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National Gallery of Art

25,670 works

Abstract painting of concentric colored rings with two stylized figures, one in black and one in red and blue, by Robert Dela

Political Drama

Robert Delaunay, 1914

Painting of three women and a boy in an ornate parlor with red curtains, patterned rugs, and a vase of tulips.

Family Group

William Glackens, 1910/1911

Painting of a woman in a green cloche hat and patterned dress, arms draped over a wooden chair, against a pale background.

Bizarre

Allen Tucker, 1928

Painting of a winged angel guiding a golden boat with a child down a river past cliffs, cave, flowers and a sunset.

The Voyage of Life: Childhood

Thomas Cole, 1842

Hazy winter cityscape with snowy rooftops, bare trees in a park, and a domed tower under a pale blue sky.

Madison Square, Snow

Allen Tucker, 1904

Painting of a child in a golden boat on a river, guided by an angel, with mountains and a white palace in the distance.

The Voyage of Life: Youth

Thomas Cole, 1842

Painting of an old man in a golden boat on dark water, with a white angel descending beside him under a stormy sky.

The Voyage of Life: Old Age

Thomas Cole, 1842

Woman holding an infant with three children beside her on a columned terrace, with red drapery and a grey parrot.

Deborah Kip, Wife of Sir Balthasar Gerbier, and Her Children

Peter Paul Rubens, 1629/1630, reworked probably mid 1640s

Painting of a young woman in a green gown being touched by a grinning old man in a red hood, with a jester watching at left.

Ill-Matched Lovers

Quinten Metsys, c. 1520/1525

Painting of a river flowing from a rocky cave toward distant hills under a cloudy sky with birds.

Vista from a Grotto

David Teniers the Younger, early 1630s

Dusky river scene with a stone bridge, silhouetted towers, a moored barge and a figure on the quay under a pink sky.

The Seine

Henry Ossawa Tanner, c. 1902

Painting of the white steam towboat John Birkbeck with a black smokestack and flags, moving across rippling water.

Towboat "John Birkbeck"

James Bard, 1854

Painting of a lively country dance in a plank-floored room with a fiddler, dancing couple, dogs, and onlookers beside a brick

Country Dance

Martin Edgar Ferrill, 1883

Oil portrait of a seated man in a dark coat, yellow vest and white cravat, resting his hand on a red chair.

Biel Le Doyt

Erastus Salisbury Field, 1827

Painting of a man in a red robe standing in a golden boat on rapids beside rocky cliffs under a stormy, glowing sky.

The Voyage of Life: Manhood

Thomas Cole, 1842

Oil portrait of a man with light hair in a black coat and white cravat, one hand resting on a red-cushioned chair.

Paul Smith Palmer

Erastus Salisbury Field, 1835/1838

Seated man in dark suit beside a laboratory table with glass apparatus, a globe, maps and a dog.

Man of Science

Unknown artist, 1839

Painted portrait of a young girl in a red polka-dot dress holding a grey toy rabbit, with drapery and landscape behind her.

Little Miss Fairfield

William Matthew Prior, 1850

Painting of a bay trotting horse pulling a red sulky driven by a man in a cap along a racetrack with a flag.

Budd Doble Driving Goldsmith Maid at Belmont Driving Park

Charles S. Humphreys, 1876

Polar bear attacking a seal on ice floes in a green sea, with a ship and icebergs on the horizon.

Law of the Wild

Charles S. Raleigh, 1881

Oil portrait of a woman in black with lace collar seated with two toddlers in white dresses holding oranges.

Mrs. Paul Smith Palmer and Her Twins

Erastus Salisbury Field, 1835/1838

Painting of a southern coastal town with a Victorian house, a sailboat on calm water, a pier, and palm-lined islands.

Southern Resort Town

Dana Smith, c. 1880

Portrait of a seated woman in a red dress with lace trim, holding an open book, with a landscape window behind her.

Sarah Ogden Gustin

Joshua Johnson, c. 1805

Portrait of a young child in a blue jacket and ruffled collar beside a basket of fruit and bread on a stone table.

Boy with a Basket of Fruit

Unknown artist, c. 1790

Naive painting of many horses grazing and running across a green pasture with a rider, snowy mountains, and a sun in the sky.

Spring on the Range

Unknown artist, fourth quarter 19th century

Portrait of a man in a dark coat and lace collar with a red sash, holding a cane beside books and a red drape.

Samuel Eells

Unknown artist, c. 1800

Painting of figures cooking over a campfire beside a conical tepee, with a river, forest and hills behind.

Indians Cooking Maize

Unknown artist, second half 19th century

Two young girls in black aprons, one in blue holding cherries and one in red holding a cherry sprig, against a brown backgrou

Sisters in Black Aprons

Unknown artist, c. 1835/1840

The Proud Mother

Unknown artist, c. 1810

Winter scene with a mounted officer, soldiers, an American flag, a log cabin and a horse-drawn sleigh in snow.

Washington at Valley Forge

Unknown artist, mid 19th century