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National Gallery of Art

1,541 works

Pencil drawing of a tall leaning tree with dense foliage, with small travelers and distant buildings at lower right.

A Towering Tree with Travelers

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1746

Hand-colored drawing of Christ riding a donkey toward a walled city, with a crowd of townspeople and haloed figures.

Christ's Entry into Jerusalem

Unknown artist, probably 1450

Engraving of Saint Jerome beside a tall tree and stone building with mountains behind him, dated 1520.

Saint Jerome in a Landscape

Sebald Beham, 1520

Pencil drawing of ruined classical walls, arches and cypress trees above rustic sheds and shrubs.

Ruins of the Imperial Palaces on the Palatine Hill

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Hand-colored woodcut of a haloed figure washing the feet of a seated man while a crowd of companions watches.

Christ Washing the Apostles' Feet

Unknown artist, c. 1480

Black-and-white engraving of two figures in a moonlit pastoral landscape, one seated under a fruit tree, one reclining.

Thenot under Fruit Tree

William Blake, 1821

Pencil landscape drawing of a rounded stone building, tall tower and trees, with fallen masonry in the foreground.

Landscape with the Church of San Teodoro

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Hand-colored woodcut of Christ praying on the Mount of Olives, an angel above with a cross, and sleeping disciples below.

Christ on the Mount of Olives

Unknown artist, c. 1450/1460

Small black-and-white engraving of a gnarled blasted tree, a crescent moon, and flattened crops under a dark sky.

Blasted Tree and Flattened Crops

William Blake, 1821

Pencil sketch of the Casino Farnese on the Palatine Hill in Rome, with trees, stone walls and birds in the sky.

Casino Farnese on the Palatine Hill, Rome

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Hand-colored woodcut of a kneeling haloed figure in grey robes with three sleeping haloed companions beneath trees.

Christ on the Mount of Olives

Unknown artist, c. 1425/1450

Engraving of shepherds resting under an oak with a sheep, beside a hillside village with towers and houses.

Shepherds in a Landscape

Giulio Campagnola and Domenico Campagnola, c. 1517

Pencil sketch of crumbling Roman ruins with arches, overgrown shrubs, and a stand of tall cypress trees.

Roman Ruins with a Stand of Cypresses

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Hand-colored German woodcut of Christ surrounded by armed men, one raising an arm, with a red border and green grass below.

The Betrayal of Christ

Unknown artist, c. 1470/1480

Engraving of a reclining nude woman, Venus, in a wooded landscape with a tower and buildings at right.

Venus Reclining in a Landscape

Domenico Campagnola, 1517

Pale watercolor landscape of a sunlit river valley with a small red figure on a slope and a hazy blue horizon.

A Yorkshire River

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1827

Faded medieval painting of a religious scene with gold halos, red cloak, and kneeling figure, framed by partial Gothic text.

The Denial of Peter

Unknown artist, c. 1455/1465

Engraved pendant design with a sea monster carrying Neptune and a river god with an oar, framed by scrollwork and ribbons.

Design for a Pendant with a Sea-Monster Carrying Neptune on an Urn Flanked by a River-God with an Oar

Hans Collaert the Elder, 1582

Watercolor and pencil drawing of angular rooftops, a red chimney, tall trees, and a sailboat on water at left.

Rooftops and Trees

Charles Demuth, 1918

Hand-colored woodcut of Christ on the cross with a grieving woman and a young man in red beside him, and a skull below.

Christ on the Cross

Unknown artist, c. 1460

Sepia lithograph of willow and white poplar trees in an open landscape with two small figures resting on the ground.

Willows and White Poplars (Saules et peupliers blancs)

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1871

Loose sketch of a New York river dock with cranes, barges, and blue-green water on brown paper.

North River Dock, New York

Childe Hassam, 1901

Hand-colored print of Christ on the cross with a grieving Virgin and a haloed saint holding a book on a green ground.

Christ on the Cross

Unknown artist, in or before 1470

Woodcut of Saint John seated writing with a quill beside an eagle, with haloed figures in clouds above and a distant town.

Saint John in a Landscape

Lucas Cranach the Younger, 1540

Engraved emblem of a tree of life with Christ at top, scripture texts on branches, skeleton and feast scenes in the trunk.

The Tree of Man's Life

Hand-colored print of the Lamentation: mourners surround the dead Christ beneath a cross, with Latin verse below.

The Lamentation

Unknown artist, c. 1450

Etching of a calm river lined with trees, with a wooden footbridge on the right and reflections in the water.

A River in Ireland

Francis Seymour Haden, 1864

Engraved landscape of a shepherd with sheep and dogs beside a stone pillar, trees and a distant hilltop castle.

Landscape with Peasant and his Herd

Sébastien Bourdon

Hand-colored woodcut of the Lamentation: haloed mourners in red and blue robes hold the dead Christ beneath a yellow cross.

The Lamentation

Unknown artist, c. 1480/1490

Engraving of a nude bearded man tearing at a tree in a forest, with discarded armor and a horse nearby.

Orlando in a Fury Tearing up Trees

William Blake after Thomas Stothard, 1783