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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,986 works

Abstract painting of white linear grids, stars and crosses over muted green, brown, blue and orange rectangular color fields.

Structural I

Paul Klee, 1924

Hanging scroll of seated warrior deity Guan Yu with red face and yellow robe, beside an attendant holding a tall halberd.

Guan Yu, Chinese God of War

Katsushika Hokusai, 19th century

Fan-shaped painting of blue-green mountains, trees, and pavilions on a gold ground with calligraphy and red seals.

Brocaded Sea of Peach Blossom Waves

Painting of Christ crucified between two thieves, with a crowd of soldiers and mourners and a distant city and mountains.

Crucifixion

Jan van Eyck, 1700

Ink painting of the demon queller Shōki holding a sword, in a hanging scroll with a red seal at lower right.

Black Shōki, the Demon Queller

Katsushika Hokusai, 1849

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, waterfalls, and pavilions among trees beside a river, in muted ink and color.

Dwellings of the Immortals Amid Streams and Mountains

Wen Boren, dated 1531

Painting of a seated doge at marble steps, with saints, angels and a Venetian lagoon with ships in the background.

Doge Alvise Mocenigo (1507-1577) Presented to the Redeemer

Jacopo Tintoretto, 1577

Hanging scroll of a bent fisherman with a triangular net on a pole and a basket, standing on a pale shoreline.

Fisherman

Katsushika Hokusai, 19th century

Handscroll of robed scholars gathered outdoors among pines, bamboo and rocks beside a stream, painted in soft colors.

Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion

Painting of Christ blessing loaves and fishes before a large crowd of richly dressed figures in a green landscape.

The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes

Jacopo Tintoretto, 1545

Hanging scroll of a blue kingfisher diving beside tall bulrushes with seed heads on a pale background.

Kingfisher and Bulrushes

Katsushika Hokusai, 19th century

Fan-shaped landscape with pines, bamboo, a thatched hut, rocks by a stream and a deer in the foreground.

Recluse washing his feet in a stream

Chen Guan, dated 1629

Gold-ground panel of St Michael in red and gold armor holding a sword and shield, with a halo and wings.

St Michael

Pietro di Giovanni d'Ambrogio, 1430

Hanging scroll of a reclining woman in a patterned kimono beneath a full moon and blossoming cherry branch.

Beauty

Kano Chikanobu, 17th-18th century

Hanging scroll of steep green mountains, pine trees, a winding river and tiny travelers in misty landscape.

Lofty mountains

Hou Maogong, dated 1569

Painting of Saint Sebastian bound to a tree, pierced by arrows, with a red-robed angel above in a rocky landscape.

Saint Sebastian

Francesco Botticini, 1470

Ink landscape hanging scroll with misty mountain peaks, pine trees, and small rooftop buildings in a valley below.

Landscape in the style of Huang Gongwang

Mo Shilong, 1581

Ink landscape handscroll showing jagged rock peaks, pine-covered cliffs, misty valleys and small blue-green cypress trees.

Landscape after Dong Yuan, Juran, Ma Yuan, and Xia Gui

Li Zai, dated yiwei 乙未, 1655?

Art Nouveau painting of a young woman with auburn braid among pink blossoms, framed by lilies and fleur-de-lis.

Maude Adams (1872-1953) as Joan of Arc

Alphonse Mucha, 1909

Hanging scroll of Chinese calligraphy in black ink in vertical columns with red seals, on pale paper.

Poem Commemorating an Imperially Bestowed Feast

Dong Qichang, dated 1632

Handscroll painting of weeping cherry blossoms, persimmons, and willow branches on gray trunks against a pale background.

Flowers of the Four Seasons

Sakai Hōitsu, 1815

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, pine trees and small houses in a valley, with calligraphy and red seals at upper left.

明莫是龍倣黃公望山水圖軸

Mo Shilong, 1581

Six-panel gold screen with blue morning glory flowers and green vines climbing across the surface.

Morning Glories

Suzuki Kiitsu, early 19th century

Hanging scroll of ink bamboo stalks and leaves beside a snow-covered rock against a misty grey background.

Bamboo and Rock in Snow

Painting of a draped female statue on a dolphin and marble pedestal, flanked by fluted Ionic columns.

Geometry

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1760

Ink landscape hanging scroll with a grey mountain, dark pine trees on a misty shore, a small boat, and red seals.

Finger Painting of a Landscape

Ike no Taiga, ca. 1730s

Ink and light color painting of a seated woman in a patterned kimono beside a smoking incense burner, with calligraphy above.

Woman Burning Incense

Yosa Buson, 18th century

Painted allegorical statue of a draped woman on a globe beside a marble pedestal, between fluted Ionic columns.

Grammar

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1760

Ink landscape hanging scroll with misty mountains, a river, houses, a stone bridge, and a small figure among trees.

Misty Dawn at the Seashore

Okada Hankō, 19th century

Ink landscape hanging scroll with steep mountains, pine trees, a village and calligraphy inscription above.

Cherry Blossoms at Yoshino

Rai San’yō, 19th century