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 by Lucas Cranach the Elder at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Detail of Judgment of Paris painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Judith with Head of Holofernes painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Portrait of Young Man painting in Mannerist style by Bronzino at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Judgment of Paris painting (c1528) by Lucas Cranach the Elder at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Detail of Judgment of Paris painting (c1528) by Lucas Cranach the Elder at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Judith with Head of Holofernes painting (c1530) by Lucas Cranach the Elder at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Portrait of Young Man painting in Mannerist style (1530s) by Bronzino at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Portrait of Derek Berck painting by Hans Holbein the Younger at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Portrait of Man with Gold-embroidered Cap painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Portrait of Member of Wedigh Family painting by Hans Holbein the Younger at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Christ's Descent into Hell painting in style of Hieronymus Bosch at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Portrait of Derek Berck painting (1530) by Hans Holbein the Younger at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Portrait of Man with Gold-embroidered Cap painting (1532) by Lucas Cranach the Elder at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Portrait of Member of Wedigh Family painting (1532) by Hans Holbein the Younger at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Christ's Descent into Hell painting (c1550s) in style of Hieronymus Bosch at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Grotesque head detail of Christ's Descent into Hell painting in style of Hieronymus Bosch at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Grotesque reptile detail of Christ's Descent into Hell painting in style of Hieronymus Bosch at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.The Harvesters painting by Pieter Brueghel the Elder at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Detail of The Harvesters painting by Pieter Brueghel the Elder at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Grotesque head detail of Christ's Descent into Hell painting (c1550s) in style of Hieronymus Bosch at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Grotesque reptile detail of Christ's Descent into Hell painting (c1550s) in style of Hieronymus Bosch at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.The Harvesters painting (c1565) by Pieter Brueghel the Elder at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Detail of The Harvesters painting (c1565) by Pieter Brueghel the Elder at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Miracle of Christ Healing the Blind painting by El Greco at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.The Musicians painting by Caravaggio at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Portrait of a Man by El Greco at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Portrait of a Cardinal painting by El Greco at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Miracle of Christ Healing the Blind painting (c1567-70) by El Greco at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.The Musicians painting (c1595) by Caravaggio at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Portrait of a Man (c1595-1600) by El Greco at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Portrait of a Cardinal painting (c1596-1601) by El Greco at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
The Lute Player painting by Caravaggio at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Study of Two Heads painting by Peter Paul Rubens at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Vision of St. John painting by El Greco at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Adoration of the Shepherds painting by El Greco at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
The Lute Player painting (c1597) by Caravaggio at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Study of Two Heads painting (c1600-08) by Peter Paul Rubens at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Vision of St. John painting (c1608) by El Greco at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Adoration of the Shepherds painting (c1610) by El Greco at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
View of Toledo painting by El Greco at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Marchesa Durazzo portrait by Anthony van Dyck at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Venus & Adonis painting by Peter Paul Rubens at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Holy Family with St Francis, St Anne & Infant St John the Baptist painting by Peter Paul Rubens at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
View of Toledo painting (c1610s) by El Greco at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Marchesa Durazzo portrait (c1621-7) by Anthony van Dyck at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Venus & Adonis painting (c1630s) by Peter Paul Rubens at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Holy Family with St Francis, St Anne & Infant St John the Baptist painting (c1630s) by Peter Paul Rubens at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Rubens, his wife Helena & son Peter Paul portrait by Peter Paul Rubens at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Portrait of a Man by Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Companions of Rinaldo painting by Nicolas Poussin at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Abduction of the Sabine Women painting by Nicolas Poussin at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Rubens, his wife Helena & son Peter Paul portrait (c1630s) by Peter Paul Rubens at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Portrait of a Man (c1630) by Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Companions of Rinaldo painting (c1632) by Nicolas Poussin at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Abduction of the Sabine Women painting (c1633) by Nicolas Poussin at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Juan de Pareja portrait by Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.St Peter & St John Healing a Lame Man painting by Nicolas Poussin at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Mezzetin painting by Jean Antoine Watteau at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Building of Westminster Bridge painting by Samuel Scott at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Juan de Pareja portrait (c1650) by Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.St Peter & St John Healing a Lame Man painting (1655) by Nicolas Poussin at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Mezzetin painting (1718-20) by Jean Antoine Watteau at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Building of Westminster Bridge painting (c1742) by Samuel Scott at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Benjamin Franklin portrait by Joseph Siffred Duplessis at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Don Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuñiga portrait by Francisco de Goya at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Ignacio Garcini y Queralt, Brigadier of Engineers portrait by Francisco de Goya at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.José Costa y Bonells portrait by Francisco de Goya at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Benjamin Franklin portrait (1778) by Joseph Siffred Duplessis at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Don Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuñiga portrait (c1792) by Francisco de Goya at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Ignacio Garcini y Queralt, Brigadier of Engineers portrait (1804) by Francisco de Goya at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.José Costa y Bonells portrait (c1810) by Francisco de Goya at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Majas on a Balcony painting by Francisco de Goya at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Joseph-Antoine Moltedo portrait by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.General Étienne-Maurice Gérard, Marshal of France portrait by Jacques-Louis David at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Mme. Jacques-Louis Leblanc portrait by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Majas on a Balcony painting (c1810) by Francisco de Goya at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Joseph-Antoine Moltedo portrait (c1810) by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.General Étienne-Maurice Gérard, Marshal of France portrait (1816) by Jacques-Louis David at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Mme. Jacques-Louis Leblanc portrait (c1823) by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Jacques-Louis Leblanc portrait by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.The Natchez painting by Eugène Delacroix at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Mme. Henri François Riesener portrait by Eugène Delacroix at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Third-Class Carriage unfinished painting by Honoré Daumier at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Jacques-Louis Leblanc portrait (c1823) by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.The Natchez painting (1835) by Eugène Delacroix at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Mme. Henri François Riesener portrait (1835) by Eugène Delacroix at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Third-Class Carriage unfinished painting (1862-4) by Honoré Daumier at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Death of Socrates painting by Jacques-Louis David at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Detail of Death of Socrates by Jacques-Louis David at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier & His Wife portrait by Jacques-Louis David at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Detail of Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier & His Wife by Jacques-Louis David at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Death of Socrates painting (1787) by Jacques-Louis David at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Detail of Death of Socrates (1787) by Jacques-Louis David at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier & His Wife portrait (1788) by Jacques-Louis David at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Detail of Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier & His Wife (1788) by Jacques-Louis David at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
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