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National Gallery of Art

10,026 works

Painted facsimile of a hide robe with red and yellow rosette designs and quillwork bands on a brown ground.

Facsimile of a Sioux Robe with Porcupine Quills

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Soft-toned landscape of willow trees by a calm river, a woman with a basket on the bank, and pale buildings across the water.

Ville-d’Avray

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1867

Painting of a windmill on a hill above a river under a dark stormy sky, with small figures and a rowboat below.

The Mill

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1645

Painting of a mounted rider with a spear chasing a bison across an open prairie, with other riders and herds in the distance.

Buffalo Chase, Sioux Indians, Upper Missouri

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Landscape painting of a calm lake ringed by green hills, with figures on a grassy slope and a distant plain under a soft sky.

Lake Albano

Richard Wilson, 1762

Man in blue coat and red waistcoat holds a net beside dead partridges and a rifle, with a river landscape behind him.

Portrait of a Gentleman Netting Partridges

Arthur Devis, 1756

Painting of bison carcasses on a grassy plain with distant horseback riders and a herd under a cloudy sky.

After the Buffalo Chase - Sioux

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Landscape painting of a wooded pond with a willow, a stone lion on a pedestal, small figures, and distant mountains.

Solitude

Richard Wilson, 1762

Family group in a park with two women in blue and red gowns, children, a lute, grazing cows, and a red-brick country house.

Members of the Maynard Family in the Park at Waltons

Arthur Devis, 1755

Oval painting of a Sioux village of tipis on grassy plains, with riders and horses under a pink-streaked evening sky.

A Sioux Village

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of Christ kneeling to wash a disciple's feet in a golden basin, surrounded by robed companions in a columned hall.

Christ Washing the Disciples' Feet

Benvenuto Tisi, 1520

Painting of three nude goddesses before a seated man in red, with Cupid, a river god, and a distant city in a forest landscap

The Judgment of Paris

Painting of mounted Sioux riders pulling travois across a grassy plain toward distant hills under a cloudy sky.

Halsey's Bluff - Sioux Indians on the March

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Gauguin painting of two women by the sea with orange flowers, pink sand, dark rocks and a small figure in the water.

By the Sea

Paul Gauguin, 1892

Grisaille frieze of Roman soldiers, robed figures and horses around a seated man beside an inscription tablet, on red ground.

An Episode from the Life of Publius Cornelius Scipio

Giovanni Bellini, 1506

Painting of a tepee village on a prairie at sunset, with figures, canoes on a river, and a glowing sky.

Sioux Village - Lac du Cygne

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Two men in half-length portrait, one holding an astrolabe with a Latin inscribed scroll while the other points at it.

Giovanni Borgherini and His Tutor

Giorgione, 1505

Girl in white dress reclining in a blue floral armchair, with a sleeping dog in another chair beside her.

Little Girl in a Blue Armchair

Mary Cassatt, 1878

Painting of a prairie at sunset with tipis by a lake, a canoe on the water, and red-clad figures in the foreground grass.

A Sioux War Party

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of the Nativity with Mary in blue kneeling over the infant Christ in a cave, shepherds approaching, and a river land

Adoration of the Shepherds

Giorgione, 1505

Five men in period wigs sing from music books beside a bass viol and harpsichord, with a boy in the foreground.

The Singing Party

Philippe Mercier, 1732

Night scene of a campfire among tall pines beside a lake, with figures gathered around the fire and tipis nearby.

Bivouac of a Sioux War Party

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of two armored men beside nymphs by a stream, with a fruit table, black dog, and trees in a hazy landscape.

Carlo and Ubaldo Resisting the Enchantments of Armida's Nymphs

Giovanni Antonio Guardi, 1750

Painting of two large white magnolia blossoms with green leaves and a bud resting on a draped blue velvet cloth.

Magnolias on a blue velvet cloth

Martin Johnson Heade, 1890

Painting of a group of Sioux dancers in feathered headdresses and fringed dress, holding spears and rattles on an open plain.

Amusing Dance - Sioux

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of a shepherd and children by a cottage, with a woman in gold drapery beside a white horse and mountains behind.

Erminia and the Shepherds

Giovanni Antonio Guardi, 1750

Painted marsh landscape with pink-tinted clouds, a haystack, a gnarled tree, a winding creek and two grazing cows.

Sunlight and Shadow: The Newbury Marshes

Martin Johnson Heade, 1871

Oval painting of a plain at dawn with a camp of seated figures, horses grazing, and riders near a river under a cloudy sky.

Bivouac of a Sioux War Party at Sunrise

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of green rolling hills, a hilltop building, farmhouses with red roofs, and trees under a pale blue sky.

View near Naples

Simon Denis, 1806

Painting of Adam and Eve reclining under an apple tree with a serpent, goats, a cat, and a distant mountain landscape.

The Fall of Man

Hendrick Goltzius, 1616