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Open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Admission is always free

6th and Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20565

Only have an hour to spend?

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Exhibitions & Events
Featured exhibition:

Little Beasts: Art, Wonder, and the Natural World
Opens May 18
Art & Artists
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Peter Arrell Brown Widener

Widener Collection

American, 1834 - 1915

Displaying 49 - 60 of 378

John, 4th Earl of Darnley

Thomas Gainsborough

1785

oil on canvas Accession ID 1942.9.22
Writing Table (table à écrire)

Jean-Henri Riesener

c. 1780

veneered on oak with mahogany, sycamore, purplewood, boxwood, ebony, and holly; gilded bronze mounts Accession ID 1942.9.409
Grand Canal with the Rialto Bridge, Venice

Francesco Guardi

probably c. 1780

oil on canvas Accession ID 1942.9.27

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Voltaire

Jean-Antoine Houdon

1778

marble Accession ID 1942.9.127

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Louise Brongniart

Jean-Antoine Houdon

1777

marble Accession ID 1942.9.124

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Alexandre Brongniart

Jean-Antoine Houdon

1777

marble Accession ID 1942.9.123

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Mrs. Paul Cobb Methuen

Thomas Gainsborough

c. 1776/1777

oil on canvas Accession ID 1942.9.20

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Roll-top Desk (Bureau à cylindre)

Jean-Henri Riesener

c. 1775/1785

veneered on oak principally with tulipwood and purplewood, with ebony (or wood stained to resemble ebony) and boxwood for stringing; gilded bronze mounts Accession ID 1942.9.410
The Hon. Mrs. Thomas Graham

Thomas Gainsborough

c. 1775/1777

oil on canvas Accession ID 1942.9.21

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The Rape of the Sabine Women

French 18th Century

c. 1770

oil on paper on canvas Accession ID 1942.9.79

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Chest of Drawers (commode)

Joseph Baumhauer

probably between 1767 and 1772 but possibly a decade earlier

oak veneered with tulipwood, kingwood, casuarina, and purplewood; gilded bronze mounts; breccia marble top Accession ID 1942.9.412
Chest of Drawers (commode)

Joseph Baumhauer

probably between 1767 and 1772 but possibly a decade earlier

oak veneered with tulipwood, kingwood, casuarina, and purplewood; gilded bronze mounts; breccia marble top Accession ID 1942.9.411

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