravat, against a dark background.

Dr. Samuel A. Bemis

Alvan Clark, ca. 1840