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National Gallery of Art

25,760 works

Painting of a tall Gothic church nave with stone columns, a brass chandelier, and small figures on the stone floor.

The Interior of the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam

Emanuel de Witte, 1660

Painting of a calm harbor with sailboats, a rocky cliff on the right, and a figure fishing at its base under a clear sky.

Beacon Rock, Newport Harbor

John Frederick Kensett, 1857

Painting of a river valley with cliffs and mountains, with a painter at an easel on a rocky ledge in the foreground.

The Juniata, Evening

Thomas Moran, 1864

Painting of riders and pack animals crossing a plain toward river and glowing sandstone cliffs under a low sun.

Green River Cliffs, Wyoming

Thomas Moran, 1881

Painting of the Lamentation: mourners surround the dead Christ on a hillside, with three crosses and a river landscape behind

Lamentation

Andrea Solari, 1505

Painting of the Last Supper with figures seated at a long white-draped table in an ornate arched interior with a gilded chand

The Last Supper

Sebastiano Ricci, 1713

Painting of classical ruins with columns, a sculpted fountain, a marble lion and figures gathered in the foreground.

Memorial to Admiral Sir Clowdisley Shovell

Sebastiano Ricci, 1725

Oil sketch of Saint Helena with workmen raising a cross, watched by angels and putti against a bright sky.

Hl. Helena findet das Heilige Kreuz, Entwurf

Sebastiano Ricci, 1732

Painting of angels in clouds above a robed saint and kneeling figures, including a mother holding a child, on a stone step.

A Miracle of Saint Francis of Paola

Sebastiano Ricci, 1732

Painting of a kneeling bearded priest in red robes gazing up at the Virgin and Child amid clouds and cherubs.

Madonna and Child Appearing to Saint Philip Neri

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1725

Painting of a veiled woman in a dark habit with eyes closed, beside a crucifix and a small dog, under a cloudy sky.

Saint Margaret of Cortona

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1737

Cattle and herdsmen wade through a river beside an arched stone bridge and ruined tower at sunset.

The Tiber River with the Ponte Molle at Sunset

Jan Asselijn, 1650

Oil painting of a harvest field in a valley, with haystacks, cattle, willows, and sunlit storm clouds over distant mountains.

Harvest Scene in the Delaware Valley

George Inness, 1867

Dim forest clearing at dusk, warm light on tree trunks, grassy ground and a rocky mound in the background.

Sunset in the Woods

George Inness, 1891

Landscape painting of a winding river, stone bridge and distant town below a hillside of trees, with a woman and child in the

View of the Tiber near Perugia

George Inness, 1872

Painting of a golden sunset over a calm lake, with green hillsides, a bare tree, and a goat in the foreground.

Lake Albano, Sunset

George Inness, 1874

Painting of elegantly dressed spectators in top hats and long dresses watching horse races at a green racecourse.

The Races at Longchamp

Jean-Louis Forain, 1891

Painting of a young ballet dancer in a pale tutu beside a man in top hat and evening dress, with flowers at left.

Behind the Scenes

Jean-Louis Forain, 1880

Pastel sketch of a woman in a dark hat with a child's head resting against her, on yellow-green tinted paper.

Sketch of a Woman

Jean-Louis Forain, 1885

Painting of a racecourse with riders on horseback, elegantly dressed figures in conversation, and billowing clouds over green

The Race Track

Jean-Louis Forain, 1891

Painting of a dim courtroom with seated men, a standing robed lawyer, and a woman in green holding a paper on a bench.

The Petition

Jean-Louis Forain, 1906

Painting of a woman in red fishing at a reedy pond at sunset, with a second woman, a dog and a flock of birds.

The Artist's Wife Fishing

Jean-Louis Forain, 1896

Painting of a woman in a white gown dancing with a man in red in a garden, watched by elegant spectators.

La Camargo Dancing

Nicolas Lancret, 1730

Elegant figures picnic beneath a large tree after a hunt, with horses and hounds nearby and open countryside beyond.

Picnic after the Hunt

Nicolas Lancret, 1735

Painting of a large cod on a patterned plate beside a brass urn, with small fish on a dark table.

An English Cod

William Merritt Chase, 1904

Painting of figures in white dresses gathering flowers in a sunlit meadow with a green parasol and distant sea.

Gathering Autumn Flowers

William Merritt Chase, 1894

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

A Friendly Call

William Merritt Chase, 1895

Loose oil sketch of a seated nude woman seen from behind, with dark hair, red and white drapery, and brown background.

Nude

William Merritt Chase, 1901

Painting of Christ's baptism by a turbulent river, with John the Baptist, an angel, bright light and stormy landscape.

The Baptism of Christ

Alessandro Magnasco, 1740

Painting of men gathered around a music stand with open sheet music beneath stone arches and columns.

The Choristers

Alessandro Magnasco, 1740