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National Gallery of Art

141 works

Turner painting of crew in a small boat battling rough waves near large Dutch-style sailing ships under a stormy sky.

Boats Carrying Out Anchors to the Dutch Men of War

Joseph Mallord William Turner, c. 1804

Etching of the Madonna, Christ child and angels boarding a boat, with a bearded man poling it across water beneath trees.

The Madonna, Child, and Angels Entering the Boat

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, published 1753

Pen and brown wash drawing with studies of seated and reclining men and a sailing ship at sea.

Eight Studies of Figures and a Ship at Sea

Engraving of Saint Jerome kneeling in a cave beside a crucifix, with two lions, a stag, and two ships in a harbor.

Saint Jerome in Penitence, with Two Ships in a Harbor

Unknown artist, c. 1480/1500

Etching of sailing ships and small boats moored in a calm harbor with waterfront sheds and smokestacks in the distance.

Sailing Ships in the Bassin Neuf at La Rochelle (Les Voiliers du Bassin Neuf, a La Rochelle)

Gustave Leheutre

Hand-coloured print of a Chinese-style arabesque with trellises, a sailing boat, small figures, sheep and a goat.

Chinese Arabesque with a Boat

Anne Allen, 1760

Brown-toned drawing of several women in headscarves and cloaks gathered against a dark, smudged landscape.

Boat in Trouble

Alphonse Legros

Pencil sketch of a Seine boat's bow and deck with faint construction lines on a pale sheet.

Seine Boat for "Le Pont-au-Change"

Charles Meryon, probably c. 1854

Pencil drawing of a thatched cottage and an overturned boat on a grassy shore, with a cliff rising behind.

House and Boat at the Shore

Seth Wells Cheney, 1835

Etching of an allegorical ship of fortune with a female figure at its prow, a seated robed man, a crowd, and a rowboat.

The Ship of Fortune

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1633

Pencil sketch of two moored sailing barges with tall masts on a calm river, with distant buildings and hills.

Boats on River with Masts

Ships battered by waves near rocky cliffs under a stormy sky with lightning, sailors struggling in the surf.

Storm-Tossed Ships Wrecked on a Rocky Coast

Johann Christoph Dietzsch

Etching of sailboats and rowboats moored by a wooden jetty, with two standing men and distant buildings across the water.

Pleasure Boats, Chelsea

Theodore Roussel, c. 1888 - 1889

Sepia etching of several sailing ships heeling in rough seas beside a wooden pier under a stormy sky.

Ships in a Breeze

Joseph Mallord William Turner and Charles Turner, published 1808

Watercolor of two moored sailing ships with rigging at a harbor dock, with waterfront buildings and a smokestack behind.

Ships at the Dock

Dora Louise Murdoch, 1893

Etching of a crowded harbor with many masts and rowboats, and a foreground crowd of people in top hats and bonnets.

The Penny Boat

James McNeill Whistler, 1859

Pencil sketch on grey paper of two rowboats floating on calm water, one at upper left and one at lower right.

Two Boats for "L'Abside de Notre-Dame de Paris"

Charles Meryon, probably c. 1854

Engraving of a crowded boat of foolish figures labeled Die Blau Schuyte, with a standing boatman, birds, reeds and a distant

Die Blau Schuyte (The Ship of Fools)

Pieter van der Heyden, 1559

Etching of two tall-masted sailing ships moored in a harbor, with a rowboat and distant masts and buildings.

Two Ships

James McNeill Whistler, 1875

Painted drawing of a carved wooden bust of a man with curled hair and bow tie, framed by red drapery on cream paper.

Ship's Sternpiece

Albert Pinkham Ryder

Loose grey and red wash drawing of crowded galleys with oars approaching a city shore, soldiers and spectators filling the sc

Venetian Ships Attacking Constantinople

Domenico Tintoretto, 1598

Etching of steamboats and masts moored on a misty harbor, with two people in a rowboat in the foreground.

Steamboats off the Tower

James McNeill Whistler, 1875

Drawing of a carved wooden ship ornament with an eagle, shield with stars, anchor, and flag.

Ship's Carving

Albert Rudin, c. 1939

Watercolor of fishing boats tossed by rough waves under stormy clouds, with a distant headland on the left.

Fishing Boats Tossed before a Storm

Eugène Isabey, 1840

Etching of fishing boats and tall masts drawn up on a shore, with a cliff and sheds behind them.

Fishing Boats, Hastings

James McNeill Whistler, 1877

Etching of a river landscape with sailing boats, a castle on a rocky cliff, and a distant walled town.

Landscape with Sail Boats

Augustin Hirschvogel, 1546

Watercolor sketch of sailboats with white sails moored in a harbor beside a pale building with a red roof.

Sailboats in a Sunlit Harbor (recto)

Eugène Isabey, 1830

Hand-colored print of a male and female Boat-tailed Grackle perched on an oak branch with acorns and Spanish moss.

Boat-tailed Grackle

Robert Havell after John James Audubon, 1834

Engraving of shipwrights building a large wooden hull while children in straw hats play with toy boats in the foreground.

Ship-Building, Gloucester Harbor

after Winslow Homer, published 1873

Grey watercolor of a small boat on a rocky beach with hazy mountains, trees, and distant sailboats on the water.

Boat on the Beach

Alfred Thompson Bricher, 1890