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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds 234 Renaissance and Baroque masterpieces in the Paintale collection, including works by Adriaen Isenbrant, Andrea Sacchi, Andrea Solario, Andrea di Lione. Each painting page unpacks the symbolism, technique, and provenance of the work — turning a gallery visit, or a search for a single canvas, into a deeper encounter with the period.
Famous paintings at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Holy Family with young John the Baptist and Saint Elizabeth, two angels above, after Reni
Anonymous, 17th century
The Virgin holding the infant Christ, an oval composition, after Reni
Anonymous, 17th century
The Virgin holding the infant Christ, a circular composition, after Reni
Anonymous, 17th century
The Virgin holding the infant Christ, a circular composition, after Reni
Anonymous, 17th century
The Birth and Naming of Saint John the Baptist; (reverse) Trompe-l'oeil with Painting of The Man of Sorrows
Bernard van Orley
The Crucifixion with Donors and Saints Peter and Margaret of Antioch
Cornelis Engebrechtsz
A Genealogical History of the Kings of England, and Monarchs of Great Britain, &c. From the Conquest, Anno 1066, to the Year 1677
Francis Sandford
Massacre of the Innocents; group of women and children being attacked, two angels at upper left, after Reni
Gian Battista Bolognini
Massacre of the Innocents; group of women and children being attacked, two angels at upper left, after Reni
Gian Battista Bolognini
Christ on the cross, Saint John the Baptist at right, Mary Magdelene and the Virgin at left, after Reni
Gian Battista Bolognini
David standing with crossed legs and holding the head of Goliath on a pedestal at left, a sword on the ground, after Reni
Gilles Rousselet
Madonna and Child with Saints Francis and Dominic and Angels
Giulio Cesare Procaccini
Girl carrying a crucifix and stepping toward a pilaster, seen from behind
Guido Reni
Saint Christopher walking with the infant Christ on his right shoulder
Guido Reni
Saint Jerome kneeling on a rock in front of a cross and an open book facing left
Guido Reni
Epileptics Walking to the Left from Pilgrimage of the Epileptics to the Church at Molenbeeck
Hendrick Hondius I
Anna van Bergen (1492–1541) and Her Son Hendrik (born 1519) as the Virgin and Child
Jan Gossart
The Penitent Magdalene (Magdalena Poenitens), from "The Large Landscapes"
Johannes van Doetecum I
Don Gaspar de Guzmán (1587–1645), Count-Duke of Olivares
Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo
Friedrich III (1463–1525), the Wise, Elector of Saxony
Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop
Johann I (1468–1532), the Constant, Elector of Saxony
Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop
Jan (1438/41–1516), First Count of Egmond; Magdalena, Countess of Egmond (1464–1538)
North Netherlandish Painter
Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist
Orsola Maddalena Caccia
Avarice (Avaritia), from the series The Seven Deadly Sins
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Euntes in Emaus (Landscape with Pilgrims at Emmaus), from "The Large Landscapes"
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
St. James and the Magician Hermogenes from The Story of the Magician Hermogenes
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Saint Agapitus of Praeneste in the Arena; (interior) The Beheading of Saint Agapitus of Praeneste
Swiss Painter
Saint Remigius Replenishing the Barrel of Wine; (interior) Saint Remigius and the Burning Wheat
Swiss Painter
Susanna, partly naked and stepping out of a fountain with two elders at left, one of them pulling at her garment, after Reni
Theodor van Kessel
About the The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Renaissance and Baroque collection
The The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s holdings of Renaissance and Baroque painting in New York sit among the most significant surviving collections of pre-modern European art. The works in this group — 234 paintings — span the themes of portrait, religion & mythology, daily life, love & romance, tragedy & death, power & politics and the hands of artists from Adriaen Isenbrant, Andrea Sacchi, Andrea Solario, Andrea di Lione, Annibale Carracci.
If you’re planning a visit, use this page as a starting list of the must-see paintings. If you’re researching from a desk, each painting page goes deeper than a museum label: the patron, the symbolism a 17th-century viewer would have recognised, the technique under the surface, and where the painting fits in The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s longer history.