Metropolitan Museum of Art - 16th through 19th C Painting Collection Photos

The Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection covering the late 16th through 19th Centuries show the evolution of art away from religious themes, toward mythology & the portrayal of people and cultural settings.

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Judgment of Paris painting (c1528) by Lucas Cranach the Elder at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Detail of Judgment of Paris painting (c1528) by Lucas Cranach the Elder at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Judith with Head of Holofernes painting (c1530) by Lucas Cranach the Elder at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Portrait of Young Man painting in Mannerist style (1530s) by Bronzino at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Portrait of Derek Berck painting (1530) by Hans Holbein the Younger at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Portrait of Man with Gold-embroidered Cap painting (1532) by Lucas Cranach the Elder at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Portrait of Member of Wedigh Family painting (1532) by Hans Holbein the Younger at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Christ's Descent into Hell painting (c1550s) in style of Hieronymus Bosch at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Grotesque head detail of Christ's Descent into Hell painting (c1550s) in style of Hieronymus Bosch at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Grotesque reptile detail of Christ's Descent into Hell painting (c1550s) in style of Hieronymus Bosch at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The Harvesters painting (c1565) by Pieter Bruegel the Elder at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Detail of The Harvesters painting (c1565) by Pieter Bruegel the Elder at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Miracle of Christ Healing the Blind painting (c1567-70) by El Greco at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The Musicians painting (c1595) by Caravaggio at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Portrait of a Man (c1595-1600) by El Greco at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Portrait of a Cardinal painting (c1596-1601) by El Greco at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The Lute Player painting (c1597) by Caravaggio at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Study of Two Heads painting (c1600-08) by Peter Paul Rubens at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Vision of St. John painting (c1608) by El Greco at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Adoration of the Shepherds painting (c1610) by El Greco at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

View of Toledo painting (c1610s) by El Greco at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Marchesa Durazzo portrait (c1621-7) by Anthony van Dyck at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Venus & Adonis painting (c1630s) by Peter Paul Rubens at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Holy Family with St. Francis, St. Anne & Infant St. John the Baptist painting (c1630s) by Peter Paul Rubens at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Rubens, his wife Helena & son Peter Paul portrait (c1630s) by Peter Paul Rubens at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Portrait of a Man (c1630) by Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Companions of Rinaldo painting (c1632) by Nicolas Poussin at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Abduction of the Sabine Women painting (c1633) by Nicolas Poussin at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Juan de Pareja portrait (c1650) by Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

St. Peter & St. John Healing a Lame Man painting (1655) by Nicolas Poussin at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Mezzetin painting (1718-20) by Jean Antoine Watteau at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Building of Westminster Bridge painting (c1742) by Samuel Scott at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Benjamin Franklin portrait (1778) by Joseph Siffred Duplessis at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Don Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuñiga portrait (c1792) by Francisco de Goya at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Ignacio Garcini y Queralt, Brigadier of Engineers portrait (1804) by Francisco de Goya at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

José Costa y Bonells portrait (c1810) by Francisco de Goya at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Majas on a Balcony painting (c1810) by Francisco de Goya at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Joseph-Antoine Moltedo portrait (c1810) by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

General Étienne-Maurice Gérard, Marshal of France portrait (1816) by Jacques-Louis David at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Mme. Jacques-Louis Leblanc portrait (c1823) by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Jacques-Louis Leblanc portrait (c1823) by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The Natchez painting (1835) by Eugène Delacroix at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Mme. Henri François Riesener portrait (1835) by Eugène Delacroix at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Third-Class Carriage unfinished painting (1862-4) by Honoré Daumier at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Death of Socrates painting (1887) by Jacques-Louis David at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Detail of Death of Socrates (1887) by Jacques-Louis David at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier & His Wife portrait (1888) by Jacques-Louis David at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Detail of Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier & His Wife (1888) by Jacques-Louis David at Metropolitan Museum of Art.


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