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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Painting of a white plow horse with a dark harness walking across an open field toward a plow under a grey sky.

A Plow Horse in a Field

Stanislas Lépine, 1870

Painting of mythological musicians in a wooded landscape, with a golden-robed figure holding a lyre and a nude satyr restrain

Apollo and Marsyas

Michelangelo Anselmi, 1540

Woman with long hair reclines on rock beside a crucifix, skull, and open book, with a cave and waterfall behind her.

Repentant Mary Magdalene

Gerard Seghers, 1627

Snowy riverbank with bare trees, a boathouse and houseboat, a steamboat on the river, and a distant city skyline.

Boathouse, Winter, Harlem River

Ernest Lawson, 1916

Abstract painting of overlapping cylinders, arcs and diagonal bands in white, red, teal, blue and black.

Agee and Rose, D18

Patrick Henry Bruce

Painting of Christ's baptism by John the Baptist, with angels, saints in gold clouds, and a knight slaying a dragon at right.

The Baptism of Christ

Master of the Saint Bartholomew Altarpiece, 1485

Oil still life of two bread rolls, a floral teacup and saucer, and a knife on a pale shelf against a dark background.

Breakfast

John Frederick Peto, 1890

Still life painting of a dark teapot and a fish lying on a white tablecloth against a beige wall.

An English Breakfast

John Frederick Peto, 1890

Still life of strawberries in a bowl, a halved lemon, a cake slice, and a glass with lemon on a white cloth.

Still Life with Cake, Lemon, Strawberries, and Glass

John Frederick Peto, 1890

Still life of a banded mug on a book with two biscuits and a match on a table, lit from the left against a dark background.

Mug, Book, Biscuits, and Match

John Frederick Peto, 1893

Men in period dress gather on a dirt road with a white horse, a dog, and a cart, under a stormy sky.

Election Scene, Catonsville, Baltimore County

Alfred Jacob Miller, 1860

Painting of a brick mansion with green shutters, mounted soldiers, artillery wagon and white tents on muddy grounds.

The Old Westover House

Edward Lamson Henry, 1869

Dockworkers resting and talking on a pier among cotton bales, with a steamboat and sailing ships in the harbor behind.

The Longshoremen's Noon

John George Brown, 1879

Painting of washerwomen working among rocks in shallow water, with pale cliffs and buildings under a bright blue sky.

Washerwomen on the Banks of the Durance

Paul Guigou, 1866

Bearded man in red breeches sits waking on a forest bank beside red autumn trees, with a glowing sky beyond.

Rip Van Winkle awakening from his long Sleep

Henry Inman, 1823

Painting of the white paddle steamer St. Lawrence under way on choppy water, flying red pennants and an American flag.

Steamer "St. Lawrence"

James Bard, 1850

Painting of a parasol-shaded figure on a rocky shore, with turquoise waves breaking into white foam beside dark boulders.

Flecks of Foam

Henry Golden Dearth, 1911

Painting of gnarled beech trees in a forest with sunlit clearing and distant hills beyond.

'View of Bregentved Forest, Zealand'

Frederik Sødring, 1835

Painting of men playing a stick ball game on grassland, with mountains and dramatic clouds in the background.

Ball Playing among the Sioux Indians

Seth Eastman, 1851

Painting of a sunlit Paris bridge crowded with pedestrians and horse carriages, with the Seine and city buildings beyond.

Pont-Neuf

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1872

Painting of many figures skating on a frozen river beside a red windmill, village houses, and bare winter trees.

Skating on the Frozen Amstel River

Adam van Breen, 1611

Three riders on horseback cross a pale beach under a hazy sun, with the sea and cloudy sky behind them.

Riders on the Beach at Dieppe

René Pierre Charles Princeteau, 1892

Painting of a calm harbor with moored sailing ships, a green hillside on the left, and clouds over the bay.

On the Bay of Naples

François Antoine Léon Fleury, 1830

Oil painting of a round ancient tomb with crenellated walls on a grassy hill at sunset, with a small figure in the foreground

The Tomb of Cecaelia Metella

François Antoine Léon Fleury, 1830

Oil painting of a hillside village of pale houses beneath a steep green mountain with sunlit rocky crags.

Village on the Island of Ischia

Sébastien Norblin, 1826

Painting of a young couple at an open door in a tavern-like room, with a seated man reading a newspaper at a tea table.

The Bashful Cousin

Francis William Edmonds, 1841

Snowy winter farm scene with a yellow farmhouse, a barn with cattle, and a man walking a dog in the foreground.

Winter in the Country

George Henry Durrie, 1859

Painting of Roman basilica ruins with arches, columns, and small figures in a courtyard under a cloudy sky.

The Basilica of Constantine with a Doric Colonnade

Niccolò Codazzi, 1685

Sailing ships among icebergs and ice floes in an Arctic sea, with polar bears and seals resting on the ice.

The Northern Whale Fishery: The "Swan" and "Isabella

John Ward, 1840

Crowded rural scene of a muster day with a man on a red carriage, a refreshment stall, and marching soldiers in the distance.

Muster Day

Charles Henry Granger, 1843