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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Woodcut print of Christ with a halo beside a kneeling man lifting his pallet, watched by a crowd of robed onlookers.

The Paralytic Healed by Christ Picks up His Pallet

Christoph Murer

Red chalk drawing of the Madonna and Child with infant John and an older bearded figure at upper right.

Madonna and Child with Saints John and Joseph [recto]

Unknown artist, 17th century

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of robed figures gathered before classical arches, kneeling men in foreground, distant to

Joseph and His Brother in Egypt [verso]

Unknown artist, 17th century

Ink and wash drawing of a ceremonial procession under a canopy with a mitred figure, crowds, and onlookers in an arched frame

The Entry of Saint Antoninus into Florence

Attributed to Giovanni Balducci

Engraved oval portrait of Sir George Calvert, Lord Baltimore, with a lace collar, above his autograph and seal.

Sir George Calvert, Lord Baltimore

Sepia etching of a laughing man with a monocle, curly hair and moustache, eyes closed in a broad grin.

James McNeil Whistler

Mortimer Menpes

Watercolor of a man in a shirt and red tie riding a red bicycle before trees, set within a large yellow circle.

In Vaudeville, the Bicycle Rider

Charles Demuth, 1919

Stippled lithograph bust portrait of a bearded man in a plumed cap and bow tie, captioned Hans Sebald Boehm.

Hans Sebald Beham

Alfred von Franck

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

Brown wash drawing of a horse and carriage on a rainy city street with umbrella-carrying pedestrians.

The Up-Tide on the Avenue

Childe Hassam, 1890

Ink drawing of a stone tower with steep roofs, oriel windows and a wooden fence in front, by Childe Hassam.

Norman Structure

Childe Hassam, 1885

Watercolor and pencil sketch of fashionable women with parasols in a carriage, with a crowd of top-hatted spectators behind.

Spectators at the Grand Prix

Childe Hassam, 1888

Watercolor and pencil sketch of a snowy mountain above green conifer forest under a blue sky, labeled Mt. Hood.

Mount Hood, Oregon

Childe Hassam, 1904

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

Etched landscape of a manor house behind a stone wall, with a carriage, wagons, walkers and large trees on a road.

Forsmarck

Pastel sketch of a fisherman in cap and blue overalls standing beside a wooden mast and boat on a green-toned ground.

Fisherman, Isle of Shoals

Childe Hassam, 1903

Grid of twenty-five panels showing lions, tigers, elephants, camels, deer and other animals in silver on mauve paper.

Endpaper with Animals

Eight ornamental panels of rococo scrollwork and floral motifs printed in copper ink on green paper.

Endpaper

Giovanni Antonio Remondini and Giovanni Battista Remondini, c. 1760

Endpaper with dense reddish-brown floral and scrolling vine pattern on a gold ground within a rust-colored border.

Endpaper with Floral Pattern

Unknown artist

Pink sheet with dense gold mixed floral pattern of blossoms, leaves and scrolling vines inside a thin gold border.

Endpaper with Mixed Floral Pattern

Unknown artist

Green block-printed sheet with rows of animals including an elephant, lions, deer, horses and dogs around a standing hunter.

Endpaper with Animals

Unknown artist, c. 1790/1850

Gold figures of men and women in period dress on a maroon ground, arranged in four rows with flowers, animals and a palm tree

Endpaper - "Zwarg Gesellschaft"

Unknown artist, c. 1780

Printed sheet in rows of small figures depicting many trades and workshop scenes, in a golden-brown ink on tan paper.

Endpaper with Scenes of the Trades

Johann Carl Munck, 1777

Printed sheet in olive-green ink on pink paper showing many birds in rows, including roosters, peacocks, herons and owls, wit

Endpaper with Birds

Unknown artist, c. 1780

Gilded printed sheet with thirty-two panels of haloed saints in rows, each labeled with a name beneath.

Endpaper with Saints

after Johann Lechner

Gold and blue checkered decorative endpaper with small floral motifs in each square, framed by a deckled blue-grey border.

Endpaper

Rust-red decorative paper with rows of gold birds including a peacock, turkey, owl and stork, plus a Nuremberg inscription.

Endpaper with Birds

Johann Georg Eckart

Gold-printed endpaper on blue ground showing four framed scenes of figures, including a horse, a blacksmith and soldiers.

Endpaper with Four Circus (?) Scenes

Unknown artist

Red endpaper printed in gold with three bands of courtly scenes showing armored figures, horsemen, castle walls and a seated

Endpaper with Three Bands of Courtly Scenes

Unknown artist

Blue sheet with rows of small orange-brown vignettes showing people working at many trades and domestic tasks.

Endpaper with Scenes of the Trades

Tan paper endpaper with rows of gilt-printed animals including lions, elephants, camels, zebras, and deer.

Endpaper with Animals

Georg M. Maisch, c. 1790

Black-and-white print of two nude figures separated by a dark band with geometric symbols, with animals and faces in the text

Unknown subject (Let Him look up into the Heaven and laugh in the bright air)

William Blake, possibly c. 1805

Lear and Cordelia

Jr. after William Blake Thomas Butts, probably c. 1806/1808

Engraving of a bearded, muscular man in loose drapery standing among rocks by the sea, with light rays in the sky.

Joseph of Arimathea Among the Rocks of Albion

William Blake, c. 1803/1810

Etched card by William Blake reading Mr. Cumberland, surrounded by flying figures, a reclining man, and sheaves of wheat.

George Cumberland's Card

William Blake, 1827

Etching of a rustic camp shelter with crossed poles, two seated figures, a barrel, dense trees, and boats on water at right.

The Camp of Stothard, Blake, Ogleby

Thomas Stothard, c. 1780

Hand-colored engraving of a seated woman in a white dress and green sash, with a distant city skyline behind her.

Mrs. Q.

William Blake after François Huet, 1820

Engraving of a draped woman leading a lion beside flames, with a castle and mountains in the landscape behind her.

Fortitude

Engraving of baby Moses in a reed basket on the Nile, with a kneeling woman, a standing figure, a sphinx and pyramids.

The Hiding of Moses

William Blake, 1824

Woodcut of Saint Anthony tempted by demons in a fantastical landscape with ruined towers, flying monsters and robed figures.

The Temptation of Saint Anthony

Jan Wellens de Cock, 1522

Engraving of a seated nude woman removing a thorn from her foot, with a rabbit, palm trees, and a distant hilltop town.

Venus Extracting a Thorn from Her Foot

Engraving of Vulcan hammering metal at an anvil with cupids assisting and a nude Venus standing nearby.

Vulcan at the Forge

Engraving of the Virgin and Christ Child with an angel, a young boy holding a fish, and an old man reading beside a lion.

The Virgin with a Fish

Bearded figure in white robe with open arms before three kneeling men under a golden glow, in a watercolor print.

Christ Appearing to His Disciples After the Resurrection

William Blake, c. 1795

Engraving of two men in a bout with leather-wrapped fists, before a brick wall and a ruined amphitheater.

Entellus and Dares

Marco Dente, 1520

Pencil sketch with grid lines showing a seated reading man, a reclining woman, and a woman with raised arm above.

Queen Katherine's Dream [recto]

William Blake after Henry Fuseli, c. 1804

Engraving of a bearded saint with a halo, holding a cross and a book, standing against a hatched background.

Saint Philip

Pencil sketch of a smiling young woman with curled hair, head turned in three-quarter view, by William Blake.

Wat Tyler's Daughter

William Blake, c. 1819

Pencil drawing of a bearded man with curled hair and a crown, labeled Canute, on pale paper.

King Canute

William Blake, c. 1819/1820

Pencil sketch of a nude winged warrior angel holding a sword, arm outstretched, by William Blake.

A Warring Angel [recto]

William Blake, c. 1780

Pencil sketch of a robed figure with bowed head and swirling lines, with a small crouching figure at lower right.

Time's Triple Bow [recto]

William Blake, c. 1804/1807

Pencil sketch of a bearded seated man with a staff gesturing to a robed figure, with studies of heads and standing attendants

Saint Augustine Converting King Ethelbert of Kent

William Blake, probably c. 1793

Pencil sketch of a man seen from behind, arms outstretched, rising above cloud-like forms on pale paper.

A Man Seen from Behind, Rising on Clouds

William Blake, probably c. 1794

Pencil sketch of a seated man, an infant in a basket, and two standing figures in a classical interior.

The Infant Hercules Throttling the Serpents

William Blake, 1790-1793

Pencil drawing of two human legs standing on a ground line, with a partial leg study beside them on aged paper.

Two Legs

William Blake, probably 1805/1810

Loose pencil sketch of a figure ascending among swirling cloud forms, with a handwritten inscription in the lower right.

A Figure Ascending in a Glory of Clouds (?)

William Blake, probably c. 1805

Pencil sketch of a decorative border with scrolling ornament and small figures, inscribed as a first sketch by William Blake.

An Armed Man Spurning a Woman [recto]

William Blake, c. 1790/1795

Pencil sketch of a bearded seated figure in long robes with outstretched arms, attributed to William Blake.

An Ascending Spiral of Figures [recto]

William Blake, probably c. 1820

Pencil sketch of a bearded seated figure flanked by two women leaning toward him, with a sun and trees in the background.

Job and His Daughters

William Blake, c. 1821

Ink sketch of a seated group of women in flowing robes with a child, drawn in loose lines on tan paper.

Lady Torrens and Family

William Blake after John Linnell, c. 1825

Pencil sketch of a title page with decorative lettering reading Illustrations of the Book of Job, framed by winged figures.

Sketch for the Title-Page of the Engraved Illustrations to the Book of Job

William Blake, c. 1823/1826

Pen and ink drawing of The Last Judgment with a central enthroned figure, angels, rising souls and crowds of nude figures bel

The Last Judgment

William Blake, c. 1809

Pen and watercolor drawing of robed musicians with harps and trumpets beneath a tree, with sheep and a crescent moon.

Job and His Family Restored to Prosperity

William Blake, 1821

Grey wash drawing of Christ with an open book at a lectern, surrounded by scholars in a columned hall.

Christ Disputing with the Doctors

Unknown artist, c. 1600