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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,446 works

Black and white view of an icon showing four standing saints, one with large angel wings, under Cyrillic inscriptions.

Panel from a Saints' Calendar (painted on both sides)

Russian Painter

Miniature portrait of a man in a blue cloak and white collar with a star insignia, within an ornate fruit-garland frame.

Gaspard de Daillon du Lude (ca. 1602-1676)

Jacques Saillant, 1628

Miniature portrait of a man with curled brown hair and lace collar, set in an ornate painted frame of scrolls and fruit swags

Portrait of a Man

Jacques Saillant, ca. 1628

Two girls in pastel silk dresses embrace on a wooden cart beside a puppet, in front of a dark architectural background.

The Two Sisters

Richard de Saint-Non, 1770

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man with a white collar and dark coat, hand resting at his waist, against a dark backgroun

Frans Francken I (1542-1616)

Peter Paul Rubens

Painting of a haloed bishop gesturing beside a seated woman at a table, with a wine barrel and gold brocade in an interior.

Saint Remigius Replenishing the Barrel of Wine; (interior) Saint Remigius and the Burning Wheat

Swiss Painter, ca. 1500-1505

Loose painted portrait of a woman in a hat and high-necked dress against an ochre background with green strokes.

Mademoiselle Nys

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1899

Émilie

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, late 1890s

The Empress Eugénie (Eugénie de Montijo, 1826-1920, Condesa de Teba)

Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1854

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a powdered wig and blue velvet coat, set in a jeweled silver frame.

Richard Abell

Christian Friedrich Zincke, 1724

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with flowers in her auburn hair, wearing a blue dress, set in a jeweled silver frame.

Mrs. Vanderbank

Christian Friedrich Zincke, ca. 1730

Painting of a young woman with bowed head, gold headband and red necklace against a dark background.

Young Woman with a Red Necklace

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1645

Painting of a nude woman seen from behind before a mirror, with a red curtain and bed in a warm interior.

Woman before a Mirror

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1897

Figures in an arched stone loggia watch a toddler take first steps, with mountains visible through the arch.

First Steps

Franz Ludwig Catel, ca. 1820-25

Painting of a bearded man in a red robe and white turban leaning on a crate beside a plaster bust in a studio.

An Ottoman Man in the Artist's Studio

Auguste-Xavier Leprince, ca. 1823-26

Oil study of a seated female nude seen from behind, head bowed, one arm raised, against a brown and green background.

Study of a Female Nude

Henri Lehmann, 1840

Painting of a bishop in white vestments celebrating Mass in a columned hall, with attendants, a kneeling bread offering, and

The Mass of Saint Basil

Pierre Subleyras, 1746

Painting of the Annunciation: an angel with a sceptre kneels at left before the Virgin Mary at a lectern in a tiled room.

The Annunciation

South German Painter, 1440-50

Oil portrait of an older man in red papal vestments with gold embroidered stole against a dark red background.

Pope Benedict XIV (Prospero Lambertini, 1675-1758)

Pierre Subleyras, 1746

Oval pastel portrait of a woman with powdered hair, a feathered hat, and a blue dress with gold buttons.

Madame Elisabeth de France (1764-1794)

Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, ca. 1787

Pastel double portrait of a man in a brown coat and a seated woman in a cream gown with pink ribbons and lace.

François de Jullienne (1722-1754) and Marie Elisabeth de Jullienne (Marie Elisabeth de Séré de Rieux, 1724-1795)

Charles-Antoine Coypel, 1743

Painting of a sorceress pointing skyward beside a prone old man and a cauldron, with women and clouds in an arched setting.

Medea Rejuvenating Aeson

Corrado Giaquinto, ca. 1760

Woman in green dress examining a ring by a sunlit window, with a straw hat of roses on her lap.

The Ring

John White Alexander, 1911

Black and white photograph of an oval portrait of an elderly man with white hair, round spectacles, and a fur-collared coat.

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin

H. Sanford, 1776-1883

Vertical painting of an orange branch with ripe and green fruit, dark leaves and white blossoms against a pale background.

Orange Branch

John La Farge, ca. 1883

Black-and-white photo of a reverse-painted glass portrait of a man in a powdered wig and dark coat, labeled Washington, in a

Plaque of George Washington

Gilbert Stuart, 1776-1830

Painting of a seated woman in a green and black dress adjusting her bodice, looking downward, against a green curtain.

Study in Green and Black

John White Alexander, by 1906

Painting of an elderly bearded man with white hair in a dark coat, seated and resting his hands on a chair.

Walt Whitman

John White Alexander, 1889

Painting of a seated woman in a red velvet jacket and grey skirt before a hazy mountain landscape.

The Spanish Girl in Reverie

Washington Allston, 1831

Oval grayscale portrait of a man with curly hair, mustache, dark coat and bow tie against a shadowed background.

James Topham Brady

Joseph Alexander Ames, 1869