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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,596 works

Painting of an elderly woman in a black dress, white pleated ruff and cap, hands clasped, against a brown background.

Portrait of an Old Woman

Jacob Adriaensz. Backer

Oil painting of a seated man in a striped turban and yellow robe holding a hookah in a dim stone interior.

A Bashi-Bazouk

Charles Bargue, 1875

Gold-ground panel with eight painted scenes of Christ's life and saints, including a Coronation of the Virgin and an Ascensio

Scenes from the Life of Christ

Giovanni Baronzio, mid-1340s

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with curly hair and white ruffled collar against a pale blue background.

Portrait of a Woman

John Barry, ca. 1790

Portrait of a man in a red cap and pink scarf before a landscape with trees and a castle.

Portrait of a Man

Fra' Bartolomeo, shortly after 1497

Painting of a haloed saint kneeling by a fallen child in a pink city street, with a white horse and crowd of robed onlookers.

Saint Dominic Resuscitating Napoleone Orsini

Bartolomeo degli Erri, 1467-74

Full-length portrait of a young man in red embroidered coat beside a gilded table, classical bust, and a dog.

Portrait of a Young Man

Pompeo Batoni, ca. 1760-65

Oval miniature portrait of a man with a large white lace collar and dark doublet against a dark background.

Portrait of a Man

David Baudringhien, 1627

Painting of Saint Thomas Aquinas in black habit beside Saints Peter and Paul at a lectern in a pink arcaded interior with boo

Saint Thomas Aquinas Aided by Saints Peter and Paul

Bartolomeo degli Erri

Couple resting on grass beside a stone sculpture of draped figures, with a grazing cow and trees in a park setting.

In the Sun

Charles-Edouard de Beaumont, 1875

Oval miniature portrait of a smiling woman with dark hair wearing a large white lace ruff and dark dress, in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Woman

David Baudringhien

Portrait of a seated man in a brown coat and white cravat, holding a pen over a sketchbook beside a classical bust.

Edward Miles (1752-1828)

William Beechey

Painting of villagers skating and sledding on a frozen canal before a church and houses under a dark stormy sky.

Skating at Sloten, near Amsterdam

Johannes Abrahamsz Beerstraten

Half-length portrait of a man in a red cap and gray robe with a white ruff, arms crossed, against a dark background.

Chancellor Leonhard von Eck (1480-1550)

Barthel Beham, 1527

Portrait of a young man in a dark blue braided military jacket and red sash, holding a sabre against a cloudy sky.

George IV (1762-1830), When Prince of Wales

William Beechey

Triptych altarpiece with the Virgin and Child enthroned in the center, kneeling donors below, and saints with monks on the wi

The Cellier Altarpiece

Jean Bellegambe, 1511-12

Painting of the Madonna and Child flanked by five saints holding palms, a book, keys, and a chalice, with mountains behind.

Madonna and Child with Saints

Giovanni Bellini, ca. 1505-10

Seated woman in white gown and red shawl holding a yellow parasol, with a landscape and evening sky behind her.

Portrait of a Woman

William Beechey, ca. 1805

Seated woman in white gown with arm around curly-haired young boy in blue jacket, against a dark background.

Madame Philippe Panon Desbassayns de Richemont (Jeanne Eglé Mourgue, 1778-1855) and Her Son, Eugène (1800-1859)

Marie Guillemine Benoist, 1802

Pastoral painting of a seated woman with a child, a standing man, cattle, goats and sheep beneath large trees.

Rest

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, 1644

The Twelve Apostles: Saints Bartholomew, Andrew, Matthew, James the Greater, Thaddeus, Philip, James the Lesser, Simo…

Ambrogio Bergognone

Portrait of a young man with curly red hair in a red cloak, with a hilly landscape and blue sky behind him.

Portrait of a Young Man

Biagio d'Antonio, probably ca. 1470

Painted panel of a haloed saint tossing gold coins through a window into a red-curtained bedchamber with attendant figures.

Saint Nicholas Providing Dowries

Bicci di Lorenzo, 1433-35

Painting of a young woman with a candlestick and jug, a cavalier in a feathered hat behind her, on a patterned table.

A Young Woman and a Cavalier

Cornelis Bisschop

Painting of several episodes from the Argonauts story: a ship, a golden procession, a rider crossing a bridge, and a city.

Scenes from the Story of the Argonauts

Biagio d'Antonio

Painting of a bishop with a crozier raising three youths in an arcade, with kneeling figures and a man pouring at a table at

Saint Nicholas Resuscitating Three Youths

Bicci di Lorenzo, 1433-35

Watercolor of a winged angel pointing upward beside a bearded priest at an altar with smoke and a glowing candelabrum.

The Angel Appearing to Zacharias

William Blake, 1799-1800

Painting of Israelites gathering at a rock as water flows out, with a woman raising a golden vessel and cattle nearby.

Moses Striking the Rock

Abraham Bloemaert, 1596

Dark night scene of a rocky island with cypress trees, stone tombs, and a small boat carrying two figures on still water.

Island of the Dead

Arnold Böcklin, 1880

Oil portrait of a man with grey powdered hair, grey coat and white cravat, against a dark background.

Portrait of a Man

Louis-Léopold Boilly