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

Madonna and Child by Giotto,
c. 1320/1330, tempera on panel

Madonna and Child by Fra Filippo Lippi,
c. 1440, tempera on panel

The Nativity by Filippo Lippi and workshop, c. 1445. tempera

St. Benedict orders St. Maurus to the Rescue of St. Placidus by Fra Filippo Lippi,
c. 1445/1450, tempera on panel

The Adoration of the Magi by 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 Child by Botticelli,
c. 1470, tempera on panel

Giuliano de Medici by Andrea del Verrocchio, c. 1475/1478, terra cotta

Lorenzo de Medici Florentine (probably Andrea del Verrocchio), c. 1478/1521, painted terra cotta

Portrait of a Youth by 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 Magi by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1478/1482, tempera and oil on panel

The Coronation of the Virgin by Filippino Lippi, c. 1475, oil and tempera (?) on panel

The Nativity by Luca della Robbia,
c. 1460, glazed terra cotta

The Adoration of the Child by Andrea della Robbia,
after 1477, glazed terra cotta

Cherubs Playing with a Swan by Jean-Baptiste Tuby I, c. 1672/1673, lead with traces of gilding

St. George and the Dragon by Raphael, c. 1504/1506, oil on wood

The Alba Madonna by Raphael, c. 1510, oil on panel transferred to canvas

The Small Cowper Madonna by Raphael,
c. 1505, oil on panel

Bindo Altoviti by Raphael,
c. 1515, oil on panel

Cardinal Pietro Bembo by Titian, c. 1540, oil on canvas

Ranuccio Farnese by Titian,
1542, oil on canvas

Portrait of a Lady by Titian,
c. 1555, oil on canvas

Venus with a Mirror by Titian, c. 1555, oil on canvas

Doge Andrea Gritti by Titian, c. 1546/1548, oil on canvas

Venus and Adonis by Titian, c. 1560, oil on canvas

Vincenzo Cappello by Titian,
c. 1540, oil on canvas

Cupid with the Wheel of Fortune by Titian,
c. 1520, oil on canvas

Saint John the Evangelist on Patmos by Titian, c. 1547, oil on canvas

Saint Ildefonso by 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, Rome by Giovanni Paolo Panini, c. 1754, oil on canvas