
Portrait Of Ginevra De' Benci
Leonardo da Vinci
Washington
The National Gallery Of Art holds 9 Renaissance and Baroque masterpieces in the Paintale collection, including works by Leonardo da Vinci, Sandro Botticelli, Francisco Goya. Each painting page unpacks the symbolism, technique, and provenance of the work — turning a gallery visit, or a search for a single canvas, into a deeper encounter with the period.

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Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci

Sandro Botticelli

Sandro Botticelli

Francisco Goya

Francisco Goya

Francisco Goya

Francisco Goya

Francisco Goya
The National Gallery Of Art’s holdings of Renaissance and Baroque painting in Washington sit among the most significant surviving collections of pre-modern European art. The works in this group — 9 paintings — span the themes of portrait, religion & mythology, daily life and the hands of artists from Leonardo da Vinci, Sandro Botticelli, Francisco Goya.
If you’re planning a visit, use this page as a starting list of the must-see paintings. If you’re researching from a desk, each painting page goes deeper than a museum label: the patron, the symbolism a 17th-century viewer would have recognised, the technique under the surface, and where the painting fits in National Gallery Of Art’s longer history.
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