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National Gallery of Art

14,495 works

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a blue silk dress with white lace cuffs, one arm resting on a wooden ledge.

Portrait of a Lady

Adriana Verelst, c. 1715/1730, perhaps close to 1725

Seated portrait of an older woman in a white lace bonnet and black dress, with hands folded, in a red armchair.

Frances Ludlum Morris (Mrs. Robert Morris) (?)

Frederick R. Spencer, 1838

Half-length portrait of a man with shoulder-length hair, mustache, dark doublet and white collar against a brown background.

Portrait of a Man

Unknown artist, c. 1655

Oil portrait of a woman in a red mantle and white gown, resting her arm on a jeweled crown against a cloudy sky.

Elizabeth, Countess of Effingham

Benjamin West, c. 1797

Oil portrait of a man in a powdered wig, blue coat and embroidered cream waistcoat against a dark background.

John Stevens (?)

John Wollaston, c. 1749-1752

Oval half-length portrait of a man in a powdered wig, dark coat, red collar and white cravat against a brown background.

The Hon. Sir Francis Burton Conyngham

Unknown artist, c. 1790/1795

Portrait of a woman with curled golden hair in a white gown and blue shawl against a dark background.

Charlotte Morton Dexter (Mrs. Andrew Dexter)

Gilbert Stuart, 1808/c. 1825

Portrait of a man in a blue coat with gold braid, holding a telescope, with ships in a harbor behind him.

Unidentified British Navy Officer

John Wollaston, c. 1745

Oil portrait of a young man in dark jacket and white waistcoat resting his head on his hand beside books, red background.

Thomas Alston

Thomas Sully, 1826

Oil portrait of a woman with curled dark hair, white dress and red embroidered shawl, leaning on a stone column.

Julianna Hazlehurst

Jacob Eichholtz, c. 1820

Oil portrait of a dark-haired man in a white collar and red cloak, turned toward the viewer against a brown background.

John Philip Kemble

Thomas Sully, 1867

Half-length portrait of a gentleman in a powdered wig, dark coat with gold buttons, and lace cuffs, against brown.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Joseph Wright of Derby, c. 1760

Painting of an elderly bearded man with a furrowed brow, lit from the left against a dark brown background.

Portrait of an Old Man

Alphonse Legros

Painting of a woman with upswept hair, white ruffled collar and dark striped shawl, set against a dark brown background.

Agnes Gordon Higginson Fuller (Mrs. George Fuller)

George Fuller, c. 1877

Portrait of a young girl with dark curly hair, gray coat and blue collar ribbon against a dark brown background.

Catharine

Robert Henri, 1913

Full-length portrait of a man in a blue coat and cream breeches holding a cane, with a river valley landscape behind him.

Daniel Boardman

Ralph Earl, 1789

Head of a Young Girl

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c. 1890

Portrait of a uniformed officer with a brown horse in a wooded landscape, leaning on the saddle under a reddish sky.

Captain Patrick Miller

Henry Raeburn, 1788/1789, altered later (date unknown)

Painting of a young woman with dark hair in a brown fur wrap against a red-brown background.

Alice Butt

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1895

Painting of a dark wooden windmill under a dramatic rose-brown sky, with a woman and child seated by a fence in the foregroun

The Windmill

Jean-Charles Cazin, probably after 1884

Byzantine panel painting of the enthroned Virgin and Child in blue and red robes against a gold background, with two angels a

Enthroned Madonna and Child

Unknown artist, c. 1250/1275

Woman painter with brush at easel, looking out, while a laughing violinist appears on her canvas beside a palette.

Self-Portrait

Judith Leyster, c. 1630

Young Woman in White

Robert Henri, 1904

Portrait of a woman in a black dress and white lace cap, turned to the left, with a brooch and ring, seated before a brown ba

Lovice Corbett Whittemore (Mrs. Thomas Whittemore)

Alvan Clark, 1845

Portrait of a bearded man in dark clothing with a white dog, with a landscape of mountains visible through a window.

Portrait of a Man with a Dog

Giovanni Cariani, c. 1520

Oil portrait of an older man with grey hair, dark coat and white cravat, against a brown background.

Thomas Paine

John Wesley Jarvis, c. 1806/1807

Painting of a woman with hair in a bun holding a striped tabby cat against her shoulder, against a green background.

Woman with a Cat

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c. 1875

Full-length portrait of a man in black hat and coat skating on ice, with bare trees and other skaters in the background.

The Skater (Portrait of William Grant)

Gilbert Stuart, 1782

Portrait of a young man in pink silk and grey cloak holding a hat, with a gothic college building and lawn behind him.

A Graduate of Merton College, Oxford

George Knapton, c. 1754/1755

Painting of three sharp-tailed finches among marsh grasses, one singing on a bare branch, one on a nest by water.

Sharp-Tailed Finch

Joseph Bartholomew Kidd, 1831/1833