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National Gallery of Art

25,670 works

Portrait of a woman in a white satin gown with a large lace ruff, holding a fan beside a red curtain and stone column.

Marchesa Brigida Spinola Doria

Peter Paul Rubens, 1606

Gilded panel of a haloed deacon saint in red robes holding a palm and book, with a bearded saint in a roundel above.

Deacon Saint, with Saint Anthony Abbot [right panel],

Martino di Bartolomeo, 1415

Watercolor of Minatarree men dancing with feathered headdresses and corn stalks on a grassy plain under a pale sky.

Green Corn Dance - Minatarrees

George Catlin, 1861

Painting of a stone niche holding falconry gear, a birdcage, hunting horns, a leather glove, and a red-topped lure.

Niche with Falconry Gear

Christoffel Pierson, 1660

Gilded panel of the Virgin and Child in a Gothic frame, with a blessing Christ holding a scroll above.

Madonna and Child, with the Blessing Christ [middle panel]

Martino di Bartolomeo, 1415

Painting of dancers in buffalo headdresses holding spears and a drum on an open prairie under a pale sky.

Buffalo Dance - Mandan

George Catlin, 1861

Seated young woman in striped red blouse and blue dotted skirt holding white blossoms, against a turquoise background.

La Mousmé

Vincent van Gogh, 1888

Gold-ground panel of a bearded saint holding keys and a book, with Christ in the gable above, in a Gothic arch.

Saint Peter, with Saint James Major [left panel]

Martino di Bartolomeo, 1415

Painting of Mandan men in feathered headdresses gathered on grassland beside trees, with arrows and a hide on the ground.

Game of the Arrow - Mandan

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Woman with parasol seated on a quay overlooking a calm harbor with moored sailing ships and waterfront buildings.

The Port at Lorient

Berthe Morisot, 1869

Gold-ground arched panel of the Madonna in a dark mantle holding the Christ Child in a red robe.

Madonna and Child

Lorenzo Monaco, 1413

Painting of Mandan men seated in a council circle on prairie grass, with shields, spears and a central fire.

A Foot War Party in Council - Mandan

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of the dead Christ supported by grieving figures, with Mary in blue at right and a crown of thorns below.

Lamentation

Palma il Giovane, 1620

Painting of a young woman in a large red hat and blue jacket glancing over her shoulder before an ornate interior.

Girl with the red hat

Johannes Vermeer, 1665

Painting of a Mandan medicine man with feathered headdress and staffs, surrounded by a crowd before earth lodges on the prair

A Mandan Medicine Man

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Half-length portrait of a woman with blue ribbons in her auburn hair, holding a folded paper on a stone ledge.

Lucrezia Sommaria

Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio, 1510

Woman in yellow jacket with fur trim writing with a quill at a blue-covered table in a dim interior.

A lady writing

Johannes Vermeer, 1665

Painted facsimile of a hide robe with small warriors in feathered headdresses, some on horses, arranged in rows.

Facsimile of the Robe of Mah-to-toh-pa - Mandan

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Oil painting of a woman in black walking a narrow Venetian street past two men in dark coats and shuttered houses.

Street in Venice

John Singer Sargent, 1882

Woman in blue jacket and white headdress holds a balance scale beside a table of pearls and jewelry, lit from a window.

Woman Holding a Balance

Johannes Vermeer, 1664

Oval painting of seated men in a thatched ceremonial lodge with buffalo skulls, shields, and a central fire.

Mandan Ceremony - The Water Sinks Down

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of St. George on horseback spearing a dragon while a kneeling woman prays, with a river and city behind.

St. George and the Dragon

Il Sodoma, 1518

Painting of a classical palace behind a brick wall and stone archway, with figures and dogs on a gravel path under cloudy sky

An Architectural Fantasy

Jan van der Heyden, 1670

Three Iowa men in feathered headdresses and fringed dress stand on grassland, one holding a spear and another a pipe.

Three Iowa Indians

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Portrait of a seated woman in a black dress, lace bonnet and gold necklace against a green background, dated 1833.

Eliza R. Read

Royall Brewster Smith, 1833

Painting of a tree-lined Dutch canal with brick houses, moored barges, a small bridge, and a distant church spire.

View Down a Dutch Canal

Jan van der Heyden, 1670

Three standing figures in traditional dress on a grassy plain, the central man wearing a feathered headdress and red clothing

Three Iroquois Indians

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painted landscape with rolling green hills, hunting dogs chasing animals, and two men in tunics gesturing in the foreground.

The Misfortunes of Cephalus

Bernardino Luini, 1520

Madonna and Child flanked by two saints in a landscape with a hilltop castle, painted in 1492.

Madonna and Child with Saint Jerome and Saint John the Baptist

Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano, 1492

Three Indigenous figures in painted robes and feathered headdresses stand on grass; one holds a shield and bow.

Three Riccarree Indians

George Catlin, 1861

Group portrait of two women and two young boys on a balustraded terrace with roses and trees behind them.

The Marquise de Pezay, and the Marquise de Rougé with her sons Alexis and Adrien

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, 1787

Nude winged figure with golden halo beside a red cloth in a desert of jagged white rocks and a winding river.

Saint John in the Desert

Domenico Veneziano, 1445

Four Indigenous men seated on grass in an oval frame, one elderly with gray hair, others in feathered headdresses, one holdin

An Aged Ojibbeway Chief and Three Warriors

George Catlin, 1861/1869

A Sleeping Girl

Pietro Rotari, 1760

Painting of the Madonna holding the nude Christ Child before a dark background of roses, both with gold haloes.

Madonna and Child

Domenico Veneziano, 1447

Painting of two Ojibbeway warriors with feathered headdresses and a woman holding an infant in a cradleboard on a plain.

Two Ojibbeway Warriors and a Woman

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of a young woman with a white flower in her hair, wearing a blue bodice and white chemise, holding a dark braid.

A Girl with a Flower in Her Hair

Pietro Rotari, 1760

Still life of wild strawberries in a blue and white bowl with a red carnation, scattered cherries and currants on a table.

Wild Strawberries and a Carnation in a Wan-Li Bowl

Jacob van Hulsdonck, 1620

Oval painting of Indigenous figures in beaded robes beside a tipi, with two archers drawing bows on a grassy plain.

Ojibbeway Indians

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painted portrait of a man in a black cap and dark robe, set against a hilly landscape under a pale blue sky.

Portrait of Lorenzo di Credi

Pietro Perugino, 1488

Oil portrait of a woman in pink silk with two children and a dog beneath a large tree in a wooded landscape.

Lady Elizabeth Delmé and Her Children

Joshua Reynolds, 1777

Painting of a Saukie warrior with shield and spear, a boy with a staff, and a woman in a pink blanket on grassland.

Saukie Warrior, His Wife, and a Boy

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Triptych with Crucifixion in center, Virgin and Saint John below, penitent saint left, woman with vessel right, in gilded fra

Triptych

Pietro Perugino, 1482

Portrait of a young man in pink waistcoat and grey coat, with a Gothic college and spire behind him.

A Graduate of Merton College, Oxford

George Knapton, 1754

Six Native American men in fringed dress, some with ankle ball-and-chain shackles, standing on grass in an oval painted frame

Black Hawk and Five Other Saukie Prisoners

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Full-length portrait of a gentleman in a brown coat and embroidered blue waistcoat, holding a hat, before a green drape.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Joseph Blackburn, 1760

Painting of two boxers clinching in a ring while a shouting crowd watches from the ropes in the dark.

Both Members of This Club

George Bellows, 1909

Painting of two Sauk men in feathered headdresses with a shield and spear, beside a woman in a patterned shawl on a plain.

Two Saukie Chiefs and a Woman

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Oil portrait of a man in a red and blue military coat with a powdered wig, set in an oval frame.

A Military Officer

Joseph Blackburn, 1756

Painting of a young man with long hair in a red cap and red tunic, with a landscape and distant town behind him.

Portrait of a Youth

Agnolo di Domenico del Mazziere, 1495

Painting of a feathered rider on a rearing dark horse crossing a grassy plain under a cloudy sky.

The Running Fox on a Fine Horse - Saukie

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of a woman with a green parasol and a child in a straw hat on a sunny grassy hillside under a blue sky.

Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son

Claude Monet, 1875

Saint with golden halo holds a sword, wearing red cloak and dark robe, before a gold arched background.

Griffoni-Altar, ursprl. Griffonikapelle in der San Petronio in Bologna, Aufsatz auf linken Flügel mit Hl. Petrus: Hl.…

Francesco del Cossa, 1473

Painting of three Menomonie figures in traditional dress, a man with feathered headdress holding a pipe, standing on grasslan

Menomonie Chief, His Wife, and Son

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of a seated woman with dark hair in a white blouse and red collar, holding a baby wrapped in dark cloth.

Gypsy Woman with Baby

Amedeo Modigliani, 1919

Painting of a haloed female saint holding a palm frond and a sprig with eyes, against a gold arched background.

Griffoni-Altar, ursprl. Griffonikapelle in der San Petronio in Bologna, Aufsatz auf rechten Flügel mit Hl. Johannes d…

Francesco del Cossa, 1473

Painting of an seated elderly man smoking a pipe beside two standing young men in feathered headdresses on open grassland.

Old Menomonie Chief with Two Young Beaux

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Woman in gold dress feeding a grey parrot beside a birdcage, with a servant behind her in an arched window niche.

A Woman Feeding a Parrot, with a Page

Caspar Netscher, 1666

Portrait of a man in a grey wig holding a dead bird, with a spotted white dog beside him and a hunting gun at his feet.

Henri Camille, Chevalier de Beringhen

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1722

Watercolor of two Ottoe chiefs in feathered headdresses and a woman carrying a child on her back on the plains.

Two Ottoe Chiefs and a Woman

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of Saint Alban holding his severed head, dressed as a bishop in red robes against a gold patterned background.

Saint Alban of Mainz

Tyrolean 16th Century, c. 1500/1525

Painting of a white greyhound and a black spaniel beside a stone column in a wooded landscape.

Misse and Luttine

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1729

Painting of three Indigenous figures and a child on grassland, one holding a feathered spear, under a pale sky.

Weeco Chief, His Wife, and a Warrior

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of Saint Wolfgang as a bishop in red robes and gold mitre, holding a crozier and a model church, against a red gilde

Saint Wolfgang

Tyrolean 16th Century, c. 1500/1525