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National Gallery of Art

25,670 works

Painting of a man in an orange tunic beside a javelin, with trees, a palm and mountains in a pale landscape.

Procris Pierced by Cephalus' Javelin

Bernardino Luini, c. 1520/1522

Fresco-style landscape of a young hunter with a spear gesturing toward reclining figures by a stream, with a hilltop town beh

Cephalus and the Nymphs

Bernardino Luini, c. 1520/1522

Painted landscape with two men in the foreground and a figure with raised arms on a hill beneath a large tree.

The Despair of Cephalus

Bernardino Luini, c. 1520/1522

Painting of rolling green hills with men in foreground gesturing toward hunting dogs and animals chasing across a distant hil

The Misfortunes of Cephalus

Bernardino Luini, c. 1520/1522

Painting of a woman in a red robe reaching toward a kneeling white unicorn in a green landscape with trees and hills.

Procris and the Unicorn

Bernardino Luini, c. 1520/1522

Mother of Pearl and Silver: The Andalusian

James McNeill Whistler, 1888(?)-1900

Full-length portrait of a red-haired woman in a white dress holding a lily, standing on an animal skin rug before white drape

Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl

James McNeill Whistler, 1861-1863, 1872

Painting of two women in a studio with an easel, plaster casts, a drawing board and classical sculpture.

A Painter's Studio

Louis-Léopold Boilly, c. 1800

Still life with peaches in a basket, plums, a brown stoneware jug, and a glass of water on a table.

Fruit, Jug, and a Glass

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, c. 1726/1728

Oil portrait of a young woman in a white fur-trimmed shawl and fur muff, seated beside a red drape and gilt table.

Young Woman with a Muff

Unknown artist, c. 1750

Reclining nude Venus with cupids, doves and blue drapery beside a pool in a leafy forest grove.

The Bath of Venus

François Boucher, 1751

Bearded man in red tunic carrying a wrapped figure on his back along a hill, with a crowd and village in the background.

The Healing of the Paralytic

Unknown artist, c. 1560/1590

Dark still life of peaches, an orange, lemon peel, a blue and white bowl, glassware and a patterned carpet.

Still Life

Willem Kalf, c. 1660

Painting of a gaunt bearded elderly man, Saint Jerome, gazing upward in a dark rocky landscape with light breaking through cl

Saint Jerome

El Greco, c. 1610/1614

Head of One of the Three Kings: Melchior, The Assyrian King

Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1618

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark fur-collared cloak beside a stone ledge, with a hilltop town and river behind him.

Portrait of a Man with a Landscape View

Jacopo Tintoretto, 1552/1556

Painting of Saint Lucy holding a plate with eyes and a palm frond, wearing a flower crown and pearl necklace.

Saint Lucy

Francisco de Zurbarán, c. 1625/1630

Painting of a city avenue decorated with Allied flags, with a crowd below and tall stone buildings on the left.

Allies Day, May 1917

Childe Hassam, 1917

In Church

Honoré Daumier, 1855/1857

Painting of a banquet with seated men around a table and a nude woman carrying a platter of fruit, in warm browns.

Feast of the Gods

Honoré Daumier, c. 1849/1850, with later additions by other hands

Painting of a poor family on a city street beside a wooden fence, with factory chimneys and a smoky sky behind them.

The Stockade

Jean-Louis Forain, probably c. 1908

Painting of a young ballet dancer in a pale tutu beside a flowering backdrop, with an older man in a top hat in shadow.

Behind the Scenes

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1880

Painting of a bowed woman in black holding a paper, standing in a green-walled room with framed pictures and flowers.

The Petitioner

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1910

Full-length portrait of a standing man in a dark overcoat against a muted brown background, hands clasped.

Alexander Arnold Hannay

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1896

Painting of a woman in a pink ruffled dress seated on a wooden chair, reading a book against a reddish-brown wall.

Peach Blossom

Beatrix Godwin Whistler, c. 1890-1894

Painting of a bearded elderly man with outstretched arms seated with three young women before golden relief roundels.

Job and His Daughters

William Blake, 1799/1800

Four boys sail a small boat named Gloucester through choppy sea, with a distant schooner under a cloudy sky.

Breezing Up (A Fair Wind)

Winslow Homer, 1873-1876

Portrait of a man in a navy uniform with gold epaulettes, with sailing ships on a stormy sea behind him.

Commodore John Rodgers

John Wesley Jarvis, c. 1814

Corot landscape of a wooded stream with women and a child on the grassy bank and a figure in the trees.

The Eel Gatherers

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1860/1865

Painting of a shaded forest stream winding between pale rock cliffs and tall trees, with mossy stones in the water.

The Stream (Le Ruisseau du Puits-Noir; vallée de la Loue)

Gustave Courbet, 1855