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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

32,875 works

Group portrait of four children in an interior with red drapery, a spaniel, and a girl in a white dress with coral beads.

The Knapp Children

Samuel Lovett Waldo, ca. 1833-34

Painted street scene of townspeople viewing circus posters on a wooden wall, with a boy, a dog, and a horned horse poster.

Coming Events Cast Their Shadows Before

Charles Caleb Ward, 1871

Painting of a factory village seen through a large green tree, with a brick chimney, white mill buildings and a church steepl

The Factory Village

J. Alden Weir, 1897

Painting of a hanging branch with green apples and dark leaves above a table with a red tomato and green fruit on white cloth

Fruit

J. Alden Weir, ca. 1888

Painting of a winged nude youth holding a torch and reins among a lion, horse, eagle, doves, and cherubs in a stormy sky.

Omnia Vincit Amor, or The Power of Love in the Three Elements

Benjamin West, 1809

Portrait of a young woman in a pink dress and gold shawl, leaning on a ledge before a blue landscape.

Sarah Ursula Rose

Benjamin West, 1756

Full-length portrait of a man in black costume, plumed hat and white stockings against a dark background.

Arrangement in Black, No. 3: Sir Henry Irving as Philip II of Spain

James McNeill Whistler, 1876, reworked 1885

Arrangement in Black: Girl Reading

James McNeill Whistler, ca. 1880-90

Full-length painting of a young girl holding red balls on cords before a gold curtain, by James McNeill Whistler.

Harmony in Yellow and Gold: The Gold Girl - Connie Gilchrist

James McNeill Whistler, ca. 1876-77

Painting of a crowd gathered under tall trees in a sunlit grove beside a reflecting pond, with a wooden platform at left.

The Camp Meeting

Worthington Whittredge, 1874

Oil portrait of a man in a powdered wig and brown coat with white cravat against a dark background.

Joseph Reade

John Wollaston, 1749-52

Half-length portrait of a woman in a blue-green silk gown, white lace bonnet and ribbon bow, against a dark background.

Mrs. Joseph Reade

John Wollaston, ca. 1749-52

Portrait of a young man in a gray coat with gold braid, standing before a wooded landscape with a cloudy sky.

William Axtell

John Wollaston, ca. 1749-52

Painting of a river valley with a tall pine, rapids over rocks, and storm clouds over rolling hills.

Tennessee

Alexander Helwig Wyant, 1866

Painted study of tangled shrubs, ferns and rocks on a dark forest floor, in greens and browns.

Study from Nature

William Stanley Haseltine

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a powdered wig, white cravat and tan coat against a blue sky, in a gold frame.

Elijah Boardman

John Ramage, ca. 1790

Painting of cows grazing and drinking at a pond under trees, with ducks on the water and rolling hills behind.

From Shifting Shade

James McDougal Hart, 1887

Oval miniature portrait of a young boy with curly hair in a dark jacket and white shirt, set in a gilt frame inside an open l

Joseph Stevens Buckminster Thacher

George Harvey, ca. 1829

Soft, loose landscape of green rolling hills, a reflective pond, reeds and white wildflowers under a cloudy sky.

Arques-la-Bataille

John Henry Twachtman, ca. 1884

Open velvet case showing a miniature portrait of a man in a black coat and cravat against a cloudy sky.

Christopher Grant Perry

Richard Morrell Staigg, 1840

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with curled hair, pearl tiara, red shawl and flower basket, in an open red case.

Mrs. Daniel Parkman (Mary George McDonough)

Anthony Meucci, ca. 1825

Oval miniature portrait of an elderly man with white hair in a red coat with blue facings, in a gilt brooch frame.

John Maunsell

John Ramage, ca. 1785

Seated woman in green dress holding open book, with feathered headpiece and rural landscape with church behind her.

Esther Boardman

Ralph Earl, 1789

Oval miniature portrait of a man with curly dark hair in a black coat and cravat, set in an ornate gold frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Ezra Atherton, 1840

Miniature portrait of a young boy in a dark jacket and blue bow tie, leaning on a column, in an open red case.

Portrait of a Young Man

John Henry Brown, 1854

Oval miniature portrait of an older woman in a white bonnet with a blue rosette, before red drapery and a landscape.

Portrait of a Lady

Robert Field, ca. 1800

Oval portrait miniature of a woman with curly auburn hair and pearls, in a white dress, within an engraved gold frame.

Mrs. Abijah Cheever (Elizabeth Scott)

Nathaniel Hancock, ca. 1795

Oval miniature portrait of a grey-haired man in a dark coat and white cravat, set in a gold and pearl pendant frame.

George Bethune

Edward Greene Malbone, ca. 1800

Oval miniature portrait of a gentleman with curly brown hair, black coat, and white cravat in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Raphaelle Peale, ca. 1800

Oval miniature portrait of a bespectacled man with dark curly hair in a black coat, against a blue sky, in a gold frame.

L. P. Church

William A. Watkins, 1834