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National Gallery of Art

10,026 works

Impressionist painting of figures carrying baskets along a grassy path toward a thatched cottage and village under a cloudy s

The Mussel Harvest

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1879

Painting of Christ seated by a brick well speaking with a woman holding a water jug, with a town and mountains behind.

Christ and the Woman of Samaria

Unknown artist, c. 1720/1740

Watercolor of Indigenous figures fishing by a river, with a woman holding a fish and a blanketed man standing nearby.

Flathead Indians

George Catlin, 1861

Painting of a bullfight in a sandy ring, with a charging bull, capemen in red and blue, and a dense crowd in the stands.

The Bullfight

Eugenio Lucas Villamil, c. 1890/1900

Painting of sailing yachts racing among steamboats and American flags on a choppy blue sea under a cloudy sky.

Imaginary Regatta of America's Cup Winners

Unknown artist, 1889 or after

Four Indigenous figures on a grassy plain under cloudy skies, one wearing a feathered headdress and draped blanket, painted i

Four Flathead Indians

George Catlin, 1855/1869

Painting of the Last Supper with a haloed central figure, gold light rays, and disciples gathered around a long table.

The Last Supper

William Blake, 1799

Painting of a young man in red and green clothing beside a column and silver urn of flowers on a marble terrace.

Young Man on a Terrace

Unknown artist, c. 1730

Oval painting of a Flathead man, boy, and seated family beside a lodge with hanging pelts and fish on the ground.

A Flathead Chief with His Family

George Catlin, 1855/1869

Painted fête galante with elegant figures gathered in a wooded park beside a stone terrace and a reclining sculpted nude.

On the Terrace

Jean-Baptiste Pater, c. 1730/1735

Naive painting of a valley farm with red-roofed barns, horses, cattle, chickens, fenced fields, and blue mountains behind.

Mahantango Valley Farm

Unknown artist, late 19th century

Painting of two standing men and a woman with an infant on open grassland, the men in feathered headdresses and blankets.

Nayas Indian Chief, His Wife, and a Warrior

George Catlin, 1855/1869

Painting of a calm pond with willow trees, a woman with a bundle, a seated figure, and pale houses on the far shore.

Ville-d'Avray

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, c. 1865

Painting of a hunting party with mounted riders, hounds, and a rising sun over hills, c. 1800.

The Start of the Hunt

Unknown artist, c. 1800

Oval watercolor of a man and woman beside a tepee under trees, with hides drying and a canoe on the water at right.

Nayas Indians

George Catlin, 186[2?]

Two children seated on a green cushion before red drapery, with a rose bush and river view behind them.

The Herbert Children

Lambert Sachs, 1857

Night forest scene with hunting dogs, seated men in top hats, and two standing hunters with a lantern under a moonlit sky.

Coon Hunt

Unknown artist, third quarter 19th century

Painting of an older Indigenous man with a rifle, a woman in a painted robe, and a crouching child beside a river.

An Old Nayas Indian, His Granddaughter, and a Boy

George Catlin, 1855/1869

Painting of two horses beside a gray barn, with cows in a yard and a white house with green shutters behind a fence.

The Barnyard

Amzi Emmons Zeliff, late 19th century

Painting of riders and hounds chasing across a field past a split-rail fence and red farm buildings, with trees and mountains

The End of the Hunt

Unknown artist, c. 1800

Two young men with feathered headdresses stand on a riverbank with paddles, while a canoe with three figures floats behind th

Two Young Hyda Men

George Catlin, 1855/1869

Naive painting of a river valley with a castle, marching red-coated soldiers, a steamboat, sailboats and a distant town.

Mounting of the Guard

Redpath, mid 19th century

Folk painting of a standing man in blue with shackles beside an American flag, a mounted rider, an obelisk, palms and a river

Allegory of Freedom

Unknown artist, 1863 or after

Painting of three men in feathered headdresses outdoors, one holding a bow, one a shield, one a long pipe.

Three Young Chinook Men

George Catlin, 1855/1869

Allegorical painting of a winged woman driving a chariot past mounted soldiers and a crowd toward a domed capitol building.

Emancipation Proclamation

A.A. Lamb, 1864 or after

Naive painting of a white village with church steeples, green hills, large trees, and three sailing ships on water.

New England Village

Unknown artist, early 19th century

Three figures in feathered headdresses with spear and staff, and a seated woman holding an infant, against a pale blue sky.

Klahoquaht Chief, His Wife, and Son

George Catlin, 1855/1869

Naive painting of a farmstead with barn, farmhouse, white fences, a dirt road and a creek under a yellow sky.

View of Benjamin Reber's Farm

Charles C. Hofmann, 1872

Painting of hooded figures kneeling before a reclining man with a skull-topped staff, within a colonnaded interior.

The Adoration of the Skulls

Michel-François Dandré-Bardon, c. 1733/1734

Painting of four Indigenous figures, three men with feathered headdresses and paddles, and a woman with arrows and a child.

Klatsop Indians

George Catlin, 1855/1869