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National Gallery of Art

25,670 works

Half-length painting of Saint Matthew with a gold halo, holding a quill and inkwell over an open book, on a gold ground.

Saint Matthew

Simone Martini, c. 1315/1320

Panel painting of Saint Simon with a gilded halo, green robe, and closed book, on a gold ground in an arched frame.

Saint Simon

Simone Martini, c. 1315/1320

Painting of Saint James Major with halo, orange robe, red book and pilgrim staff with scallop shell, on gold ground.

Saint James Major

Simone Martini, c. 1315/1320

Painting of Saint Judas Thaddeus with gold halo and background, holding a red book, in a dark arched frame.

Saint Judas Thaddeus

Simone Martini, c. 1315/1320

Portrait of an older bearded cardinal in red robes and biretta against a dark background, by Titian.

Cardinal Pietro Bembo

Titian, 1539/1540

Painting of the Madonna seated in a garden holding the Christ Child, with gilded frame and angels in the top corners.

Madonna and Child in a Garden

Cosimo Tura, c. 1460/1470

Painting of Bacchus floating in a glowing halo above nude revelers with vine wreaths and wine goblets.

The Rule of Bacchus [left panel]

German 15th/16th Century, c. 1535

Painting of a man embracing a woman who looks upward, with a dagger and gold drapery in a dark interior.

Tarquin and Lucretia

Giuseppe Maria Crespi, c. 1695/1700

Adam and Eve stand nude in a forest, Eve holding an apple and both covering themselves with fig leaves.

The Fall of Man [middle panel]

German 15th/16th Century, c. 1535

Armored figure with sword and torch floats above nude warriors in laurel wreaths amid storm clouds and fire.

The Rule of Mars [right panel]

German 15th/16th Century, c. 1535

Arched painting of the Virgin in a dark robe with an angel, a bearded man in red, two girls, and a gold background.

The Expectant Madonna with Saint Joseph

Unknown artist, c. 1425/1450

Painting of a skeletal Death entering a room, a dying man in bed, and an old miser in green reaching into a chest of coins.

Death and the Miser

Hieronymus Bosch, c. 1485/1490

Portrait of a woman in a blue gown with white sleeves, pearl necklace and blue ribbon, holding flowers against a dark backgro

Countess Ebba Sparre

Sébastien Bourdon, 1652/1653

Seated man in red robe with black sleeves beside a table with a clock and quill, in a marble interior, 1649 portrait.

Omer Talon

Philippe de Champaigne, 1649

Still life painting of a pheasant, a hare, and an orange resting on a stone ledge against a brown background.

Still Life with Game

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, probably 1750s

Painting of a woman in a bonnet and pink apron preparing food in a kitchen beside a table with bread and a pitcher.

The Attentive Nurse

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, 1747

Full-length portrait of a woman in blue satin beside a boy in red holding a monkey, with an orange tree behind them.

Queen Henrietta Maria with Sir Jeffrey Hudson

Anthony van Dyck, 1633

Woman in white cap peeling a turnip in a kitchen, with a pumpkin, turnips and a basin of water on the floor.

The Kitchen Maid

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, 1738

Grisaille painting of Christ crucified on a leafless tree trunk, with rocks, draped cloth and a distant castle town.

Saint Jerome Penitent [left panel]

Jan Gossaert, c. 1509/1512

Grisaille painting of kneeling Saint Jerome beside a lion, with a Gothic church on rocks behind him.

Saint Jerome Penitent [right panel]

Jan Gossaert, c. 1509/1512

Panel painting of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child, kneeling king, attendants, horsemen and dogs in a land

The Adoration of the Magi

Unknown artist, fourth quarter 15th century

Painting of a wedding feast with Christ, the Virgin Mary, servants pouring wine, and angel trumpeters in a Gothic interior.

The Marriage at Cana

Master of the Catholic Kings, c. 1495/1497

Painting of a river harbor with merchants, moored boats, barrels and a hilltop tower under a bright sky.

Landscape with Merchants

Claude Lorrain, c. 1629

Painting of Saint Veronica holding a veil with the face of Christ, set against a landscape with a castle and winding road.

Saint Veronica [obverse]

Hans Memling, c. 1470/1475

Medieval panel: haloed Saint Benedict reads by a window while a monk is pulled from a stream beside a Gothic chapel.

A Miracle of Saint Benedict

Unknown artist, c. 1480

Painting of a gold chalice with a blue serpent rising from its bowl, set in a grey arched stone niche.

Chalice of Saint John the Evangelist [reverse]

Hans Memling, c. 1470/1475

Painting of the boy Christ seated among elderly doctors under a gilded colonnade, with the Virgin Mary in the background.

Christ among the Doctors [obverse]

Bernard van Orley, c. 1513

Painting of a crowned woman in blue and a man in red before a bearded high priest at an ornate stone portal.

The Marriage of the Virgin

Bernard van Orley, c. 1513

Winged putto in a niche pulling a red ribbon beside a teal heraldic shield with gold motifs.

Putto with Arms of Jacques Coëne [reverse]

Bernard van Orley, c. 1513

Painting of Saint Jerome, bearded and barefoot in a brown robe, holding a crucifix and staff before a gilded arch and sea.

Saint Jerome

Francesco Benaglio, c. 1470/1475