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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Painting of clustered pears on branches with green leaves and wasps feeding on one fruit against a blue sky.

Ripening Pears

Joseph Decker, c. 1884/1885

Dark storm over a valley with a commanding figure on a cliff, a sunbeam on a walled city, and armies fighting below.

Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon

John Martin, 1816

Painting of a dark forest with gnarled trees, a stream, hunting dogs and riders on horseback at the right.

Departure for the Hunt in the Pontine Marshes

Horace Vernet, 1833

Painting of a sandy beach with rolling surf, a rock outcrop, wading figures, and a dog under a cloudy sky.

Second Beach, Newport

Worthington Whittredge, c. 1878/1880

Snowy northern landscape with dunes, a frozen lake, distant hills, and two small figures on a ridge under a grey-blue sky.

Northern Landscape, Spring

Caspar David Friedrich, c. 1825

Interior of a Gothic church with tall columns, arches, a brass chandelier, and small figures in dark clothing on the stone fl

The Interior of the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam

Emanuel de Witte, c. 1660

Painting of a shepherd leading sheep and dogs along a stone road beneath trees, with a fortress on a cliff.

Shepherd with His Flock

Jean-Victor Bertin, c. 1820

Painting of a wooded clearing with a stream, grazing cattle, a classical statue on a pedestal, and a rocky cliff at right.

Woodland Scene with Nymphs and a Herm

Jean-Victor Bertin, c. 1810

Painting of a calm bay with moored sailing ships, a fortress on the left hillside, and cumulus clouds above.

On the Bay of Naples

Léon-François-Antoine Fleury, c. 1830

Painting of a woodland stream over rocks, with white water, a shadowed cliff face, and leafy trees overhead.

Woodland Stream

Paul Huet, c. 1840

Small painting of a Venetian canal with a church bell tower, a stone bridge, moored boats, and palazzi under a cloudy sky.

The Church of San Trovaso, Venice

Jules-Romain Joyant, c. 1830

Sketch of a Venetian canal with a domed building, a stone bridge, moored boats and sunlit palazzi under a cloudy sky.

The Scuola di San Marco, Venice

Jules-Romain Joyant, c. 1830

Painting of a roaring lion guarding a dead deer while a snake coils above it beside a forest pool.

Lion Defending its Prey

Edwin Landseer, c. 1840

Painting of a hillside village of pale houses below a steep green mountain with sunlit rocky peaks.

Village on the Island of Ischia

Sébastien-Louis-Guillaume Norblin de la Gourdaine, c. 1826

Painting of Roman theater ruins at Taormina with a smoking volcano, coastline, and small figures on a grassy slope.

The Roman Theater at Taormina

Louise-Joséphine Sarazin de Belmont, 1828

Painting of crumbling ruins with cactus and agave in the foreground, a harbor town with ships and a bay beyond.

Ancient Ruins near Messina, Sicily

Jean-Charles-Joseph Rémond, 1842

Painting of a hilltop castle and ruined towers on cliffs, with a shepherd and goats in the foreground and a distant plain.

View of the Castello di San Giuliano, near Trapani, Sicily

Louise-Joséphine Sarazin de Belmont, c. 1824/1826

Oil painting of the round Tomb of Caecilia Metella on a grassy hill, with a shepherd and sheep in the foreground under a pale

The Tomb of Caecilia Metella

Léon-François-Antoine Fleury, c. 1830

Painting of an elderly prophet in red robes with a kneeling woman and boy among classical ruins under a cloudy sky.

The Prophet Elijah and the Widow of Zarephath

Cornelius van Poelenburgh, c. 1630

Still life of pink, cream, white and red roses with green leaves scattered across a dark brown tabletop.

_Roses de Nice_ on a Table

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1882

Elderly woman with open book beside a boy with clasped hands at a spinning wheel in a dim beamed room.

Saying Grace

Frans van Mieris

Still life with a peacock pie, roast fowl, pewter jug, lemons, peaches and bread on a white tablecloth.

Still Life with Peacock Pie

Pieter Claesz, 1627

Seated man in jaguar-patterned loincloth chisels a pale stone wall beside a carved relief panel on a green rug.

An Aztec Sculptor

George de Forest Brush, 1887

Painting of a sunlit Dutch canal with trees, moored boats, brick gabled houses, a church tower, and an arched bridge.

View Down a Dutch Canal

Jan van der Heyden, c. 1670

Still life painting of grapes, figs, and game birds including a pheasant on a red tablecloth against a dark background.

Still Life with Grapes and Game

Frans Snyders, c. 1630

Painting of three green pears with stems resting on a sloping, shadowed tabletop, in loose layered brushstrokes.

Three Pears

Paul Cézanne, 1878/1879

Painting of a woman in a white dress and hat seated beside a child in blue at a garden gate, with a parasol on the path.

Nanny and Child

Eva Gonzalès, 1877/1878

Night painting of many nude boys on and around a wooden dock, some diving and swimming in dark water.

Forty-two Kids

George Bellows, 1907

Two Studies of a Standing Indian from Calcutta

Eugène Delacroix, c. 1823/1824

Two painted studies of a man in white robes, one standing with a cane and one seated in a chair, against a dark background.

Two Studies of an Indian from Calcutta, Seated and Standing

Eugène Delacroix, c. 1823/1824