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National Gallery of Art

689 works

Portrait of a young woman with auburn hair in a green dress, black necklace and red earring, with a small white dog below.

Portrait of a Young Woman

Unknown artist, 1530/1540

Oil painting of an elderly bearded man in a dark cap, head bowed, lit from the left against a dark background.

Head of Saint Matthew

; Rembrandt van Rijn Anonymous, probably early 1660s

Self-portrait by Judith Leyster showing a smiling woman painter with brush and palette beside a violin-playing figure.

Self-portrait

Judith Leyster, 1630

Oil portrait of a man in a black tall hat, dark cloak and white collar against a red and brown background.

Portrait of a Man in a Tall Hat

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1663

Oil portrait of an elderly woman in a dark hood and white cap, lit against a shadowy background, with a weary expression.

Head of an Aged Woman

; Rembrandt van Rijn Anonymous, 1655/1660

Kneeling woman in a red gown and veiled headdress at a lectern, with an arched window onto a river landscape.

Portrait of a Female Donor

Petrus Christus, 1450

Oil portrait of a woman in a dark dress and white lace collar holding a white ostrich-feather fan against a brown background.

Portrait of a Lady with an Ostrich-Feather Fan

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1656/1658

Half-length portrait of a man in a beret and gold-trimmed dark garment, looking toward the viewer against a dark background.

Portrait of Rembrandt

; Rembrandt van Rijn Anonymous, 1650

Portrait of Simon-Mathurin Lantara

Oil portrait of a man in a black wide-brimmed hat, white lace collar and black clothing, holding white gloves against a dark

Portrait of a Gentleman with a Tall Hat and Gloves

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1656/1658

Half-length portrait of a young man with wavy blond hair, black cap, and fur-trimmed brown garment against a dark background.

Portrait of a Young Man

Unknown artist, c. 1505

Full-length portrait of a man in black coat and hat skating on ice, with other skaters and bare trees in a winter landscape.

The Skater (Portrait of William Grant)

Gilbert Stuart, 1782

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

Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1618

Half-length portrait of a young man with a white lace ruff and embroidered brown doublet against a dark background.

Portrait of a Nobleman

Unknown artist, c. 1570

Half-length oil portrait of an older man with white powdered hair, dark coat and white cravat against a red background.

George Washington (Vaughan portrait)

Gilbert Stuart, 1795

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

Painted portrait of an older woman in black gown and white headdress holding a red prayer book, with inscriptions above.

Portrait of a Lady

Unknown artist, 1532

Portrait of an older man with white hair in a dark coat and white cravat against a red background.

George Washington (Vaughan-Sinclair portrait)

Gilbert Stuart, 1795

Painting of a family in an elegant interior: a seated woman with roses, a man in brocade reading a letter, and a girl in blue

Family Portrait

François-Hubert Drouais, 1756

Oil portrait of a woman in a dark dress and white lace bonnet, resting her hand on her cheek against a brown background.

Portrait of a Lady

Unknown artist, c. 1825

Seated man in black and orange robes with white jabot, resting a hand on a book, before a column and drapery.

Portrait of John Jay

Gilbert Stuart, 1794

Half-length portrait of a young man with long auburn hair, black cap, red tunic, and dark teal background.

Portrait of a Youth

Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio, c. 1495/1498

Half-length oil portrait of a woman with powdered hair, black dress, white lace collar and red draped mantle.

Portrait of a Woman

Unknown artist, c. 1711

Portrait of a seated man in a brown coat holding an open book, with a gilded table, blue drapery and scientific instruments b

Portrait of Joseph Bonnier de la Mosson (1702-1744)

Jean-Marc Nattier, 1745

Painted portrait of a man in a black hat and fur-trimmed robe before a green curtain, with a landscape view at right.

Portrait of a Nobleman

Nicolaus Kremer, 1529

Oil portrait of a seated man in a gold coat, white cravat and powdered wig, beside a blue chair and stone column.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Unknown artist, c. 1726/1740

Oil painting of an elderly man with disheveled gray hair, wrinkled face and sinewy neck against a dark background.

Head of an Old Man

Abraham Bloemaert

Bust-length oil portrait of a man with curly reddish hair, black coat and white cravat, against a dark background.

Self-Portrait

Chester Harding, c. 1825

Oil portrait of a man in a powdered wig, dark coat and white cravat against a dark background.

Portrait of a Man

Unknown artist, c. 1770

Self-portrait of a man in a red coat and white cap holding a palette, with classical statues behind him.

Self-Portrait

Nicolas de Largillière, 1707