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National Gallery of Art

25,760 works

Painting of an evening wooded landscape with travelers on a road, a donkey, cattle, rocky hills and distant mountains under a

An Italianate Evening Landscape

Jan Both, c. 1650

Painting of a cavalry battle on a hillside, with horsemen, a trumpeter, fallen soldiers, and smoke under a hazy sky.

Battle Scene

Philips Wouwerman, c. 1645/1646

Christ kneels to wash a disciple's foot in a golden basin, surrounded by robed disciples in a columned hall.

Christ Washing the Disciples' Feet

Garofalo, c. 1520/1525

Still life painting of a flower bouquet with tulips and lilies in a metal vase, with a beetle and snail on a ledge.

Still Life with Tulips

Peter Binoit, 1623

Painting of a dense flower bouquet with tulips and irises in a vase, with a beetle and caterpillar on a ledge.

Still Life with Iris

Peter Binoit, 1623

Painting of figures chopping wood and gathering by a fire outside a thatched hut under a stormy winter sky.

Winter

Corrado Giaquinto, c. 1740/1750

Painting of a harvest bacchanal with figures picking grapes from a tree, pouring wine, and gathering fruit among putti.

Autumn

Corrado Giaquinto, c. 1740/1750

Still life painting of a crowded cupboard with books, bread, a conch shell, a top hat, and printed notices.

Poor Artist's Cupboard

Charles Bird King, c. 1815

Medieval painting of the Crucifixion with Christ center, mourning women at left, a mounted knight at right, and angels on gol

Calvary

Master of the Death of Saint Nicholas of Münster, c. 1470/1480

Painting of a sunlit Venetian canal lined with palazzi, moored boats, and a distant arched bridge under a blue sky.

The Grand Canal

Richard Parkes Bonington, 1826/1827

Still life painting of a pomegranate, grapes, hazelnuts and a glass of wine on a stone ledge against a dark background.

Still Life with Fruit

Jacob van Walscapelle, 1675

Franz Marc painting of colorful stylized trees, rolling hills, and two reddish weasels with white markings in the grass.

Weasels at Play

Franz Marc, 1911

Oil portrait of a woman in a red velvet dress, golden shawl and pearls, with a dark curtain and sunset landscape behind her.

Portrait of a Lady

Nicolaes Maes, 1676

Painter seated on a rocky cliff sketching, overlooking a hazy forested valley and distant bay under a pale sky.

The Artist Sketching at Mount Desert, Maine

Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1864-1865

Painting of the ruined Parthenon with fallen marble blocks, a lone figure, and distant sea and mountains under a hazy sky.

Ruins of the Parthenon

Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1880

Painting of a woman in a white dress and a man in a bowler hat standing among colorful trees by a blue lake.

People by the Blue Lake

August Macke, 1913

Painting of a rapt half-nude woman with putti below and two angels playing violin in dark clouds above.

The Ecstasy of the Magdalen

Giulio Cesare Procaccini, 1616/1620

Oval sepia portrait of a woman in a white dress, framed by cherubs, drapery and a distant church tower.

Anna Maria van Schurman

Cornelis Jonson van Ceulen, 1657

Still life painting of falconry gear, a birdcage, and hunting horns arranged in an arched stone niche.

Niche with Falconry Gear

Christoffel Pierson, probably 1660s

Painting of a mounted rider chasing bison across a plain, with skulls and carcasses in the foreground and mountains beyond.

The Last of the Buffalo

Albert Bierstadt, 1888-1889

Still life painting of two pears, wine glasses and a bottle on a white tablecloth against a dark background.

Two Pears on a Tabletop

Sanford Robinson Gifford, c. 1866

Painting of Roman ruins, a brick bell tower and rooftops under a cloudy sky, with a lone figure on a grassy path.

View of the Cloaca Maxima, Rome

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1814

Still life painting of a tied bundle of asparagus and red currants on a stone ledge against a dark background.

Still Life with Asparagus and Red Currants

Adriaen Coorte, 1696

Painting of a harvest field with haystacks, willow trees, grazing cattle, and a rain shower under clouds over a distant ridge

Harvest Scene in the Delaware Valley

George Inness, 1867

Man in red cap and yellow shirt smoking a pipe, seated on barrels beside a shed at dusk.

Mississippi Boatman

George Caleb Bingham, 1850

Calm river reflecting a wooded hill, with a fisherman on a sandy bank beneath trees in the right foreground.

Mount Tom

Thomas Charles Farrer, 1865

Marsh landscape with a haystack, winding creek, grazing cows, a gnarled tree, and clouds tinted pink under a green sky.

Sunlight and Shadow: The Newbury Marshes

Martin Johnson Heade, c. 1871/1875

Painting of women knitting and working outside a stone cottage, with two children seated on wooden steps in the foreground.

Sparrow Hall

Winslow Homer, c. 1881-1882

Still life of worn books and loose papers heaped in a wooden crate against a pale wall.

Take Your Choice

John Frederick Peto, 1885

Painting of a seated man on a rocky ridge overlooking hazy hills and a distant sea under a pale pink sky.

Mount Desert Island, Maine

Jervis McEntee, 1864

Boy playing violin on a forest path for seated children in straw hats, with a cabin and autumn trees behind.

His First Appearance in Public

Charles Caleb Ward, 1870

Painting of a moored boat on calm water beside a reddish rock outcrop and grassy headland under a pale sky.

Brace's Rock, Eastern Point, Gloucester

Fitz Henry Lane, c. 1864

Panoramic oil landscape of a valley with a lake, poplar trees, rolling hills, and a stone building with a bell tower in the f

Panoramic Landscape near the River Moselle

Théodore Rousseau, c. 1830

Painting of patchwork fields sloping toward a lake, with blue mountains and a clear sky beyond.

Swiss Landscape

Alexandre Calame, c. 1830

Autumn forest scene with a dirt path, red-leaved trees, large boulders, and a shallow stream with ferns in the foreground.

October

William Trost Richards, 1863

Painting of a kneeling woman receiving communion from an elderly man as angels and cherubs attend her in the clouds.

The Last Communion of Saint Mary of Egypt

Sebastiano Ricci, c. 1695

Painting of a grounded three-masted ship on a stormy shore at sunset, with waves breaking and debris on the sand.

The Stranded Ship

Asher Brown Durand, 1844

Painting of a blue and white vase holding peonies, roses, irises and fuchsia against a dark background.

Vase of Flowers

George Cochran Lambdin, 1875

Young man in a studio holding a palette and brushes at an easel, glancing toward the viewer, with a sketch on the wall.

Self-Portrait in the Studio

Gillis van Tilborgh the Younger, c. 1645

Still life of a white goose, hare and game birds before a classical garden with statues and a distant estate.

Still Life with Goose and Game before a Country Estate

Jan Weenix, c. 1685

Half-length portrait of a young man in a blue coat with gold braid and lace cuffs against a dark background.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Pompeo Batoni, c. 1762

Painting of a crowd under trees listening to a preacher with a staff and sheep, soldiers and a white horse nearby, landscape

Saint John the Baptist Preaching

Willem Reuter, c. 1665

Painting of three pears and a green apple resting on a white cloth against a warm brown background.

Three Pears and an Apple

David Johnson, 1857

Loose painting of a sunlit Cairo courtyard with a patterned stone floor, pale arches and a dark doorway.

Pavement, Cairo

John Singer Sargent, 1891

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

Still life painting of two bottles and apples on a white cloth, with a green ground and a swirling blue sky behind.

Still Life with Bottles and Fruit

Alexej von Jawlensky, 1900

Colorful abstract landscape painting with dark tree silhouettes, pink and red brushstrokes, and blue and green patches.

Red Path, St. Prex

Alexej von Jawlensky, 1915

Abstract landscape of dark green trees, red, blue and orange color blocks, and pale snowy ground on canvas.

Frosty Day

Alexej von Jawlensky, 1915

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 a sunlit hillside with large trees, whitewashed buildings with a bell tower, and mountains under a cloudy sky.

View of La Cava

Félix-Hippolyte Lanoüe, c. 1840

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