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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

820 works

Flora

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1654

Sketch of Flora and Zephyr with cherubs and flower garlands among clouds, within a cartouche-shaped frame.

Flora and Zephyr

Jacob de Wit, 1743

Oil painting of yellow, cream and maroon pansies among dark green leaves against a brown background.

Pansies

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1903

Young girl reclining in bed among pillows, looking at a bouquet of red flowers on the blanket, with a teacup and vase nearby.

Heart's Ease

William P. W. Dana, 1863

Portrait of a young girl with curled dark hair holding flowers and a basket of blooms in a wooded landscape.

Little Girl with Flowers (Amelia Palmer)

Charles C. Ingham, ca. 1830

Portrait of a woman in a brown dress with pearls and a white ribbon, holding a pink rose, with an iris beside her.

Mrs. Samuel Gardiner

William Johnston, 1763

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 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

Hanging scroll of misty mountains with plum trees, a scholar, attendant and deer among rocks, and a pavilion above.

Spring Landscape with Plum Blossoms, Scholar and Deer

Xie Shichen, dated 1548

Ink and colour painting of a blossoming branch with several bees in flight on a grey background.

Insects and Flowers

Ju Lian, dated 1865

Fan-shaped painting on gold leaf showing autumn flowers and grasses, mounted in blue brocade as a hanging scroll.

Moon over an Autumn Moor

Kano Yukinobu, 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

Six-panel gold screen with blue irises and green reeds beneath a dark zigzag bridge crossing the picture diagonally.

Irises at Yatsuhashi (Eight Bridges)

Ogata Kōrin, after 1709

Blue bellflowers and pale blossoms spill from a woven basket, with brush calligraphy and a red seal beside it.

Bellflowers in Basket

Ogata Kenzan, 18th century

Hanging scroll of peonies, lilies and blossoms above goldfish swimming in an octagonal basin beside a tree trunk.

Flowers and Goldfish

Sō Shizan, 18th century

Ink painting of bare winter trees, a thatched hut and a flock of birds over a misty river with calligraphy at upper right.

Winter landscapes and flowers

Red camellia blossoms and green leaves beside stylized blue waves and a rock, with calligraphy and a red seal at right.

Camellia by Water

Ogata Kenzan, dated 1741

Ink painting of gnarled plum branches under a pale moon, with two figures on rocks and misty mountains behind.

Viewing plum blossoms by moonlight

Ma Yuan, early 13th century

Woman in patterned kimono walking by a railing and cherry blossoms, with a birdcage and a small bird beside her.

Parody of Murasaki, from "Lavender" (Wakamurasaki), chapter 5 of the Tale of Genji

Kawamata Tsuneyuki, 18th century

Fan painting on gold ground: a seated scholar by rocks, a woman playing lute, and a woman with a fan beside fruit.

Landscapes and Flowers

Chen Hongshou, first half of the 17th century

Hanging scroll of a magpie perched on a branch with white viburnum flowers and green leaves against a gray background.

Magpie on Viburnum Branch

Genga, early 16th century

Ink and gold painting of hollyhocks beside columns of Japanese calligraphy, mounted in a silk-bordered hanging scroll.

Poem by Onakatomi Yoshinobu with Underpainting of Hollyhocks

Shōkadō Shōjō, early 17th century

Six-panel screen with calligraphy, peonies, a woman by bamboo, and a seated man under a moon over mountains.

Miscellaneous Paintings and Calligraphy

Nagasawa Rosetsu, 1785

Fan-shaped painting of blue and white bellflowers with buds and leaves on a pale ground, mounted within a gold-patterned brow

Chinese Bellflowers

Ogata Kōrin, 17th or 18th century

Hanging scroll with ink calligraphy poem beside a dark clematis flower and gold-tinted vines on paper.

Poem by Fujiwara no Okikaze with Underpainting of Clematis

Shōkadō Shōjō, early 17th century

Hanging scroll with painted yellow and purple chrysanthemums in a tied vessel beside a hoe, with calligraphic inscriptions ab

Chrysanthemum and Hoe

Kubo Shunman, early 19th century

Hanging scroll of red and white flowering shrubs beside a rock, with lotus and irises in a pond below.

Summer Garden

Chen Chun, ca. 1530

Six-panel gold screen with stylized waves, two boats, rocks, green shrubs and red maple branches.

Boats upon Waves

Tawaraya Sotatsu, mid- to late 17th century

Hanging scroll of blue and white hydrangeas with green leaves and a bee against a pale background.

Hydrangeas

Ogata Kōrin, 18th century