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National Gallery of Art

25,760 works

Painting of a reclining nude woman grasping a blue cloth while a young man in an orange tunic pulls away on a bed.

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife

Loose oil portrait of a dark-haired woman in a cream embroidered shawl and gloves against a blue background.

Mrs. Francis Howard

Ambrose McEvoy, c. 1916/1918

Oval painting of God the Father on clouds holding a globe, surrounded by angels and cherubs in a golden sky.

God the Father

Unknown artist, after 1664

Painting of the Virgin Mary in a blue mantle with gold trim holding the nude infant Christ against a dark background.

Madonna and Child

Dirck Bouts, c. 1465

Painting of cattle resting by a river under a cloudy sky, with a rider and figures on a hill at right and a sailboat at left.

River Landscape with Cows

Aelbert Cuyp, 1645/1650

Half-length portrait of a man with white curled hair in a dark coat and white cravat against a brown background.

Thomas Jefferson

Gilbert Stuart, c. 1821

Painting of a crowded New York street with skyscrapers, pedestrians, a horse-drawn wagon, and a green streetcar.

New York

George Bellows, 1911

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man in a dark coat and white collar against a dark grey background.

George Cotton Smith

Robert Henri, 1908

Oil portrait of an elderly woman with white hair in a black dress and brooch, against a dark brushed background.

Elizabeth Virginia Laning Bradner Smith (Mrs. George Cotton Smith)

Robert Henri, 1908

Oil portrait of a man with shoulder-length light hair, white collar and dark coat, set in an oval vignette.

John Eldred

John Riley, c. 1670/1680

Painting of two hunters with a dog in a small boat on a marsh, framed by dead trees and autumn foliage.

Hunting in the Pontine Marshes

Horace Vernet, 1833

Painting of an angel expelling a man and woman from Paradise under a shaft of light, with a serpent and animals in the foregr

The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise

Benjamin West, 1791

Painting of a sunlit rock arch on Capri above calm blue sea, with sea stacks and distant coastline.

Natural Arch at Capri

William Stanley Haseltine, 1871

Landscape with ruined tower, cattle, goats and deer by a fountain, with a herdsman and birds under a blue sky.

Landscape with the Flight into Egypt

Roelant Savery, 1624

Dark still life with a fruit basket, melon, fish, frog, songbirds, and a nest with eggs beside hibiscus flowers.

Still Life with Fruit, Fish, and a Nest

Abraham Mignon, c. 1675

Painting of forested mountains in misty valley at sunrise, with gnarled trees and rocks in the foreground.

Sunrise in the Catskills

Thomas Cole, 1826

Expressive painting of a green and orange building with a red roof, a fence and a tree beneath a bright blue sky.

Dance Hall Bellevue [obverse]

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1909/1910

Expressive painting of a red and yellow interior with a woman and older man on stairs and a seated man in a chair.

The Visit - Couple and Newcomer

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1922

Painting of a runaway chariot with rearing horses falling through clouds, surrounded by winged figures and falling nude forms

The Fall of Phaeton

Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1604/1605, probably reworked c. 1606/1608

Night landscape with a moonlit canal, stone bridge, distant town with church tower, and dark trees on the right.

Moonlit Landscape with Bridge

Aert van der Neer, probably 1648/1650

Still life painting of apples and pears in a white pierced basket with grapes and vine leaves on a table.

Fruit Still Life with Chinese Export Basket

James Peale, 1824

Painting of a turquoise alpine lake below snow-capped mountains, with a village, church steeple, and trees in the foreground.

Lake Lucerne

Albert Bierstadt, 1858

Painting of a ruined church with broken stone arches on a grassy hill, with sandbags, rubble and roof tiles in the foreground

The Church of Souain

Félix Vallotton, 1917

Painting of dark fishing boats on a pebble beach, figures in blue, grassy cliffs and houses under a cloudy sky.

Sainte-Adresse

Claude Monet, 1867

Painting of a blue vase with a loose bouquet of red, orange, pink and yellow flowers on a pale background.

Large Vase with Flowers

Odilon Redon, c. 1912

Painting of riders, cattle and goats on a shore beside moored ships and a tall cliff topped with a tower under a cloudy sky.

View of an Italian Port

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, early 1660s

Painting of a white sailboat on rippling water before a yellow lattice drawbridge and railroad trestle under a pale sky.

Drawbridge - Long Branch R. R.

Theodore Robinson, 1894

Painting of a sunlit riverside mill with a chimney, trees, a stone bridge and distant hills under a pale blue sky.

U.S. Thread Company Mills, Willimantic, Connecticut

J. Alden Weir, c. 1893/1897

Two haloed saints in an arched panel: one in dark robes reads a book, the other in a brown habit holds an IHS disc.

Saint Anthony Abbot and Saint Bernardino of Siena

Jacopo Bellini, 1459

Painting of a dancer in a pink skirt turning on a stage, with performers and seated audience in colorful costumes behind her.

Marcelle Lender Dancing the Bolero in "Chilpéric"

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1895-1896

Painting of the dead Christ mourned by the Virgin, Mary Magdalene and other figures, with a crown of thorns on the ground.

Lamentation

Palma il Giovane, c. 1620

Painting of a bearded man in black costume and beret with white lace collar, hand on hip, coat of arms at upper right.

Portrait of a Member of the Quaratesi Family

Unknown artist, 1561

Diana in blue drapery leans over the sleeping Endymion, who lies in a red cloak beside hunting dogs and a horn.

Diana and Endymion

Luca Giordano, c. 1675/1680

Painting of a bound, bearded nude man looking upward as a dark-clad executioner holds a knife beside him.

The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew

Jusepe de Ribera, 1634

Portrait of an elderly bearded man in a dark navy naval uniform with gold buttons and a red cross medal, hands clasped.

Rear Admiral George W. Melville

Thomas Eakins, 1905

Painting of a garden corner with red and white dahlias, a white house with blue shutters, and two figures by a fence.

The Artist's Garden in Argenteuil (A Corner of the Garden with Dahlias)

Claude Monet, 1873

Loose oil sketch of a seated man in a dark robe and headscarf, head bowed over clasped hands, on a brown background.

The Chaperone

Thomas Eakins, c. 1908

Painting of a village street with workmen, a horse and cart of barrels, an inn, poultry, dogs, and a stork on the roof.

Workmen before an Inn

Isaac van Ostade, 1645

Painting of a bouquet of white and pink roses in a tan vase against a swirling green background.

Roses

Vincent van Gogh, 1890

Painting of a pastoral river scene with cows at the water's edge, tall trees, distant mountains, and a soft cloudy sky.

Pastoral Landscape

Asher Brown Durand, 1861

Still life of a dinner table with pewter pitcher, gilded cup, glassware, mince pie, bread roll and lemon peel on white linen.

Banquet Piece with Mince Pie

Willem Claesz. Heda, 1635

Three peasants drinking and smoking at a wooden table in a dim tavern, with a figure in the bright doorway behind.

Peasants in a Tavern

David Teniers the Younger, c. 1633

Sepia sketch of a woman embracing two children against a loose landscape background.

Sketch for The Copley Family

John Singleton Copley, 1776

Painting of rolling farmland with tall poplars, a village, and farmers working under a partly cloudy blue sky.

Landscape at Les Pâtis, Pontoise

Camille Pissarro, 1868

Painting of Warwick Castle towers above a calm river with swans, a stone bridge and autumn trees.

Warwick Castle, England

Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1857

Painting of a two-masted schooner with white sails and an American flag passing a lighthouse, with a woman and child on the s

Schooner

Unknown artist, 19th century

Loose oil painting of gnarled olive tree roots and green undergrowth over sunlit dry earth and pale rocks.

Wild Olive Tree Roots, Valldemosa, Majorca

John Singer Sargent, 1908

Painting of a green arched footbridge over a pond filled with water lilies and surrounded by lush green plants.

The Japanese Footbridge

Claude Monet, 1899

Painting of two smiling elderly peasants embracing, the woman in a white headscarf holding a wine glass.

Two Peasants with a Glass of Wine

David Teniers the Younger, c. 1645

Painter with easel and parasol sits on rocky ledge before a shadowed mountain slope and valley town at dusk.

View of Bozen with a Painter

Jules Coignet, 1837

Painting of a hilltop town above a calm lake at sunset, framed by a large tree on the left.

View of Lake Nemi

Jules Coignet, 1843

Painting of a shadowy forest with a painter at an easel, a dog, large rocks, and a small waterfall over a stream.

Forest Interior with a Painter, Civita Castellana

André Giroux, 1825/1830

Painting of a waterfall tumbling over rocks in a shadowy forest, framed by overhanging tree branches and green foliage.

Forest Interior with a Waterfall, Papigno

André Giroux, 1825/1830

Seated man in red and black robe with white cravat, resting hand on a book beside a column, painted 1794.

John Jay

Gilbert Stuart, 1794

Still life painting of a glowing mound of butter with a knife, a white cloth, and two eggs on a wooden table.

Mound of Butter

Antoine Vollon, 1875/1885

Reclining woman in red dress with lute player, a seated companion, and arched colonnade overlooking a blue sea.

The Favorite of the Emir

Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant, c. 1879

Oil painting of a bearded man gesturing to seated travelers with a donkey, dog, and ruins under a dusky sky.

The Levite at Gibeah

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, early 1640s

Painting of two nude women standing under a red umbrella in a colorful green meadow with trees and fields.

Two Girls under an Umbrella

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1910

Men on a wooden flatboat on a river, one dancing with arms raised while a fiddler plays, wooded shores behind.

The Jolly Flatboatmen

George Caleb Bingham, 1846

Still life painting of a wicker basket of grapes, plums and quinces on a porcelain dish, with cherries and fruit on a table.

Basket of Fruits

Balthasar van der Ast, c. 1622

Still life painting of a wicker basket of flowers with shells, grapes, cherries and currants on a table.

Basket of Flowers

Balthasar van der Ast, c. 1622

Still life of roses, a striped tulip and bellflowers in a glass vase, with a dragonfly and a moth on the leaves.

Roses and a Tulip in a Glass Vase

Jan Philip van Thielen, c. 1650/1660

Still life of flowers spilling from a wicker basket beside a glass vase on a pale table, with a dark background.

Flowers in a Basket and a Vase

Jan Brueghel the Elder, 1615

Still life painting of a hanging bouquet of roses, tulips and white hydrangeas tied with a blue ribbon against a dark backgro

A Hanging Bouquet of Flowers

Abraham Mignon, probably 1665/1670