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National Gallery of Art

25,670 works

Painting of four Apache figures in feathered headdresses and fringed clothing, with a woman carrying an infant, on a green an

Four Apachee Indians

George Catlin, 1855/1869

Loose oil study of two women in a sunlit park, one holding a flower, with a white-dressed figure at left.

Study of Figures for "La Grande Jatte"

Georges Seurat, 1884/1885

Chalk cliffs of Møn rise over a calm blue sea, with trees, grazing sheep and two figures in the foreground.

View of Sommerspiret, the Cliffs of Møn

Georg Emil Libert, 1846

Painting of two Apache warriors with feathered headdresses and a standing woman in a green skirt against a grassland.

Two Apachee Warriors and a Woman

George Catlin, 1855/1869

Painting of several conical haystacks in a field under a pale sky, with distant boats on water at the horizon.

Haystacks

Georges Seurat, c. 1882

Interior scene of a woman and small child on a checkered marble floor, with a spaniel, a nursing woman at a doorway, and a co

A Nurse and a Child in an Elegant Foyer

Jacob Ochtervelt, 1663

Four Navaho warriors in feathered headdresses and fringed leggings stand on a grassy plain, one pointing, one holding a spear

Four Navaho Warriors

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of a bent man working with a hoe in a sunlit grassy field beside a tree, in loose dabbed brushstrokes.

Man with a Hoe

Georges Seurat, c. 1882

Oil portrait of an elderly woman in a white bonnet, black dress and lace collar against a brown background, dated 1569.

Portrait of a Woman Aged Sixty-Eight

Maerten de Vos, 1569

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 wide river beside a wooded bank under billowing white clouds, with a distant shoreline and green meadow.

Palmer River

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1885

Painting of dark tree trunks and bare shrubs standing over a snowy field under a pale winter sky.

Woods in Winter

Charles Warren Eaton, 1886

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

Trompe l'oeil painting of a crumpled paper with an etched bearded man in a beret, pinned by a red wax seal to wood.

Trompe l'Oeil of an Etching by Ferdinand Bol

Unknown artist, c. 1675

Night view of an arched stone viaduct lit by street lamps, with a figure climbing steps beside trees and a distant city skyli

High Bridge at Night, New York City

Ernest Lawson, c. 1910/1920

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

Painting of a long-haired woman in green drapes comforted by a winged angel in a red mantle beside a rock in a forest.

Mary Magdalene Comforted by an Angel

Claude Vignon, 1626

Painting of a river valley with a hilltop castle, boats on the water, a rocky cliff at left, and a glowing evening sky.

Imaginary River Landscape

Herman Saftleven, 1670

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

Night harbor scene under a full moon with sailing ships, rowboats, men hauling a boat, and a campfire on the shore.

Moonlight

Joseph Vernet, 1772

Painting of a rosemary sprig with blue flowers and surrounding insects including a bumblebee, butterflies, and beetles.

Insects and a Sprig of Rosemary

Jan van Kessel the Elder, 1653

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?]

Seated woman in patterned blue silk and white blouse on a balcony, looking over her shoulder toward a calm sea.

Woman of the "Orient"

Henri Lehmann, 1837

Still life painting of a stoneware jug, tobacco pouch, clay pipe and loose tobacco on a wooden table against a dark backgroun

Still Life with Stoneware Jug and Pipe

Jan Jansz van de Velde III, mid 1650s

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 ruined brick walls, columns and an arched doorway in an open plaza, with mountains and clouds behind.

The Forum at Pompeii

Achille Etna Michallon, 1819

Painting of the Madonna in a red robe and blue mantle leaning cheek to cheek with the nude infant Christ against a dark backg

Madonna and Child

Massimo Stanzione, 1635/1640

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

Painting of a bald man kneeling to cut tobacco with a knife, with brass scales and bread in the foreground.

A Man Cutting Tobacco

Mattia Preti, 1660s

Woman in a light blue dress writing at a table beside potted white paperwhite flowers and brass candlesticks.

The Writer

Mary Bradish Titcomb, c. 1912