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National Gallery of Art

25,755 works

Painting of a pale nude woman standing barefoot among green foliage, head bowed, one leg lifted, against blue sky.

Stars and Dews and Dreams of Night

Arthur Bowen Davies, c. 1927

Soldiers with a white flag march along a snowy, war-damaged street beside civilians and a burning building.

The Flag of Truce

Alphonse Marie de Neuville, 1884

Interior scene of a woman playing lute as a man in yellow jacket leans in, with an older woman and canopy bed nearby.

Ascagnes and Lucelle (The Music Lesson)

Jan Steen, 1667

Oil portrait of a woman with piled brown hair, pearl ornament, and yellow gown with blue ribbons against a dark background.

Rebecca Bryan White (Mrs. John White)

Charles Willson Peale, 1788

Still life painting of grapes, peaches, apples, cherries and plums heaped in a silver bowl on a white cloth.

Fruit Still Life

Robert Seldon Duncanson, c. 1849

Interior scene of a seated woman at an embroidery frame beside a standing maid, with floral wallpaper and a bronze bust.

Penelope

Gari Melchers, 1910

Woman in dark green top knits at a round table by a window with lace curtains, beside an open doorway.

Josephine Knitting

Edmund Charles Tarbell, 1916

Snowy winter scene of a boathouse and moored boats on a partly frozen river, with a city skyline behind.

Boathouse, Winter, Harlem River

Ernest Lawson, c. 1916

Painting of the Nativity with Mary and the infant Christ, Joseph, kneeling shepherds, descending angels, an ox and a donkey i

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Anton Raphael Mengs, c. 1764/1765

Painting of two sailing warships in rough green seas, one flying the American flag, with gun smoke near the horizon.

The United States Frigate "President" Engaging the British Squadron, 1815

Fitz Henry Lane, 1850

Trompe l'oeil still life of a slate with tobacco ads, a clay pipe, tobacco box and matches hanging on a dark wood wall.

Slate, Pipe, Tobacco, and Box of Matches

Peter McCallion, c. 1890/1900

Painting of the domed Santa Maria della Salute church across a Venetian canal, with gondolas and sailboats in the foreground.

Santa Maria della Salute

Francesco Guardi, c. 1770

Oil still life of apples, grapes, a pear and a peach on a ledge, with a blue-striped bowl and grape vine leaves.

Fruit

Harriet Cany Peale, c. 1860

Painting of a wooded road with tall trees, two walking figures with a dog, and billowing clouds over a flat plain.

Wooded Landscape with Figures

Meindert Hobbema, c. 1658

Impressionist painting of a blue-gray shingled house with green shutters, framed by pink flowering shrubs and foliage.

Old House at East Hampton

Childe Hassam, 1916

Painting of a sailboat with cream sails heeling in rough sea under dark storm clouds, with a red-sailed boat and distant ship

After the Storm

Velde, Willem van de, the Younger, c. 1700

Two fishermen haul a rope from a riverbank beside a boat, with a distant city skyline and church spire under a cloudy sky.

Hauling the Net

Dirk Hardenstein, 1663

Painting of a large central female nude surrounded by dancing and reclining nude figures in green, yellow and blue geometric

The Great Mother

Arthur Bowen Davies, c. 1913

Painting of a young man in blue gesturing before a seated clerical court in a wood-paneled hall, with armed guards and a scri

The Trial of Joan of Arc (Joan of Arc series: VI)

Louis Maurice Boutet de Monvel, c. late 1909-early 1910

Painting of a seated woman in a dark headscarf reading papers on a white apron, against a dark interior background.

Seated Woman

Théodule Augustin Ribot, 1880-1885

Painting of a Parisian-style boulevard with strollers in long coats, bare trees, and ornate buildings under a pale sky.

The Boulevard

Jean-François Raffaëlli, c. 1900/1905

Dark painted landscape of a storm over a forest with broken trees and a small figure beside a large trunk.

Tornado in an American Forest

Thomas Cole, 1831

Painting of an auctioneer gesturing beside a framed picture while top-hatted bidders watch from chairs in a gallery.

At the Gallery Drouot

Honoré Daumier, after 1863-before 1873

Full-length portrait of a standing man in a black cloak and lace collar beside a draped table with a hat and a pink chair.

Gerhard van Suchtelen

Gérard ter Borch, c. 1666

Painting of a mythological musical contest: a youth with a golden lyre, a satyr with pipes, and onlookers in a rocky landscap

The Judgment of Midas

Jan van den Hoecke, c. 1640

Full-length portrait of a standing woman in a taupe dress beside a fireplace with flowers and brass andirons.

Harriet Hubbard Ayer

Eastman Johnson, 1881

Still life painting of a pale cod on a blue-rimmed plate beside a brass bucket and small fish on a dark table.

An English Cod

William Merritt Chase, 1904

Interior scene of two women in satin gowns and a man with a wine glass by a table, with a small dog on a tiled floor.

The Greeting

Pieter de Hooch, c. 1675

Still life of a white vase and small figurine before a painted wall of Buddhist deities and clouds, with a pale bowl.

The Picture from Thibet

Emil Carlsen, c. 1920

Oil portrait of a man with dark wavy hair in a black coat and white cravat, resting his hand beside a quill pen.

Samuel McKenney

George Cooke, 1837