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Masterpieces from The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Penitence of Saint Jerome
Joachim Patinir
ca. 1515
Sabine Houdon (1787–1836)
Jean Antoine Houdon
1788
The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John
Hendrick ter Brugghen
ca. 1624–25
Archangel Gabriel; The Virgin Annunciate
Gerard David
ca. 1510
The Jabach Family
Charles Le Brun
ca. 1660
Head of a ruler
ca. 2300–2000 BCE
The Fieschi Morgan Staurotheke
early 9th century
Hercules chasing Avarice from the Temple of the Muses
Ugo da Carpi
ca. 1520–27
The Fortune-Teller
Georges de La Tour
probably 1630s
Portrait of a Woman with a Man at a Casement
Fra Filippo Lippi
ca. 1440
In proof of true love, a watercarrier skeleton arguing with a woman (Posada); two skeleton angels in upper corners (Manilla)
José Guadalupe Posada
ca. 1890–96
Fragment of a Floor Mosaic with a Personification of Ktisis
500–550, with modern restoration
Settee (one of a pair) (part of a set)
Johann Michael Bauer
ca. 1763–64
The Musicians
Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi)
1597
Head from a Statue of King Amenhotep I
ca. 1525–1504 B.C.
Commode à vantaux
David Roentgen
ca. 1775–79 with later alterations
Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence
ca. 1180
The Refectory of the Imperial Asylum at Vincennes
Charles Nègre
1858–59
Statuette of a hippo goddess, probably Taweret
332–30 BCE
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Gerard David
ca. 1512–15
Portrait of a Carthusian
Petrus Christus
1446
Christ Carrying the Cross, with the Crucifixion; The Resurrection, with the Pilgrims of Emmaus
Gerard David
ca. 1510
Jalais Hill, Pontoise
Camille Pissarro
1867
Yuny and His Wife Renenutet
ca. 1294–1279 B.C.
The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment
Jan van Eyck
ca. 1436–38
The Abduction of the Sabine Women
Nicolas Poussin
probably 1633–34
Portrait of Alvise Contarini(?); (verso) A Tethered Roebuck
Jacometto (Jacometto Veneziano)
ca. 1485–95
Mirror-bearer
Maya artist(s)
410–650 CE
The Harvesters
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
1565
”Abiding nowhere, the awakened mind arises”
Musō Soseki
early to mid-14th century
Bronze statuette of a philosopher on a lamp stand
late 1st century BCE
The Horse Fair
Rosa Bonheur
1852–55
Night-Shining White
Han Gan
ca. 750
Hermann von Wedigh III (died 1560)
Hans Holbein the Younger
1532
Portrait of a Woman, Possibly a Nun of San Secondo; (verso) Scene in Grisaille
Jacometto (Jacometto Veneziano)
ca. 1485–95
The Death of Socrates
Jacques Louis David
1787
Stela of the Steward Mentuwoser
ca. 1944 B.C.
Standing Figure with Jeweled Headdress
12th–early 13th century
Joan of Arc
Jules Bastien-Lepage
1879
Fudō Myōō, the Immovable Wisdom King (Achala Vidyaraja)
Kaikei
early 13th century