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National Gallery of Art

2,569 works

Painting of hooded figures kneeling before a reclining man with a skull-topped staff, within a colonnaded interior.

The Adoration of the Skulls

Michel-François Dandré-Bardon, c. 1733/1734

Oval oil sketch of a man lifted toward heaven by angels against a blue sky, with a sea visible at lower left.

Saint Roch Carried to Heaven by Angels

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1735/1745

Painting of Christ driving merchants and money changers out of a colonnaded temple with a bright sky beyond the arch.

Christ Cleansing the Temple

El Greco, probably before 1570

Painting of an elderly bearded man in pink robes reaching toward heavenly light, with an eagle and winged angels above.

Saint John the Evangelist on Patmos

Titian, c. 1553/1555

Painting of the Annunciation: an angel with a lily and the Virgin in blue beside a lectern, with God and a dove above.

The Annunciation

Paolo Veronese, c. 1583/1584

Painting of the Holy Family with Saint Anne and infant John the Baptist against a swirling blue and grey sky.

The Holy Family with Saint Anne and the Infant John the Baptist

El Greco, c. 1595/1600

Medieval altarpiece painting of Christ ascending above kneeling Mary and apostles on a rocky hill, gold background.

The Ascension

Johann Koerbecke, 1456/1457

Painting of a wounded man tended by two women in a forest clearing, with two angels flying above among the trees.

Saint Sebastian Succored by the Holy Women

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1874

Nativity scene with kneeling Virgin Mary, nude Christ Child, Saint Joseph, ox and donkey in a stable, gold halos.

The Adoration of the Christ Child

; Bicci di Lorenzo Anonymous, c. 1440/1445

Russian icon of the Crucifixion with a silver riza, surrounded by saints in gold halos and a town skyline behind.

The Crucifixion

Unknown artist, 19th century

Oil sketch of two women in white headscarves reading a book with a child, a kneeling figure, and a golden hazy landscape.

The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and Saint John the Baptist

David Wilkie, 1841

Gold-ground painting of the Crucifixion with Christ on the cross, angels, grieving women and John, and soldiers at right.

The Crucifixion

Bernardo Daddi, c. 1320/1325

Painting of Saint Sebastian, bound and pierced by arrows, gazing upward against a black background with stone reliefs below.

Saint Sebastian

Amico Aspertini, c. 1505

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child, with two cherub heads above and a landscape with castle and deer behind

Madonna and Child

Vittore Carpaccio, c. 1505/1510

Saint Helena holds a wooden cross in a landscape with a hilltop town, wearing a gold crown and red mantle.

Saint Helena

Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano, c. 1495

Painting of Christ crucified with a crown of thorns, flanked by three mourners in a dark landscape under a night sky.

The Small Crucifixion

Matthias Grünewald, c. 1511/1520

Painting of the Annunciation: an angel with a sceptre greets a seated woman reading, with a white dove and lilies.

The Annunciation

Juan de Flandes, c. 1508/1519

Gold-ground panel of the Crucifixion with Christ, angels, the Virgin, Saint John and two kneeling donors in prayer.

The Crucifixion

Master of Saint Veronica, c. 1400/1410

Renaissance Nativity with infant Christ, the Virgin, kneeling saints and angels in clouds above.

The Nativity

Perino del Vaga, 1534

Painting of the Nativity: kneeling Virgin in blue mantle, infant Christ, Saint Joseph, ox and donkey, angel with scroll above

The Nativity

Juan de Flandes, c. 1508/1519

Painted interior of a Gothic cathedral with pink-ribbed vaults, a dark marble altarpiece with statues, and a tiled floor.

Cathedral of Saint John at 's-Hertogenbosch

Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, 1646

Painting of the dead Christ mourned by the Virgin and companions, with crosses and a river landscape behind.

Lamentation

Andrea Solario, c. 1505-1507

Virgin Mary holds the Christ Child while a kneeling king offers a gold casket beneath a star, with attendants and a processio

The Adoration of the Magi

Juan de Flandes, c. 1508/1519

Painting of a rider on a white horse fallen amid soldiers, with a glowing angel in clouds above a distant landscape.

The Conversion of Saint Paul

Jacopo Tintoretto, c. 1544

Painting of the Virgin Mary rising on clouds with angels, while apostles gaze up beside a carved stone tomb below.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Juan de Valdés Leal, c. 1658/1660

Painting of Christ being baptized in a river by John the Baptist, with a dove above and an angel holding a green cloth.

The Baptism of Christ

Juan de Flandes, c. 1508/1519

Painting of the Madonna and Child with angel musicians and kneeling family portraits under a classical colonnade.

Doge Alvise Mocenigo and Family before the Madonna and Child

Jacopo Tintoretto, c. 1575

Painting of a haloed saint holding a palm frond beside a kneeling bearded donor in black, with a balustrade and sky.

Saint Lucy and a Donor

Paolo Veronese, c. 1585/1595

Madonna in blue mantle and white veil holds a curly-haired Christ Child with a red scarf against a gold background.

Madonna and Child

Domenico Ghirlandaio, c. 1470/1475

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the nude Christ Child standing on a cushion on a marble ledge, against a blue sky.

Madonna and Child

Marco Zoppo, c. 1467/1468