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National Gallery of Art

25,670 works

Painting of gnarled oak trees at a forest edge beside a pond, under a dramatic stormy sky with a distant village.

The Edge of the Forest at Les Monts-Girard, Fontainebleau

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz, 1868

Still life painting of figs on a plate, bread, a knife, a dark bottle and a wooden barrel on a table.

Still Life with Figs and Bread

Luis Egidio Meléndez, c. 1770

Painting of a crowded city street with fashionable figures, children, dogs and a shop front beside a garden wall.

The Card Sharp on the Boulevard

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1806

Painting of God rebuking nude Adam and Eve beside a serpent, with a lion and lamb and cherubs in a wooded landscape.

The Rebuke of Adam and Eve

Domenichino, 1626

Painting of ships tossed by a storm near rocky cliffs, with dark clouds and churning white waves.

Ships in a Gale

Velde, Willem van de, the Younger, 1660

Nude nymph on a conch shell drawn by dolphins, with tritons playing horns and pipes under a stormy sky.

The Triumph of Galatea

Bernardo Cavallino, c. 1650

Painting of a martyrdom scene with a kneeling saint in gold robes, armored guards, onlookers, and a dark stormy sky.

The Martyrdom of Saint Gennaro

Mattia Preti, c. 1685

Painting of a woman in blue walking past a thatched farmhouse and haystack under a bright blue sky with trees.

Farmhouse at Le Pouldu

Paul Sérusier, 1890

Trompe l'oeil painting of a blue hanging wall pouch overflowing with letters, a quill pen, combs, sealing wax and a mirror.

A Hanging Wall Pouch

Gijsbrechts, Cornelis Norbertus, 1625-1677), c. 1677

Painting of a green valley framed by rocky cliffs and pines, with a stream and distant sea under a pale sky.

The Last Valley - Paradise Rocks

John La Farge, 1867-1868

Painting of an evening wooded landscape with travelers on a road, a donkey, cattle, rocky hills and distant mountains under a

An Italianate Evening Landscape

Jan Both, c. 1650

Painting of a cavalry battle on a hillside, with horsemen, a trumpeter, fallen soldiers, and smoke under a hazy sky.

Battle Scene

Philips Wouwerman, c. 1645/1646

Christ kneels to wash a disciple's foot in a golden basin, surrounded by robed disciples in a columned hall.

Christ Washing the Disciples' Feet

Garofalo, c. 1520/1525

Still life painting of a flower bouquet with tulips and lilies in a metal vase, with a beetle and snail on a ledge.

Still Life with Tulips

Peter Binoit, 1623

Painting of a dense flower bouquet with tulips and irises in a vase, with a beetle and caterpillar on a ledge.

Still Life with Iris

Peter Binoit, 1623

Painting of figures chopping wood and gathering by a fire outside a thatched hut under a stormy winter sky.

Winter

Corrado Giaquinto, c. 1740/1750

Painting of a harvest bacchanal with figures picking grapes from a tree, pouring wine, and gathering fruit among putti.

Autumn

Corrado Giaquinto, c. 1740/1750

Still life painting of a crowded cupboard with books, bread, a conch shell, a top hat, and printed notices.

Poor Artist's Cupboard

Charles Bird King, c. 1815

Medieval painting of the Crucifixion with Christ center, mourning women at left, a mounted knight at right, and angels on gol

Calvary

Master of the Death of Saint Nicholas of Münster, c. 1470/1480

Painting of a sunlit Venetian canal lined with palazzi, moored boats, and a distant arched bridge under a blue sky.

The Grand Canal

Richard Parkes Bonington, 1826/1827

Still life painting of a pomegranate, grapes, hazelnuts and a glass of wine on a stone ledge against a dark background.

Still Life with Fruit

Jacob van Walscapelle, 1675

Franz Marc painting of colorful stylized trees, rolling hills, and two reddish weasels with white markings in the grass.

Weasels at Play

Franz Marc, 1911

Oil portrait of a woman in a red velvet dress, golden shawl and pearls, with a dark curtain and sunset landscape behind her.

Portrait of a Lady

Nicolaes Maes, 1676

Painter seated on a rocky cliff sketching, overlooking a hazy forested valley and distant bay under a pale sky.

The Artist Sketching at Mount Desert, Maine

Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1864-1865

Painting of the ruined Parthenon with fallen marble blocks, a lone figure, and distant sea and mountains under a hazy sky.

Ruins of the Parthenon

Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1880

Painting of a woman in a white dress and a man in a bowler hat standing among colorful trees by a blue lake.

People by the Blue Lake

August Macke, 1913

Painting of a rapt half-nude woman with putti below and two angels playing violin in dark clouds above.

The Ecstasy of the Magdalen

Giulio Cesare Procaccini, 1616/1620

Oval sepia portrait of a woman in a white dress, framed by cherubs, drapery and a distant church tower.

Anna Maria van Schurman

Cornelis Jonson van Ceulen, 1657

Still life painting of falconry gear, a birdcage, and hunting horns arranged in an arched stone niche.

Niche with Falconry Gear

Christoffel Pierson, probably 1660s

Painting of a mounted rider chasing bison across a plain, with skulls and carcasses in the foreground and mountains beyond.

The Last of the Buffalo

Albert Bierstadt, 1888-1889