National Gallery of Art
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The National Gallery of Art serves as a center of visual art, education, and culture. Its collection of more than 150,000 paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, photographs, prints, and drawings spans the history of Western art. For the breadth, scope, and magnitude of its collections, the National Gallery is widely considered to be one of the greatest museums in the U.S., often ranking alongside the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the Art Institute of Chicago, and Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts. Of the top three art museums in the United States by annual visitors, it is the only one that has no admission fee. In 2021, it attracted more than 1,700,000 visitors, and ranked fifth on the list of most visited art museums in the world.
Spanish collection
The following 20 Spanish artworks are a selection from the collection of the National Gallery of Art:
Christ among the Doctors
by Master of the Catholic Kings, circa 1495–1497
- Oil on panel
- 136.2 x 93 cm (53 5/8 x 36 5/8 in)
- Credits: Samuel H. Kress Collection.
15th century
The Marriage at Cana
by Master of the Catholic Kings, circa 1495–1497
- Oil on panel
- 137.1 x 92.7 cm (54 x 36 1/2 in)
- Credits: Samuel H. Kress Collection.
15th century
The Temptation of Christ
by Juan de Flandes, circa 1500–1504
- Oil on panel
- 21.3 x 16 cm (8 3/8 x 6 5/16 in)
- Credits: Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund.
16th century
The Baptism of Christ
by Juan de Flandes, circa 1508–1519
- Oil on panel
- 125.3 x 81.1 cm (49 5/16 x 31 15/16 in)
- Credits: Samuel H. Kress Collection.
16th century
The Annunciation
by Juan de Flandes, circa 1508–1519
- Oil on panel
- 110.2 x 81 cm (43 3/8 x 31 7/8 in)
- Credits: Samuel H. Kress Collection.
16th century
The Nativity
by Juan de Flandes, circa 1508–1519
- Oil on panel
- 111.8 x 80.6 cm (44 x 31 3/4 in)
- Credits: Samuel H. Kress Collection.
16th century
The Adoration of the Magi
by Juan de Flandes, circa 1508–1519
- Oil on panel
- 126 x 82 cm (49 5/8 x 32 5/16 in)
- Credits: Samuel H. Kress Collection.
16th century
Laocoön
by El Greco, circa 1610–1614
- Oil on canvas
- 137.5 x 172.5 cm (54 1/8 x 67 15/16 in)
- Credits: Samuel H. Kress Collection.
17th century
Head of a Man
by José de Ribera, circa 1620
- Red chalk on laid paper
- 30.5 x 24.5 cm (12 x 9 5/8 in)
- Credits: Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund.
17th century
Still Life with Sweets and Pottery
by Juan van der Hamen y León, 1627
- Oil on canvas
- 84.5 x 112.7 cm (33 1/4 x 44 3/8 in)
- Credits: Samuel H. Kress Collection.
17th century
The Needlewoman
by Diego Velázquez, circa 1640–1650
- Oil on canvas
- 74 x 60 cm (29 1/8 x 23 5/8 in)
- Credits: Andrew W. Mellon Collection.
17th century
Two Women at a Window
by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, circa 1655–1660
- Oil on canvas
- 125.1 x 104.5 cm (49 1/4 x 41 1/8 in)
- Credits: Widener Collection.
17th century
Saint John of the Cross (San Juan de la Cruz)
by Francisco Antonio Ruiz Gijón, 1675
- Polychromed and gilded wood with sgraffitto decoration
- 167.96 x 93.35 x 74.3 cm (66 1/8 x 36 3/4 x 29 1/4 in)
- Credits: Patrons’ Permanent Fund.
17th century
Virgin and Child
by Luisa Roldán (La Roldana), circa 1680–1686
- Painted wood
- 56.52 × 24.45 × 16.99 cm (22 1/4 × 9 5/8 × 6 11/16 in)
- Credits: Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund, Patrons’ Permanent Fund and William and Buffy Cafritz Family Sculpture Fund.
17th century
Still Life with Figs and Bread
by Luis Meléndez, 1770
- Oil on canvas
- 47.6 x 34 cm (18 3/4 x 13 3/8 in)
- Credits: Patrons’ Permanent Fund.
18th century
The Marquesa de Pontejos
by Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, 1786
- Oil on canvas
- 210.3 x 127 cm (82 13/16 x 50 in)
- Credits: Andrew W. Mellon Collection.
18th century
Brujas à volar (Witches Preparing to Fly)
by Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, circa 1796–1797
- Brush and black ink and gray wash on laid paper
- 23.7 × 15 cm (9 5/16 × 5 7/8 in)
- Credits: Woodner Collection.
18th century
Mascaras crueles (Cruel Masks)
by Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, circa 1796–1797
- Brush and black ink and gray wash with scraping on laid paper
- 23.7 × 15 cm (9 5/16 × 5 7/8 in)
- Credits: Woodner Collection.
18th century
Roma Caves
by Mariano Fortuny, 1871
- Oil on wood
- 19.05 × 12.7 cm (7 1/2 × 5 in)
- Credits: Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection).
19th century
Fantômas
by Juan Gris, 1915
- Oil on canvas
- 59.8 x 73.3 cm (23 9/16 x 28 7/8 in)
- Credits: Chester Dale Fund.
20th century