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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,431 works

Illuminated initial M showing the angel Gabriel kneeling before the Virgin Mary in the Annunciation, with gold haloes and blu

Annunciation in an Initial M

Maestro Daddesco, ca. 1310-15

Oval painting of a veiled Madonna holding a nude infant with grapes, flanked by angels under a grapevine trellis.

Madonna of Giverny

Frederick William MacMonnies, 1901

Ink landscape album leaf with a large pine branching over a pavilion, a seated figure, and misty mountains beyond.

Landscape with great pine

Ma Lin, second quarter 13th century

Painted miniature of a royal hunting party on horseback with white cranes flying over hills, river, fields, and seated courti

Maharana Jagat Singh Hawks for Cranes

Shiva and Dayal, dated 1744

Oval miniature portrait of a bearded man with grey hair in a brown cloak, set in an ornate silver filigree frame.

Henry Carey (1596-1661), Second Earl of Monmouth

Samuel Cooper, 1649

Ink landscape on silk: a fisherman in a boat by reeds, pine trees on a rocky shore, misty mountains beyond the water.

Xiantang Estuary

Xia Gui, ca. 1200

Ink painting of a fisherman in a small boat beneath willow and bare trees, with distant mountains and birds in misty light.

Recluse Fisherman, Autumn Trees

Sheng Mao, dated 1349

Painting of a standing young woman in white with an older woman behind her and a seamstress sewing at a table.

The Trousseau

Charles Webster Hawthorne, 1910

Ink landscape on round silk fan showing pine trees, a misty mountain, and small figures with a boat by a lakeshore.

Windswept lakeshore

Xia Gui, 13th century

Round ink painting on silk of a fisherman by a river beneath willows and misty mountains, with calligraphy label.

Angling in the Autumn River

Sheng Zhu, ca. 1370

Three hanging scrolls showing seated court figures in robes beside ink landscapes, including a man with a writing box.

Portraits of Three Famous Poets: Hitomaro (M) ・Ise (R) ・Komachi (L)

Tosa Mitsuoki, 1691

Album leaf with calligraphy on the left and an ink painting of a pine tree beside rocks on the right.

Landscapes, Figures, and Flowers

Chen Hongshou, dated 1618-22

Three hanging scrolls of ink landscapes with pines, mountains, and a central panel of a man with a staff and a seated woman i

Chinese Woman in a Boat and Figures in Landscapes

Kano Kōi, early 17th century

Album leaf painting of two brown birds perched on a thorny branch beside pink roses and bamboo, with red seals and calligraph

清任頤冊頁

Two-panel screen of a persimmon tree with red fruit and green leaves beside pampas grass on a green hill.

Persimmon Tree

Sakai Hōitsu, 1816

Fan-shaped silk painting of chrysanthemums, grass, two butterflies and a grasshopper, with red seal stamps.

Autumn Splendor

Round miniature portrait of a man with grey powdered hair, black coat and white cravat in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Man

Jeanne-Philiberte Ledoux, 1790

Two brown songbirds perch on a thorny branch beside pink roses and bamboo, with calligraphy and red seals in the upper right.

Two Birds Perched on a Flowering Rose Bush

Ren Bonian, late 19th century

Two-panel screen with ink hawk on branch and robed sage with staff under pine, on gold leaf ground.

Daoist Sage and Hawk

Soga Nichokuan, mid-17th century

Illuminated manuscript leaf with gold initial showing Christ ascending among clouds above the Virgin and two apostles.

Ascension in an Initial V

Niccolò di Ser Sozzo Tegliaccio, 1342

Pair of hanging scrolls: a woman beside peonies and a woman seated on a rock with orchids and writing implements.

Yanji with Orchids and Yang Guifei with Peonies

Gen Ki, 1785

Two-panel folding screen with ink-wash cypress trees on the left and a sparse, misty open field on the right.

Cypresses

Ikeda Koson, mid-19th century

Ink painting of a plum branch with sparse blossoms on a buff paper ground, with a red seal in the lower left corner.

清湯貽汾墨梅四冊頁

Tang Yifen, 1840

Ink and color drawing of court women in a palace interior with a writing box, veranda, and garden grasses beyond.

Albums of scenes from The Tale of Genji

Tosa Mitsunori, early 17th century

Painting of thatched houses nestled among towering ochre and brown rock formations with dark ink dots and misty hills behind.

Village among Rocks

Shibata Zeshin, 19th century

Painting of nude figures dancing on a flowery shore, with a yellow veil streaming behind them and a child standing at right.

Scherzo (from Rhythmen)

Otto Friedrich, 1913

Pair of hanging scroll ink landscapes showing misty mountains, pine trees, a river with a boat, and small houses.

Landscapes of the Four Seasons

Keison, mid-16th century

Painting of a seated ruler in a palace courtyard with attendants, two elephant figures, a peacock fan, and a fountain.

Maharana Amar Singh II Is Shown Two Silver Elephants

Stipple Master, ca. 1705

Painting of Heian court women with long black hair in an interior with veranda, writing box and garden, with gold clouds.

Albums of scenes from The Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari gajō)

Tosa Mitsunori, 1600

Ink painting of a pine branch over a cliff, a small boat with a figure below, reeds, and red seals on paper.

Two Landscapes