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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,877 works

Painting of a snake charmer on a rug before seated onlookers beneath a columned arcade and a hanging straw awning.

Snake Charmer at Tangier, Africa

Louis Comfort Tiffany, 1872

Mrs. George Catlin (Clara Bartlet Gregory)

George Catlin, 1830

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, in a gold frame inside a green velvet case.

Portrait of a Gentleman

George Catlin, 1827

Loose painting of figures in white dresses and parasols on a sunlit lawn beneath tall trees, with a pavilion in the backgroun

Tennis at Newport

George Bellows, 1919

Portrait of a seated woman in a red hat and red jacket against a dark background, by George Bellows.

Mrs. Chester Dale

George Bellows, 1919

Oil portrait of a young blonde girl in a pink blouse and dark sash, seated in a wooden chair against a deep red background.

Julie Hudson

George Bellows, 1914

Painting of a wide river with a steamboat, a beached rowboat, shoreline sheds, railway tracks, and bare trees.

Up the Hudson

George Bellows, 1908

Painting of white houses on a hillside with a red vine, evergreens, laundry on a line, and sea beyond.

The Red Vine, Matinicus Island, Maine

George Bellows, 1916

Loose oil painting of swans by water with standing figures in white, seated women on a bench, and a bare tree under grey sky.

Swans in Central Park

George Bellows, 1906

Painting of four cows near a stone wall in a field under a dark, cloudy sky, by George Bellows.

The Red Vine, Matinicus Island, Maine

George Bellows, 1919

Painting of an ox team and workers on a wharf, with masts, boats and wooden houses on a hill under blue sky.

Ox Team, Wharf at Matinicus

George Bellows, 1916

Painting of a winged youth with a torch controlling a lion, winged horse and eagle, with a draped woman and cherubs.

Omnia Vincit Amor Alternative title(s): The Power of Love in the Three Elements

Benjamin West, 1809

Portrait of an older white-haired man in a dark blue uniform with gold epaulettes and a blue sash, holding a hat.

Horatio Gates (1727-1806)

Gilbert Stuart, 1790

Half-length portrait of a man with white powdered hair in a dark coat against a green draped background.

Portrait of George Washington

Gilbert Stuart, 1795

Portrait of a man in a black coat and white ruffled cravat against a dark green background.

William Eustis

Gilbert Stuart, 1806

Watercolor sketch of a kneeling man in blue doublet before a standing woman in white gown, with a figure in a doorway.

The Proposal

Richard Parkes Bonington, 1820

Watercolor of a river valley with a distant cathedral spire, seen from a hillside where two figures sit in the foreground.

View of Rouen from St. Catherine’s Hill

Richard Parkes Bonington, 1821

Geometric painting of grey pipes and a faceted machine form against red brick walls and windows, with a yellow sun at upper r

Machinery

Charles Demuth, 1920

Geometric painting of a cupola-topped church tower above faceted rooftops, with radiating diagonal light bands in the sky.

After Sir Christopher Wren

Charles Demuth, 1920

Watercolor of colorful rolling hills and mountains with two small red houses in green fields under a pale sky.

Mountain with Red House

Charles Demuth, 1913

Watercolor of white narcissi, yellow forsythia and pink blossoms in a loose bouquet against a blue-green wash background.

Narcissi

Charles Demuth, 1917

Watercolor still life of two red cabbages, rhubarb stalks, green leaves and an orange on a grey plate.

Red Cabbages, Rhubarb and Orange

Charles Demuth, 1929

Painting of Christ in a blue robe with a crown of thorns carrying a wooden cross, with a walled city behind him.

Christ Carrying the Cross

Jan Gossaert, 1520

Portrait of a woman in a red silk gown beside a macaw, a fountain, and a servant with a small dog behind her.

Portrait of a Woman, Possibly Madame Claude Lambert de Thorigny (Marie Marguerite Bontemps, 1668-1701), and an Enslav…

Nicolas de Largillière, 1696

Painting of an elderly woman in a black hat and fur cape seated before patterned wallpaper and a mantelpiece.

Mrs. Atkinson

Gwen John, 1897

Painting of a young woman in a dark dress holding a black cat in her lap, against a muted grey background.

Girl with a Cat

Gwen John, 1918

Painting of a woman as Diana holding a golden bow, with arrows, leopard fur, and a red drape beside a tree.

Madame Bergeret de Frouville as Diana, formerly identified as Madame de Maison-Rouge

Jean-Marc Nattier, 1756

Portrait of a woman in a white dress and blue sash holding flowers, with a basket of blooms on a stone ledge beside her.

Portrait of a Woman, Called the Marquise Perrin de Cypierre

Jean-Marc Nattier, 1753

Portrait of a woman with grey powdered hair and a rose, wearing a pale satin gown with a grey silk bow, before a green landsc

Marie Françoise de La Cropte de St. Abre, Marquise d'Argence

Jean-Marc Nattier, 1744

Seated woman in a dark dress on a wooden chair before a red paneled door, painted in a modernist style.

Gabrielle Soëne

Roger Fry, 1919

Watercolor of a night sky with yellow stars and blue dabs above dark silhouetted trees and hills.

Landscape with Stars

Henri-Edmond Cross, 1905

Pointillist painting of pine trees by a shore, with a calm bay and distant hills under a pale pink sky.

Pines Along the Shore

Henri-Edmond Cross, 1896

Watercolor of moored sailing boats and a rowing boat on a sunlit harbor with shoreline buildings under a cloudy sky.

Marine Scene (Boats near Venice)

Henri-Edmond Cross, 1903

Painting of a bearded man gesturing a woman and boy out a doorway while a kneeling woman embraces a child.

The Banishment of Hagar

Johann Friedrich Overbeck, 1839

Abstract painting of a sewing machine needle and burlap fabric in black, grey and beige tones, with a wooden-handled tool at

Hand Sewing Machine

Arthur Dove, 1927

Triptych with a river baptism, a kneeling penitent saint in a rocky valley, and a bearded saint reading beside a lion.

The Penitence of Saint Jerome (triptych)

Joachim Patinir, 1512

Full-length portrait of a woman in a white satin gown and lace collar, standing by a stone terrace with trees and a domed bui

La comtesse de La Tour-Maubourg (née Marie-Louise-Charlotte-Gabrielle Thomas de Pange, 1816-1850)

Théodore Chassériau, 1840

Monochrome brown painting of women sewing at a table, with soft, blurred figures and shadowy interior forms.

Women Sewing at a Table

Eugène Carrière, 1894

Pointillist painting of a young girl in a pale blue dress with a black sash, standing in an interior room.

Little Denise (Denise Maréchal, later Madame Georges Béart, 1883-1956)

Théo van Rysselberghe, 1889

Painting of a sunset over dark silhouetted trees, rooftops and a church tower, with orange and grey clouds.

Landscape at Sunset

Carl Gustav Carus, 1830

Oil portrait of a bearded man with tousled hair in a dark jacket and white collar against a dark background.

Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904)

Carolus-Duran, 1861

Full-length portrait of a woman in a black gown with lace collar, pearls, and gloves against a golden background.

Mrs. William Astor (Caroline Webster Schermerhorn, 1831-1908)

Carolus-Duran, 1890

Woman in traditional dress sorting a red shawl on a rocky hillside beside a rifle, hat, and open chest.

The Italian brigand's wife

Léon Cogniet, 1825

Seated man in brown coat and white cravat in red armchair, with sailboats and a lighthouse visible through a window behind hi

Portrait of Thomas Willing (1731-1821)

Charles Willson Peale, 1782

Miniature portrait of a woman with dark curls and pearls holding an infant in a blue sash, in a gilt oval frame.

Mrs. Charles Willson Peale (Rachel Brewer) and Baby Eleanor

Charles Willson Peale, 1790

Seated man in tan coat beside red drapery and books, with a sailing ship on calm water behind him.

Portrait of Samuel Mifflin

Charles Willson Peale, 1777

Painting of a white hydrangea in a green pot on a table, with a woman reading in a chair in the background.

Hortensia

Fernand Khnopff, 1884

Well-dressed Parisian crowd in top hats and black dresses before a columned church, with a carriage on the cobbled street.

The Church of Saint-Philippe-du-Roule, Paris

Jean Béraud, 1877

Painting of Parisian figures in top hats and dark dresses on a windy stone staircase, with a domed building at right.

A Windy Day on the Pont des Arts

Jean Béraud, 1880

Painting of a Parisian street with a woman and man beside a colorful advertising column, pedestrians and bare trees behind.

Parisian Street Scene

Jean Béraud, 1885

Watercolor of a domed baroque church behind a park, with strolling figures in top hats on a dirt path.

View of St.Charles’s Church and the Polytechnic Institute

Rudolf von Alt, 1831

Painting of autumn woodland with golden trees, a still pond, and a small figure walking a path under a cloudy sky.

Autumn: The Woodland Pond

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz, 1867

Painting of a sunlit forest path framed by tall trees, with a gnarled trunk on the left and a small pond below.

A Vista through Trees: Fontainebleau

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz, 1873

Painting of Diana with nymphs, hunting dogs and a winged cupid carrying a torch beneath a tree.

Diana

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz, 1849

Dark forest scene with gnarled trees, a small figure on a path, a pond, and a patch of blue sky above.

The Forest of Fontainebleau

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz, 1874

Painting of a man, woman in pink dress, and child beneath trees with a spotted dog in the foreground.

Figures and a Dog in a Landscape

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz, 1852

Full-length 1731 portrait of a man in a red and white robe and powdered wig, with a servant at right beside a pedestal.

Diego Pignatelli d'Aragona (1687-1750) and an Enslaved African Servant

Francesco Solimena, 1731

Seated woman in a dark dress with red buttons and lace cuffs, against a dim background, in a three-quarter pose.

Madame Gaye

Mariano Fortuny Marsal, 1865

Oil portrait of a man in a black coat and white cravat seated before a brown background, by Asher Brown Durand.

Portrait of Luman Reed

Asher Brown Durand, 1835

Grayscale oil portrait of a seated man in a dark coat, white shirt and black cravat against a dark background.

Portrait of Jonathan Sturges

Asher Brown Durand, 1840

Portrait of a seated woman in a tan dress with puffed sleeves, holding a flower at a marble table, with a bay landscape behin

Portrait of Mrs. Winfield Scott

Asher Brown Durand, 1831

Painting of a young woman in a headscarf leaning toward a shackled elderly man in red cloth, with a shadowed figure behind.

Caritas Romana: Cimon and Pero

Hendrick ter Brugghen, 1623

Painting of a seated woman in a white floral dress writing at a desk, with a standing man in a dark suit behind her.

Mr. and Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes

Cecilia Beaux, 1898

Seated woman in a white dress beside a candlestick and tea service, painted against a dim blue interior.

Ernesta

Cecilia Beaux, 1914