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National Gallery of Art

25,670 works

Painting of a young man with wavy hair, red cap and brown garment, one hand resting on his chest, dark background.

Portrait of a Youth

Sandro Botticelli, c. 1482/1485

Painting of two men in feathered headdresses and a woman in a blue dress standing in an open landscape, in an oval frame.

Two Chippewyan Warriors and a Woman

George Catlin, 1855/1869

Half-length portrait of a young man with curly hair in a red cap and gray garment, against a blue sky.

Portrait of a Youth

Filippino Lippi, c. 1485

Painting of the Virgin Mary in a green mantle and red dress holding the Christ Child, with a column and cypress landscape beh

Madonna and Child

Sandro Botticelli, c. 1470

Three figures in fur clothing stand on snowy ground under a pale sky; a woman carries a child on her back.

Three Esquimaux

George Catlin, 1855/1869

Profile Portrait of a Lady

Franco-Flemish 15th Century, c. 1410

Botticelli painting of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child, kneeling figures, horsemen, and ruined arches.

The Adoration of the Magi

Sandro Botticelli, c. 1478/1482

Three men in feathered headdresses and fringed clothing hold a bow, a spear, and a staff against a pale sky.

Alaeutian Chief and Two Warriors

George Catlin, 1855/1869

Painting of the Virgin Mary with a halo holding the nude infant Christ, who reaches toward her shoulder against a blue sky.

The Niccolini-Cowper Madonna

Arched panel showing a nude elderly man with a staff in a rocky landscape, with a lion and bare trees behind him.

The Crucifixion with the Virgin, Saint John, Saint Jerome, and Saint Mary Magdalene [left panel]

Pietro Perugino, c. 1482/1485

Three Indigenous figures on a grassy plain: a man with a staff, a central man in a pink blanket and feathered headdress, and

Cochimtee Chief, His Wife, and a Warrior

George Catlin, 1855/1869

Mary rides a donkey holding the infant Jesus while Joseph leads them along a path past a river and hills.

The Flight into Egypt

Vittore Carpaccio, c. 1515

Painting of Christ on the cross with the Virgin and a young saint beside him, set against a distant landscape with towers and

The Crucifixion with the Virgin, Saint John, Saint Jerome, and Saint Mary Magdalene [middle panel]

Pietro Perugino, c. 1482/1485

Painting of a Mohave chief, a warrior, and a woman standing in an open landscape, in an oval frame.

Mohave Chief, a Warrior, and His Wife

George Catlin, 1855/1869

Painting of Christ blessing, holding an open book inscribed Ego sum lux mundi, against a gold background with a halo.

Christ Blessing

Grifo di Tancredi, c. 1310

Arched panel of a woman in green cloak and pink gown, hands clasped, gazing upward among rocks and tall trees.

The Crucifixion with the Virgin, Saint John, Saint Jerome, and Saint Mary Magdalene [right panel]

Pietro Perugino, c. 1482/1485

Painting of a woman and two Yuma men in feathered headdresses and beaded jewelry standing in a grassy landscape with hills.

A Yuma Chief, His Daughter, and a Warrior

George Catlin, 1855/1869

Panel painting of Saint Peter with grey hair and beard, holding a key, against a gold background within an arched frame.

Saint Peter

Grifo di Tancredi, c. 1310

Painting of a young man in a red garment and black hood against a blue sky with clouds, turned three-quarters to the left.

Portrait of a Young Man in Red

Giovanni Bellini, c. 1480

Painting of three standing Indigenous men in feathered headdresses, one holding a spear, within an oval frame.

Three Yumaya Indians

George Catlin, 1855/1869

Byzantine icon of the Madonna and Child on a golden throne, flanked by two angels in roundels against gold.

Madonna and Child on a Curved Throne

Unknown artist, c. 1260/1280

Painting of the Virgin in a blue veil holding the Christ Child in a red mantle, with a green cushion and distant landscape.

Madonna and Child

Antonello da Messina, c. 1475

Painting of five Indigenous figures, including men in straw hats and a woman with a basket, in an open landscape.

Five Maya Indians

George Catlin, 1855/1869

Renaissance painting of Madonna and Child with Saint Jerome and Saint John the Baptist in a landscape with a castle.

Madonna and Child with Saint Jerome and Saint John the Baptist

Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano, c. 1492/1495

Venus with a Mirror: a nude woman in red velvet and fur beside a winged Cupid holding a mirror and laurel wreath.

Venus with a Mirror

Titian, c. 1555

Oval painting of a mounted rider shooting a bow at a charging bison across a grassy plain.

Buffalo Chase

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Madonna and Christ Child in a landscape with the infant Saint John and a lamb, cherubs in clouds above.

Madonna and Child and the Infant Saint John in a Landscape

Polidoro Lanzani, 1540/1550

Portrait of a woman in a golden headdress and black dress holding a fur muff, against green curtains.

Portrait of a Lady

Bernardino Luini, 1520/1525

Painting of bison stampeding over plains as a hunter gallops behind, with a fallen rider and horse in the foreground.

Buffalo Chase, with Accidents

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Veronese's The Finding of Moses: a noblewoman and attendants in a landscape as an infant is lifted from a basket by a river.

The Finding of Moses

Paolo Veronese, c. 1581/1582

Angel Gabriel in red brocade greets the Virgin Mary in blue beside a book and lilies inside a Gothic church.

The Annunciation

Jan van Eyck, c. 1434/1436

Painting of a bison herd on open grassland, with a bow hunter and a rifle hunter in the lower right foreground.

Catlin and Indian Attacking Buffalo

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of the Virgin and Christ Child on a throne with two angels playing lute and harp under a Gothic arch.

Madonna and Child with Angels

Hans Memling, after 1479

Nativity painting: Virgin Mary and Joseph beside the Christ Child in a timber stable, with kneeling angels and a distant town

The Nativity

Petrus Christus, c. 1450

Bison herd on grassy prairie, one animal rolling in a mud wallow in the foreground beneath a cloudy sky.

A Buffalo Wallow

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Half-length portrait of a man in a black cap and red jacket holding an arrow against a blue background.

Portrait of a Man with an Arrow

Hans Memling, c. 1470/1475

Half-length portrait of a woman in white headdress, black gown and red belt, hands clasped, against a dark blue background.

Portrait of a Lady

Rogier van der Weyden, c. 1460

Painting of riders on horseback chasing bison across green rolling hills, with bulls shielding calves in the foreground.

Buffalo Chase - Bulls Protecting the Calves

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of the Virgin in blue seated on rocks with the infant Christ holding grapes, a donkey, and a basket nearby.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Gerard David, c. 1510

Half-length portrait of a red-haired man in a blue coat with fur collar, holding an embroidered band against a dark backgroun

Portrait of Diego de Guevara (?)

Michel Sittow, c. 1515/1518

Painting of bison bulls fighting on open prairie, with a large herd spread across the grassland under a cloudy sky.

Bulls Fighting

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Seated woman in black cloak and lace ruff holds hand of a young girl in orange dress beside red drapery and columns.

Susanna Fourment and Her Daughter

Anthony van Dyck, 1621

Oil portrait of a young man with brown hair in gold sleeves and blue sash, holding a staff, against a dark tree and cloudy sk

Henry, Duke of Gloucester

Adriaen Hanneman, c. 1653

Mounted hunters with spears attack two grizzly bears on open grassland under a cloudy sky, painted in an oval frame.

K'nisteneux Indians Attacking Two Grizzly Bears

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Seated woman in black dress with gold sleeves and pearls before a red curtain and classical stone arcade.

Isabella Brant

Anthony van Dyck, 1621

Full-length portrait of a red-bearded man in black doublet and gold chains, with his hand on a brown and white dog.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Antonis Mor, 1569

Painting of Assinneboine men performing a pipe dance on grass before tipis, with onlookers and feathered headdresses.

Pipe Dance - Assinneboine

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Full-length portrait of a seated woman in a dark gown with gold embroidered cloak, white ruff, and folding fan, beside a red

Marchesa Balbi

Anthony van Dyck, c. 1623

Painting of a young woman in a red hat and blue jacket glancing over her shoulder against a dark interior.

Girl with the Red Hat

Johannes Vermeer, c. 1669

Oval painting of mounted riders racing across grassy plains while a crowd in feathered headdresses watches in the foreground.

Horse Racing - Minatarrees

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Portrait of a young man with curly hair in a grey doublet and gold cloak, holding a halberd before a tree and green drapery.

Philip, Lord Wharton

Anthony van Dyck, 1632

Painting of a brick courtyard with two seated men smoking, a standing woman in a red skirt, and a child at right.

A Dutch Courtyard

Pieter de Hooch, 1658/1660

Painter at an easel beside a feathered Mandan chief, surrounded by a crowd on grassland with a river behind.

Catlin Painting the Portrait of Mah-to-toh-pa - Mandan

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Interior scene with a woman in red bodice, a man entering at right, a seated woman in green, and a small dog near a canopy be

The Intruder

Gabriel Metsu, c. 1660

Painting of herdsmen in a red jacket with cattle on a grassy hill, a river and ruined castle under a cloudy sunset sky.

Herdsmen Tending Cattle

Aelbert Cuyp, 1655/1660

Oval painting of a grassy plain with prairie dog mounds and small mounted figures under a streaked blue sky.

Prairie Dog Village

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Interior scene of a man in black velvet greeting a woman in a red bodice and satin skirt, with a lute player and dog nearby.

The Suitor's Visit

Gérard ter Borch, c. 1658

Landscape painting of tall trees, a red-roofed farmhouse, figures on a dirt path, and a cloudy sky with birds.

A Farm in the Sunlight

Meindert Hobbema, 1668

Oval painting of a river valley with a tepee encampment, grazing horses, and two figures on a grassy hill under a cloudy sky.

Fort Union

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of an elderly woman in a striped headscarf dozing with her head on her hand beside an open book on a red table.

An Old Woman Dozing over a Book

Nicolaes Maes, c. 1655

Painting of a shaded wooded road with tall trees, small figures, and a distant village under large clouds.

A Wooded Landscape

Meindert Hobbema, 1663

Oval painting of a camp with two tipis, a shelter, figures making flint arrowheads, hanging meat, and a dog, with trees behin

Making Flint Arrowheads - Apachees

George Catlin, 1855/1869

Portrait of a man in a black cap and fur-collared robe with a gold chain, hands resting on a red table.

Sir Brian Tuke

Hans Holbein the Younger, c. 1527/1528 or c. 1532/1534

Painting of a large oak beside a dirt road with thatched cottages, travelers, and billowing clouds in a wide sky.

A View on a High Road

Meindert Hobbema, 1665