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National Gallery of Art

25,670 works

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child, with two cherub heads above and a landscape with castle and deer behind

Madonna and Child

Vittore Carpaccio, c. 1505/1510

Reclining Venus attended by three nude women and cupids, with pearls and a jewelry box, in a dark garden with a statue.

Venus Adorned by the Graces

Annibale Carracci, 1590/1595

Kneeling man in black robe and red mantle praying before an open doorway with a brick wall and hilly landscape beyond.

Portrait of a Male Donor

Petrus Christus, c. 1455

Kneeling woman in red velvet gown and veil at a prayer book, with an arched window showing a river landscape.

Portrait of a Female Donor

Petrus Christus, c. 1455

Saint Helena holds a wooden cross in a landscape with a hilltop town, wearing a gold crown and red mantle.

Saint Helena

Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano, c. 1495

Painting of a nude woman with a jeweled headdress beside a nursing woman, a child, and a servant in a red-curtained interior.

A Lady in Her Bath

François Clouet, c. 1571

Full-length portrait of a standing man in a blue military coat and white breeches beside a gilded chair and desk in a study.

The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries

Jacques-Louis David, 1812

Seated woman in white satin gown, red shawl and tall white feathered headdress, against a dark brown background.

Madame David

Jacques-Louis David, 1813

Painting of an elegant garden with tall cypresses, a fountain, and figures in period dress playing and gathering under clouds

Blindman's Buff

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, c. 1775/1780

Rococo painting of a woman in pink and yellow swinging under tall trees, with companions below and a cloudy sky.

The Swing

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, c. 1775/1780

Half-length oil portrait of a young man with powdered hair, grey coat and green-ribboned white cravat, against a brown backgr

Portrait of a Young Man

Unknown artist, possibly c. 1770

Painting of Christ crucified with a crown of thorns, flanked by three mourners in a dark landscape under a night sky.

The Small Crucifixion

Matthias Grünewald, c. 1511/1520

Seated cardinal in red robes and biretta holding a small book, against a dark velvet curtain, painted by Guercino.

Cardinal Francesco Cennini

Painting of the Annunciation: an angel with a sceptre greets a seated woman reading, with a white dove and lilies.

The Annunciation

Juan de Flandes, c. 1508/1519

Portrait of a Young Man

Hans Holbein the Younger, c. 1520/1530

Painting of the Nativity: kneeling Virgin in blue mantle, infant Christ, Saint Joseph, ox and donkey, angel with scroll above

The Nativity

Juan de Flandes, c. 1508/1519

Virgin Mary holds the Christ Child while a kneeling king offers a gold casket beneath a star, with attendants and a processio

The Adoration of the Magi

Juan de Flandes, c. 1508/1519

Painting of Christ being baptized in a river by John the Baptist, with a dove above and an angel holding a green cloth.

The Baptism of Christ

Juan de Flandes, c. 1508/1519

Painting of an older man in black and a young man in brown with a red bow, beside a column and a spaniel.

Portrait of a Young Man and His Tutor

Nicolas de Largillière, 1685

Painting of the Presentation in the Temple with an infant on an altar, Mary in blue, a priest, and onlookers in a Gothic inte

The Presentation in the Temple

Master of the Prado "Adoration of the Magi", c. 1470/1480

Gold-ground panel of the Crucifixion with Christ, angels, the Virgin, Saint John and two kneeling donors in prayer.

The Crucifixion

Master of Saint Veronica, c. 1400/1410

Portrait of a seated man in a fur-trimmed brown coat holding an open book, with blue drapery and scientific instruments behin

Joseph Bonnier de la Mosson

Jean-Marc Nattier, 1745

Renaissance Nativity with infant Christ, the Virgin, kneeling saints and angels in clouds above.

The Nativity

Perino del Vaga, 1534

Painted interior of a Gothic cathedral with pink-ribbed vaults, a dark marble altarpiece with statues, and a tiled floor.

Cathedral of Saint John at 's-Hertogenbosch

Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, 1646

Painting of a Roman street with an obelisk, ruined arched buildings, a horse-drawn carriage and figures on a dirt road.

Church of Santa Maria della Febbre, Rome

Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, 1629

Bearded old man in blue robe and pink mantle on rocks, a raven on a branch above, a chariot in clouds.

Elijah Fed by the Raven

Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo, c. 1510

Painting of a seated woman in red holding a nude infant, with a hilly landscape, towers and a shepherd behind them.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Maarten van Heemskerck, c. 1530

Group portrait of a seated cardinal in red with three men beside a table holding an open book and a brass bell.

Cardinal Bandinello Sauli, His Secretary, and Two Geographers

Sebastiano del Piombo, 1516

Crowd in a square around a bearded high priest; young men break rods on the left while women stand on the right.

The Marriage of the Virgin

Luca Signorelli, c. 1490/1491

Painting of the dead Christ mourned by the Virgin and companions, with crosses and a river landscape behind.

Lamentation

Andrea Solario, c. 1505-1507