American Paintings

Public domain works from The Met's American Paintings and Sculpture dept. Not associated with The Met Museum. 

[met-american-paintings]

Floral Urn (from Sketchbook), John William Casilear, American Paintings and Sculpture

Purchase, Gift of William Gedney Bunce, by exchange, 1979 Size: Dimensions unavailable Medium: Graphite on paper

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/16518

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Floor tile, late 16th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Fletcher Fund, 1927 Size: 5 ¼ × 5 ¼ in. (13.3 × 13.3 cm) Medium: Tin-glazed earthenware

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/196217

[met-american-paintings]

M.T. Webb, Unknown Artist, ca. 1830, American Paintings and Sculpture

Gift of Elle Shushan, in honor of Carrie Barratt and Lori Zabar, 2009 Size: Sight: 2 5/8 x 3 3/16 in. (6.7 x 8.1 cm) Locket: 3 9/16 x 2 5/8 in. (9 x 6.7 cm) Case: 4 7/16 x 3 3/8 in. (11.3 x 8.6 cm) Medium: Watercolor on ivory

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/20398

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Outline of Trees, Figure, and Canoe (from Sketchbook X), William Trost Richards, 1885, American Paintings and Sculpture

Purchase, Gifts in memory of Stephen D. Rubin, 1992 Size: 5 x 7 1/2 in. (12.7 x 19.1 cm) Medium: Graphite on off-white wove paper

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/14126

[met-american-paintings]

Study for "The Landing of Columbus on San Salvador, October 12, 1492": Roderigo Sánchez of Segovia, John Vanderlyn, ca. 1840–43, American Paintings and Sculpture

Morris K. Jesup Fund, 1989 Size: 24 3/16 x 18 7/16 in. (61.4 x 46.8 cm) Medium: Charcoal and white chalk (lightly affixed) on light gray laid paper

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/13380

[slam-american]

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, John McCrady, 1937, Saint Louis Art Museum: American Art

https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/33997/

[met-greekroman-art]

Terracotta statuette of a woman, late 3rd–2nd century B.C., Metropolitan Museum of Art: Greek and Roman Art

Rogers Fund, 1913 Size: H. 12 5/8 in. (32.1 cm) Medium: Terracotta

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/248792

[met-american-paintings]

Miss Muir, Joseph Wood, American Paintings and Sculpture

Gift of Gloria Manney, 2006 Size: 2 15/16 x 2 3/8 in. (7.4 x 6 cm) Medium: Watercolor on ivory

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/15241

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Portrait of an Old Gentleman, James Sanford Ellsworth, ca. 1840–45, American Paintings and Sculpture

Bequest of Mary Martin, 1938 Size: Sight: 3 1/8 x 2 5/8 in. (7.9 x 6.7 cm) Medium: Watercolor on paper

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/19159

[met-american-paintings]

Landscape with Clouds, Arthur B. Davies, American Paintings and Sculpture

Gift of A. W. Bahr, 1958 Size: 6 1/8 x 10 9/16 in. (15.6 x 26.8 cm) Medium: Pastel and black chalk on green-gray wove paper

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10662

[met-american-paintings]

North Battery or "Red Fort", ca. 1835, American Paintings and Sculpture

The Edward W. C. Arnold Collection of New York Prints, Maps, and Pictures, Bequest of Edward W. C. Arnold, 1954 Size: 9 x 14 1/2 in. (22.9 x 36.8 cm) Medium: Paste, gouache, and fixative on off-white Bristol board prepared with pumice ("sand paper")

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/14432

[bm-american-art]

Venus, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, 1859, Brooklyn Museum: American Art

Size: Sheet: 9 11/16 x 12 7/8 in. (24.6 x 32.7 cm) Image: 6 x 8 7/8 in. (15.2 x 22.5 cm) Medium: Etching

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/33785

[met-american-paintings]

Sketches of Two Women, a Man Fighting a Beast, Two Furniture Fragments (from Sketchbook), Thomas Sully, 1810–20, American Paintings and Sculpture

Rogers Fund, 1953 Size: 9 x 11 1/2 in. (22.9 x 29.2 cm) Medium: Ink, graphite on paper

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/16462

[met-european-paintings]

Still Life with a Glass and Oysters, Jan Davidsz de Heem, ca. 1640, European Paintings

Purchase, 1871 Size: 9 7/8 x 7 ½ in. (25.1 x 19.1 cm) Medium: Oil on wood

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436636

[met-american-paintings]

Civita Castellana and Mount Soracte, 1852, Russell Smith, 1852, American Paintings and Sculpture

Purchase, Gift of Edward D. Adams, by exchange, 1981 Size: 7 3/16 x 11 7/8 in. (18.3 x 30.2 cm) Medium: Oil on wove paper

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/12619

[met-american-paintings]

New York Bay and Harbor, J. C. Wales, ca. 1883, American Paintings and Sculpture

The Edward W. C. Arnold Collection of New York Prints, Maps, and Pictures, Bequest of Edward W. C. Arnold, 1954 Size: 21 1/2 x 35 1/2 in. (53.8 x 89.4 cm) Medium: Oil on canvas

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/13106

[met-american-paintings]

Humphry Howland, Nathaniel Rogers, ca. 1822, American Paintings and Sculpture

The Moses Lazarus Collection, Gift of Josephine and Sarah Lazarus, in memory of their father, 1888–95 Size: 2 7/8 x 2 1/4 in. (7.3 x 5.7 cm) Medium: Watercolor on ivory

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/11944