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National Gallery of Art

25,670 works

Oil portrait of a seated man in a brown coat with gold buttons, holding a notebook and pen against a dark background.

Adam Babcock

John Singleton Copley, c. 1774

Painting of an elderly man reading a newspaper beside a child in blue, with a woman knitting by a marble fireplace.

The Brown Family

Eastman Johnson, 1869

Painting of the white domed Taj Mahal with minarets, a red wall and a green tree in front under a pale blue sky.

The Taj Mahal

Erastus Salisbury Field, c. 1860/1880

Painting of a lake with lavender mountains in the distance, pine trees and a golden hillside framing the foreground.

Leverett Pond

Erastus Salisbury Field, c. 1860/1880

Portrait of a seated man in dark clothing with an open tune book, red drapery and a lake landscape behind him.

Man with a Tune Book: Possibly Mr. Cook

Erastus Salisbury Field, c. 1838

Half-length portrait of a red-haired man in a dark coat holding a quill and manuscript, seated in a yellow chair.

Mr. Baylor

Joshua Johnson, c. 1805

Still life painting of a footed compote holding a watermelon slice, pineapple, grapes, pear, lemon and orange on dark ground.

Still Life

M.A. Goode, second half 19th century

Painting of a young child in a blue dress and white apron holding a straw hat and a small book before red drapery.

Child with Straw Hat

William Matthew Prior, c. 1846/1873

Full-length portrait of a boy in brown coat pointing at a bird, with a golden dog and blue drape beside him.

Boy of the Beekman Family

Unknown artist, c. 1720

Painting of many North American birds perched on oak branches and grass, including a hawk, robin, crossbill, flicker and quai

Birds

Unknown artist, c. 1840

Double portrait of two young boys in blue jackets with white ruffled collars against a brown background.

The Congdon Brothers

Unknown artist, c. 1830

Portrait of a seated woman in spectacles, gold necklace and dark blue dress against a brown background with red drapery.

Lady Wearing Spectacles

Unknown artist, c. 1840

Portrait of a woman in a black dress and lace bonnet, holding a red book beside a patterned table.

Catherine A. May

Ammi Phillips, c. 1830

Portrait of a seated woman in a black dress and lace cap against a green background, with painted inscription.

Eliza R. Read

Royall Brewster Smith, 1833

Half-length portrait of a man in a black coat and white cravat, resting his hand on a red book against green.

John G. Read

Royall Brewster Smith, 1833

Two girls in matching blue dresses, one holding a red book and one holding cherries, against a dark background.

Sisters in Blue

Sturtevant J. Hamblin, c. 1840

Portrait of a seated woman in a white floral gown with blue bodice, holding a flowering sprig against a brown background.

Susanna Truax

Unknown artist, c. 1740

Naive painting of a village with red-coated soldiers marching past a stone-walled graveyard, a pond, and white houses.

View of Concord

Unknown artist, c. 1830

Oil portrait of an elderly man in a white wig and red coat against a dark brown background.

John Adams

Gilbert Stuart, c. 1821

Half-length portrait of an older man with powdered white hair, dark coat and white cravat before a dark green background.

James Madison

Gilbert Stuart, c. 1821

Oil portrait of an older man with grey hair in a black coat and white cravat against a soft blue and mauve background.

James Monroe

Gilbert Stuart, c. 1817

Oil portrait of an older man with white powdered hair, black coat and white cravat, against a brown background.

George Washington

Gilbert Stuart, c. 1821

Painting of a wooded landscape with travelers resting on a sandy path beneath large trees and a cloudy sky.

Wooded Landscape with Travelers

Adam Pynacker, late 1640s

Painting of a crowded cobbled town square with a well, church tower, castle on a hill, and costumed townspeople.

The Marketplace in Bergen op Zoom

Abel Grimmer, probably 1590 and 1597

Half-length oil portrait of a woman in a wide yellow-ribboned hat and white ruffled dress resting her arms on a ledge.

Lady Cunliffe

John Hoppner, 1781/1782

Expressive painting of two nude women, one standing with her back turned and one seated, in bold yellow, orange and green.

Two Nudes [obverse]

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1907

Painting of a seated woman in a white hat and dress with a green sash, resting her hand on a wicker chair against a dark gree

Florence Sittenham Davey (Mrs. Randall Davey)

George Bellows, 1914

Loose painting of women in a theatre box with a green feathered fan and a red flower in one woman's hair.

The Loge

Edgar Degas, c. 1883

Oil portrait of a woman with flowers in her hair, holding a shepherd's crook, in a blue dress against a cloudy landscape.

Elizabeth Gray Otis (Mrs. Samuel Alleyne Otis)

John Singleton Copley, c. 1764

Oil portrait of an elderly man with white hair in a dark coat and white cravat, against red drapery.

Samuel Alleyne Otis

Gilbert Stuart, 1811/1813