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National Gallery of Art

25,755 works

Full-length portrait of a woman in a silver silk gown and lace ruff, holding a fan before red drapery and a stone column.

Marchesa Brigida Spinola Doria

Peter Paul Rubens, 1606

Half-length portrait of a young man in a black hat and dark robe against a mottled green background.

Portrait of a Man

Rosso Fiorentino, early 1520s

Two draped women with a celestial globe and scroll, reclining before classical columns as putti bring a laurel wreath.

The Muses Urania and Calliope

Simon Vouet, c. 1634

Painting of a baroque palace with formal gardens, a fountain-lined canal, and gilded boats carrying figures in period dress.

Nymphenburg Palace, Munich

Bernardo Bellotto, c. 1761

Religious painting of Saint Anne with the Christ Child, the Virgin Mary, and Saint John the Baptist beside a lamb.

Saint Anne with the Christ Child, the Virgin, and Saint John the Baptist

Hans Baldung Grien, c. 1511

Panoramic cityscape of a river town with twin church towers, a stone gate, and figures on a dirt road in the foreground.

View of Munich

Bernardo Bellotto, c. 1761

Painting of women on a riverbank rescuing an infant in a basket, with a classical landscape of palms and buildings behind.

The Finding of Moses

Sébastien Bourdon, c. 1655/1660

Christ gestures to Saint Peter in a yellow robe beside Saint John, standing before a colonnade on a stone platform.

Christ Instructing Peter and John to Prepare for the Passover

Vincenzo Civerchio, 1504

Painting of a figure with curly red hair in a pink tunic and blue cloak, gesturing toward an open book against a dark backgro

Salvator Mundi

Antonio da Correggio, c. 1515

Painting of the crucifixion with Christ center, two thieves on crosses, and a mounted soldier in armor on a white horse below

The Crucifixion with the Converted Centurion

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1536

Three-panel painting of robed figures on temple steps and a winged angel with a lily beside a seated woman.

The Presentation and Marriage of the Virgin, and the Annunciation

Benedetto Diana, 1520/1525

Gold-ground panel of the Virgin's Assumption with musician angels above and apostles gathered around a flower-filled tomb bel

The Assumption of the Virgin with Busts of the Archangel Gabriel and the Virgin of the Annunciation

Paolo di Giovanni Fei, c. 1400/1405

Painting of a bald friar in a grey habit with a halo, holding an open book beside a gold arch and a tree.

Saint Bernardino of Siena

Vincenzo Foppa, c. 1495/1500

Painting of Saint Cecilia in a red dress playing an organ beside a winged angel in blue holding sheet music.

Saint Cecilia and an Angel

Orazio Gentileschi, c. 1617/1618 and c. 1621/1627

Portrait of a seated man in a powdered wig and gold-embroidered coat holding papers at a green table.

Don Antonio Noriega

Francisco Goya, 1801

Panel painting of the Madonna and Child enthroned with four angels against a gold background.

Maestà (Madonna and Child with Four Angels)

Master of Città di Castello, c. 1290

Painting of Christ's baptism by John the Baptist, with angels and saints in a gold sky and a knight slaying a dragon at right

The Baptism of Christ

Master of the Saint Bartholomew Altar, c. 1485/1500

Still life of a bread basket, pottery, glass jars, sweet pastries and candied fruit on stone ledges against a dark background

Still Life with Sweets and Pottery

Juan van der Hamen y Léon, 1627

Painting of three nude goddesses before a seated man in a lush forest landscape with a distant hilltop city.

The Judgment of Paris

Sons, Giovanni, late 16th century

Virgin and Child in clouds appear above a kneeling bearded saint in red vestments, with angels and a skull below.

Madonna and Child Appearing to Saint Philip Neri

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, probably 1725 or after

Half-length oil portrait of a young man with tousled brown hair, dark coat and white cravat against a brown background.

David Johnston

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, 1808

Dark landscape with tall trees on rocks, a waterfall, a woman and child on a footbridge, and a stormy sky.

Landscape

Jacob van Ruisdael, c. 1670

Nativity scene with Mary kneeling beside the infant Christ, three adoring men, and an angel glowing in the night sky.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo, 1530s

Renaissance altarpiece of the Madonna and Child with Saint Michael, a bishop, two saints and angels against a blue sky.

Madonna and Child with Saints and Angels

Luca Signorelli, mid or late 1510s

Painting of a seated woman in green holding an infant, with haloed children, two men, and a dog on a gilded background.

Saint Mary Cleophas and Her Family

Bernhard Strigel, c. 1520/1528

Panel painting of a seated woman with children reading and a dark eagle with halo, against a gold patterned background.

Saint Mary Salome and Her Family

Bernhard Strigel, c. 1520/1528

Reclining woman in pink drapery under grapevines, with a red macaw, songbirds, wheat and roses in a landscape.

Summer

Jacopo Tintoretto, c. 1546/1548

Still life of game birds, a hare, a peacock, live fowl, fish, and copper vessels in a vaulted kitchen interior.

The Larder

Anton Maria Vassallo, probably c. 1650/1660

Three costumed figures in a columned hall: a seated woman in a pink and silver gown flanked by two men in fur and feathers.

Three Figures Dressed for a Masquerade

Louis Joseph le Lorrain, c. 1740s

Oval portrait of a woman in a blue dress and lace collar holding flowers, with a stone urn and fountain behind her.

Lucy Tappan Bowen (Mrs. Henry C. Bowen)

Francis Bicknell Carpenter, 1859

Painting of a young woman in a yellow dress reading a small red book, seated beside a pink cushion in a warm interior.

Young Girl Reading

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, c. 1769

Painting of a golden sunset over a calm lake, with green hillside, trees, a grazing goat and a stone wall.

Lake Albano, Sunset

George Inness, c. 1874

Still life painting of oysters on a plate with lemons, a salt cellar and a fork on a dark table.

Oysters

Édouard Manet, 1862

Full-length portrait of a young woman in a pink gown with grey bows, holding white flowers against a brown background.

Miss Grace Woodhouse

John Singer Sargent, 1890

Painting of a Venetian street with a woman in a dark shawl walking forward and two men in overcoats at right.

Street in Venice

John Singer Sargent, 1882

Young woman in yellow dress tuning a lute at a table with a violin, recorders and sheet music, dark background.

The Lute Player

Orazio Gentileschi, c. 1612/1620

Half-length portrait of a man in a black beret and dark fur-trimmed coat, holding white gloves against a green background.

Joris Vezeleer

Joos van Cleve, probably 1518

Half-length portrait of a woman in a white headdress and blue gown, holding a pink carnation and red coral beads.

Margaretha Boghe

Joos van Cleve, probably 1518

Painting of a woman in a yellow jacket with fur trim writing with a quill at a table covered in blue cloth.

A Lady Writing

Johannes Vermeer, c. 1665

Portrait of a Woman

Alphonse Legros, 1875

Half-length portrait of a man in a black bicorne hat with a white feather, wrapped in a dark green cloak against a dark backg

The Duke of Wellington

Francisco Spanish 18th/19th Century ; Goya, c. 1812

Portrait of a young woman in a black dress, white lace mantilla and long white gloves, holding a fan against a dark backgroun

Young Lady Wearing a Mantilla and Basquina

Francisco Goya, c. 1800/1805

Painting of the Virgin Mary rising on clouds in a blue mantle, surrounded by cherubs, above a draped stone altar and columns.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Nicolas Poussin, c. 1630/1632

Painting of a nude boy grabbing for a rescue boat as a shark surges toward him, with ships and a harbor behind.

Watson and the Shark

John Singleton Copley, 1778

Agrippina and Germanicus

Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1614

Painting of a river below a ruined castle on a cliff, with snowy mountains, tall trees, and a waterfall under a bright sky.

Fanciful Landscape

Thomas Doughty, 1834

Autumn landscape with red and gold trees, a sunburst over a wide river valley, distant boats and a small town.

Autumn - On the Hudson River

Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1860

Painting of a seated older man in a black suit and bow tie, hands clasped, against a dark background.

Simon Hayem

Jules Bastien-Lepage, 1875

Half-length portrait of a young girl with brown hair in a white gathered dress against a dark background.

Caroline Mortier de Trévise

Louis-Léopold Boilly, c. 1810/1812

Half-length portrait of a young girl with reddish-brown hair in a white gathered dress against a dark brown background.

Malvina Mortier de Trévise

Louis-Léopold Boilly, c. 1810/1812

Well-dressed figures stroll and sit on a sandy beach under a sunset sky of soft clouds, with a small dog in the foreground.

The Beach at Villerville

Eugène-Louis Boudin, 1864

Loose painting of women in long dresses and hats on a sandy beach beside a striped parasol, with a sailboat on the sea.

On the Beach

Eugène-Louis Boudin, 1894

Women in long dresses and hats seated on a sunlit beach, with a hazy sea and distant sailboats behind them.

On the Beach, Trouville

Eugène-Louis Boudin, 1887

Painting of an older woman with grey hair, pink flower on a dark hat, dark dress, leaning on a floral chair.

Portrait of a Lady

Mary Cassatt, c. 1887

Oil painting of a seated boy in a black hat and grey jacket, reclining on a dark seat in a muted interior.

Italian Peasant Boy

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1825/1827

Painting of chalk cliffs and beached fishing boats on a sandy shore at low tide, with the sea on the right.

Beach in Normandy

Gustave Courbet, c. 1872/1875

French Theater

Honoré Daumier, c. 1856

The Beggars

Honoré Daumier, c. 1843

Oil portrait of a young woman in a red and blue plaid dress with lace collar, seated in a chair against a muted background.

Portrait of a Young Girl

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1850 or 1859

Painting of wandering street performers, a man in a white ruff and peaked cap before a figure carrying a ladder, in muted bro

Wandering Saltimbanques

Honoré Daumier, 1847/1850

Oil portrait of a boy in a red velvet jacket with a white collar, holding a riding crop, seated before a hilly landscape.

Portrait of a Young Horsewoman

Charles David, 1839

Seated woman in dark dress before a background of white and yellow chrysanthemums, painted in loose brushwork.

Mademoiselle Malot

Edgar Degas, c. 1877

Painting of a young woman in a red dress with fur trim standing before a brown interior wall.

Girl in Red

Edgar Degas, c. 1866

Painting of a bearded man in a turban seated in a dim studio beside white marble sculptures.

Michelangelo in His Studio

Pierre Andrieu, late 19th century