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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,446 works

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with dark curled hair and white lace collar, framed by a ring of pearls.

Mrs. William Few (Catherine Nicholson)

John Ramage, 1787

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

William Udall

Archibald Robertson, ca. 1800-1805

Oval miniature portrait of a gentleman with pale hair, white cravat and pale coat against a dark background.

Portrait of a Gentleman

William Verstille, ca. 1785

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a blue coat, yellow waistcoat and white cravat, set in an engraved gold frame.

Jasper Ely Cropsey

Ebenezer Mack, ca. 1794

Oval miniature portrait of a young blond child with blue eyes in a white dress, set in a gold pendant frame.

Ada Brown

John Henry Brown, 1847

Oval portrait miniature of a man in a blue coat with gold trim and white lace jabot, in a gold frame.

Archibald McCall

John Hesselius, ca. 1755-60

Ink painting of a twisted pine tree beside rocks and grass on a brown silk hanging scroll, with calligraphy at left.

Crooked Pine

Wu Zhen, dated 1335

Hanging scroll of pink and white lotus flowers and broad leaves in ink wash, with calligraphy inscription at upper left.

Lotuses on a summer evening

Yun Shouping, likely 18th century

Pair of hanging scrolls showing ink bamboo stalks and leaves beside weathered rocks on a golden silk ground.

Bamboo and rocks

Li Kan, dated 1318

Hanging scroll of a plum branch with pink blossoms rising from dark rocks, with calligraphy and seals at upper left.

Wintry plum

Ni Jing, 14th century

Ink landscape hanging scroll with rocky mountains, pine trees, a river, a small hut, and calligraphy inscriptions.

Landscape in the Styles of Huang Gongwang and Gao Kegong

Wang Yuanqi, dated 1705

Ink landscape hanging scroll of craggy mountains, waterfalls and twisted pines, with calligraphy at upper left.

The strange pines of Mount Tiantai

Dai Benxiao, 1687

Hanging scroll of peonies, lilies and blossoms above goldfish swimming in an octagonal basin beside a tree trunk.

Flowers and Goldfish

Sō Shizan, 18th century

Ink painting of bamboo growing from a rock, with a bare plum branch and calligraphic inscriptions in the upper corners.

Bamboo and rock

Deng Yu, ca. 1360-67

Hanging scroll of a pink peony in bloom with a bud, green leaves, a small bird on the stem, and calligraphy at upper right.

Peony with Bird

Ink landscape hanging scroll with rock cliffs, a bare tree, a small figure on a stone bridge, and calligraphy.

The Stone Bridge

Zhang Feng, dated 1661

Ink landscape hanging scroll with a bare winter tree, rocks, and a small walking figure near misty water and mountains.

Returning home through the snow

Dai Jin, ca. 1455

Hanging scroll of a waterfall cascading past cliffs and a pine, with a seated scholar and attendant beside bamboo below.

Li Bai gazing at the waterfall on Mount Lu

Zhong Li, late 15th century

Ink painting of orchids growing from a rock, with calligraphy and red seals in the upper right of a hanging scroll.

Orchids and Rock

Gyokuen Bonpō, late 14th-early 15th century

Hanging scroll of the wrathful deity Fudō Myōō with sword and rope, standing before a red flaming halo on a rocky pedestal.

Fudō Myōō and Two Attendants

Ryūshū Shūtaku, 14th century

Hanging scroll of a magpie perched on a branch with white viburnum flowers and green leaves against a gray background.

Magpie on Viburnum Branch

Genga, early 16th century

Ink and gold painting of hollyhocks beside columns of Japanese calligraphy, mounted in a silk-bordered hanging scroll.

Poem by Onakatomi Yoshinobu with Underpainting of Hollyhocks

Shōkadō Shōjō, early 17th century

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, pine trees, a waterfall and small pavilions in ink with autumn color, with calligraphy at

Meeting with a Friend on an Autumn Day

Noro Kaiseki, 1822

Hanging scroll of misty mountains rising through clouds, with a small pavilion among trees on the shore below.

Landscape in Moonlight

Kano Tan'yu, after 1662

Hanging scroll with ink calligraphy poem beside a dark clematis flower and gold-tinted vines on paper.

Poem by Fujiwara no Okikaze with Underpainting of Clematis

Shōkadō Shōjō, early 17th century

Ink painting of two hawks perched on a rock among bamboo and bare plum branches, on a brown silk ground.

Two hawks in a thicket

Lin Liang, mid- 15th century

Hanging scroll of a standing Buddhist attendant figure in robes and jewelry on a stone base, with inscriptions above.

Kongara-doji

Ryūshū Shūtaku, 1387

Ink landscape hanging scroll with rocky mountains, a leaning pine, a river boat and scholars on the shore.

Farewell by a Stream on a Clear Day

Zhao Yuan, second half 14th century

Painting of a brown hawk gripping a smaller bird with yellow talons, with feathers falling around them and a red seal at left

Album of Hawks and Calligraphy

Kanō Tsunenobu, 17th-18th century

Hanging scroll of Jurojin, god of longevity, with a long staff and a white deer beside him.

Jurōjin

Kanō Tanshin, early 19th century