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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,985 works

Ink landscape handscroll with mountains, a village, a river, a stone arch bridge and a boat in mist.

Landscape

Unkoku Tōban, 17th century

Gilded panel with the Baptism of Christ above and a banquet scene with a severed head below, in medieval style.

Panel from Saint John Retable

Domingo Ram, 1464

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, a waterfall, autumn trees, a small house and a boat on a river in soft green ink.

Landscape

Kakuho, late 19th-early 20th century

Hanging scroll of misty mountains with thatched houses and pine trees on a rocky hillside, inscribed at upper right.

Landscape

Tōshū, early 19th century

Medieval altarpiece panel showing Saint John the Baptist preaching in a landscape and before crowned figures in a gilded hall

Panel of Saint John the Baptist with Scenes from His Life

Domingo Ram, 1464

Portrait of Daruma

Unkoku Tōgan, early 17th century

Hanging scroll of a dark bird on a rock beside pink and yellow flowers, with blue-green leaves and calligraphy at upper left.

Flower and Bird

Zhang Xiong, dated 1878

Botticelli painting of three miracles of Saint Zenobius: a bier, mourning crowd, kneeling figures and horse in a Renaissance

Three miracles of Saint Zenobius

Sandro Botticelli, 1500

Two-panel folding screen with six small painted paper leaves showing flowers, a bird, pine and plum branches on grey ground.

Folding Screen for Tea Ceremony with Six Bird-and-Flower Paintings

Shibata Zeshin, late 19th century

Handscroll painting of red camellias, a pine branch, ink rocks and a planter with budding plants on buff paper.

Letter Enclosing Flowers

Okada Hankō, 1831

Painting of choppy sea waves breaking on reddish rocks, with a small white sailboat near the horizon under a grey sky.

The Sea

John Frederick Kensett, 1872

Painting of three miracles of Saint Zenobius showing mourners, clergy, a bier and a horse in a Renaissance city square.

Three Miracles of Saint Zenobius

Sandro Botticelli, ca. 1500

Ink and color sketch of a striped tiger beside a rock, with a small fox at the right edge, on a handscroll.

Sketches of Birds and Animals

Kawanabe Kyōsai, late 19th century, before 1870

Calm sea with small sailboats, a rowboat with one figure, and a wooded islet under a heavy cloudy sky.

Passing off of the Storm

John Frederick Kensett, 1872

Ink painting of willow trees along a misty river with three small boats and a wooden footbridge.

Painting - Bi Chang

Bi Chang, 18th-19th century

Ink painting of the seated god Jurōjin with long white beard on a hanging scroll with gold brocade mount.

Painting of Jurōjin

Kanō Tsunenobu, late 17th-early 18th century

Painting of a medieval court scene with figures in red and white robes, a wolfhound, and a crowd of courtiers in a carved hal

"King Lear," Act I, Scene I

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1898

Full-length portrait of a standing man in a dark coat holding a walking stick against a warm brown background.

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

William Merritt Chase, 1885

Ink handscroll of misty mountains, trees and sailing boats on a river, with calligraphy and red seals at upper right.

Summer Mountains

Qu Ding, ca. 1050

Six-panel screen of ink gibbons climbing bare trees above rocks, waves and a pale moon on gold paper.

Gibbons in a Landscape

Sesson Shūkei, ca. 1570

Four gold-leaf panels showing a gnarled plum tree in blossom above rocks, with an azalea at left.

Old Plum

Kanō Sansetsu, 1646

Handscroll of misty mountains, pines and waterfalls with a procession of figures and temple buildings below.

The Kangxi Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour, Scroll Three: Ji'nan to Mount Tai

Wang Hui, datable to 1698

Hanging scroll of ink bamboo leaning in the wind over a rock, with calligraphy and red seals on the mount above.

Bamboo in the Wind

Yi Jeong, early 17th century

Painting of nude men, centaurs and satyrs hunting wild animals in a forest, with fire and smoke in the distance.

A Hunting Scene

Piero di Cosimo, ca. 1494-1500

Panel painting of an angel addressing an elderly priest at a temple altar, with onlookers and a domed Gothic building.

The Annunciation to Zacharias; (verso) The Angel of the Annunciation

Giovanni di Paolo, ca. 1455-60

Painted panel of a royal assembly with a seated king under a canopy, kneeling attendants, pavilions and banana trees.

Royal processions, ceremonies and entertainments

or associated workshops Court of King Mindon or Thibaw, 1870s-1880s

Nativity scene with kneeling Mary and Joseph, the infant Christ, an ox and donkey, and a row of haloed angels above.

The Nativity

Zanobi Strozzi, ca. 1433-34

Painting of the Madonna and Child enthroned between two angels in green robes, one holding a scroll, against a gold and arche

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Two Angels

Filippo Lippi, 1440

Painting of the Nativity with kneeling Mary and Joseph, the infant Christ, an ox and donkey, angels, shepherds and a hilltown

The Nativity

Antoniazzo Romano, 1480s

Gilded religious panel of the Virgin Mary crowned by angels, surrounded by musician angels and kneeling apostles below.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Ambrogio Bergognone, ca. 1510