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National Gallery of Art

25,760 works

Hazy painted view of Venice with domed Santa Maria della Salute, moored boats and gondolas on the Grand Canal under warm ligh

The Dogana and Santa Maria della Salute, Venice

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1843

Portrait of a woman with upswept brown hair in a white dress and pale blue collar against a soft blue-green background.

Madame Henriot

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c. 1876

Portrait of a gray-haired man in a red military uniform with gold braid, star medals, and a blue sash against a dark backgrou

Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton

William Beechey, 1815/1817

Portrait of a woman in a blue dress and pink shawl holding pearls, with a tree and landscape behind her.

Elizabeth Fulford Welshman

John Greenwood, 1749

Portrait of a man in a navy coat and yellow waistcoat holding a rifle beside a tree, with a landscape behind him.

William Yelverton Davenport

Thomas Gainsborough, c. 1785/1788

Mrs. Thomas Horne

Francis Cotes, c. 1768/1770

Half-length portrait of a woman in a black dress with a large white lace ruff and pearl necklace, against a dark background.

Portrait of a Lady with a Ruff

Michiel van Miereveld, 1638

Still life painting of a glass vase holding white peonies, striped tulips and roses on a stone ledge, with butterflies and a

Vase of Flowers

Jan Davidsz. de Heem, c. 1660

Family group portrait by Copley: two men in wigs, a woman in blue on a red sofa, and several children, with a landscape behin

The Copley Family

John Singleton Copley, 1776/1777

Oil portrait of a man with curly hair in a dark fur-collared coat and white cravat against a dark background.

John Smith Warner (?)

Unknown artist, c. 1827

Gold-ground painting of the Crucifixion with Christ on the cross, angels, grieving women and John, and soldiers at right.

The Crucifixion

Bernardo Daddi, c. 1320/1325

Painting of Saint Sebastian, bound and pierced by arrows, gazing upward against a black background with stone reliefs below.

Saint Sebastian

Amico Aspertini, c. 1505

Gothic panel painting of a haloed young girl climbing temple steps toward a gold-robed high priest, with onlookers in side ar

The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple

Paolo di Giovanni Fei, 1398-1399

Painting of a helmeted youth in red cloak confronting a crowned man with raised sword at a banquet, with startled onlookers a

Alexander the Great Threatened by His Father

Donato Creti, probably 1700/1705

Painting of the infant Bacchus in a blue tunic with an ivy wreath, holding a golden jug in a hilly landscape.

The Infant Bacchus

Giovanni Bellini, probably 1505/1510

Portrait of a woman in a red embroidered gown with pearl necklace against a red drapery background.

Eleonora di Toledo

Bronzino, c. 1560

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child, with two cherub heads above and a landscape with castle and deer behind

Madonna and Child

Vittore Carpaccio, c. 1505/1510

Reclining Venus attended by three nude women and cupids, with pearls and a jewelry box, in a dark garden with a statue.

Venus Adorned by the Graces

Annibale Carracci, 1590/1595

Kneeling man in black robe and red mantle praying before an open doorway with a brick wall and hilly landscape beyond.

Portrait of a Male Donor

Petrus Christus, c. 1455

Kneeling woman in red velvet gown and veil at a prayer book, with an arched window showing a river landscape.

Portrait of a Female Donor

Petrus Christus, c. 1455

Saint Helena holds a wooden cross in a landscape with a hilltop town, wearing a gold crown and red mantle.

Saint Helena

Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano, c. 1495

Painting of a nude woman with a jeweled headdress beside a nursing woman, a child, and a servant in a red-curtained interior.

A Lady in Her Bath

François Clouet, c. 1571

Full-length portrait of a standing man in a blue military coat and white breeches beside a gilded chair and desk in a study.

The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries

Jacques-Louis David, 1812

Seated woman in white satin gown, red shawl and tall white feathered headdress, against a dark brown background.

Madame David

Jacques-Louis David, 1813

Painting of an elegant garden with tall cypresses, a fountain, and figures in period dress playing and gathering under clouds

Blindman's Buff

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, c. 1775/1780

Rococo painting of a woman in pink and yellow swinging under tall trees, with companions below and a cloudy sky.

The Swing

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, c. 1775/1780

Half-length oil portrait of a young man with powdered hair, grey coat and green-ribboned white cravat, against a brown backgr

Portrait of a Young Man

Unknown artist, possibly c. 1770

Painting of Christ crucified with a crown of thorns, flanked by three mourners in a dark landscape under a night sky.

The Small Crucifixion

Matthias Grünewald, c. 1511/1520

Seated cardinal in red robes and biretta holding a small book, against a dark velvet curtain, painted by Guercino.

Cardinal Francesco Cennini

Painting of the Annunciation: an angel with a sceptre greets a seated woman reading, with a white dove and lilies.

The Annunciation

Juan de Flandes, c. 1508/1519

Portrait of a Young Man

Hans Holbein the Younger, c. 1520/1530

Painting of the Nativity: kneeling Virgin in blue mantle, infant Christ, Saint Joseph, ox and donkey, angel with scroll above

The Nativity

Juan de Flandes, c. 1508/1519

Virgin Mary holds the Christ Child while a kneeling king offers a gold casket beneath a star, with attendants and a processio

The Adoration of the Magi

Juan de Flandes, c. 1508/1519

Painting of Christ being baptized in a river by John the Baptist, with a dove above and an angel holding a green cloth.

The Baptism of Christ

Juan de Flandes, c. 1508/1519

Painting of an older man in black and a young man in brown with a red bow, beside a column and a spaniel.

Portrait of a Young Man and His Tutor

Nicolas de Largillière, 1685

Painting of the Presentation in the Temple with an infant on an altar, Mary in blue, a priest, and onlookers in a Gothic inte

The Presentation in the Temple

Master of the Prado "Adoration of the Magi", c. 1470/1480

Gold-ground panel of the Crucifixion with Christ, angels, the Virgin, Saint John and two kneeling donors in prayer.

The Crucifixion

Master of Saint Veronica, c. 1400/1410

Portrait of a seated man in a fur-trimmed brown coat holding an open book, with blue drapery and scientific instruments behin

Joseph Bonnier de la Mosson

Jean-Marc Nattier, 1745

Renaissance Nativity with infant Christ, the Virgin, kneeling saints and angels in clouds above.

The Nativity

Perino del Vaga, 1534

Painted interior of a Gothic cathedral with pink-ribbed vaults, a dark marble altarpiece with statues, and a tiled floor.

Cathedral of Saint John at 's-Hertogenbosch

Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, 1646

Painting of a Roman street with an obelisk, ruined arched buildings, a horse-drawn carriage and figures on a dirt road.

Church of Santa Maria della Febbre, Rome

Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, 1629

Bearded old man in blue robe and pink mantle on rocks, a raven on a branch above, a chariot in clouds.

Elijah Fed by the Raven

Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo, c. 1510

Painting of a seated woman in red holding a nude infant, with a hilly landscape, towers and a shepherd behind them.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Maarten van Heemskerck, c. 1530

Group portrait of a seated cardinal in red with three men beside a table holding an open book and a brass bell.

Cardinal Bandinello Sauli, His Secretary, and Two Geographers

Sebastiano del Piombo, 1516

Crowd in a square around a bearded high priest; young men break rods on the left while women stand on the right.

The Marriage of the Virgin

Luca Signorelli, c. 1490/1491

Painting of the dead Christ mourned by the Virgin and companions, with crosses and a river landscape behind.

Lamentation

Andrea Solario, c. 1505-1507

Full-length portrait of a man in brown clerical cape and white lace, holding a book, beside a red draped table.

Bishop Alvise Grimani

Bernardo Strozzi, 1633 or after

Painting of a rider on a white horse fallen amid soldiers, with a glowing angel in clouds above a distant landscape.

The Conversion of Saint Paul

Jacopo Tintoretto, c. 1544

Painting of the Madonna and Child with angel musicians and kneeling family portraits under a classical colonnade.

Doge Alvise Mocenigo and Family before the Madonna and Child

Jacopo Tintoretto, c. 1575

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man in a gold cape and tall red and gold ceremonial cap against a dark background.

Doge Andrea Gritti

Titian, c. 1546/1550

Painting of the Virgin Mary rising on clouds with angels, while apostles gaze up beside a carved stone tomb below.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Juan de Valdés Leal, c. 1658/1660

Painting of a helmeted queen on a pedestal pointing toward armored soldiers with shields and banners in a military camp.

Queen Zenobia Addressing Her Soldiers

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1725/1730

Painting of a haloed saint holding a palm frond beside a kneeling bearded donor in black, with a balustrade and sky.

Saint Lucy and a Donor

Paolo Veronese, c. 1585/1595

Elderly bearded man in red drapery kneels by a lectern with a crucifix and skull, a lion beside him, in a rocky landscape.

Saint Jerome in the Wilderness

Paolo Veronese, c. 1575/1585

Madonna in blue mantle and white veil holds a curly-haired Christ Child with a red scarf against a gold background.

Madonna and Child

Domenico Ghirlandaio, c. 1470/1475

Oval painting of a crowned woman in white drapery seated on a cloud with a lion, wheat sheaves, and putti.

Ceres (Summer)

Jean-Antoine Watteau, c. 1717/1718

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the nude Christ Child standing on a cushion on a marble ledge, against a blue sky.

Madonna and Child

Marco Zoppo, c. 1467/1468

Painting of an elderly bearded man writing at a desk as a winged angel gestures beside him in a dim study.

Saint Jerome and the Angel

Simon Vouet, c. 1622/1625

Half-length portrait of an elderly man in a black cap and robe, hands clasped, against a red background.

Portrait of an Ecclesiastic

Unknown artist, c. 1480

Canal scene with a stone gate, boats, figures on the bank, and a distant skyline of domes under a pale sky.

The Porta Portello, Padua

Canaletto, c. 1741/1742

Full-length portrait of a young man in silver doublet, fur mantle, gold chain and feathered velvet cap, holding a sword.

Prince Hercule-François, Duc d'Alençon

Unknown artist, 1572

Painting of classical ruins with a sea-creature fountain, marble lion, columns and gathered figures under a blue sky.

Memorial to Admiral Sir Clowdisley Shovell

Sebastiano Ricci, 1725

Painting of a laurel-crowned man in red robes holding an open verse book, with a terraced mountain and sea behind him.

Allegorical Portrait of Dante

Unknown artist, late 16th century

Half-length painting of a woman with auburn curls in a green dress, lifting the lid of a white ointment jar against a dark ba

The Magdalen

Bernardino Luini, c. 1525