New: Artnap New Tab for Chrome. A museum painting in every new tab. Add to Chrome

National Gallery of Art

25,670 works

Three standing figures in traditional dress on grassland under a pale sky, painted within an oval frame.

Three Creek Indians

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Still life painting of raspberries, peaches, and grapes in a blue bowl, with a hovering bird and a pear tree.

Still Life: Fruit, Bird, and Dwarf Pear Tree

Charles V. Bond, 1856

Seated woman in a brown striped gown and lace bonnet holds a folding fan beside a red table, with books and blue drapery behi

Mrs. Samuel Chandler

Winthrop Chandler, 1780

Two seated men in beaded clothing and feathered headdresses rest on rocks in an open grassland, painted in an oval frame.

Two Choctaw Indians

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Oil painting of ships in choppy green harbor water with an American flag, sailboats, a steamboat, and a green island.

Boston Harbor

Thomas Chambers, mid 19th century

Painting of a river bank with poplar trees, a sailboat, walking figures and a cloudy sky, in loose Impressionist brushwork.

The Banks of the Oise

Alfred Sisley, 1877

Painting of two feathered warriors and a woman in fringed clothing standing on a grassy plain under a pale blue sky.

Two Weeah Warriors and a Woman

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of a yellow-sailed packet ship passing a stone fort and hillside town in a green harbor at sunset.

Packet Ship Passing Castle Williams, New York Harbor

Thomas Chambers, mid 19th century

Painting of a crowded masked ball with men in top hats, masked women in black dominoes, and a harlequin in an opera house.

Masked Ball at the Opera

Édouard Manet, 1873

Painting of a group of Seminole figures in feathered headdresses and beaded clothing on grass, within an oval frame.

Seminolee Indians, Prisoners at Fort Moultrie

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Portrait of a woman with curled hair, white lace collar and dark dress, holding a red and gold book against a grey background

Woman Holding a Book

Erastus Salisbury Field, c. 1835

Woman in a blue dress with a dog and book sits beside a girl in white reaching toward an iron railing.

The Railway

Édouard Manet, 1873

Painting of Osceola and four Seminole people on a grassy plain, a standing man holding a rifle, a seated man, women and a chi

Osceola and Four Seminolee Indians

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of shirtless bare-knuckle boxers in a roped outdoor ring surrounded by a crowd of men in top hats and bowlers.

Bare Knuckles

George A. Hayes, c. 1870/1885

Painting of Christ with halo and disciples in red, yellow and green robes on a stone platform before a colonnade.

Christ Instructing Peter and John to Prepare for the Passover

Vincenzo Civerchio, 1504

Two standing men in fringed traditional dress, one holding a feathered staff and the other a rifle, in an oval-framed grassy

Two Cherokee Chiefs

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of lion, ox, leopard, wolf and lambs resting together with children in a wooded landscape by a river.

Peaceable Kingdom

Edward Hicks, c. 1834

Painting of a matador in black costume and white stockings lying dead on the floor beside a pink cape.

The Dead Bullfighter

Édouard Manet, 1864

Three Native American men in traditional dress holding wooden sticks on open grassland, shown in an oval inset painting.

Kickapoo Indians Preaching and Praying

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Still life of a woven basket of grapes, pear, plums, peach and watermelon, with a green parrot on a branch.

Basket of Fruit with Parrot

A.M. Randall, 1777

Seated woman in pink dress and lace shawl beneath a tree in an open landscape, painted in soft, loose brushwork.

Portrait of Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Thomas Gainsborough, 1785

Three Indigenous figures in traditional dress stand on grass in an oval vignette, one wearing a feathered headdress.

Three Potowotomie Indians

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Full-length portrait of a young boy in a red coat and white wig with a greyhound standing beside him.

J. M. Stolle

Unknown artist, c. 1734/1735

Oil portrait of a man in a white wig and dark naval-style coat with gold braid, holding a hat before a dim landscape.

Captain Robert Calder

Lemuel Francis Abbott, 1787

Painting of Shawano Indians: a woman, two men in feathered headdresses, a man with a pipe, and two children on grassland.

Shawano Indians

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Indian Tobacco Shop Sign [obverse, Indian facing left]

Unknown artist, second half 19th century

Painting of the Annunciation: a winged angel kneels before the seated Virgin Mary in a gilded arched interior.

Annunciation

Masolino da Panicale, 1423

Painting of a feathered warrior with a woman and a boy with a bow on the prairie, tipis in the background.

A K'nisteneux Warrior and Family

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Indian Tobacco Shop Sign [reverse, Indian facing right]

Unknown artist, second half 19th century

Angel of the Annunciation

Masolino da Panicale, 1450