Famous Paintings of Groups and Gatherings (page 3)

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Shown from the knees up, an older man sits in a rustic wooden chair and holds up a pocket watch for a young child who stands at his knees in this vertical portrait painting. They both have pale, peachy skin with flushed cheeks.

Henry Raeburn John Tait and His Grandson, c. 1793, with additions c. 1800 National Gallery of Art

A woman wearing a crimson-red brocade dress and gold jewelry fills most of this vertical portrait, but her right hand, on our left, rests on the shoulder of a young boy tucked into the lower left corner of the panel.

Agnolo Bronzino A Young Woman and Her Little Boy, c. 1540 National Gallery of Art

More than a dozen light-skinned men, women, and children eat, drink, talk, and make music around a dancing couple under an arbor in this horizontal painting. Most of the people are dressed in muted tones of green, gray, and black.

Jan Steen The Dancing Couple, 1663 National Gallery of Art

A man stands with one arm resting over the back of a chestnut-brown horse as two women approach the animal in this horizontal portrait painting set in a landscape. The people have pale skin, dark eyes, and ash-brown or gray hair.

George Stubbs Captain Samuel Sharpe Pocklington with His Wife, Pleasance, and possibly His Sister, Frances, 1769 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the knees up, a light-skinned man and woman are seated side-by-side on grassy rise in a landscape in this horizontal portrait painting.

Charles Willson Peale Benjamin and Eleanor Ridgely Laming, 1788 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows two women in a room. At the center of the painting, a young woman is seated at a desk, her hand resting on the back of the chair, opening a small drawer.

Edmund Charles Tarbell Mother and Mary, 1922 National Gallery of Art

Two women, a man, and two pudgy children create a close-knit group against a dark brown background in this vertical painting. The people all have pale skin with rosy cheeks, blond or copper-colored hair, and delicate gold rings as halos.

Agnolo Bronzino The Holy Family, c. 1527/1528 National Gallery of Art

This painting depicts three individuals in a room. An elderly man is seated on a wooden chair, reading a newspaper, with a child standing beside him. The man has balding gray hair, round spectacles, and is dressed in a black suit.

Eastman Johnson The Brown Family, 1869 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows an adult woman and two children on a white lounge chair. The adult is sitting on the chair with her legs extended, supporting one of the children who is lying across her lap.

George Bellows My Family, 1916 National Gallery of Art

This is a painting depicting a social gathering under a large pavilion outdoors. The background shows a green, hilly landscape with hints of brown and white buildings in the distance, under a sky of soft blues with wispy gray clouds.

Eugène Boudin Concert at the Casino of Deauville, 1865 National Gallery of Art

Two young boys sit side by side on some boulders with a cloudy sky behind them and dark tree branches above in this vertical portrait painting.

Henry Raeburn The Binning Children, probably c. 1811 National Gallery of Art

We look beyond a cluster of flags hanging from the side of one tall building onto a wide street at a row of buildings across from us in this vertical painting.

Childe Hassam Allies Day, May 1917, 1917 National Gallery of Art

An elegantly dressed young woman, a little boy, girl, and a dog are gathered on a veranda in front of a sun-dappled landscape in this vertical portrait painting. All three people have pale skin with rosy cheeks.

Joshua Reynolds Lady Elizabeth Delmé and Her Children, 1777-1779 National Gallery of Art

Both dressed in white, a little boy leans onto the lap of a woman sitting in front of a smooth, sunlit boulder with a landscape to the right in this vertical portrait painting. Both people have pale skin with rosy cheeks.

Thomas Lawrence Lady Mary Templetown and Her Eldest Son, 1802 National Gallery of Art

Two women reach for or touch the arm of a man wearing a uniform and standing next to a chestnut-brown horse in front of a deep landscape in this horizontal painting.

John Singleton Copley Colonel William Fitch and His Sisters Sarah and Ann Fitch, 1800/1801 National Gallery of Art

A group of three adults and four children are gathered on and around a couch in an interior space that opens out to a distant hilly landscape in this horizontal portrait painting.

John Singleton Copley The Copley Family, 1776/1777 National Gallery of Art

Seven men, women, and children with pale, peachy skin flank a woman surrounded by a halo of light, sitting on a throne and holding a nearly nude baby boy in her lap in this long, horizontal painting.

Jacopo Tintoretto Doge Alvise Mocenigo and Family before the Madonna and Child, c. 1575 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a rowing competition with a large crowd along the riverbank. Tall trees and distant, hazy hills are visible on the horizon. The sky above is a soft, muted gray-blue color.

Émile Lévy Rowing Scene: Crowds Watching from the River Banks, late 19th century National Gallery of Art

The image shows a group of Native American men gathered closely together in a dance formation. They are positioned facing slightly towards the right, with their full bodies visible.

George Catlin Bear Dance - K'nisteneux, 1861 National Gallery of Art

The image depicts a group of individuals engaged in a dance. They are in a tightly-knit, curved line, with dynamic poses suggestive of movement and rhythm.

George Catlin Dog Dance - Sioux, 1861 National Gallery of Art

The image shows a riverside scene with various activities. The horizon has green hills with trees. Villagers and tipis are on both sides of the riverbanks. Canoes filled with people are on the water, some docked near the sandy shore.

George Catlin La Salle and Party Arrive at the Village of the Illinois. January 1, 1680, 1847/1848 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows two people. A woman is seen from the knees up in the center, standing partially in front of the man next to her, her body facing the left and her head turned back towards us.

Jean-Louis Forain Behind the Scenes, c. 1880 National Gallery of Art

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