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National Gallery of Art

10,026 works

Genre scene of a couple dancing in a tavern courtyard under vines, with musicians, diners, and a barrel.

The Dancing Couple

Jan Steen, 1663

Painting of nude Venus embracing Adonis, who holds a spear beside hunting dogs, with Cupid and a rainbow in the background.

Venus and Adonis

Titian, c. 1540s/c. 1560-1565

Painting of three Menomonie figures in traditional dress, a man with feathered headdress holding a pipe, standing on grasslan

Menomonie Chief, His Wife, and Son

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of a Venice canal with gondolas, sailboats, a white domed church and a bell tower under a bright blue sky.

Venice: The Dogana and San Giorgio Maggiore

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1834

Two women converse in a decorated room with a green sofa, pink cushions, framed paintings and a gilt mirror.

A Friendly Call

William Merritt Chase, 1895

Painting of an seated elderly man smoking a pipe beside two standing young men in feathered headdresses on open grassland.

Old Menomonie Chief with Two Young Beaux

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Hazy moonlit harbor with masted ships, small rowboats, and glowing fires on the right bank under a pale sky.

Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Moonlight

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1835

Painting of Christ's baptism by John the Baptist in a turbulent rocky river landscape, with an angel and trees framing the sc

The Baptism of Christ

Alessandro Magnasco, c. 1740

Watercolor of two Ottoe chiefs in feathered headdresses and a woman carrying a child on her back on the plains.

Two Ottoe Chiefs and a Woman

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Stormy seascape with sailing boats and a rowing boat in rough waves under dark clouds, by J. M. W. Turner, 1807.

The Junction of the Thames and the Medway

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1807

Painting of a stormy sea with two figures in robes, one walking on water, windblown trees, and a distant ship under clouds.

Christ at the Sea of Galilee

Alessandro Magnasco, c. 1740

Painting of three Indigenous figures and a child on grassland, one holding a feathered spear, under a pale sky.

Weeco Chief, His Wife, and a Warrior

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of the Last Supper with apostles at a white-draped table, gilded statues flanking an arched doorway, and servants at

The Last Supper

Sebastiano Ricci, 1713/1714

Painting of an angel kneeling with a lily while the Virgin Mary kneels in a blue mantle, with a dove above.

The Annunciation

Lippi, Filippo, Fra, c. 1435/1440

Three Piankeshaw figures in traditional dress stand on grass: a woman with a beaded bag, a man with a staff, and a man in a b

Three Piankeshaw Indians

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Lunette painting of a crowned figure placing a crown on a kneeling veiled woman, flanked by angels and red drapery.

The Coronation of the Virgin

Filippino Lippi, c. 1475

Painting of an imaginary harbor with sailing ships, a stone bridge, ruined tower, classical columns and figures on the shore.

Capriccio of a Harbor

Francesco Guardi, c. 1760/1770

Painting of a man in a dark coat, an older woman in a fringed robe, and a boy with a feather and bow on a grassy plain.

Kaskaskia Chief, His Mother, and Son

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of a nude woman with a flower wreath beside a tablet and book, surrounded by deer, birds, dogs and a flamingo in a f

Circe and Her Lovers in a Landscape

Dosso Dossi, c. 1525

Still life with peaches in a basket, plums, a brown stoneware jug, and a glass of water on a table.

Fruit, Jug, and a Glass

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, c. 1726/1728

Three Native American men in traditional dress with feathered headdresses stand before a river and waterfall in an oval vigne

Seneca Chief, Red Jacket, with Two Warriors

George Catlin, 1861/1869

In Church

Honoré Daumier, 1855/1857

Painting of a bearded elderly man with outstretched arms seated with three young women before golden relief roundels.

Job and His Daughters

William Blake, 1799/1800

Three figures in painted robes and feathered headdress stand and kneel on grass against a soft sky.

Puncah Indians

George Catlin, 1861

Painting of a banquet with seated men around a table and a nude woman carrying a platter of fruit, in warm browns.

Feast of the Gods

Honoré Daumier, c. 1849/1850, with later additions by other hands

Four boys sail a small boat named Gloucester through choppy sea, with a distant schooner under a cloudy sky.

Breezing Up (A Fair Wind)

Winslow Homer, 1873-1876

Painting of a Native American chief with a feathered spear, surrounded by family members, dog, and tipis on the plains.

Puncah Chief Surrounded by His Family

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Corot landscape of a wooded stream with women and a child on the grassy bank and a figure in the trees.

The Eel Gatherers

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1860/1865

Painting of a shaded forest stream winding between pale rock cliffs and tall trees, with mossy stones in the water.

The Stream (Le Ruisseau du Puits-Noir; vallée de la Loue)

Gustave Courbet, 1855

Watercolor of a man with a feathered headdress and spear flanked by a child and a woman in blankets, against a blue sky.

Ottowa Chief, His Wife, and a Warrior

George Catlin, 1861/1869