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The National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC
The National Gallery of Art is located on the National Mall between 3rd and 7th Streets at Constitution Avenue NW.
It is open Monday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The Gallery is closed on December 25 and January 1.
Here are some photos of some of the works of art to be found at the National Gallery. These photos do no justice to the originals, so be sure to go and see them for yourself. Like the other museums on the National Mall, there is no entrance fee for the National Gallery.
The National Gallery of Art
The National Gallery of Art
Madonna and Childby Giotto,
c. 1320/1330, tempera on panel
Madonna and Childby Fra Filippo Lippi,
c. 1440, tempera on panel
The Nativityby Filippo Lippi and workshop, c. 1445. tempera
St. Benedict orders St. Maurus to the Rescue of St. Placidusby Fra Filippo Lippi,
c. 1445/1450, tempera on panel
The Adoration of the Magiby Fra Angelico and Fra Filippo Lippi,
c. 1440/1460, tempera on panel
Portrait of Ginevra de Benci
Portrait of Ginevra de Benci
by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1470s, on wooden panel
This is the only painting by da Vinci in America
Portrait of Ginevra de Benci — reverse
The above painting is mounted in a unique way so that you can see the back of the panel with a wreath of Laurel and Palm branches
Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Medallion
by Botticelli, c. 1480/1485, tempera on wood
Madonna and Childby Botticelli,
c. 1470, tempera on panel
Giuliano de Mediciby Andrea del Verrocchio, c. 1475/1478, terra cotta
Lorenzo de MediciFlorentine (probably Andrea del Verrocchio), c. 1478/1521, painted terra cotta
Portrait of a Youthby Sandro Botticelli, c. 1482/1485, tempera on panel
The Adoration of the Child
by Filippino Lippi,
c. 1475/1480, oil (?) on panel
Ciborium for the Sacrament
by Desiderio da Settignano,
c. 1455, marble
The Adoration of the Magiby Sandro Botticelli, c. 1478/1482, tempera and oil on panel
The Coronation of the Virginby Filippino Lippi, c. 1475, oil and tempera (?) on panel
The Nativityby Luca della Robbia,
c. 1460, glazed terra cotta
The Adoration of the Childby Andrea della Robbia,
after 1477, glazed terra cotta
Cherubs Playing with a Swanby Jean-Baptiste Tuby I, c. 1672/1673, lead with traces of gilding
St. George and the Dragonby Raphael, c. 1504/1506, oil on wood
The Alba Madonnaby Raphael, c. 1510, oil on panel transferred to canvas
The Small Cowper Madonnaby Raphael,
c. 1505, oil on panel
Bindo Altovitiby Raphael,
c. 1515, oil on panel
Cardinal Pietro Bemboby Titian, c. 1540, oil on canvas
Ranuccio Farneseby Titian,
1542, oil on canvas
Portrait of a Ladyby Titian,
c. 1555, oil on canvas
Venus with a Mirrorby Titian, c. 1555, oil on canvas
Doge Andrea Grittiby Titian, c. 1546/1548, oil on canvas
Venus and Adonisby Titian, c. 1560, oil on canvas
Vincenzo Cappelloby Titian,
c. 1540, oil on canvas
Cupid with the Wheel of Fortuneby Titian,
c. 1520, oil on canvas
Saint John the Evangelist on Patmosby Titian, c. 1547, oil on canvas
Saint Ildefonsoby El Greco,
c. 1603/1614, oil on canvas
Madonna and Child with Saint Martina and Saint Agnes
by El Greco, c. 1597/1599,
oil on canvas, wooden strip added at bottom
A sculpture gallery in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC
A sculpture in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC
Lot and His Daughters [reverse]
by Albrecht Dürer, c. 1496/1499, oil on panel. This scene is painted on the reverse side of Dürer's Madonna and Child.
Madonna and Child [obverse]by Albrecht Dürer,
c. 1496/1499, oil on panel
Interior of Saint Peter's, Romeby Giovanni Paolo Panini, c. 1754, oil on canvas
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