Free open access image downloads are now available directly from the object pages located on this website. More than 60,000 images are available for download, and we will continue to add more as they become available.

Images of these works are available free of charge for any use, whether commercial or non-commercial.

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Open data

Our open data program is a natural extension of the National Gallery’s mission: to welcome all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity.

We aim to make as much data as possible available to as many people as possible, in support of research, teaching, and personal enrichment. We believe that increased access to factual data about works of art fuels knowledge, scholarship, and innovation, inspiring uses that transform the way we discover and understand the world of art.

You can download the dataset of factual art object information for the 130,000+ artworks and artists in our collection from Github. We release this data under a Creative Commons 0 (CC0) license. This means that you can download the full dataset free of charge, and without seeking our permission.

This square portrait shows the head and shoulders of a young woman in front of a spiky bush that fills much of the background except for a landscape view that extends into the deep distance to our right. The woman's body is angled to our right but her face turns to us. She has chalk-white, smooth skin with heavily lidded, light brown eyes, and her pale pink lips are closed. Pale blush highlights her cheeks, and she looks either at us or very slightly away from our eyes. Her brown hair is parted down the middle and pulled back, but tight, lively curls frame her face. Her hair turns gold where the light shines on it. She wears a brown dress, trimmed along the square neckline with gold. The front of the bodice is tied with a blue ribbon, and the lacing holes are also edged with gold. A sheer white veil covers her chest and is pinned at the center with a small gold ball. The bush fills the space around her head with copper-brown, spiky leaves. A river winds between trees and rolling hills in the distance to our right. Trees and a town along the horizon, which comes about halfway up the painting, is pale blue under an ice-blue sky.

Download our data

Download our public domain dataset of factual art object information for the 130,000+ artworks and artists in the National Gallery's collection from Github.

The dataset is published in CSV format and uses UTF-8 encoding, and is updated daily. Links and references to images and other media such as audio and video files are contained in the dataset, but the images and media files themselves are not included under this program. For more information about our open access images, see the our Open Access Policy.

Please consider attributing or citing the National Gallery of Art's Public Domain Collection Dataset when using this data for research purposes, but please don’t use the Gallery's logo or imply that the National Gallery endorses your work without first getting our permission.

If you notice any wrong data in our public dataset, or have questions about the open data and open access programs, please contact us.

Imaging services

The National Gallery of Art's Imaging and Visual Services Division provides high-quality, authoritative images of work of art in our collections. 

Fees

The National Gallery does not charge use, permission, or image access fees to download or use works of art available through Open Access.

While the National Gallery believes the images available through Open Access are in the public domain, the Gallery can only convey what rights it has and makes no representations or warranties that persons or entities other than the Gallery will not impose fees for use.

The National Gallery may charge processing fees to recover its costs of providing additional imaging services, such as creating guide prints, making new photographs or customizing and formatting existing photography, whether or not the image is currently available through Open Access.

Ordering Images That Are Not Available Through Open Access

To order images of works of art not available through Open Access, or for information about additional imaging services that may be available, please contact our Imaging Services team.

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