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National Gallery of Art

25,670 works

Still life painting of two bottles and apples on a white cloth, with a green ground and a swirling blue sky behind.

Still Life with Bottles and Fruit

Alexej von Jawlensky, 1900

Colorful abstract landscape painting with dark tree silhouettes, pink and red brushstrokes, and blue and green patches.

Red Path, St. Prex

Alexej von Jawlensky, 1915

Abstract landscape of dark green trees, red, blue and orange color blocks, and pale snowy ground on canvas.

Frosty Day

Alexej von Jawlensky, 1915

Painting of a shepherd leading sheep and dogs along a stone road beneath trees, with a fortress on a cliff.

Shepherd with His Flock

Jean-Victor Bertin, c. 1820

Painting of a wooded clearing with a stream, grazing cattle, a classical statue on a pedestal, and a rocky cliff at right.

Woodland Scene with Nymphs and a Herm

Jean-Victor Bertin, c. 1810

Painting of a calm bay with moored sailing ships, a fortress on the left hillside, and cumulus clouds above.

On the Bay of Naples

Léon-François-Antoine Fleury, c. 1830

Painting of a woodland stream over rocks, with white water, a shadowed cliff face, and leafy trees overhead.

Woodland Stream

Paul Huet, c. 1840

Small painting of a Venetian canal with a church bell tower, a stone bridge, moored boats, and palazzi under a cloudy sky.

The Church of San Trovaso, Venice

Jules-Romain Joyant, c. 1830

Sketch of a Venetian canal with a domed building, a stone bridge, moored boats and sunlit palazzi under a cloudy sky.

The Scuola di San Marco, Venice

Jules-Romain Joyant, c. 1830

Painting of a roaring lion guarding a dead deer while a snake coils above it beside a forest pool.

Lion Defending its Prey

Edwin Landseer, c. 1840

Painting of a hillside village of pale houses below a steep green mountain with sunlit rocky peaks.

Village on the Island of Ischia

Sébastien-Louis-Guillaume Norblin de la Gourdaine, c. 1826

Painting of a sunlit hillside with large trees, whitewashed buildings with a bell tower, and mountains under a cloudy sky.

View of La Cava

Félix-Hippolyte Lanoüe, c. 1840

Painting of Roman theater ruins at Taormina with a smoking volcano, coastline, and small figures on a grassy slope.

The Roman Theater at Taormina

Louise-Joséphine Sarazin de Belmont, 1828

Painting of crumbling ruins with cactus and agave in the foreground, a harbor town with ships and a bay beyond.

Ancient Ruins near Messina, Sicily

Jean-Charles-Joseph Rémond, 1842

Painting of a hilltop castle and ruined towers on cliffs, with a shepherd and goats in the foreground and a distant plain.

View of the Castello di San Giuliano, near Trapani, Sicily

Louise-Joséphine Sarazin de Belmont, c. 1824/1826

Oil painting of the round Tomb of Caecilia Metella on a grassy hill, with a shepherd and sheep in the foreground under a pale

The Tomb of Caecilia Metella

Léon-François-Antoine Fleury, c. 1830

Painting of a young girl in a blue dress and white apron beside a table with pink flowers, in a soft interior.

Young Girl with an Apron

Berthe Morisot, 1891

Painting of an elderly prophet in red robes with a kneeling woman and boy among classical ruins under a cloudy sky.

The Prophet Elijah and the Widow of Zarephath

Cornelius van Poelenburgh, c. 1630

Still life of pink, cream, white and red roses with green leaves scattered across a dark brown tabletop.

_Roses de Nice_ on a Table

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1882

Elderly woman with open book beside a boy with clasped hands at a spinning wheel in a dim beamed room.

Saying Grace

Frans van Mieris

Woman in a wide hat weaving flowers beside a stone fountain with a sculpted figure, dark garden behind her.

Woman Weaving a Crown of Flowers

Godefridus Schalcken, c. 1675/1680

Oil painting of an elderly bearded man in a dark beret and grey cloak, gazing upward against a brown background.

Bearded Man with a Beret

Jan Lievens, c. 1630

Painting of an osprey flying low over water while gripping a speckled weakfish in its talons, with a cloudy sky.

Osprey and Weakfish

John James Audubon, 1829

Painted self-portrait of a man with a palette beside an easel showing a cupid with a bow and a hound.

Self-Portrait before a Painting of "Amor Fedele"

Still life with a peacock pie, roast fowl, pewter jug, lemons, peaches and bread on a white tablecloth.

Still Life with Peacock Pie

Pieter Claesz, 1627

Oil painting of an elderly man with grey tousled hair, wrinkled face and sinewy neck against a dark background.

Head of an Old Man

Abraham Bloemaert, 1625/1628

Monochrome sketch of a young Arapahoe boy in a beaded collar and fringed garment, with a handwritten dedication below.

An Arapahoe Boy

George de Forest Brush, c. 1882

Seated man in jaguar-patterned loincloth chisels a pale stone wall beside a carved relief panel on a green rug.

An Aztec Sculptor

George de Forest Brush, 1887

Interior painting of a man in a red cloak and crown beside a woman in a green gown in a dim Gothic hall.

Esther and Mordecai

Hendrick van Steenwijk the Younger, 1616

Painting of a hanging cluster of red and amber grapes with green vine leaves and tendrils against a pale wall.

Grapes Against White Wall

Edwin Deakin, 1883