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National Gallery of Art

25,760 works

Oil portrait of a young man with long auburn hair holding a staff, wearing a brown jacket and white collar.

A Young Man Holding a Staff

Pieter Soutman, 1640

Portrait of a man in pink satin and lace, black plumed hat and blue standard, with a coat of arms in the upper left.

Andries Stilte as a Standard Bearer

Johannes Cornelisz. Verspronck, 1640

Painted wooded landscape with a weathered tree trunk, travelers resting in the foreground, and a path winding toward hills.

Wooded Landscape with Travelers

Adam Pynacker, 1640

Painting of a seated young woman in a grey kimono with a red sash, holding a fan, in a dim interior.

Young Woman in Kimono

Alfred H. Maurer, 1901

Painting of a garden plot with rows of plants, a fence, a farmhouse and dense trees under a blue sky with clouds.

The Artist's Garden

Ralph Albert Blakelock, 1879

Painting of a thatched cottage on a grassy coastal slope beside a turquoise inlet under a pale, cloudy sky.

The Island of Raguenez, Brittany

Painting of an arched cupboard holding bread, a glass of water, a conch shell, rolled papers and old books.

Poor Artist's Cupboard

Charles Bird King, 1815

Painting of a wooden footbridge over a river with autumn trees and a domed building under a pale sky.

Paris Scene with Bridge

Jean-Charles Cazin

Painting of a wooden windmill on a hill under a pink sunset sky, with a seated woman and child by a tree and fence.

The Windmill

Jean-Charles Cazin, 1884

Oil portrait of a man in a navy uniform with gold epaulettes, set against a stormy sky and sea with ships.

Commodore John Rodgers

John Wesley Jarvis, 1814

Half-length oil portrait of an older man with gray hair and a white cravat against a brown background.

Thomas Paine

John Wesley Jarvis, 1806

Painting of a farm with haymakers, haystacks, cattle, and a white farmhouse and barns under a cloudy sky.

Ralph Wheelock's Farm

Francis Alexander, 1822

Painting of a white cottage with a red chimney on a grassy hill, shaded by a tree beside a sunlit dirt road.

Roadside Cottage

Dennis Miller Bunker, 1889

Oil self-portrait of a young painter holding a palette and brushes at an easel in a dim studio interior.

Self-portrait

Gillis van Tilborgh, 1645

Painting of several sailing ships and a small boat on choppy harbor water, with a distant city skyline under a cloudy sky.

New York Harbor

Fitz Henry Lane, 1852

Calm seascape with several sailing ships and rowboats on glassy water under a pale golden sky, with a rocky islet at center.

Becalmed off Halfway Rock

Fitz Henry Lane, 1860

Two-masted schooner loaded with lumber on calm water at dusk, pink sunset light, distant ship and hills.

Lumber Schooners at Evening on Penobscot Bay

Fitz Henry Lane, 1863

Mrs. Thomas Horne

Francis Cotes, 1768

Painting of a seated woman with a nude infant, haloed children, two men in period dress, and a child playing with a dog.

Saint Mary Cleophas and Her Family

Bernhard Strigel, 1520

Portrait of a young man in a black hat holding an orange, with a rocky landscape and a rider behind him.

Hans Rott

Bernhard Strigel, 1527

Painted heraldic coat of arms with a white unicorn crest, helmet, mantling, and rearing unicorn shield on red.

Hans Roth [reverse]

Bernhard Strigel, 1527

Portrait of a woman in a black hat and gold chain before red damask, with a landscape of a tree and village at right.

Portrait of Margarethe Rott, nee Vöhlin

Bernhard Strigel, 1527

Oil portrait of a young man with dark curly hair, white cravat and rust cloak against a dark brown background.

Portrait of a Young Man

Fra Galgario, 1720

Painting of the Madonna holding the Christ Child, surrounded by angels with golden halos against a gold background.

Madonna and Child with Angels and Cherubim, Italian,

Matteo di Giovanni, 1460

Panel painting of Madonna and Child with saints and angels against a gold background, by Matteo di Giovanni.

Madonna and Child with Saint Jerome, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, and Angels, Italian,

Matteo di Giovanni, 1465

Loose oil sketch of the Louvre palace with a horse and cart, a walking man in a straw hat, and a pale open square.

View of the Louvre

Stanislas Lépine, 1880

Painting of a leafy hillside view with slate-roofed houses in the foreground and a distant building under cloudy skies.

View on the Outskirts of Caen

Stanislas Lépine, 1872

Painting of a stone arched bridge over the Seine with Paris buildings, barges, and women washing laundry on the riverbank.

Pont de la Tournelle, Paris

Stanislas Lépine, 1862

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

Gold-ground Gothic triptych with enthroned Madonna and Child, angels, and saints; left panel shows Saint Anthony Abbot with s

Saint Anthony Abbot [left panel]

Allegretto Nuzi, 1354

Gilded Gothic triptych with Virgin and Child enthroned among angels, flanked by two standing saints.

Saint Venantius [right panel]

Allegretto Nuzi, 1354

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

Woman in apron reading a book beside a table with blue and white vases, a bronze vase, and a figurine.

The House Maid

William McGregor Paxton, 1910

Oil portrait of a man in a black coat and white cravat before a swirling red drapery, by Mather Brown, 1787.

Portrait of William Vans Murray (1760-1803)

Mather Brown, 1787

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

Crowned Virgin in red and blue robes on a crescent moon, surrounded by musical angels, with enthroned figures above and a lan

Mary, Queen of Heaven

Master of the Legend of Saint Lucy, 1485

Full-length portrait of a woman in a yellow gown holding a red rose beside a stone urn and fountain, painted in 1910.

Nora McMullen Mellon (Mrs. Andrew W. Mellon)

James Jebusa Shannon, 1910

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

Trompe l'oeil painting of an old violin and bow hanging on a green door with brass hinges, key, and torn sheet music.

The Old Violin

John Frederick Peto, 1890

Trompe l'oeil still life of a red cap, riding crop, racetrack poster and horseshoe nailed to a dark wooden door.

For the Track

John Frederick Peto, 1895

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 straw hat, teal umbrella and patterned bag hanging against a pale wall with shadows.

Straw Hat, Bag, and Umbrella

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

Francesco II Gonzaga, marchese IV di Mantova

Baldassare Estense, 1474

Bearded man in dark robe and gold chain holding a sketchbook and pencil, with a classical statue beside him.

Imaginary Self-Portrait of Titian

Pietro della Vecchia, 1650

Loose oil sketch of a woman in blue seated on a bench and a man in grey leaning toward a framed painting.

Charles Sheeler and Nina Allender

Morton Livingston Schamberg, 1906

Gold-ground panel of the Madonna in blue robe holding the Christ Child, flanked by six praying angels and a dove above.

Madonna with Child and Angels

Jacopo di Cione, 1370

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

Monochrome sketch of a young Arapahoe boy in a beaded collar and fringed garment, with a handwritten dedication below.

An Arapahoe Boy

George de Forest Brush, 1882

Oval portrait of a woman in a blue dress with lace collar, holding flowers, beside a stone urn and garden fountain.

Lucy Tappan Bowen (Mrs. Henry C. Bowen)

Francis Bicknell Carpenter, 1859

Portrait of a woman in a cream embroidered shawl and dark dress, standing against a loose blue-grey background.

Mrs. Francis Howard

Ambrose McEvoy, 1916

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

Oil portrait of a woman in a black dress with lace collar, gold brooch and hair ornament, leaning on her hand against red dra

Maria Gansevoort Melvill (Mrs. Allan Melvill)

Ezra Ames, 1815

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

Portrait of a seated woman in a gold satin gown and pearl necklace, holding a glass vessel before a dark tree and cloudy sky.

Lady Borlase

Gerard Soest, 1672