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National Gallery of Art

25,755 works

Painting of a two-story church with a clock tower burning at night while a crowd watches and an American flag is raised.

Burning of Old South Church, Bath, Maine

John Hilling, c. 1854

Painting of villagers skating and playing hockey on a frozen pond, with a sleigh, stone houses and snowy mountains behind.

Skating Scene

John Toole, c. 1835

Painting of a calico cat with two kittens playing with pink yarn beside a red ball of yarn and white lace.

Cat and Kittens

Unknown artist, c. 1872/1883

Anonymous late 18th-century group portrait of a family with seated parents, infants, children in white and blue, and a patter

The Cheney Family

Unknown artist, c. 1795

Folk painting of a family burial ground with white headstones, figures, and a river with a steamboat and hills beyond.

Family Burying Ground

Unknown artist, c. 1840

Portrait of a woman in a green dress holding a wooden box inscribed MARTHA, with books and a river landscape behind her.

Martha

Unknown artist, c. 1835

Portrait of a woman in a lace cap holding a toddler in a white dress with a pink rose, against a brown background.

Aphia Salisbury Rich and Baby Edward

Milton W. Hopkins, c. 1833

Painting of a hillside village with about twenty-two houses, a white church steeple, picket fences, and bare trees under a cl

Twenty-two Houses and a Church

Unknown artist, mid 19th century

Naive painting of a riverside village with Victorian houses, a church, steamboat, sailboats, and a hunter on the bank.

Village by the River

Unknown artist, fourth quarter 19th century

Painting of an ochre building framed by tall trees and angular branches, with blue hills and a rocky landscape behind it.

Château Noir

Paul Cézanne, 1900/1904

Soft misty landscape painting with tall, faint trees dissolving into pale blue and pink haze over a meadow.

Morning Haze

Claude Monet, 1888

Painting of a blue and white handled vase filled with white roses and yellow flowers on a patterned tablecloth before a curta

Vase of Flowers

Paul Cézanne, 1900/1903

Landscape painting of a ruined abbey by a river, with a distant town on rolling hills and trees framing the foreground.

Easby Abbey, near Richmond

George Cuitt the Younger, c. 1821/1854

Painting of a bearded seated man in a black cap and dark jacket, hands clasped, against a green leafy background.

The Gardener Vallier

Paul Cézanne, 1906

Full-length portrait of a bearded man in black velvet costume with a feathered cape and rapier on the floor.

The Tragic Actor (Rouvière as Hamlet)

Édouard Manet, 1866

Dark-toned self-portrait of a man in a hat and dark jacket against a brown background, with one hand visible at right.

Gold and Brown: Self-Portrait

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1896-1898

Full-length portrait of a man in a dark suit holding a cane, against a muted gray and brown interior background.

George W. Vanderbilt

James McNeill Whistler, 1897/1903

Oil portrait of an elderly man in a grey coat and white wig, leaning on a stone pedestal before a dusky landscape.

Epes Sargent

John Singleton Copley, c. 1760

Portrait of two young sisters in white dresses with straw hats and pink ribbons, standing before a stone balustrade.

The Ragan Sisters

Jacob Eichholtz, 1818

Painting of a naval battle with burning ships, smoke-filled sky, crowded boats and struggling sailors in choppy water.

The Battle of La Hogue

Benjamin West, 1778

Half-length portrait of a man in a black beret and dark red cloak against a green background, by Cranach the Elder.

Portrait of a Man

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1522

Portrait of a Woman

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1522

Painting of the Holy Family with Saint Anne and infant John the Baptist against a swirling blue and grey sky.

The Holy Family with Saint Anne and the Infant John the Baptist

El Greco, c. 1595/1600

Painting of the Annunciation: an angel with a lily and the Virgin in blue beside a lectern, with God and a dove above.

The Annunciation

Paolo Veronese, c. 1583/1584

Medieval altarpiece painting of Christ ascending above kneeling Mary and apostles on a rocky hill, gold background.

The Ascension

Johann Koerbecke, 1456/1457

Painting of a young child in a blue cradle wearing a red dress and green bodice, holding a rattle, with a star-patterned blan

Baby in Blue Cradle

Unknown artist, c. 1840

Two children in blue and green dresses stand in a painted interior with a doll, toy house, and red curtain.

Mary and Francis Wilcox

Joseph Whiting Stock, 1845

Full-length portrait of a boy in a blue coat and green waistcoat with a spaniel dog beside him and a gold curtain.

Boy in Blue Coat

Unknown artist, c. 1730

Full-length portrait of a young man in a red coat holding a pink flower, with a pug dog on a checkered floor.

Jonathan Bentham

Unknown artist, c. 1725

Painting of a young child in an orange dress standing beside a dark rocking horse with a white mane, with a red curtain behin

Child with Rocking Horse

Unknown artist, c. 1850

Naive painting of a Civil War battle with cavalry, infantry, an American flag, smoke, and fallen soldiers and horses on a gre

Civil War Battle

Unknown artist, 1861 or after

Painting of five children in a group portrait, one holding an open book and another holding a calico cat, against a green bac

Five Children of the Budd Family

Unknown artist, c. 1818

Portrait of a seated woman in a white dress, lace collar and turban, with a red paisley shawl against a dark background.

Lady in White

Ammi Phillips, c. 1820

Lady in a White Mob Cap

Benjamin Greenleaf, c. 1805

Naive painting of a couple on a manor terrace overlooking a river with sailboats, a carriage, a rider and a fountain.

Leaving the Manor House

Unknown artist, c. 1850/1855

Still life painting of a striped melon on a silver platter, a bowl of quinces, peaches, grapes, a rose, and a dark bottle on

Still Life with Melon and Peaches

Édouard Manet, c. 1866

Oil portrait of an older man with white powdered hair, dark coat and lace jabot, turned to the right against a dark backgroun

George Washington

Edward Savage, c. 1796

Painting of a country house beyond a park with a tall conifer, strolling figures, and a dramatic cloudy sky.

Country House in a Park

Jacob van Ruisdael, c. 1675

Group portrait of a red-coated officer with a bay horse and two women in white and black before a wooded landscape.

Colonel William Fitch and His Sisters Sarah and Ann Fitch

John Singleton Copley, 1800/1801

Still life painting of apples and peaches on a plate beside a ceramic pitcher, with patterned drapery and a white cloth.

Still Life with Apples and Peaches

Paul Cézanne, c. 1905

Half-length painted portrait of a man in a red garment and black cap against a dark brown background.

Portrait of a Man

Unknown artist, late 15th century

Oval portrait of a woman with powdered hair in a white dress decorated with pink roses and white flowers.

Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse du Barry

François-Hubert Drouais, c. 1770/1774

Painting of a goddess on a cloud reaching toward a seated shepherd with sheep, a dog, and a cupid with roses.

Diana and Endymion

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, c. 1753/1756

Oil painting of a smiling young woman in a red feathered hat and lace shawl, with a man's head at her lap, dark background.

Young Woman and Man

Unknown artist, 18th century

Painting of a wounded man tended by two women in a forest clearing, with two angels flying above among the trees.

Saint Sebastian Succored by the Holy Women

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1874

Oval painting of a mother with children, a white dog, and a donkey at a doorway in a dim interior.

The Happy Family

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, c. 1775

Two women in pastel dresses share a letter in a garden with sheep, a dog, and a stone lion statue.

The Love Letter

François Boucher, 1750

Painting of elegant figures in a garden, a man playing lute, women in yellow and pink gowns beside a stone urn.

Divertissement

Unknown artist, 18th century

Painting of a reclining nude woman with red hair seen from behind, lying on grass beside a pond under dark trees.

Reclining Nude

Jean-Jacques Henner, n.d.

Painting of a kneeling bearded hermit in brown robe praying beside a skull, hourglass, book and lantern under an arch.

The Hermit

Gerrit Dou, 1670

Painting of a young woman with brown hair in a red dress and green bodice, turning her head against a dark background.

Head of a Woman

Umbrian 16th Century, c. 1510/1520

Nativity scene with kneeling Virgin Mary, nude Christ Child, Saint Joseph, ox and donkey in a stable, gold halos.

The Adoration of the Christ Child

; Bicci di Lorenzo Anonymous, c. 1440/1445

Full-length portrait of a bearded man in a brown robe and fur-trimmed coat, with a spaniel and red drapery beside him.

Gian Federico Madruzzo

Giovanni Battista Moroni, c. 1560

Interior of a Gothic cathedral with a checkered floor, tall arches, and small groups of people among side altars.

Antwerp Cathedral

Peeter Neeffs the Elder, c. 1650/1655

Painting of a bishop in red robes holding a crozier and a severed haloed head, within a gilded Gothic frame.

St. Dionysius

Unknown artist, c. 1475/1500

Portrait of a man in a red military coat with gold trim, holding a black hat, with a town by the water behind him.

Major-General Sir Archibald Campbell

George Romney, 1790-1792

Russian icon of the Crucifixion with a silver riza, surrounded by saints in gold halos and a town skyline behind.

The Crucifixion

Unknown artist, 19th century

Painting of a bearded man in dark robes with a gold chain, holding a sketchbook beside a classical nude statue.

Imaginary Self-Portrait of Titian

Pietro della Vecchia, probably 1650s

Painting of Bacchus with a vine-crowned head and cup beside reclining Ariadne, cherubs, and a leopard in a landscape.

Bacchus and Ariadne

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1743/1745

Hazy sunset over a river with birds flying, red tents and small figures by the bank, and a serpent-like creature at right.

The Evening of the Deluge

Joseph Mallord William Turner, c. 1843

Oil sketch of two women in white headscarves reading a book with a child, a kneeling figure, and a golden hazy landscape.

The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and Saint John the Baptist

David Wilkie, 1841

Oil portrait of a woman in a blue bonnet, white dress and orange shawl, against a dark cloudy background.

Henrietta Marchant Liston (Mrs. Robert Liston)

Gilbert Stuart, 1800

Full-length portrait of a man in a brown coat and yellow waistcoat holding a hat and cane in an open landscape.

John Musters

Joshua Reynolds, 1777-c. 1780

Full-length portrait of a young child in a white dress and blue sash, holding flowers and a black hat in a wooded landscape.

Master John Heathcote

Thomas Gainsborough, c. 1771/1772