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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Still life of green and purple grapes in a blue bowl with a pink carnation on a white tablecloth against a dark background.

Still Life with Grapes and a Carnation

Henri Fantin-Latour, c. 1880

Painting of a towpath beside a canal with tall poplars, a rider on a white horse, and clouds over a green field.

The Towpath

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1864

Painting of Christ carrying the cross past a round stone building, with a mounted soldier, crowd, and hilly landscape.

Christ Carrying the Cross

Cornelius van Poelenburgh, early 1620s

Oval still life painting of ripe red raspberries and green leaves resting on a forest floor against a dark background.

Raspberries

Lilly Martin Spencer, c. 1859

Painting of washerwomen working by a shallow river with rocky cliffs and a pale blue sky with clouds.

Washerwomen on the Banks of the Durance

Paul Guigou, 1866

Sailing ships among Arctic ice floes with polar bears, seals, and rowing boats beneath a cloudy sky.

The Northern Whale Fishery: The "Swan" and "Isabella"

John Ward of Hull, c. 1840

Painting of a flat river landscape with a church tower, windmills, a horse-drawn carriage and travelers under a cloudy sky.

View of Rhenen

Jan van Goyen, 1646

Painting of a river with a crowded ferry, grazing cattle, sailboats, a castle and church under a cloudy sky.

River Landscape with Ferry

Salomon van Ruysdael, 1649

Painting of Roman ruins with arches and columns, with small figures gathered on a stone courtyard under a blue sky.

The Basilica of Constantine with a Doric Colonnade

Niccolò Codazzi, 1685/1690

Muted seascape of sailing ships on calm water before a distant town skyline under a cloudy sky.

View of Hoorn

Abraham de Verwer, c. 1650

Painting of a forest with gnarled beech trees framing a sunlit clearing and distant hills.

View of Bregentved Forest, Sjaeeland

Frederik Sødring, mid 1830s

Painting of two men pulling a sled with a wooden barrel through snowy woods, a boy riding on top, with sap buckets nearby.

On Their Way to Camp

Eastman Johnson, 1873

Painting of sunlit granite rocks with waves breaking on the shore and sailboats on the bay under a pale blue sky.

Narragansett Bay

William Stanley Haseltine, 1864

Painting of figures in period dress skating on a frozen river beside a windmill and town under a cloudy winter sky.

Skating on the Frozen Amstel River

Adam van Breen, 1611

Loose painting of a brick factory with a tall chimney and dark roof beside green trees under a cloudy sky.

Old Factory

Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1900

Landscape painting of a river valley with cliffs and hills, and a painter at an easel on a rocky ledge at left.

The Juniata, Evening

Thomas Moran, 1864

Painting of tall sailing ships and rowboats in a harbor under a dark, stormy sky with Dutch flags flying.

Amsterdam Harbor Scene

Nooms, called Zeeman, Reinier, c. 1654/1655

Painting of dark rocks on a shoreline under a red, cloudy sky, with two small sailboats on the calm sea.

The Black Rocks at Trouville

Gustave Courbet, 1865/1866

Two large sailing warships fire cannon amid rough green seas, with smoke clouds and flags visible under an overcast sky.

A Naval Encounter between Dutch and Spanish Warships

Cornelis Verbeeck, c. 1618/1620

Seated man in grey coat and hat has his boot pulled off by a servant; a dog, bag and open arch with obelisk are visible.

Anthonij de Bordes and His Valet

Michiel Sweerts, c. 1648

Painting of a busy river with sailing and rowing boats and a distant city skyline under a cloudy sky.

View of Dordrecht from the North

Jan van Goyen, early 1650s

Still life painting of apples, a pear, grapes, walnuts, almonds and hazelnuts arranged on a pale tabletop against a dark back

Still Life with Fruit and Nuts

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1848

Beach scene with three women under parasols and a standing woman in red jacket, with the sea and carriages in the distance.

East Hampton Beach, Long Island

Winslow Homer, 1874

Loose painted landscape of figures in white dresses gathering flowers in a sunny grassy field beside a distant sea.

Gathering Autumn Flowers

William Merritt Chase, 1894/1895

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 cattle herders crossing a river at sunset beneath an arched stone bridge and ruined towers.

The Tiber River with the Ponte Molle at Sunset

Jan Asselijn, c. 1650

Painting of riders and robed figures on a stone bridge over a canal, with a minaret, palm trees, and a town beyond.

View of Medinet El-Fayoum

Jean-Léon Gérôme, c. 1868/1870

Still life of wild strawberries in a blue and white bowl with a carnation, cherries, currants and a butterfly on a wooden tab

Wild Strawberries and a Carnation in a Wan-Li Bowl

Jacob van Hulsdonck, c. 1620

Group of musicians with lute, violin and sheet music around a table, one raising a wine glass, in warm candlelit tones.

The Concert

Gerard van Honthorst, 1623