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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,986 works

Painted draped female statue beside a column and marble pedestal inscribed Metaphysica, with a relief panel behind.

Metaphysics

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1760

Hanging scroll with ink painting of a man leading a horse laden with yellowtail fish, above a column of calligraphy.

Fish Merchant Carrying Yellowtails on Horseback

Tani Bunchō, 1814

Hanging scroll of red and white peach blossoms on branches with green leaves, with calligraphy at upper left.

Red and White Peach Blossoms

Tsubaki Chinzan, 1843

Painted statue of a draped woman labeled Aritmetica on a marble pedestal between Ionic columns, with a relief above.

Arithmetic

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1760

Ink landscape on a fan leaf showing rocks, pine trees, a small pavilion and distant mountains with red seals.

Landscape

Zou Zhilin, mid-17th century

Hanging scroll of red and white peach blossoms on gnarled branches with green leaves and Chinese calligraphy at upper left.

Red and White Peach Blossoms, Preparatory Sketch

Tsubaki Chinzan, 1843

Painting of Saint John the Baptist standing barefoot in a niche, wearing a red mantle and holding a tall wooden staff.

Saint John the Baptist; Saint Lucy

Pietro Perugino, 1469

Ink painting hanging scroll of a magpie perched on a curving branch beside white plum blossoms.

Bird and Plum Blossoms

Unpō, 18th-19th century

Ink landscape hanging scroll with mountains, pavilions among pines, a cliff path, and calligraphy at upper left.

Lofty Recluse in Autumn Mountains

Wang Duo, dated 1651

Full-length double portrait of a bearded man in a light suit and a woman in a black jacket and white skirt holding a straw ha

Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Phelps Stokes

John Singer Sargent, 1897

Hanging scroll with a striped cat curled at lower right, large bold calligraphy and small inscribed poems beside it.

Cat with Poems: Pictorial Parody of Priest Saigyo's Legend

Matsumura Goshun, 18th century

Fan painting of a pavilion with seated figures among pine trees, banana leaves, rocks and a stream on gold ground.

Landscape

Chen Hongshou, mid-17th century

Full-length portrait of a woman in a flowing white gown against a pale, muted background, by Gustav Klimt.

Serena Pulitzer Lederer (1867-1943)

Gustav Klimt, 1899

Ink drawing of a seated monk reading a sutra, with calligraphy and red seals beside him on aged paper.

Reading a Sutra by Moonlight

Jifei Ruyi, 17th century, after 1661

Hanging scroll of a long-tailed bird and a smaller bird perched on gnarled branches with white blossoms and flowers.

Birds and Flowers

Sō Shiseki, 18th century

Ink painting of orchids growing from a rock, with calligraphy and red seals in the upper right on pale paper.

蘭蕙同芳図

Ink painting of a blossoming plum branch on a gold fan-shaped leaf, with calligraphy and a red seal at upper left.

Branch of blossoming plum

Ink wash handscroll of misty rocks and hills with a small hut and grass, by Kano Tan'yū, 1670.

Famous Themes for Painting Study Known as “The Garden of Painting” (Gaen)

Kano Tan'yu, 1670

Full-length portrait of a woman with auburn hair in a pale gown with floral bands and gold ribbon, against a dark background.

The Masquerade Dress

Robert Henri, 1911

Ink and colour landscape on a fan leaf: misty mountains, trees, a small hut by a path, calligraphy at upper left.

Landscape after Huang Gongwang

Wang Shimin, dated 1677

Ink landscape hanging scroll of wintry mountains with bare trees, pines, thatched houses, and calligraphy at upper right.

Wintry mountains

Gong Xian, ca. 1679-89

Ink drawing on silk of a woman in loose robes reclining on a banana leaf, with a small vessel beside her.

Beauty Sleeping on a Banana Leaf

Ink landscape handscroll with pine trees, rocky cliffs, misty mountains and small houses along a valley path.

Landscape

Liu Yu, 1680

Ink painting of birds perched on branches and among lotus leaves, rendered in loose gray and black brushwork on silk.

Birds in a lotus pond

Bada Shanren, ca. 1690

Ink painting on a fan leaf of dark bamboo stalks and leaves with Chinese calligraphy and red seals on the right.

唐寅筆春雷風竹図

Fan-shaped painting of a pink peony and smaller blossom with green leaves and branches, with calligraphy and red seals.

Peony

Wang Wu, late 17th century

Handscroll landscape of rocky mountains, a waterfall, dense trees, and a small wooden bridge over a stream.

The Colors of Mount Taihang

Wang Hui, dated 1669

Hanging scroll of a seated figure in a blue kimono on a patterned cushion, with red seals and blue brocade mounting.

Memorial Portrait of Iwai Hanshirō VI

Utagawa Kunisada, 1836

Fan-shaped painting of pink carnations and feathery amaranthus in soft green and yellow washes, with red seals and calligraph

Carnations and amaranthus

Ink landscape on a fan leaf: rocky cliffs, a wooden pavilion among pines, misty blue peaks, and calligraphy at upper left.

Mountains after Rain

Wang Hui, dated 1695