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National Gallery of Art

10,102 works

Painting of women on a riverbank rescuing an infant in a basket, with a classical landscape of palms and buildings behind.

The Finding of Moses

Sébastien Bourdon, c. 1655/1660

Panoramic cityscape of a river town with twin church towers, a stone gate, and figures on a dirt road in the foreground.

View of Munich

Bernardo Bellotto, c. 1761

Painting of a green rounded bluff beside a winding river, with trees and wildflowers in the foreground under a cloudy sky.

Curious Grassy Bluffs, St. Peter's River

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Three-panel painting of robed figures on temple steps and a winged angel with a lily beside a seated woman.

The Presentation and Marriage of the Virgin, and the Annunciation

Benedetto Diana, 1520/1525

Painting of Saint Cecilia in a red dress playing an organ beside a winged angel in blue holding sheet music.

Saint Cecilia and an Angel

Orazio Gentileschi, c. 1617/1618 and c. 1621/1627

Painting of a canoe on a wide river below tiered bluffs and evergreen trees under a cloudy sky.

View in the "Grand Detour," Upper Missouri

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of Christ's baptism by John the Baptist, with angels and saints in a gold sky and a knight slaying a dragon at right

The Baptism of Christ

Master of the Saint Bartholomew Altar, c. 1485/1500

Still life of a bread basket, pottery, glass jars, sweet pastries and candied fruit on stone ledges against a dark background

Still Life with Sweets and Pottery

Juan van der Hamen y Léon, 1627

Painted landscape of a river cascading over falls through a cliff gorge, with horses in the foreground and distant mountains.

Falls of the Snake River

George Catlin, 1855/1869

Painting of three nude goddesses before a seated man in a lush forest landscape with a distant hilltop city.

The Judgment of Paris

Sons, Giovanni, late 16th century

Dark landscape with tall trees on rocks, a waterfall, a woman and child on a footbridge, and a stormy sky.

Landscape

Jacob van Ruisdael, c. 1670

Painted landscape of grassy bluffs and a winding river with trees, two figures and a dog on a hilltop under a cloudy sky.

Grassy Bluffs, Upper Missouri

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Nativity scene with Mary kneeling beside the infant Christ, three adoring men, and an angel glowing in the night sky.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo, 1530s

Reclining woman in pink drapery under grapevines, with a red macaw, songbirds, wheat and roses in a landscape.

Summer

Jacopo Tintoretto, c. 1546/1548

Painting of bison fleeing a prairie grass fire near a river, with smoke-filled sky and wolves on the sandy bank.

Prairie Meadows Burning

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of a golden sunset over a calm lake, with green hillside, trees, a grazing goat and a stone wall.

Lake Albano, Sunset

George Inness, c. 1874

Still life painting of oysters on a plate with lemons, a salt cellar and a fork on a dark table.

Oysters

Édouard Manet, 1862

Painting of a steep green conical hill above a calm river, with a small canoe with two people in the foreground.

View of "Pike's Tent"

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of a Venetian street with a woman in a dark shawl walking forward and two men in overcoats at right.

Street in Venice

John Singer Sargent, 1882

Painting of a nude boy grabbing for a rescue boat as a shark surges toward him, with ships and a harbor behind.

Watson and the Shark

John Singleton Copley, 1778

Painting of a wide river flowing between dense forest on the left and a tree-lined shore on the right under a cloudy sky.

Scene from the Lower Mississippi

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of a river below a ruined castle on a cliff, with snowy mountains, tall trees, and a waterfall under a bright sky.

Fanciful Landscape

Thomas Doughty, 1834

Autumn landscape with red and gold trees, a sunburst over a wide river valley, distant boats and a small town.

Autumn - On the Hudson River

Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1860

Oval painting of hunters with rifles crouching in grass as a bison herd grazes on a prairie below green hills.

Catlin and Two Companions Shooting Buffalo

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Well-dressed figures stroll and sit on a sandy beach under a sunset sky of soft clouds, with a small dog in the foreground.

The Beach at Villerville

Eugène-Louis Boudin, 1864

Oil painting of a seated boy in a black hat and grey jacket, reclining on a dark seat in a muted interior.

Italian Peasant Boy

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1825/1827

Oval painting of a camp of tepees and figures bathing in calm water at sunset, with canoes on the shore.

Nayas Village - Indians Bathing

George Catlin, 1855/1869

Loose painting of women in long dresses and hats on a sandy beach beside a striped parasol, with a sailboat on the sea.

On the Beach

Eugène-Louis Boudin, 1894

Painting of chalk cliffs and beached fishing boats on a sandy shore at low tide, with the sea on the right.

Beach in Normandy

Gustave Courbet, c. 1872/1875

Painting of mounted riders in feathered headdresses galloping across grassland, one raising a bow, another holding up a troph

The Scalper Scalped - Pawnees and Cheyennes

George Catlin, 1861/1869