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National Gallery of Art

10,026 works

Painting of the Holy Family with Mary holding the infant Christ, Joseph with a staff, and a landscape through an arched windo

The Holy Family

Giorgione, probably c. 1500

Panoramic landscape with a storm over a bay on the left, a harbor town with boats and rocky cliffs on the right.

The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine

Antwerp 16th Century, c. 1540

Two hunters on snowshoes chase bison through snowy hills, with a long herd trailing across the winter landscape.

Buffalo Chase in the Snow Drifts - Ojibbeway

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of a peasant family gathered in a dim interior around a barrel, with an old man, a woman, and a boy with a pitcher.

Peasant Interior

Louis Le Nain, c. 1645

Elegant company picnics beneath a large tree with horses and hunting dogs in an open green landscape.

Picnic after the Hunt

Nicolas Lancret, probably c. 1735/1740

Watercolor of a group of painted men in feathered headdresses dancing on grass, some holding spears, bows and a shield.

Amusing Dance - Saukie

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Interior painting of a pope in white and gold robes on a platform, surrounded by cardinals in red, beneath a fresco of nude f

Pope Pius VII in the Sistine Chapel

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1814

Painting of draped women dancing near a dark forest, with a stormy sky and a distant town on rolling hills.

Fantastic Landscape with Figures

Emilian 16th Century, late 16th century

Watercolor of painted, feathered men dancing before conical tents while seated musicians play a drum on the right.

Slaves' Dance - Saukie

George Catlin, 1861

Painting of five singing men in period wigs and a boy in front, reading from open music books beside a bass viol.

The Singing Party

Philip Mercier, c. 1732/1760

Panel painting of two haloed saints healing a woman in bed beside a scene of a saint receiving an object at a doorway.

The Healing of Palladia by Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian

Fra Angelico, c. 1438/1440

Painting of Choctaw men performing an eagle dance in feathered headdresses before tipis and trees, with drummers and onlooker

Eagle Dance - Choctaw

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of saints in a red arcade and a wooded lake scene, one haloed figure reaching toward a figure rising from water.

Saint Benedict Orders Saint Maurus to the Rescue of Saint Placidus

Lippi, Filippo, Fra, c. 1445/1450

Still life painting of a pheasant, a hare, and an orange resting on a stone ledge against a brown background.

Still Life with Game

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, probably 1750s

Painting of painted male dancers in feathered headdresses performing in a line on grass, with a standing figure in a robe and

Dance to the Berdache - Saukie

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of a river harbor with merchants, moored boats, barrels and a hilltop tower under a bright sky.

Landscape with Merchants

Claude Lorrain, c. 1629

Painting of a ruined stone bridge over a river with washerwomen below, a ivy-covered tower, and a soldier on the bank.

The Ponte Salario

Hubert Robert, c. 1775

Painted group of dancers in bear skins and feathered headdresses performing together on grassland under a pale sky.

Bear Dance - K'nisteneux

George Catlin, 1861

Painted river landscape with large trees framing a man poling a boat, reeds, and distant mountains and town under clouds.

River Landscape

Annibale Carracci, c. 1590

Painting of an old prophet ascending in a fiery chariot pulled by white horses while a kneeling man reaches toward him.

Elijah Taken Up in a Chariot of Fire

Giuseppe Angeli, c. 1740/1755

Watercolor of painted men with red feathered headdresses and spears performing a dance on grass under a pale sky.

Discovery Dance - Saukie

George Catlin, 1861

Painting of the Crucifixion with three crosses, mourning figures at left, and armored soldiers with spears and banners.

The Crucifixion

Luca Signorelli, c. 1504/1505

Painting of Apollo pointing at Daphne, who holds laurel branches, beside a bearded river god pouring water from an urn.

Apollo Pursuing Daphne

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1755/1760

Painting of men in feathered headdresses performing a snowshoe dance on snow, holding staffs decorated with feathers.

Snow Shoe Dance - Ojibbeway

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of a woman at a well, a bearded man in orange robes, a kneeling youth, camels, and a distant town under a tree.

Rebecca at the Well

Paolo Veronese, c. 1582/1588

Painting of dead Christ supported by a bearded man in a blue turban, with two winged angels holding a shroud and crown of tho

Pietà (The Dead Christ Mourned by Nicodemus and Two Angels)

Filippino Lippi, c. 1500

Painting of a Choctaw ball-play dance, with lines of dancers on open grassland, seated spectators, poles and rolling hills.

Ball-Play Dance - Choctaw

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Two seated women in polka-dot white dresses on a floral sofa, one holding a fan, in a softly painted interior.

The Sisters

Berthe Morisot, 1869

Group portrait by Stubbs: a man in red coat with horse beside two women under a large oak, with a lake at right.

Captain Samuel Sharpe Pocklington with His Wife, Pleasance, and possibly His Sister, Frances

George Stubbs, 1769

Painted oval scene of canoes with paddlers gathering rice through marsh grasses toward a lake with green hills beyond.

Gathering Wild Rice - Winnebago

George Catlin, 1861/1869