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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Miniature portrait of a dark-haired man in a dark coat and white cravat against a peach background, in a black frame.

John Neagle

Daniel Dickinson, 1830

Ink painting of a fox with a staff on a hanging scroll, with calligraphic inscription at upper left.

Fox with Staff (Hakuzōsu)

Eiraku Hozen, after 1848

Black-and-white reproduction of a woman in a patterned robe holding a blossom branch, with flowers and a bird ornament in her

Portrait of a Woman

Tsukioka Sessai, 19th century

Hanging scroll of a striped tiger with green eyes stepping forward, framed by gold brocade mounts.

Tiger

Gan Ku, dated 1790

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a blue satin gown with pink bows and lace, leaning on a ledge before a garden.

Mrs. David Chesebrough

Joseph Blackburn, 1754

Hanging scroll of three men tending a kiln beneath a thatched roof and tree, with a crescent moon above.

Making Ceramics

Eiraku Hozen, first half of the19th century

Full-length portrait of a standing man in a cream coat beside a bookcase of leather books and a green-topped desk.

Elijah Boardman

Ralph Earl, 1789

Courtyard painting of a rider with horses and two leopards beside an ornate palace with arched colonnades and carved balconie

The Rajah Starting on a Hunt

Edwin Lord Weeks, ca. 1895

Elderly bearded man descends steps between armed soldiers while a woman and child embrace him at a brick doorway.

The Last Moments of John Brown

Thomas Hovenden, 1882-84

Oil portrait of a man in a floral robe seated before a bookcase of leather-bound books, with one hand on a table.

Portrait of William Duguid

Prince Demah Barnes, 1773

Full-length portrait of a bearded man in black evening dress holding a top hat, fan and pink wrap against a grey background.

Arrangement in Flesh Colour and Black: Portrait of Theodore Duret

James McNeill Whistler, 1883

Saint John writes in a book in red robes beside a haloed eagle, while the Virgin and Child appear in clouds above a lake.

Saint John on Patmos

Hans Baldung Grien, ca. 1511

Hanging scroll of white hibiscus, pink blossoms and two small birds on a pale background.

Flowering Shrubs and Field Sparrows (?)

Hasegawa Gyokuhō, 19th century

Painting of a striped-costumed musician playing guitar on a garden ledge, with a shadowy figure among trees behind him.

Mezzetin

Jean-Antoine Watteau, ca. 1718-20

Medieval painting of the Nativity with Mary, Joseph, the infant Jesus, an ox and donkey, shepherds, and angels above.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Bartolo di Fredi, 1374

Half-length portrait of an older bearded man in a black cap and fur-trimmed coat against a teal background.

Erasmus of Rotterdam

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1532

Gold-ground painting of the Crucifixion with grieving figures at left and armored soldiers at right.

The Crucifixion

Master of the Codex of Saint George, ca. 1330-35

Miniature portrait of a seated woman in a white dress and lace collar, working on tapestry beside a red table with yarn.

Portrait of a Woman with Tapestry Work

Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin

Painting of Christ wearing a crown of thorns, bare-shouldered, gazing upward against a dark background.

Christ Crowned with Thorns

Antonello da Messina

Oval miniature of a man in a powdered wig and gilded steel breastplate against a grey-blue background.

Portrait of a Man

Rosalba Carriera, ca. 1710

Oval miniature portrait of a man with long dark hair and a lace cravat against a dark background, in a silver frame.

Portrait of a Man

British Painter

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat against a blue sky, in a gold frame with braided hair.

A Man with the Initials RH

British Painter

Oval miniature portrait of a man with long dark curled hair and mustache, in a gold pendant frame with a blue sash.

Charles II (1630-1685), King of England

Small portrait of a bearded man with curly red hair, black clothing and a white lace collar against an olive background.

Portrait of a Man with a Pointed Collar

Corneille de Lyon

Half-length portrait of an older man in a black cap and fur-trimmed dark robe, with a white ruff, against a plain background.

Jean d'Albon de Saint-André (1472-1549)

Corneille de Lyon

Black-and-white portrait of a bearded man in a black cap with a white feather and dark doublet with white sleeves.

Charles de Cossé (1506-1563), Comte de Brissac

Corneille de Lyon

Small portrait of a man with curly brown hair, white ruff, black doublet and gold chain, against a green background.

Portrait of a Man with a Gold Chain

Corneille de Lyon

Painting of a woman in red cradling a sleeping man under an apple tree as armed men watch from the foliage behind.

Samson and Delilah

Lucas Cranach the Elder, ca. 1528-30

Half-length portrait of a man in a black cap and dark robe against a turquoise background.

Martin Luther (1483-1546)

Lucas Cranach the Elder, probably 1532

Miniature portrait of a woman with pearl headdress, white feathers, pearl necklace and a pink and purple sash, in a gold fram

Princess María Francisca de Asis de Borbón and Her Son Infante Carlos Luis María Fernando de Borbón

Luis de la Cruz y Rios, 1818