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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Pointillist seascape with a pale yellow sky, shimmering blue and orange water, and a green dune at the right edge.

Seascape (Gravelines)

Georges Seurat, 1890

Painting of a cream rooster and hens around a wooden nesting box with straw and an egg, on a dark background.

Farmyard Fowls

John James Audubon, 1827

Reclining nude woman with flowers in her hair on a spotted cloth in a landscape, with figures in the distance.

The Repose

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1860

Painting of an island with old brick buildings and a bell tower, joined by arched bridges over a calm river under blue sky.

The Island and Bridge of San Bartolomeo, Rome

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1825

Painting of a woman in a red skirt walking a path by a river, with large trees on the right and cows grazing across the water

River View

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1868

Oil painting of a boy in a black hat reclining on a bench in a plain room, with a small framed picture on the wall.

Italian Peasant Boy

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1825

Painting of a farmer plowing with two horses, a rider on horseback, trees at right, and a village with a stone bridge beyond.

View near Epernon

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1850

Painting of a forest clearing with tall tree trunks and large mossy boulders under dense green foliage.

In the Forest of Fontainebleau

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1860

Painting of a shaded forest stream with leaning trees, two women and a child on the bank, and a figure in the trees.

The Eel Gatherers

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1860

Loose oil study of a pale sandy beach beside a calm sea, with a grassy bluff and trees at left and distant sailboats.

Beach near Etretat

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1872

Two women in polka-dot white dresses seated on a floral sofa, one holding a fan, in a pale interior.

Deux sœurs sur un canapé

Berthe Morisot, 1869

Loose painting of women hanging white laundry across a field, with a farmhouse and distant chimneys under a pale sky.

Hanging the Laundry out to Dry

Berthe Morisot, 1875

Painting of a green building with red roof and orange neighbor beside a street, under a bright blue sky.

Dance Hall Bellevue [obverse]

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1909

Nude woman on a shell pulled by a sea creature, with blowing blue cloth, red coral, and horn-playing sea figures under stormy

The Triumph of Galatea

Artemisia Gentileschi, 1650

Painting of a woman with auburn hair, head tilted back in ecstasy, hands clasped, wearing a white blouse and purple cloak.

Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy

Artemisia Gentileschi, 1625

Painting of Venice's Grand Canal entrance with a sailing ship, gondolas, a domed church, and figures on a stone quay.

Entrance to the Grand Canal: from the West End of the Molo

Giovanni Antonio Canal, 1735

Painting of Saint Mark's Square in Venice with the basilica, Doge's Palace, market stalls and crowds of figures in cloaks.

The Square of Saint Mark's, Venice

Giovanni Antonio Canal, 1742

Painted view of a canal past a stone gate, with boats, figures on grassy banks, low houses, and a distant skyline under a clo

The Porta Portello, Padua

Giovanni Antonio Canal, 1735

Painting of a crowded river harbor with masted ships and rowboats, with a seated woman and bearded man in the foreground.

Wapping

James McNeill Whistler, 1860

Loose oil sketch of a flying putto above reclining draped figures on a rocky shore with a blue sea behind.

Study for a Ceiling with the Personification of Counsel

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1762

Painting of a plumed queen in armor on a pedestal gesturing to soldiers with standards before a military camp.

Queen Zenobia Addressing Her Soldiers

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1725

In Church

Honoré Daumier, 1855

Cubist still life by Juan Gris with a Fantômas book, Le Journal newspaper, glass and bottle on a wooden table.

Fantômas

Juan Gris, 1915

Cubist still life of a glass and checkerboard pattern, broken into angular planes of green, brown and ochre by Juan Gris.

Glass and Checkerboard

Juan Gris, 1917

Painting of a Brittany seaside village with stone houses, a sandy beach, calm turquoise water and a blue sky.

Village by the Sea in Brittany

Odilon Redon, 1880

Painting of a sunlit Breton village of whitewashed cottages and slate roofs across a grassy field under a blue sky.

Breton Village

Odilon Redon, 1890

Painting of a draped woman sketching a cherub on an oval canvas, attended by putti on clouds under a blue sky.

Allegory of Painting

François Boucher, 1765

Painting of a reclining shepherd with sheep and a dog, watched by a goddess on a cloud and a cupid above.

Diana and Endymion

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1753

Oval painting of a mother holding a toddler with children playing a white dog, a man and donkey at a doorway.

The Happy Family

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1775

Painting of sunlit medieval ramparts and towers beside a calm green waterway with moored boats under a blue sky.

The Ramparts at Aigues-Mortes

Frédéric Bazille, 1867