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National Gallery of Art

10,026 works

Painting of a lady and gentleman on horseback with hunting dogs, a castle tower, and a cloudy sky.

Lady and Gentleman on Horseback

Aelbert Cuyp, c. 1655, reworked 1660/1665

Painting of jockeys on horses in a grassy racecourse with a town skyline and factory chimneys under a grey sky.

The Races

Edgar Degas, 1871-1872

Three Iowa men in feathered headdresses and fringed dress stand on grassland, one holding a spear and another a pipe.

Three Iowa Indians

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of two horsemen and herdsmen with cattle and sheep on a path, a river and town glowing in evening light.

Horsemen and Herdsmen with Cattle

Aelbert Cuyp, 1655/1660

Degas painting of ballet dancers in a rehearsal room, one seated and stretching her leg, others at a barre in the background.

Before the Ballet

Edgar Degas, 1890/1892

Three standing figures in traditional dress on a grassy plain, the central man wearing a feathered headdress and red clothing

Three Iroquois Indians

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of Christ raising Lazarus from a rock tomb, with onlookers, a palm tree and a hilltop city behind.

The Raising of Lazarus

Benozzo Gozzoli, mid 1490s

Painting of the Grand Canal in Venice with the Rialto Bridge, gondolas, sailing boats and market awnings under a pale sky.

Grand Canal with the Rialto Bridge, Venice

Francesco Guardi, probably c. 1780

Three Indigenous figures in painted robes and feathered headdresses stand on grass; one holds a shield and bow.

Three Riccarree Indians

George Catlin, 1861

Painting of two horseback riders and dogs on a road past a watermill and large oak trees under a cloudy sky.

The Travelers

Meindert Hobbema, 166[2?]

Interior painting of a child at an open door and a woman folding cloth in a tiled Dutch room with chairs and a window.

The Bedroom

Pieter de Hooch, 1658/1660

Four Indigenous men seated on grass in an oval frame, one elderly with gray hair, others in feathered headdresses, one holdin

An Aged Ojibbeway Chief and Three Warriors

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of a dirt road through tall trees beside a cottage, with a woman, child, dog and distant rider under a cloudy sky.

Hut among Trees

Meindert Hobbema, c. 1664

Painting of a toreador in black costume and white stockings lying dead on the floor beside a pink cape.

The Dead Toreador

Édouard Manet, probably 1864

Painting of two Ojibbeway warriors with feathered headdresses and a woman holding an infant in a cradleboard on a plain.

Two Ojibbeway Warriors and a Woman

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of a village by a pond, with large trees, a rider on a grey horse, cottages and a church spire under clouds.

Village near a Pool

Meindert Hobbema, c. 1670

Painting of a satyr reaching toward a baby held by a woman, beside a seated peasant man at a table in a dim room.

The Satyr and the Peasant

Johann Liss, possibly c. 1623/1626

Oval painting of Indigenous figures in beaded robes beside a tipi, with two archers drawing bows on a grassy plain.

Ojibbeway Indians

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Loose painting of jockeys on horseback on a green racecourse with spectators and trees in the background.

At the Races

Édouard Manet, c. 1875

Painting of riders in red coats and hounds gathered at a fox hunt beneath large autumn trees, with a distant village.

The Death of the Fox

George Morland, c. 1791/1794

Painting of a Saukie warrior with shield and spear, a boy with a staff, and a woman in a pink blanket on grassland.

Saukie Warrior, His Wife, and a Boy

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Village street with a rider, horses, villagers, dogs and chickens before an inn, with a church tower behind under cloudy sky.

The Halt at the Inn

Isaac van Ostade, 1645

Rembrandt's 1661 painting of a circumcision ritual in a dim interior, with an infant, a kneeling figure, and bearded onlooker

The Circumcision

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1661

Six Native American men in fringed dress, some with ankle ball-and-chain shackles, standing on grass in an oval painted frame

Black Hawk and Five Other Saukie Prisoners

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of soldiers abducting women in a classical city scene with columns, an obelisk, and a seated figure.

The Rape of the Sabine Women

Unknown artist, c. 1770

Painting of a windmill on a hill above a river under a stormy sky, with small figures on the bank and a rowboat at right.

The Mill

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1645/1648

Painting of two Sauk men in feathered headdresses with a shield and spear, beside a woman in a patterned shawl on a plain.

Two Saukie Chiefs and a Woman

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of a forest with a waterfall, fallen birch trunk, two small walkers, and dramatic clouds overhead.

Forest Scene

Jacob van Ruisdael, c. 1655

Dark interior painting of elderly figures seated at a candlelit table with a bowl of food, beams overhead.

Philemon and Baucis

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1658

Painting of a feathered rider on a rearing dark horse crossing a grassy plain under a cloudy sky.

The Running Fox on a Fine Horse - Saukie

George Catlin, 1861/1869