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National Gallery of Art

25,760 works

Portrait of a young woman as Hebe with flowers in her hair, holding a golden pitcher, beside an eagle.

Madame Le Fèvre de Caumartin as Hebe

Jean-Marc Nattier, 1753

Painting of a dim tavern with men smoking and playing cards around a table, a glowing hearth, and patrons by a window.

Tavern scene

Adriaen van Ostade, 1660

Pointillist painting of a rocky coast with rowboats on the shore, calm blue water and distant mountains under a pale sky.

Coast near Antibes

Henri-Edmond Cross, 1891

Still life of pewter and silver vessels, a bread roll, oysters, and a lemon peel on a white tablecloth.

Banquet Piece with Mince Pie

Willem Claesz. Heda, 1635

Sleeping nymphs in a dark wooded landscape, surrounded by playful cupids with arrows and a pair of dogs.

Cupids Disarming Sleeping Nymphs

Giuseppe Maria Crespi, 1690

Painting of Tarquin and Lucretia: a man in gold clothing grasps a woman in white who gazes upward, framed by dark red curtain

Tarquin and Lucretia

Giuseppe Maria Crespi, 1695

Circular painting of nude putti harvesting grapes around a wooden wine press beneath a grapevine.

Putti with a Wine Press

Mariotto Albertinelli, 1500

Woman in pink dress fainting onto cushions, attended by figures in blue and yellow with an older man in a green-walled room.

The Faint

Pietro Longhi, 1744

Painting of a blindfolded player with a stick beside a pot, watched by elegantly dressed figures in a green-walled room.

The Game of the Cooking Pot

Pietro Longhi, 1744

Oil portrait of a seated older man in a dark jacket and black bow tie, hands clasped, against a dark background.

Simon Hayem

Jules Bastien-Lepage, 1875

Still life of a dead hare, white rooster and hanging game birds against a dark background, with a blue ribbon.

Still Life with Dead Game

Willem van Aelst, 1661

Still life painting of grapes, figs, and dead game birds on a red tablecloth against a dark background.

Still Life with Grapes and Game

Frans Snyders, 1630

Oil painting of an elderly man with disheveled gray hair, wrinkled face and sinewy neck against a dark background.

Head of an Old Man

Abraham Bloemaert

Painting of an old stone bridge with a ruined tower, women washing laundry by the river, and a man with a rifle.

The Old Bridge

Hubert Robert, 1775

Oil portrait of an infant in white with lace collar, holding a silver rattle against a red background.

Arsène Carriere

Eugène Carrière, 1899

Painting of a woman in a pink dress and white hat beside a child at a garden gate, with a blue parasol on the path.

Nanny and Child

Eva Gonzalès, 1877

Man at a desk with a quill, woman behind him in a blue headscarf holding a fruit basket, books and papers around them.

The Cartographer Professor Josef Jüttner and His Wife

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, 1824

Full-length portrait of a man in a brown coat leaning on an anchor, with a stormy sea and sky behind him.

Patrick Tracy

John Trumbull, 1784

Oil portrait of a man with dark hair in a dark coat and white cravat against a warm brown background.

William Rogers

John Trumbull, 1804

Double portrait of a seated man and woman outdoors with a green parrot, peaches, and a river landscape behind them.

Benjamin and Eleanor Ridgely Laming

Charles Willson Peale, 1788

Full-length portrait of a man in a brown coat pointing, with an open book, a classical statue, and a tree behind him.

John Beale Bordley

Charles Willson Peale, 1770

Portrait of a seated man in a red coat holding a sword, with books on a green table and a landscape painting behind him.

John Philip de Haas

Charles Willson Peale, 1772

Painting of a busy 1880s Paris street with pedestrians, scaffolded building, Printemps store signs and a street lamp.

Paris, rue du Havre

Jean Béraud, 1882

Painting of children playing on a seesaw in a wooded landscape with a black dog and a woman in a pink dress.

The Lavie Children

Johann Zoffany, 1770

Painting of gnarled oak trees at a forest edge with rocks, a pond, and a stormy sky over distant houses.

The Edge of the Forest at Les Monts-Girard, Fontainebleau

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz, 1868

Dark storm clouds part to reveal sunlight over a rocky landscape, a raised-arm warrior, marching armies and a classical city.

Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon

John Martin, 1816

Painting of a three-masted ship stranded on a rocky shore in rough surf at sunset, with a barrel and debris in the foreground

The Stranded Ship

Asher Brown Durand, 1844

Oil portrait of a seated older man with wavy light hair, black coat and yellow waistcoat, against a dark background.

Gouverneur Kemble

Asher Brown Durand, 1853

Oil painting of cattle grazing by a river beneath large trees, with distant mountains and a sailboat under a cloudy sky.

Pastoral Landscape

Asher Brown Durand, 1861

Bagpipe Player

Hendrick ter Brugghen, 1624

Self-portrait of a man in a red coat and white cap holding a palette, with classical statues behind him.

Self-Portrait

Nicolas de Largillière, 1707

Portrait of a woman in white habit and black veil holding a book, against a brown background.

Elizabeth Throckmorton, Canoness of the Order of the Dames Augustines Anglaises

Nicolas de Largillière, 1729

Painting of a woman in a white dress with a black cat perched on her shoulder against a dark brown background.

Sita and Sarita

Cecilia Beaux, 1896

Portrait of a man in black doublet and white ruff with gold chains, hand resting on a brown and white dog.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Antonis Mor, 1569

Painting of a large old oak under a stormy sky, with a dirt path, grassy heath, and a distant cottage.

The old Oak

Jules Dupré, 1870

Painting of a river under a stormy sky, with large trees, moored rowboats, a fisherman on a dock, and figures on the bank.

The Approaching Storm

Constant Troyon, 1849

Painting of two ships in a storm near rocky cliffs, with crashing waves and a dark cloudy sky.

Ships in Distress off a Rocky Coast

Ludolf Bakhuizen, 1667

Half-length portrait of a young man with tousled hair, dark coat and white cravat against a brown background.

David Johnston

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, 1808

Still life painting of a basket of tulips, roses and carnations with fruit, seashells and a hermit crab on a table.

Basket of Flowers

Balthasar van der Ast, 1622

Painting of a canal towpath with tall poplars, a rider on a white horse, and billowing clouds over a flat landscape.

The Towpath

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1864

Women in dark dresses carry white laundry bundles along a cobblestone street past a lit shop window at night.

The Laundresses

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, 1899

Street scene with crowd around a card game table, elegantly dressed women and men, children, and dogs before a building.

The Card Sharp on the Boulevard

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1806

Interior of a painter's studio with a woman at an easel and a young assistant beside her, surrounded by plaster casts and dra

A Painter's Studio

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1800

Oil portrait of a young girl with center-parted brown hair, wearing a white gathered dress, against a dark background.

Malvina Mortier de Trévise

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1810

Seated woman in a green hat and white dress with lace, hand raised to her chin, against a muted background.

Mrs. Charles S. Carstairs

William Orpen, 1914

Oval still life of flowers in a glass beaker, framed by painted insects and a snail on a cream background.

Still Life with Flowers Surrounded by Insects and a Snail

Clara Peeters, 1618

Still life painting of a dense bouquet of tulips, roses and lilies in an urn, with grapes and peaches on a stone ledge.

Still Life with Flowers and Fruit

Jan van Huysum, 1715

Still life painting of a dense bouquet of tulips, poppies and roses in a carved urn, with a bird's nest and butterflies on a

Flowers in an Urn

Jan van Huysum, 1720

Gold-background panel of the Crucifixion with Christ on the cross, grieving figures at left, and soldiers and angels around h

Crucifixion

Bernardo Daddi, 1340

Gold-ground panel of Saint Paul holding a sword and book, with kneeling worshippers below, by Bernardo Daddi.

Saint Paul and a Group of Worshippers

Bernardo Daddi, 1333

Gilded Gothic altarpiece of the Madonna and Child enthroned among saints, angels and kneeling figures.

Madonna and Child with Saints and Angels

Bernardo Daddi, 1330

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man in a dark beret, looking upward against a dark brown background.

Bearded Man with a Beret

Jan Lievens, 1630

Painting of a red obelisk beside Roman ruins and a horse-drawn carriage on a dirt road, with hills in the distance.

Church of Santa Maria della Febbre, Rome. Saenredam did not paint the state of things in 1629 (then, saint Peter's wa…

Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, 1629

Painted interior of a Gothic cathedral with a high altar, black memorial structure, pink-ribbed vaults and tall windows.

Cathedral of Saint John at 's-Hertogenbosch

Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, 1646

Painting of a woman in a red dress holding a nude infant before a tree, with a blue landscape and distant city behind.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1530

Still life painting of a dense bouquet of tulips, poppies and roses in a glass vase on a stone ledge, with a butterfly and sn

Vase of Flowers

Jan Davidsz. de Heem, 1645

Portrait of a young woman in a blue gown and white sleeves, wearing pearls and a blue ribbon, against a dark background.

Countess Ebba Sparre

Sébastien Bourdon, 1652

Painting of a reclining nude woman with auburn hair on grass, set against dark trees and a turquoise sky.

Reclining Nude

Jean-Jacques Henner, 1850

Alsatian Girl

Jean-Jacques Henner, 1873

Madame Uhring

Jean-Jacques Henner, 1890

Painting of red and pink poppies on rocky coast with blue sea, a white sailboat, and distant islands under a pale sky.

Poppies, Isles of Shoals

Childe Hassam, 1891

Impressionist painting of a green oyster sloop and a man in a yellow coat in a rowboat by a harbor with wooden buildings.

Oyster Sloop, Cos Cob

Childe Hassam, 1902

Woman in a blue dress seated by a tall window with city buildings outside and a bowl of fruit beside her.

The New York Window

Childe Hassam, 1912

Impressionist painting of a sunlit rocky headland with a pebble beach, driftwood, a small seated figure, and blue sea beyond.

A North East Headland

Childe Hassam, 1901