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National Gallery of Art

25,760 works

Painting of a robed figure walking on stormy waves toward a figure in a billowing cloak, with a boat and trees framing the sc

Christ at the Sea of Galilee

Alessandro Magnasco, 1740

Painted portrait of a young man with long auburn hair in a black cap and red coat against a dark teal background.

Portrait of a youth

Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio, 1495

Oil still life of a flower bouquet in a gilded urn beside grapes, a pineapple and peaches on a marble ledge.

Still Life with Flowers in an Alabaster Vase and Fruit

Anne Vallayer-Coster, 1783

Painting of a harbor with riders, cattle and goats on a shore beside a ship and a cliff topped by a fortress.

View of an Italian Port

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, 1660

Pen drawing of Dutch warships with flags and sails on rough sea, with rowboats and dolphins in the foreground.

Dutch Ships near the Coast

Willem van de Velde the Elder, 1650

Painting of a man in a red cap smoking a pipe, seated on barrels at dusk beside a wooden shed.

Mississippi Boatman

George Caleb Bingham, 1850

Oil painting of a thatched cottage with figures at its doorway, large trees, a wooden fence, and a distant landscape under a

Cottage Scenery

George Caleb Bingham, 1845

Men dance and play fiddle on a wooden flatboat drifting on a calm river at dusk, with wooded hills behind.

The Jolly Flatboatmen

George Caleb Bingham, 1846

Young couple in 18th-century dress, the man reading a letter in an elegant interior with a globe and inlaid cabinet.

I Reread Them with Pleasure

Marguerite Gérard, 1788

Woman in white satin reclines on a gold sofa beside armor and a sword, while a servant holds a tray in a paneled room.

Deserved Sorrows

Marguerite Gérard, 1788

Painting of Saint Margaret kneeling before an executioner and a dragon, with the Virgin and Child and angels above in clouds.

Martyrdom of Saint Margaret

Giuseppe Cesari, 1608

Painting of two windmills beside a canal and white railed bridge under a cloudy sky, with a rowboat on the water.

View of the Mill and Bridge on the Noordwest Buitensingel in The Hague

Jacob Maris, 1873

Saint Jerome with a halo reads a red book on a rock beside a cave with a lion, with a river and mountains behind.

Saint Jerome Reading

Alvise Vivarini, 1476

Half-length portrait of a man with shoulder-length reddish hair and a dark cap, looking forward against a dark background.

Portrait of a Man

Alvise Vivarini, 1495

Painting of a red-clad explorer standing in a boat with a white flag, approaching shore beside tall ships and palm trees.

The Landing of Columbus

Edward Hicks, 1837

Painting of colonial men and Native Americans meeting beneath a tree by a river, with a scroll and an inscription below.

Penn's Treaty with the Indians

Edward Hicks, 1840

Painted portrait of a young girl in a red dress and lace bonnet, arms folded, against a dark landscape.

Portrait of a Child

Edward Hicks, 1840

Painting of a rocky valley with evergreen trees, a green meadow, a pale pool, and a distant sea under a bright sky.

The Last Valley - Paradise Rocks

John La Farge, 1867

Painting of flowers in a dark bowl on a window ledge, with white drapery and a blurred garden view beyond.

Flowers on a Window Ledge

John La Farge, 1861

Night landscape with a moonlit canal, arched stone bridge, distant town with church tower, and tall trees under dark clouds.

Moonlit Landscape with Bridge

Aert van der Neer, 1648

Oil painting of an old man gesturing to a seated couple in rich robes beside a donkey, dog, and ruins under a pink sky.

The Levite at Gibeah

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1640

Oil portrait of an elderly woman in a white bonnet, black dress and lace collar against a brown background.

Portrait of an Old Woman

Maerten de Vos, 1556

Painting of a splintered fallen tree trunk with torn bark lying across a dim forest floor with ferns and twigs.

Fallen Tree

Alexandre Calame, 1839

Painting of patchwork fields on rolling hills with a blue mountain range and calm lake under a pale sky.

Swiss Landscape

Alexandre Calame, 1830

Night view of an elevated railway curving past lit buildings toward a distant pink-lit city skyline under a purple sky.

The City from Greenwich Village

John Sloan, 1922

Painting of diners at a café table under a striped awning, with a woman carrying fruit and a bearded man smoking.

Yeats at Petitpas

John Sloan, 1910

Painting of a sailboat in a calm bay with breaking waves on rocks, rocky headlands, and a warm hazy sky.

Rio de Janeiro Bay

Martin Johnson Heade, 1864

Painting of a windswept dirt road past a leaning bare tree, broken wooden gate, and dune under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with Open Gate

Pieter de Molijn, 1630

Painting of villagers and a rider halting outside a rustic inn beside a dirt road, with a church tower in the distance.

The Halt at the Inn

Isaac van Ostade, 1645

Portrait of a young man in spectacles resting his hand on a terracotta pot with a flowering red geranium.

Rubens Peale with a Geranium

Rembrandt Peale, 1801