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National Gallery of Art

25,670 works

Portrait of a seated woman in a brown gown and white lace collar, with a red curtain and river landscape behind her.

Mrs. Elizabeth Noyes Denison

The Denison Limner, c. 1790

Portrait of a young woman in a green dress and pink hat holding a red bird, with a gray squirrel on a side table.

Miss Denison of Stonington, Connecticut (possibly Matilda Denison)

The Denison Limner, c. 1790

Naive 1830s panorama of elegant figures on a hill overlooking a coast with ships, a carriage, a town, and a sun.

Horizon of the New World

Unknown artist, c. 1830

Painting of a seated infant in a white lace dress holding a blue-ribbon rattle, with a pink rose and blue shoes nearby.

Innocence

Unknown artist, c. 1830

Portrait of a young girl in a striped dress holding a spoon with sugar, beside a tea table with a teapot and cup.

Susanna Truax

Pieter Vanderlyn, 1730

Painting of a crowded rural fair with a preacher on a red cart, a food stall, and a fallen soldier near marching troops.

Muster Day

Charles Henry Granger, 1843 or after

Full-length portrait of a standing woman in a red striped bodice and embroidered white skirt, with roses and a potted plant.

Catalyntje Post

Unknown artist, c. 1747

Oil portrait of a man in a red coat and white cravat holding a small brown book, seated in a dark wooden chair.

Portrait of a Man in Red

The Sherman Limner, c. 1785/1790

Half-length portrait of a woman in a red dress and lace collar, wearing a flower-and-pearl headdress and holding a carnation.

Portrait of a Lady in Red

The Sherman Limner, c. 1785/1790

Painting of two sisters with curled hair and dark dresses, one with brown eyes and one with blue, against a pale background.

Sisters

Unknown artist, c. 1840

Naive painting of a copper bowl of fruit with watermelons and grapes on a yellow table between two plates, framed by blue dra

Bowl of Fruit

Unknown artist, c. 1830

Portrait of a woman in a white lace cap holding a young child in white dress who holds a pink flower, dark background.

Mother and Child in White

Unknown artist, c. 1790

Seated young woman in gold gown and white blouse beside a flower arrangement and a butterfly, with red drapery behind her.

Young Woman with a Butterfly

Unknown artist, c. 1710

Portrait of a young girl in a white ruffled dress arranging dominoes at a blue table, with a landscape painting behind her.

The Domino Girl

Unknown artist, c. 1790

Painted portrait of a seated man in black coat and blue waistcoat with a cane, before floral wallpaper and blue drapery.

Dr. Philemon Tracy

Unknown artist, c. 1790

Portrait of a woman in a red dress and large white cap, seated beside a keyboard with sheet music, against a dark background.

Lady Wearing a Large White Cap

Unknown artist, c. 1780

Family group portrait of a man, woman, boy and two girls standing on a path under a large tree, c. 1830.

Dr. John Safford and Family

Reuben Rowley, c. 1830

Half-length portrait of a man in a red coat and gray waistcoat holding a black hat, with a quill and books beside him.

John Lothrop

John Durand, c. 1770

Painting of a galloping brown horse in a open landscape, with a steam train in the distance on the left.

The Neigh of an Iron Horse

Joseph Anderson Faris, 186(?)

Painting of a brown and white hunting dog watching several quail in tall grass under a blue sky.

On Point

D.G. Stouter, 1854 or after

Oil portrait of a middle-aged man in a dark coat and white cravat against a dark background.

Eliphalet Terry

Samuel Finley Breese Morse, c. 1824

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a white lace bonnet, black dress and red shawl against a grey background.

Lydia Coit Terry (Mrs. Eliphalet Terry)

Samuel Finley Breese Morse, c. 1824

Painting of the sailing ship Favorite under full sail with rowing boats and a distant coastal town.

The Ship "Favorite" Maneuvering Off Greenock

Robert Salmon, 1819

Virgin in blue robe holding fruit to a standing nude infant beside a gilded throne in a tiled interior.

Madonna and Child

Jan Gossaert, c. 1532

Painting of sailing boats on a choppy green sea near a pale coastline under a hazy sky, with wooden pilings in the foreground

Seapiece: Off the French Coast

Richard Parkes Bonington, c. 1823/1824

Still life of a dead hare, hanging birds, a white rooster and a hunting horn against a dark background.

Still Life with Dead Game

Willem van Aelst, 1661

Painting of a toddler in a white dress playing with wooden blocks and toys on a brick floor beside a garden.

Baby at Play

Thomas Eakins, 1876

Painting of a crowded masked ball with men in top hats, masked women in black cloaks, and a harlequin figure at left.

Masked Ball at the Opera

Édouard Manet, 1873

Pointillist seascape of a sunlit inlet with orange rocks, two beached boats, a small building, and distant blue mountains.

Calanque des Antibois

Henri-Edmond Cross, 1891/1892

Painting of a pink Cattleya orchid and three hummingbirds in a misty tropical forest, with a nest holding two eggs.

Cattleya Orchid and Three Hummingbirds

Martin Johnson Heade, 1871