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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Engraving of a nude muscular man wrestling a snake, with drapery behind him and the inscription DIVO HERCVLI at the right.

Faun Battling a Snake

Workshop of Andrea Mantegna, c. 1500

Engraving of armored men around a table, one soldier holding his hand over a flaming brazier beneath a sword.

Mutius Scaevola

Monogrammist FG, 1537

Engraved ornament panel with a branching floral stem rising from a vase, a small figure at lower left, and the monogram FG.

Ornament

Monogrammist FG

Engraved frieze of nude putti harvesting grapes, carrying fruit baskets, and posing beside a wine barrel and a goat.

Children Harvesting Grapes

Master IB after Raphael

Engraved frieze of a Bacchic triumph with a chariot, horses, satyrs, centaurs and putti in procession.

The Triumph of Bacchus

Monogrammist IB, 1528

Hand-colored woodcut of Christ stripped and bound, surrounded by three soldiers in red and green with a golden halo and spear

Christ Stripped

Unknown artist, c. 1490

Engraving of a bearded warrior in plumed helmet and layered armor, holding a shield, against a cross-hatched background.

Sheath with Warrior

Monogrammist IB, 1528

Engraved ornament panel of a bearded satyr with dolphin tails, flanked by acanthus scrolls and vine leaves.

Ornament with Fantastic Satyr and Dolphins

Monogrammist IB

Circular engraving of a bagpipe player seated beside a woman in a headscarf, with a tree behind them.

Bagpipe Player with His Lover

Monogrammist IB

Engraved emblem with four allegorical women around a flaming altar, framed by a laurel wreath and two putti below.

Emblem with Hope, Tribulation, Envy, and Tolerance

Monogrammist IB, 1529

Engraving of a seated nude woman pouring from a jug into a basin, labeled Temperantia, with an arch and distant town behind h

Temperantia (Temperance)

Monogrammist IB, c. 1525

Engraving of a nude seated woman holding compasses and a balance scale, with a sword and a distant village church behind her.

Iusticia (Justice)

Monogrammist IB

Engraving of a seated woman with clasped hands in prayer beside a ewer, with a village landscape behind her.

Spes (Hope)

Monogrammist IB

Engraving of a nude woman seated on a lion beside a column, with a castle in the distance at left.

Fortitudo

Monogrammist IB

Engraving of a crowned man with a sceptre leaning on a tree beside a lion and shield, labeled SOL.

Sol (The Sun)

Monogrammist IB, 1528

Engraving of an armored rider on a rearing horse leaping toward a fiery chasm, within a circular frame.

Marcus Curtius

Monogrammist IB, 1529

Engraved bust portrait of a man in a beret and fur-collared robe, with a Latin scroll inscription below.

Martin Luther

Monogrammist IB, 1530

Engraving of a mounted knight in armor attacking a dragon while a kneeling woman watches near a castle.

Saint George and the Dragon

Giovanni Battista Palumba, c. 1500

Engraving of a woman riding a galloping bull past a castle, towns, and mountains under a cloudy sky.

The Rape of Europa

Giovanni Battista Palumba

Circular engraving with a blank center, surrounded by putti, satyrs, an elephant and garlands in a triumphal procession scene

Triumphal Procession of Bacchus

Jonas Silber, 1572-1589

Circular print of Bacchus seated on a barrel with grapes, a cherub at a tub, swans on a river, and ruined towers behind.

Bacchus Seated on a Barrel and Holding Grapes

Jonas Silber, 1582

Circular engraving of an old bearded man with a staff beside a tree, with towns, a bridge and a fire in the background.

Saturn

Jonas Silber, 1582

Engraving of two armies with armored horsemen, pikemen, banners, a cannon, and a distant town under cloudy skies.

The Two Armies at the Battle of Ravenna

Master NA. DAT with the Mousetrap, probably c. 1512/1513

Hand-colored woodcut of Christ with a halo standing before a seated Pilate holding a scepter, with two guards behind.

Christ before Pilate

Unknown artist, c. 1490

Engraving of Saint James the Greater holding a staff, wearing a wide hat and cloak, with inscribed scrolls around him.

Saint James the Greater

Master of the Berlin Passion, c. 1465

Engraving of Saint Peter with halo, holding a key and open book, framed by Gothic inscription scrolls on a tiled floor.

Saint Peter

Master of the Berlin Passion, c. 1465

Woodcut of a mitred saint seated at a desk writing in a book, with a heart symbol in the upper right corner.

Saint Augustine

Master with the Banderoles, c. 1450/1460

Hand-colored print of a haloed saint reading while a monk lowers a basket, with a horned devil in the trees above.

Saint Benedict and the Monk Romanus

Master of St. Wolfgang, c. 1440/1450

Engraving of an ornate lidded goblet with cherub heads, scrollwork, and figural supports on a decorated pedestal foot.

Richly Embellished Goblet

Engraving of Saint Barbara with a tower, book and palm, framed by ornate foliate borders and a small medallion above.

Saint Barbara

Symmetrical ornamental print with two putti at top, two sirens with fish tails, and scrolling acanthus foliage on a dark grou

Upright Ornament with Two Sirens

Master of the Horse Heads

Engraving of a haloed woman in flowing robes holding a covered vessel, walking through a landscape with a castle.

The Magdalen

Master of the Die after Follower of Raphael

Engraving of Hercules driving a chained figure from a temple, with nude women, a soldier and Italian verse below.

Envy Driven from the Temple of the Muses

Master of the Die after Baldassare Peruzzi

Engraving of a naval battle with armored soldiers on galleys, nude figures in the bows, and churning sea waves below.

Naval Battle

Master of the Die after Giulio Romano

Engraving of Hercules raising a club above the crouching monster Cacus, with a lion-head shield on the ground.

Hercules and Cacus

Master of, c. 1515/1520

Engraving of the Holy Family seated in a landscape, with the Virgin nursing the child, Joseph standing by a tree, and a town

The Holy Family in a Landscape

Jan Rombouts the Elder, c. 1520/1535

Engraving of the Crucifixion with Christ center, two thieves on crosses, soldiers on horseback and kneeling mourners below.

The Mount of Calvary

Master I. A. M. of Zwolle, c. 1480

Black-and-white ornament print with a central oval of scrollwork, flowers, a butterfly, a dragonfly, and decorative borders.

Ornament

Round engraving of a woman riding a donkey through a forest while a man leads the animals, with an ox nearby.

The Flight into Egypt

Master L after Albrecht Dürer

Engraving of the Judgment of Paris: an armored figure holds an apple while three nude women stand before a seated man.

Judgment of Paris

Master IS, 1534

Engraving of the Nativity: Mary holds the Christ Child by a stable as Saint Joseph stands at right beneath an angel-filled sk

The Nativity

Master I.I.CA, c. 1500/1510

Engraving of a nude Hercules wrestling a lion beside a tree, with the lion's pelt draped over his shoulders.

Hercules Killing the Lion

Black-and-white ornamental print with scrolls, flowers, storks, a monkey, and a seascape with a grotesque figure in an oval.

Ornament with Grotesque

Master CR, 1616

Black-and-cream ornament print with a central scrolled rosette flanked by pendant and bracket designs, monogram AD below.

Ornament

Hand-colored woodcut of haloed Christ bound and scourged by two men with whips against a brick wall.

Scourging of Christ

Unknown artist, c. 1490

Pen and brown wash drawing of a haloed martyr seated beside a winged angel holding a bowl of roses.

Martyr with an Angel

Gray wash drawing of the Adoration of the Kings with the Virgin, Christ child, kneeling king, star and attendants.

The Adoration of the Kings [recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1600

Grayscale drawing of the Nativity with Mary and the Christ Child, shepherds, animals, and an angel in the sky above.

The Birth of Christ [verso]

Unknown artist, c. 1600

Etching of a rébus with a seated woman washing clothes in a tub, surrounded by letters in a circular frame, by Charles Meryon

Rébus: "Ci-gît la vendetta surannée" (Rebus: "Here Lies the Ancient Vendetta")

Charles Meryon, 1863

Pencil sketch of a wooden bridge over water with small figures and a sloping roof beside the riverbank.

Study for "Le Petit Pont"

Charles Meryon, probably c. 1850

Pencil drawing of a two-masted sailing boat on choppy water with a small rowboat, a distant sailboat, and a headland.

Chasse-maree au plus pres

Drawing of a man with curly hair and a stern expression wearing a woven cloak, in an oval vignette, inscribed Tikao.

Tikao, naturel d'Akaroa

Pencil and red chalk architectural study of a columned tomb with curved pediment and French measurement notes below.

Moliere's Tomb

Charles Meryon, probably c. 1854

Pencil drawing of a river dredge with a cabin and smokestack moored beside lighters and rowboats on calm water.

River Dredges and Lighters

Charles Meryon, probably c. 1850

Pencil sketch of a Seine boat's bow and deck with faint construction lines on a pale sheet.

Seine Boat for "Le Pont-au-Change"

Charles Meryon, probably c. 1854

Pencil sketch of a Paris cityscape with a gothic tower, domed building, and rows of rooftops and dormer windows.

College Henri IV

Charles Meryon, 1863

Pencil sketch of city rooftops, chimneys and trees with a handwritten inscription and date 1869 in the upper right.

College Henri IV

Charles Meryon, 1869

Pencil sketch of two moored sailing barges with tall masts on a calm river, with distant buildings and hills.

Boats on River with Masts

Pencil drawing of a two-masted brig under sail on rough sea, with rigging and a flag, dated 1839.

La Panne

Charles Meryon, 1839

Pencil sketch of a seated draped female figure beside a classical column, with a reclining figure at its base.

Seated Female Figure for "San Francisco"

Charles Meryon, probably c. 1856

Pencil sketch of a seated muscular male figure with raised arm beside a stone pedestal and bare branches.

Seated Male Figure for "San Francisco"

Charles Meryon, probably c. 1856

Engraved portrait of a cleric in a cap and cloak holding a book, with books on a shelf behind him.

Hieronymus Alexander, Archbishop of Brindisi

Agostino Veneziano, 1536

Pope Paul III

Agostino Veneziano, 1534

Engraved bust portrait of an elderly bearded man with curly white beard, dark coat, and white collar.

Lucas Cranach