| Ia Orana Maria (Ave Maria) | |
| Artist: | Paul Gauguin |
| Year: | 1891 |
| Medium: | Oil on canvas |
| Height Metric: | 114 |
| Width Metric: | 88 |
| City: | New York |
| Museum: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Ia Orana Maria (Ave Maria) is an 1891 oil on canvas painting by Paul Gauguin, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. It is one of the first works in his Tahitian period and shows two Polynesians (centre) greeting the Madonna and Child.[1]