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National Gallery of Art

2,226 works

Christ stands on opened doors of a rocky cave, pulling a bearded man up as a crowd watches and a red demon lies below.

Christ in Limbo

Benvenuto di Giovanni, 1491

Painting of a bearded man looking upward, hand on chest, holding a key, against a dark background.

Saint Peter

after Sir Anthony van Dyck, after 1660

Painting of the Virgin Mary with a gilded halo holding the haloed infant Christ at her breast against a dark background.

Madonna and Child

Antonio da Correggio, 1500

Painting of the Crucifixion with Christ on a cross, grieving women, mounted soldiers and a crowd in a landscape.

The Crucifixion

Benvenuto di Giovanni, 1491

Five Indigenous men in feathered headdresses and fringed leggings stand and sit on grass, one holding a feathered staff.

Black Hawk and the Prophet - Saukie

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Madonna and Child with infant Saint John and a lamb in a wooded landscape, with two angels in clouds above.

Madonna and Child and the Infant Saint John in a Landscape

Polidoro da Lanciano, 1540

Risen Christ stands on a tomb holding a banner while soldiers sleep around it, with a rocky landscape behind.

The Resurrection

Benvenuto di Giovanni, 1491

Painting of Saint Alban holding his severed head, dressed as a bishop in red robes against a gold patterned background.

Saint Alban of Mainz

Tyrolean 16th Century, c. 1500/1525

Painting of robed figures kneeling and seated in a colonnaded hall around a skull, with books and a staff nearby.

The Adoration of the Skulls

Michel-François Dandré-Bardon, 1733

Painting of the Virgin and Child with two haloed saints against a gold background, the Virgin in green and red robes.

Madonna and Child with Saint Jerome and Saint Bernardino of Siena

Benvenuto di Giovanni, 1485

Painting of Saint Wolfgang as a bishop in red robes and gold mitre, holding a crozier and a model church, against a red gilde

Saint Wolfgang

Tyrolean 16th Century, c. 1500/1525

Painting of a boy in blue standing among bearded elders in an ornate gilded colonnade, with a town in the distance.

Christ among the Doctors

Bernard van Orley, 1513

Painting of the Holy Family with the Virgin, Joseph, an elderly woman, and two nude children against a dark background.

The Holy Family

Saint Valentine as a bishop reading a book beside a crozier, with a kneeling donor and a severed head at his feet.

Saint Valentine

Tyrolean 16th Century, c. 1500/1525

Painted Christ crucified on a wooden cross against a red and gold background, with a halo and loincloth.

Christ on the Cross [reverse]

Andrea di Bartolo, 1380

Painting of Christ on a gold cross with Saints Jerome and Francis kneeling below, a skull at their feet, and a city and sea b

Christ on the Cross, Adored by Saint Jerome and Saint Francis

Francesco Pesellino, 1445

Painting of a bishop saint in a mitre holding a book and sword, with a gilded crozier, against a red Gothic-patterned backgro

Saint Alcuin

Tyrolean 16th Century, c. 1500/1525

Gold-ground panel of the Madonna nursing the infant Christ, with two angels, a blessing Christ above, and a kneeling donor.

Madonna of Humility, The Blessing Christ, Two Angels, and a Donor [obverse]

Andrea di Bartolo, 1380

Painting of Christ kneeling to wash a disciple's feet in a golden basin, surrounded by robed companions in a columned hall.

Christ Washing the Disciples' Feet

Benvenuto Tisi, 1520

Saint Simon

after Sir Anthony van Dyck, after 1660

Gilded panel of the Madonna in red mantle holding the blue-robed Christ Child against a gold arched background.

Madonna

Gentile da Fabriano, 1420

Gilded panel painting of Saint Apollonia in red robe and dark gown, holding a palm frond, with a haloed nimbus.

Saint Apollonia

Oil painting of an elderly bearded man in a green robe and red cloak reading an open book against a dark background.

Saint Thomas

after Sir Anthony van Dyck, after 1660

Painting of a saint with a ladder toppling a pagan statue on a carved column, watched by a crowd in Renaissance dress.

Saint Apollonia Destroys a Pagan Idol

Giovanni d'Alemagna, 1442

Gold-ground panel of Saint Margaret in red gown and dark mantle, holding a red cross staff, standing on a black dragon.

Saint Margaret

Painting of a bearded man in a red robe gesturing toward a diagonal cross against a dark background.

Saint Andrew

after Sir Anthony van Dyck, after 1660

Two haloed saints embrace on a rocky path before a cave, with forest, hills, a skeletal figure and gold sky behind.

The Meeting of Saint Anthony and Saint Paul

Master of the Osservanza, 1430

Old bearded man reading in a rocky cave with a lion, white hare, bird, and distant sea and town beyond.

Saint Jerome Reading

Giovanni Bellini, 1505

Painting of a long-haired man in a red cloak gazing down at a gold chalice he holds in both hands.

Saint John

after Sir Anthony van Dyck, after 1660

Haloed saint in a fur robe gives alms to poor figures in a pink Gothic arcaded hall with a dog.

Saint Anthony Distributing His Wealth to the Poor,

Master of the Osservanza, 1430