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National Gallery of Art

2,569 works

Gold-background panel of the Crucifixion with Christ on the cross, grieving figures at left, and soldiers and angels around h

Crucifixion

Bernardo Daddi, 1340

Painting of the Virgin Mary in a dark veil holding the Christ Child in a white tunic against a dark background.

Madonna and Child

Giovanni Bellini, c. 1480/1485

Painting of two women greeting with clasped hands, flanked by two haloed old men reading and writing, in a landscape with tow

The Visitation with Saint Nicholas and Saint Anthony Abbot

Piero di Cosimo, c. 1489/1490

Gold-ground panel of Saint Paul holding a sword and book, with kneeling worshippers below, by Bernardo Daddi.

Saint Paul and a Group of Worshippers

Bernardo Daddi, 1333

Renaissance painting of the Holy Family with Mary, Joseph, an elderly woman, and two children, all with gold halos.

The Holy Family

Bronzino, c. 1527/1528

Circular Nativity painting with kneeling Virgin Mary, infant Christ, young Saint John, an angel, and a pastoral landscape.

The Nativity with the Infant Saint John

Piero di Cosimo, c. 1495/1505

Gilded Gothic altarpiece of the Madonna and Child enthroned among saints, angels and kneeling figures.

Madonna and Child with Saints and Angels

Bernardo Daddi, 1330

Painting of Saint Lucretia with halo and palm, seated beside a book, with a statue niche and landscape behind her.

Saint Lucretia

Dosso Dossi, c. 1520

Gold-ground panel of a saint in red robes holding a covered jar, with a small angel in the gabled top.

Saint Mary Magdalene, with an Angel [left panel]

Pietro Lorenzetti, probably 1340

Painting of a red obelisk beside Roman ruins and a horse-drawn carriage on a dirt road, with hills in the distance.

Church of Santa Maria della Febbre, Rome. Saenredam did not paint the state of things in 1629 (then, saint Peter's wa…

Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, 1629

Gilded arched panel of the Virgin and Child flanked by two haloed saints, one holding a book with an emblem.

Madonna and Child with Saint Jerome and Saint Bernardino of Siena

Benvenuto di Giovanni, c. 1480/1485

Gold-ground panel of Madonna holding Christ Child with cherries, blessing Christ in the gabled top.

Madonna and Child, with the Blessing Christ [middle panel]

Pietro Lorenzetti, probably 1340

Painted interior of a Gothic cathedral with a high altar, black memorial structure, pink-ribbed vaults and tall windows.

Cathedral of Saint John at 's-Hertogenbosch

Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, 1646

Paint scene of John the Baptist pouring water over a nude Christ in a stream, with an angel and cherubs in a landscape.

The Baptism of Christ

Paris Bordone, c. 1535/1540

Gold-ground panel of a crowned saint holding a palm frond, with a small angel in the pointed gable above.

Saint Catherine of Alexandria, with an Angel [right panel]

Pietro Lorenzetti, probably 1340

Gilded altarpiece of Madonna and Child enthroned, surrounded by angels, with blessing Christ in the gable above.

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Twelve Angels, and with the Blessing Christ [middle panel]

Agnolo Gaddi, 1387

Painting of a bishop in red and gold vestments holding a crosier and book, standing in a Gothic arch before a landscape.

The Saint Anne Altarpiece: Saint Nicholas [left panel]

Gerard David, c. 1500/1520

Virgin and Christ Child above clouds with two angels, Saint Martina with a palm and lion, and Saint Agnes with a lamb.

Madonna and Child with Saint Martina and Saint Agnes

El Greco, 1597/1599

Gilded Gothic panel with Saint Andrew holding a cross, Saint Benedict with a book, and an angel above under gold tracery.

Saint Andrew and Saint Benedict with the Archangel Gabriel [left panel]

Agnolo Gaddi, 1387

Saint Anne in red and white holds an open book with the Christ Child, beside the Virgin Mary in blue, before gilded brocade.

The Saint Anne Altarpiece: Saint Anne with the Virgin and Child [middle panel]

Gerard David, c. 1500/1520

Painting of the Virgin holding the Christ Child on a green cushion, with a fruit bowl, a river landscape and ships behind.

Madonna and Child

Francesco Benaglio, late 1460s

Gilded altarpiece panel with Saint Bernard reading, Saint Catherine with palm and book, and the Virgin in a quatrefoil above.

Saint Bernard and Saint Catherine of Alexandria with the Virgin of the Annunciation [right panel]

Agnolo Gaddi, 1387

Saint Anthony of Padua in a grey habit holds a cross and a red book with the Christ Child, within an arched niche.

The Saint Anne Altarpiece: Saint Anthony of Padua [right panel]

Gerard David, c. 1500/1520

Raphael's Madonna in red and blue holds the nude Christ Child against a landscape with a distant hilltop city.

The Small Cowper Madonna

Raphael, c. 1505

Painting of the Lamentation: mourners surround the dead Christ on a hillside, with three crosses and a river landscape behind

Lamentation

Andrea Solari, 1505

Oil painting of an elderly bearded man in a dark cap, head bowed, lit from the left against a dark background.

Head of Saint Matthew

; Rembrandt van Rijn Anonymous, probably early 1660s

Painting of a bearded elderly man in a dark robe, hand to forehead, with a quill, open book and sword beside him.

The Apostle Paul

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1657

Painting of angels in clouds above a robed saint and kneeling figures, including a mother holding a child, on a stone step.

A Miracle of Saint Francis of Paola

Sebastiano Ricci, 1732

Painting of the Madonna in red and dark robes holding a haloed Christ Child who reaches up toward her, against a blue sky.

Madonna and Child

Unknown artist, c. 1470/1480

Gold-ground panel painting of a crowned female saint holding a palm frond and book, with a wheel at her feet.

Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Bartolomeo Bulgarini, c. 1335/1340