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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Painting of a racecourse with riders on horseback, elegantly dressed figures in conversation, and billowing clouds over green

The Race Track

Jean-Louis Forain, 1891

Painting of a dim courtroom with seated men, a standing robed lawyer, and a woman in green holding a paper on a bench.

The Petition

Jean-Louis Forain, 1906

Painting of a woman in a white gown dancing with a man in red in a garden, watched by elegant spectators.

La Camargo Dancing

Nicolas Lancret, 1730

Elegant figures picnic beneath a large tree after a hunt, with horses and hounds nearby and open countryside beyond.

Picnic after the Hunt

Nicolas Lancret, 1735

Painting of a large cod on a patterned plate beside a brass urn, with small fish on a dark table.

An English Cod

William Merritt Chase, 1904

Painting of figures in white dresses gathering flowers in a sunlit meadow with a green parasol and distant sea.

Gathering Autumn Flowers

William Merritt Chase, 1894

Two women in period dresses converse in a room with a green sofa, cushions, framed paintings and a gilt mirror.

A Friendly Call

William Merritt Chase, 1895

Painting of Christ's baptism by a turbulent river, with John the Baptist, an angel, bright light and stormy landscape.

The Baptism of Christ

Alessandro Magnasco, 1740

Painting of a robed figure walking on stormy waves toward a figure in a billowing cloak, with a boat and trees framing the sc

Christ at the Sea of Galilee

Alessandro Magnasco, 1740

Painting of a harbor with riders, cattle and goats on a shore beside a ship and a cliff topped by a fortress.

View of an Italian Port

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, 1660

Pen drawing of Dutch warships with flags and sails on rough sea, with rowboats and dolphins in the foreground.

Dutch Ships near the Coast

Willem van de Velde the Elder, 1650

Oil painting of a thatched cottage with figures at its doorway, large trees, a wooden fence, and a distant landscape under a

Cottage Scenery

George Caleb Bingham, 1845

Men dance and play fiddle on a wooden flatboat drifting on a calm river at dusk, with wooded hills behind.

The Jolly Flatboatmen

George Caleb Bingham, 1846

Young couple in 18th-century dress, the man reading a letter in an elegant interior with a globe and inlaid cabinet.

I Reread Them with Pleasure

Marguerite Gérard, 1788

Woman in white satin reclines on a gold sofa beside armor and a sword, while a servant holds a tray in a paneled room.

Deserved Sorrows

Marguerite Gérard, 1788

Painting of two windmills beside a canal and white railed bridge under a cloudy sky, with a rowboat on the water.

View of the Mill and Bridge on the Noordwest Buitensingel in The Hague

Jacob Maris, 1873

Painting of a red-clad explorer standing in a boat with a white flag, approaching shore beside tall ships and palm trees.

The Landing of Columbus

Edward Hicks, 1837

Painting of colonial men and Native Americans meeting beneath a tree by a river, with a scroll and an inscription below.

Penn's Treaty with the Indians

Edward Hicks, 1840

Painting of a rocky valley with evergreen trees, a green meadow, a pale pool, and a distant sea under a bright sky.

The Last Valley - Paradise Rocks

John La Farge, 1867

Night landscape with a moonlit canal, arched stone bridge, distant town with church tower, and tall trees under dark clouds.

Moonlit Landscape with Bridge

Aert van der Neer, 1648

Oil painting of an old man gesturing to a seated couple in rich robes beside a donkey, dog, and ruins under a pink sky.

The Levite at Gibeah

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1640

Painting of a splintered fallen tree trunk with torn bark lying across a dim forest floor with ferns and twigs.

Fallen Tree

Alexandre Calame, 1839

Painting of patchwork fields on rolling hills with a blue mountain range and calm lake under a pale sky.

Swiss Landscape

Alexandre Calame, 1830

Night view of an elevated railway curving past lit buildings toward a distant pink-lit city skyline under a purple sky.

The City from Greenwich Village

John Sloan, 1922

Painting of diners at a café table under a striped awning, with a woman carrying fruit and a bearded man smoking.

Yeats at Petitpas

John Sloan, 1910

Painting of a sailboat in a calm bay with breaking waves on rocks, rocky headlands, and a warm hazy sky.

Rio de Janeiro Bay

Martin Johnson Heade, 1864

Painting of a windswept dirt road past a leaning bare tree, broken wooden gate, and dune under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with Open Gate

Pieter de Molijn, 1630

Painting of villagers and a rider halting outside a rustic inn beside a dirt road, with a church tower in the distance.

The Halt at the Inn

Isaac van Ostade, 1645

Painting of the Parthenon's columns and fallen marble blocks, with a small figure, a blue sea, and distant mountains under a

Ruins of the Parthenon

Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1880

Painting of a hazy golden plain with a dirt road, travelers, a white tent, and a town with minarets under the sun.

Siout, Egypt

Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1874