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National Gallery of Art

236 works

Painting of a small village of low houses beside a calm blue bay, with sandy shore in the foreground under a blue sky.

Village by the Sea in Brittany

Odilon Redon, c. 1880

Pointillist seascape with pale yellow sky, blue and orange water, and green dunes at lower right, by Georges Seurat.

Seascape (Gravelines)

Georges Seurat, 1890

Painting of several sailing ships and a small boat on choppy harbor water, with a distant city skyline under a cloudy sky.

New York Harbor

Fitz Henry Lane, 1852

Painting of a woman with a fishing net on rocks by the sea, with breaking waves and a gull under a grey sky.

A Light on the Sea

Winslow Homer, 1897

Painting of sailing ships on choppy harbor water near a walled fort, with an American flag and seagulls under a pale sky.

Boston Harbor

Robert Salmon, 1843

Stormy sea with steamships and a sailing boat beside a wooden pier, figures walking under a dramatic cloudy sky.

Marine

Eugène Isabey, c. 1830

Painting of a red-roofed farmhouse by the sea with haystacks and a walking figure under a pink evening sky.

Homestead by the Sea

Jean-Charles Cazin, after 1876

Painting of green ocean waves breaking on a sandy beach under a bright cloudy sky, with a sailboat on the horizon.

On the Coast of New Jersey

William Trost Richards, 1883

Painting of wind-bent trees on sandy dunes above choppy sea, with sailboats and grazing cattle under a cloudy sky.

Dunes by the Sea

Jacob van Ruisdael, 1648

Engraving of sea gods battling, with tritons, winged sea horses, a sea monster, and a figure with a trident.

Battle of the Sea Gods [left half]

Andrea Mantegna, before 1481

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 sea gods and nude figures guiding horse-like sea creatures and a chariot through shallow water.

Triumph of the Sea-Gods

Albrecht Altdorfer, c. 1520/1525

Pen and ink drawing of sea gods and tritons battling among reeds and waves, with a nude female figure at left.

Battle of the Sea Gods [right half]

Andrea Mantegna, before 1481

Blake's watercolor of a red dragon with crowned heads standing over a sea beast with many faces, under a starry sky.

The Great Red Dragon and the Beast from the Sea

William Blake, 1805

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

Pen and ink drawing of a castle on a rocky hill above a harbor town, with a shepherd and sheep in the foreground.

Landscape with Castle above a Harbor

Matthys Cock, 1540

Engraved print of a standing marine private holding a musket with bayonet, with a fort and ship in the background.

A private Marine of Col. Fourgeoud's Corps

William Blake after John Gabriel Stedman, 1793

Etching of a pale beach with small figures near the shore, a sailboat on calm water, and a distant town skyline.

Coast (La cote)

Gustave Leheutre

Pastel drawing of sailing boats silhouetted on calm water under a rose and grey sunset sky.

A Seascape at Sunset

Ernest Ange Duez, 1880

Engraved pendant design with a sea monster carrying a seated woman and a man with a sail, over scrollwork and drops.

Design for a Pendant with a Sea-Monster Carrying Thetis and a Man with a Sail

Hans Collaert the Elder, 1582

Engraving of a reclining mermaid and bearded merman on waves, with a hilltop castle and sailing ship behind them.

Sea Monster ("Das Meerwunder")

Albrecht Dürer, c. 1498

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

Engraved pendant design showing Neptune with a trident riding a sea monster, flanked by two cherubs, with ornate scrollwork.

Design for a Pendant with a Sea-Monster Carrying Neptune Flanked by Two Figures

Hans Collaert the Elder, 1582

Etching of two sailing ships and a small boat battling rough waves under a cloudy sky.

Sea Scene

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1635

Brown monochrome wash drawing of a wide coastal panorama with dark clouds over a glowing horizon and flat shoreline.

Panorama of the Coast at Sunset

Francis Danby, 1813

Engraved pendant design of Neptune on a sea monster flanked by two nereids, with ribbons and scrolled ornament.

Design for a Pendant with a Sea-Monster Carrying Neptune Flanked by Two Nereids

Hans Collaert the Elder, 1582

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

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

Engraved pendant design with a sea monster carrying Neptune and a river god with an oar, framed by scrollwork and ribbons.

Design for a Pendant with a Sea-Monster Carrying Neptune on an Urn Flanked by a River-God with an Oar

Hans Collaert the Elder, 1582