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National Gallery of Art

25,670 works

Painting of sunlit granite rocks with waves breaking on the shore and sailboats on the bay under a pale blue sky.

Narragansett Bay

William Stanley Haseltine, 1864

Painting of figures in period dress skating on a frozen river beside a windmill and town under a cloudy winter sky.

Skating on the Frozen Amstel River

Adam van Breen, 1611

Loose painting of a brick factory with a tall chimney and dark roof beside green trees under a cloudy sky.

Old Factory

Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1900

Painting of a young man with long golden hair and white collar, holding a staff, against a brown background.

A Young Man Holding a Staff

Pieter Soutman, 1640

Landscape painting of a river valley with cliffs and hills, and a painter at an easel on a rocky ledge at left.

The Juniata, Evening

Thomas Moran, 1864

Painting of tall sailing ships and rowboats in a harbor under a dark, stormy sky with Dutch flags flying.

Amsterdam Harbor Scene

Nooms, called Zeeman, Reinier, c. 1654/1655

Nativity scene with kneeling Virgin, infant Christ, seated Joseph, and God the Father surrounded by angels in an arched sky.

The Nativity, with God the Father Surrounded by Angels and Cherubim

Francesco di Giorgio, c. 1470

Painting of dark rocks on a shoreline under a red, cloudy sky, with two small sailboats on the calm sea.

The Black Rocks at Trouville

Gustave Courbet, 1865/1866

Two large sailing warships fire cannon amid rough green seas, with smoke clouds and flags visible under an overcast sky.

A Naval Encounter between Dutch and Spanish Warships

Cornelis Verbeeck, c. 1618/1620

Seated young peasant girl in a straw hat and blue apron, set among green grass and trees, painted in loose brushstrokes.

Peasant Girl with a Straw Hat

Camille Pissarro, 1881

Seated man in grey coat and hat has his boot pulled off by a servant; a dog, bag and open arch with obelisk are visible.

Anthonij de Bordes and His Valet

Michiel Sweerts, c. 1648

Painting of a busy river with sailing and rowing boats and a distant city skyline under a cloudy sky.

View of Dordrecht from the North

Jan van Goyen, early 1650s

Still life painting of apples, a pear, grapes, walnuts, almonds and hazelnuts arranged on a pale tabletop against a dark back

Still Life with Fruit and Nuts

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1848

Still life with dressed game birds, hanging meat, pears, and a basket of oranges on a table draped with white cloth.

Still Life with Dressed Game, Meat, and Fruit

Alexandre François Desportes, 1734

Beach scene with three women under parasols and a standing woman in red jacket, with the sea and carriages in the distance.

East Hampton Beach, Long Island

Winslow Homer, 1874

Loose painted landscape of figures in white dresses gathering flowers in a sunny grassy field beside a distant sea.

Gathering Autumn Flowers

William Merritt Chase, 1894/1895

Painting of a small village of low houses beside a calm blue bay, with sandy shore in the foreground under a blue sky.

Village by the Sea in Brittany

Odilon Redon, c. 1880

Saint Mark seated with a halo, holding an open book with a quill and inkwell, with a winged lion at lower right.

Saint Mark

Giorgio Vasari, 1570-1571

Pointillist seascape with pale yellow sky, blue and orange water, and green dunes at lower right, by Georges Seurat.

Seascape (Gravelines)

Georges Seurat, 1890

Woman in dark dress and red-trimmed bonnet stands in a grassy field by the sea, with grazing sheep and distant sailboats.

Lambs, Nantucket

Eastman Johnson, 1874

Saint Luke in colorful robes and a halo writes in a book beside a resting white ox on a dark background.

Saint Luke

Giorgio Vasari, 1570-1571

Painting of cattle herders crossing a river at sunset beneath an arched stone bridge and ruined towers.

The Tiber River with the Ponte Molle at Sunset

Jan Asselijn, c. 1650

Man in a dark hat works at a table in a dim vaulted room filled with flasks, jars, books and scattered papers.

The Alchemist

Cornelis Pietersz Bega, 1663

Painting of a young woman seated in a chair in a plain Dutch-style interior with a fireplace and window.

Young Woman in an Interior

Jacobus Vrel, c. 1660

Painting of riders and robed figures on a stone bridge over a canal, with a minaret, palm trees, and a town beyond.

View of Medinet El-Fayoum

Jean-Léon Gérôme, c. 1868/1870

Still life of wild strawberries in a blue and white bowl with a carnation, cherries, currants and a butterfly on a wooden tab

Wild Strawberries and a Carnation in a Wan-Li Bowl

Jacob van Hulsdonck, c. 1620

Group of musicians with lute, violin and sheet music around a table, one raising a wine glass, in warm candlelit tones.

The Concert

Gerard van Honthorst, 1623

Cubist still life of playing cards and a glass in overlapping blue, green and brown geometric planes.

Ace of Clubs and Four of Diamonds

Juan Gris, 1915

Woman in gold dress feeding a grey parrot at a birdcage in an arched window niche, with a servant behind her.

A Woman Feeding a Parrot, with a Page

Caspar Netscher, 1666

Painting of jockeys on horseback crossing a green field with trees and hills in the background.

The Riders

Edgar Degas, c. 1885