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National Gallery of Art

25,670 works

Painting of Shawano Indians: a woman, two men in feathered headdresses, a man with a pipe, and two children on grassland.

Shawano Indians

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Indian Tobacco Shop Sign [obverse, Indian facing left]

Unknown artist, second half 19th century

Painting of the Annunciation: a winged angel kneels before the seated Virgin Mary in a gilded arched interior.

Annunciation

Masolino da Panicale, 1423

Painting of a feathered warrior with a woman and a boy with a bow on the prairie, tipis in the background.

A K'nisteneux Warrior and Family

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Indian Tobacco Shop Sign [reverse, Indian facing right]

Unknown artist, second half 19th century

Angel of the Annunciation

Masolino da Panicale, 1450

Painting of three Indigenous people on a plain: a woman with a baby, a standing man with a rifle, and a seated man with feath

Three Micmac Indians

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Full-length portrait of a young girl in a white dress holding a red ribbon and flowers, with a striped kitten at her feet.

Girl with Kitten

Joseph Goodhue Chandler, c. 1836/1838

Seated Virgin with gold halo, blue mantle and red dress, holding an open book before gold brocade hanging.

Virgin of the Annunciation

Masolino da Panicale, 1450

Three figures in feathered headdresses and fur garments stand on a plain in a painted oval, by George Catlin.

Yntah Medicine Man, a Warrior, and a Woman

George Catlin, 1855/1869

Painting of a woven basket overflowing with apples, pears, grapes, strawberries, a rose and a yellow lily.

Basket of Fruit with Flowers

Unknown artist, c. 1830

Portrait of a young man in red velvet and armor breastplate holding a staff, with a distant landscape and teal sky.

Portrait of a Knight

Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo, 1525

Three Celebrated Ball Players - Choctaw, Sioux and Ojibbeway

George Catlin, 1861

Still life with watermelon, pineapple, grapes, flowers and a Baltimore oriole, with a river landscape seen through a window.

Fruit and Baltimore Oriole

Painting of the Nativity at night: Mary and shepherds adore the newborn Christ Child, with an angel glowing in the sky above.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo, 1530

Two hunters on snowshoes chase bison through snowy hills, with a long herd trailing across the winter landscape.

Buffalo Chase in the Snow Drifts - Ojibbeway

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of a three-masted ship moored on a calm river beside a small rowboat, under a pale cloudy sky.

Ship on the Touques

Eugène-Louis Boudin, c. 1888/1895

Painting of a bearded man in blue robe and pink mantle seated on rocks, with a raven on a branch above and a chariot in the s

Elijah Fed by the Raven

Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo, 1510

Watercolor of a group of painted men in feathered headdresses dancing on grass, some holding spears, bows and a shield.

Amusing Dance - Saukie

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Man in a grey hat seated on a stool playing a lute beside a table with a teal cloth, pewter jug and dishes.

Self-Portrait as a Lute Player

Jan Miense Molenaer, c. 1637/1638

Triptych with gold background showing Agony in the Garden, Crucifixion with soldiers and mourners, and Descent into Limbo.

Scenes from the Passion of Christ: The Agony in the Garden, the Crucifixion, and the Descent into Limbo [entire tript…

Andrea Vanni, 1380

Watercolor of painted, feathered men dancing before conical tents while seated musicians play a drum on the right.

Slaves' Dance - Saukie

George Catlin, 1861

Saint Simon

after Sir Anthony van Dyck, after 1660

Painting of a landscape with a figure raising arms on a hill, and two men in yellow and red garments on a grassy path.

The Despair of Cephalus

Bernardino Luini, 1520

Painting of Choctaw men performing an eagle dance in feathered headdresses before tipis and trees, with drummers and onlooker

Eagle Dance - Choctaw

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Oil painting of an elderly bearded man in a green robe and red cloak reading an open book against a dark background.

Saint Thomas

after Sir Anthony van Dyck, after 1660

Full-length portrait of a man in a white and blue uniform standing in a study with a gilded chair, clock and desk.

The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries

Jacques-Louis David, 1812

Painting of painted male dancers in feathered headdresses performing in a line on grass, with a standing figure in a robe and

Dance to the Berdache - Saukie

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of a bearded man in a red robe gesturing toward a diagonal cross against a dark background.

Saint Andrew

after Sir Anthony van Dyck, after 1660

Painting of Saint Peter with grey beard, blue tunic and yellow mantle, holding keys and a book against a gold background.

Saint Peter

Marco Zoppo, 1468

Painted group of dancers in bear skins and feathered headdresses performing together on grassland under a pale sky.

Bear Dance - K'nisteneux

George Catlin, 1861

Painting of a long-haired man in a red cloak gazing down at a gold chalice he holds in both hands.

Saint John

after Sir Anthony van Dyck, after 1660

Giovanni Emo

Giovanni Bellini, 1475

Watercolor of painted men with red feathered headdresses and spears performing a dance on grass under a pale sky.

Discovery Dance - Saukie

George Catlin, 1861

Painting of a bearded older man with grey hair looking down, wearing a pale cloth over a dark robe, against a dark background

Saint Bartholomew

after Sir Anthony van Dyck, after 1660

Saint Helena holds a wooden cross beside a tree, with a walled hilltop town and green valley behind her.

Saint Helena

Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano, 1495

Painting of men in feathered headdresses performing a snowshoe dance on snow, holding staffs decorated with feathers.

Snow Shoe Dance - Ojibbeway

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Saint James the Less

after Sir Anthony van Dyck, after 1660

Two women in pale gowns sit in a theater box, one holding a flowered fan and the other a bouquet of roses.

The Loge

Mary Cassatt, 1882

Painting of a Choctaw ball-play dance, with lines of dancers on open grassland, seated spectators, poles and rolling hills.

Ball-Play Dance - Choctaw

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Oil painting of a bearded man in a brown cloak holding a staff, with a dark background, after Van Dyck.

Saint James

after Sir Anthony van Dyck, after 1660

Painting of Judith in a blue mantle with a servant holding Holofernes's severed head beside a pink canopy bed.

Judith and Holofernes

Andrea Mantegna, 1490

Painted oval scene of canoes with paddlers gathering rice through marsh grasses toward a lake with green hills beyond.

Gathering Wild Rice - Winnebago

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of a bearded older man looking upward, hands clasped at his chest, against a dark background.

Saint Mark

after Sir Anthony van Dyck, after 1660

Painting of a bearded man in brown robes praying with a rosary beside a skull and wooden cross.

Saint Francis in Prayer

Bernardo Strozzi, c. 1620/1630

Oval painting of a tepee village on a grassy plain with a river, a flagpole, and riders on horseback on hills.

Fort Pierre

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of a bearded older man in a red cloak gripping a wooden staff against a dark background.

Saint Matthew

after Sir Anthony van Dyck, after 1660

Painting of three nude bathers among green foliage and grasses, with loose brushwork and earthy tones.

Bathers

Otto Mueller, 1916/1917

Painted facsimile of an Ojibbeway robe showing rows of small animals, birds, celestial symbols and objects on a tan field.

Facsimile of an Ojibbeway Robe

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Saint Philip

after Sir Anthony van Dyck, after 1660

Painting of white birch trees with bright red and orange autumn leaves under a blue sky, in bold impasto brushwork.

White Beeches in Fall

Christian Rohlfs, 1910

Night river scene with torch-lit canoes, figures spearing fish, dark reeds on the left and a calm water expanse.

Salmon Spearing - Ottowas

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Oil painting of a bearded older man in a dark green robe and red cloak, holding a sword hilt against a dark background.

Saint Paul

after Sir Anthony van Dyck, after 1660

Painting of a man hauling a line on rocky coast beside crashing waves, with a sailboat, wooded hill and mountain at sunset.

Newport Mountain, Mount Desert

Frederic Edwin Church, 1851

Painting of figures in feathered headdresses gathered around a seated figure and wooden enclosure in a forest clearing.

Funeral of Black Hawk - Saukie

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of a rocky cliff above a sandy beach with two seated figures, calm sea and small sailboats near the horizon.

A Quiet Day near Manchester

Alfred Thompson Bricher, 1873

Painting of a large Dutch sailing ship with white sails among smaller boats on choppy green sea, with a distant town under cl

A Fleet at Sea

Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom, 1614

Painting of painted warriors with red headdresses performing a war dance on a grassy field, with tepees and a house in the di

War Dance of the Saukies

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Octagonal portrait of a bearded man with a large white ruff collar and brown doublet against a dark background.

Portrait of a Gentleman Wearing a Fancy Ruff

Thomas de Keyser, 1627

Painting of sailing fishing boats at anchor on calm water under a glowing orange sunset with layered clouds.

Sunset at Scheveningen: A Fleet of Fishing Vessels at Anchor

Hendrik Willem Mesdag, 1894

Painting of three Navaho figures on a grassy plain: a woman in a patterned blanket and two men with arrows and a feathered he

Three Navaho Indians

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of red and yellow apples scattered on a wooden table against a dark background.

Still Life with Apples

Charles Ethan Porter, 1886

Painting of green wheat fields on rolling hills under swirling blue and white clouds, with a pale path at right.

Green Wheat Fields, Auvers

Vincent van Gogh, 1890

Four men in feathered headdresses and body paint stand with spears and bows against a pale sky, with a painted robe.

Apachee Chief and Three Warriors

George Catlin, 1855/1869