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National Gallery of Art

25,760 works

Painting of a church with clock tower engulfed in flames at night, with a crowd of silhouetted onlookers and an American flag

Burning of Old South Church, Bath, Maine

John Hilling, 1854

Painting of two young children in white and blue dresses seated before red drapes, one holding a rattle, with a rose garden a

The Herbert Children

Lambert Sachs, 1857

Painting of a rural crowd in period dress scutching flax beside log cabins, a stone chimney, and a haystack.

Flax Scutching Bee

Linton Park, 1885

Painting of figures gathered by a riverbank beside a carriage, with a fallen figure, sailboats on the water, and a large tree

The Exhumation

Linton Park, 1890

Painting of a polar bear attacking a seal on ice floes, with a sailing ship and icebergs in the distance.

Law of the Wild

Charles S. Raleigh, 1881

Naive painting of two horses and four cows beside a gray barn, with a white house with green shutters behind a fence.

The Barnyard

Amzi Emmons Zeliff, 1850

Oil portrait of a man in a black hat and fur-trimmed coat before a green curtain, with a village landscape at right.

Portrait of a Nobleman

Nicolaus Kremer, 1529

Painting of a wounded woman reclining in red silk, supported by an older man, with a young hunter and bow beside her.

Silvio with the Wounded Dorinda

Two fishermen haul a net on a riverbank beside a boat, with a town skyline and spires under a cloudy sky.

Hauling the Net, with a View of Zwolle

Dirk Hardenstein, 1663

Oil portrait of a man with powdered hair, dark coat and white cravat against a dark background with red drapery.

John Peck

John Johnston, 1795

Painted double portrait of a seated man in a gold coat and a boy in black with a ruffled collar, before red drapery.

Father and Son

Jonathan Budington, 1800

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a black dress, lace collar and gold necklace, holding a red fan in an upholstered gold chai

Elizabeth Oakes Prince Smith (Mrs. Seba Smith)

John Wesley Paradise, 1845

Portrait of a man in a navy uniform with red collar, gold braid, and a sword, against a gray-green background.

John Harrisson

Frederick Mayhew, 1823

Painting of a seated woman in a white bonnet holding a toddler in a white dress with blue ribbons, against a dark background.

Mrs. John Harrisson and Daughter

Frederick Mayhew, 1823

Folk portrait of a young child in a yellow dress holding a leash beside a white dog, with a harbor and town behind.

Joshua Lamb

Abram Ross Stanley, 1842

Portrait of a woman in pink dress and blue shawl holding a book, with a harbor city view and painted frame in background.

Eliza Wells

Abram Ross Stanley, 1840

Oil portrait of a seated boy in a red velvet jacket and white collar, holding a riding crop, with a distant landscape.

Portrait of a Young Horsewoman

Charles David, 1839

Painting of a man in a top hat driving a chestnut trotting horse in a two-wheeled sulky on a racetrack.

The Trotter

Charles S. Humphreys, 1860

Painting of a bay horse pulling a red racing sulky driven by a man in a checked cap on a dirt track.

Budd Doble Driving Goldsmith Maid at Belmont Driving Park

Charles S. Humphreys, 1876

Naive painting of two uniformed officers seated on a log beside a log cabin and palisade fence, with tall trees.

Marion Feasting the British Officer on Sweet Potatoes

George Washington Mark, 1848

Two girls in matching red dresses stand before dark trees, with a small house and pink sky in the distance.

Sisters in Red

Sturtevant J. Hamblin, 1840

Painting of three children: a boy in a dark suit and two girls in matching blue dresses with white lace trim.

The Younger Generation

Sturtevant J. Hamblin, 1850

Painted panorama of the Berks County Almshouse with surrounding farmland, cattle, carriages, and smaller vignettes of outbuil

Berks County Almshouse, 1878

Charles C. Hofmann, 1878

Oil painting of a wooded landscape with a wooden gate, a leaning autumn tree, picnickers at left and two donkeys at right.

Landscape with Picnickers and Donkeys by a Gate

Joseph Paul, 1830

Painted bird's-eye view of the Berks County Almshouse with brick buildings, gardens, grazing cows, and smaller framed scenes.

Berks County Almshouse, 1895

Louis Mader, 1895

Painting of a galloping bay horse in a field, with a steam locomotive and train passing in the distance under cloudy skies.

The Neigh of an Iron Horse

Joseph Anderson Faris, 1860

Painting of a mourning woman beside an inscribed memorial stone, with a willow tree, village church, and sunset sky.

Eaton Family Memorial

Samuel Jordan, 1831

Still life painting of red cherries in a wooden bowl and spilled on a reflective table against an olive background.

Red Cherries

Robert Spear Dunning, 1866

Still life painting of a wineglass, two peaches, and green grapes on a carved wooden table against a brown background.

Still Life, Wineglass, Two Peaches

Robert Spear Dunning

Painting of a large American frigate under full sail on rough green seas, with a distant naval engagement and smoke on the ho

The United States Frigate "President" Engaging the British Squadron, 1815

Fitz Henry Lane, 1850