National Gallery of Art

Location: Washington, D.C., USA
Founded: 1937
Collection Size: 117,000+ artworks

The National Gallery of Art is an art museum in Washington, D.C., on the National Mall. It was established by a joint resolution of Congress in 1937. The Gallery maintains one of the finest collections of art in the world, with over 150,000 paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, sculpture, and decorative arts.

Collection Highlights

  • Leonardo da Vinci's Ginevra de' Benci
  • Vermeer's Girl with the Red Hat
  • Impressionist and Post-Impressionist collections
  • American paintings by Homer, Eakins, and Cassatt
  • Modern art collection

Open Access & Public Domain

The National Gallery of Art provides open access to over 54,000 images of artworks in the public domain. These images are available for download and use without restriction under Creative Commons Zero (CC0).

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