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National Gallery of Art

10,102 works

Painting of Castel Sant'Angelo beside the Tiber, with a domed basilica in the distance and boats on the river.

Fanciful View of the Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome

Francesco Guardi, c. 1785

Woman in dark blue reads beside a girl in white dress reaching through an iron railing, with a city backdrop.

The Railway

Édouard Manet, 1873

Three Native figures in feathered headdresses and fringed clothing stand on a grassy plain, one balancing a clay pot on her h

Three Walla Walla Indians

George Catlin, 1855/1869

Painting of a wooded hill above a winding river with sailboats, a distant village, and a flat-topped mountain under cloudy sk

The Connecticut Valley

Thomas Chambers, mid 19th century

Naive painting of reapers harvesting golden wheat in a field, with a wagon and procession near rocky mountains and trees.

Ark of the Covenant

Erastus Salisbury Field, c. 1865/1880

Painted facsimile of a Sioux robe showing mounted warriors, archers, and a tepee in rows around a central decorated band.

Facsimile of a Sioux Robe

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of the ship Arkansas under full sail with flags, passing a fortified harbor and town on green water.

Ship "Arkansas" Leaving Havana

A. Hashagen, 1847

Painting of a white hilltop house overlooking a river, with a man and woman in period dress in the foreground and sailboats o

Mount Vernon

George Ropes, 1806

Painting of three Indigenous figures on a grassy plain: a feathered warrior with a quiver, a boy, and a woman wrapped in a bl

A Stone Warrior, His Wife, and a Boy

George Catlin, 1855/1869

Painting of a rural landscape with tall trees, pale buildings in the distance, and small figures on grassy hills at dusk.

Landscape with Buildings

Unknown artist, fourth quarter 18th century

Painting of a seated woman bathing her foot in a basin while a man in a blue coat stands in a paneled room doorway.

Lady Undressing for a Bath

Gerardus Duyckinck I, c. 1730/1740

Painting of a man with feathered headdress, a child with a bow, and a woman carrying an infant on a prairie.

Copper Chief, His Wife, and Children

George Catlin, 1855/1869

Painted studio interior with sunset window, two figures, and a banner reading We Go for the Union with an oval portrait.

"We Go for the Union"

Unknown artist, c. 1840/1850

Dark cave interior with pale rock walls, still water, a small standing figure on a wooden platform, and rushing water at righ

La Grotte de la Loue

Gustave Courbet, 1864

Painting of a central chief with feathered headdress and staff, flanked by two warriors with a shield and lance, and a small

Spokan Chief, Two Warriors, and a Boy

George Catlin, 1855/1869

Painting of monkeys dressed as musicians performing a concert with animal spectators in a garden setting.

Singerie: The Concert

Christophe Huet, c. 1739

Still life painting of sliced and whole melons with clusters of grapes, grapevine and leaves behind, in a wood-banded frame.

Melons and Grapes

Chipman, mid 19th century

Painting of three Indigenous figures on a plain: a woman in a beaded dress, a man with a staff, and a feathered warrior with

Athapasca Chief, His Wife, and a Warrior

George Catlin, 1855/1869

Painting of monkeys in 18th-century dress dancing, playing music and dining on a classical terrace with a parrot.

Singerie: The Dance

Christophe Huet, c. 1739

Woman with a torch rides a golden chariot drawn by two white winged horses over clouds at sunrise.

Aurora

Unknown artist, mid 19th century

Four Indigenous figures in fringed clothing and feathered headdresses stand on a grassy plain under a pale sky.

Four Dogrib Indians

George Catlin, 1855/1869

Painting of monkeys in clothing fishing from a boat and riverbank with a net, with cottages and a bridge in the background.

Singerie: The Fishermen

Christophe Huet, c. 1739

Reclining nude woman beside a grotto fountain, with a walled town, partridges and a hanging bow in the landscape.

The Nymph of the Spring

Lucas Cranach the Elder, after 1537

Painting of three standing Indigenous figures in fringed clothing and beaded necklaces on a grassy plain within an oval frame

Three Selish Indians

George Catlin, 1855/1869

Painting of monkeys in 18th-century dress holding a picnic in a forest clearing, with hunters, dogs and a distant river.

Singerie: The Picnic

Christophe Huet, c. 1739

Painting of Christ driving merchants and money changers out of a colonnaded temple with a bright sky beyond the arch.

Christ Cleansing the Temple

El Greco, probably before 1570

Painting of two men in feathered headdresses and a woman in a blue dress standing in an open landscape, in an oval frame.

Two Chippewyan Warriors and a Woman

George Catlin, 1855/1869

Painting of monkeys dressed in 18th-century clothing working as painters in an arched room with a cat and a garden view.

Singerie: The Painter

Christophe Huet, c. 1739

Painting of an elderly bearded man in pink robes reaching toward heavenly light, with an eagle and winged angels above.

Saint John the Evangelist on Patmos

Titian, c. 1553/1555

Three figures in fur clothing stand on snowy ground under a pale sky; a woman carries a child on her back.

Three Esquimaux

George Catlin, 1855/1869