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.

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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

Medium: Oil on panel
Dimensions: 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

Medium: Oil on panel
Dimensions: 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

Medium: Oil on panel
Dimensions: 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

Medium: Oil on panel
Dimensions: 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

Medium: Oil on panel
Dimensions: 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

Medium: Oil on panel
Dimensions: 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

Medium: Oil on panel
Dimensions: 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

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 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 Jusepe de Ribera, circa 1620

Medium: Red chalk on laid paper
Dimensions: 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

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 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

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 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

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 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

Medium: Polychromed and gilded wood with sgraffitto decoration
Dimensions: 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

Medium: Painted wood
Dimensions: 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