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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Lithograph of a schoolboy raising his hand beside a slumped seated man at a desk, with classmates behind and handwritten Fren

M'sieu... que c'est tannant d'avoir la colique quand...

Honoré Daumier, 1846

Caricature of two men at a tavern table with a wine bottle, one in a cap talking and one in a tall top hat, looking down.

Faut de la prudence père Balivot, vot petite a seize ans...

Honoré Daumier, 1842

Engraving of a triumphal procession with a white unicorn, musicians, armored figures, a flying cherub and a deity in clouds.

The Triumph of the Unicorn

Jean Duvet, probably 1561

Pen and ink drawing of a pastoral scene with camels, cattle, goats, spearmen and two wrestling figures on a bank.

Jacob Wrestling with the Angel

Augustin Hirschvogel

Engraving of a bearded strongman swinging a jawbone at helmeted warriors, several lying dead on the ground.

Samson Slays the Philistines

Augustin Hirschvogel

Pen-and-ink print of robed figures at a rock spilling water, with animals drinking and people filling jugs, tents in the dist

Moses Striking the Rock

Augustin Hirschvogel

Pen drawing of a bearded leader pointing to a pool as robed men watch, with a divine figure in clouds above.

The Lord Sweetens the Waters of Marah

Augustin Hirschvogel

Engraving of Saint George on horseback fighting a dragon, with a kneeling princess and a castle on a cliff at right.

Saint George and the Dragon

Master AG, c. 1480/1490

Engraving of Apollo, nude with a laurel wreath, standing beside a flayed figure as bearded onlookers watch under trees.

Apollo and Marsyas

after Melchior Meier Master MF, 1536

Wash drawing of winged harpies attacking armored men beside a stone arch, with white highlights in the clouds.

The Harpies Attacking Aeneas and His Companions

Johann Carl Loth, 1670

Woodcut-style landscape with tall trees, a town, rocky peaks, a distant sea, and a seated figure writing at lower right.

Saint John on Patmos

Master H.W.G., c. 1545/1555

Lithograph of a woman in a dark dress bending over a tub beside a fireplace, with a red floor and yellow wall.

Woman at the Tub (Femme au tub)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1896

Etched landscape with large trees, an arched aqueduct, a classical rotunda, draped figures and sheep in the foreground.

Apuleia in Search of Apuleius

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Etched landscape of a valley with vineyards, a village with a church spire, figures in the foreground, and mountains.

Chain of Alps from Grenoble to Chamberi

Joseph Mallord William Turner, published 1812

Etching of a country road with trees, horses, cattle and a ruined abbey on a hill, by J.M.W. Turner, 1811.

Saint Catherine's Hill Near Guilford

Joseph Mallord William Turner, published 1811

Brown ink landscape print of cattle resting on a path beneath trees, with a ruined castle on a hill in the distance.

The Castle Above the Meadows

Joseph Mallord William Turner, published 1808

Etching of massive stone blocks, an arch and wooden scaffolding with foliage, rendered in dense crosshatched lines.

The Giant Wheel

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published 1750/1758

Etching of a vaulted prison interior with shadowy figures on a projecting platform, a hanging pulley, and tiered railed balco

Prisoners on a Projecting Platform

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published 1750/1758

Etching of layered stone arches with a hanging lantern, a shell ornament, and small figures on a bridge.

The Arch with a Shell Ornament

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published 1750/1758

Etching of a vast vaulted interior with stone arches, a staircase, and workmen beside a sawhorse and ladders.

The Sawhorse

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published 1750/1758

Etching of a cluttered stone courtyard with steps, timber beams, a hanging well bucket, and small figures.

The Well

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published 1750/1758

Etching of towering stone arches, staircases, and bridges with small figures walking along them in deep perspective.

The Gothic Arch

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published 1750/1758

Etching of a stone pier with a lamp, iron rings and chains beneath soaring vaulted arches in a shadowy interior.

The Pier with a Lamp

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published 1750/1758

Etching of a dim vaulted interior with arches, a stone staircase, hanging lanterns and two small figures walking below.

The Pier with Chains

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published 1750/1758

Engraved landscape of a windmill on a bank above a river, with figures on the shore and a rowing boat on the water.

The Mill

Charles Turner after Rembrandt van Rijn, published 1823

Engraving of a crowded stone prison scene with a central man in a tricorn hat, women in white gowns, and seated officials.

Beggar's Opera, Act III

William Blake after William Hogarth, 1788/1790

Lithograph of a man guiding a seated woman drawing at a board beside a classical bust and portfolio.

Leçon de Dessin (Drawing Lesson)

Attributed to Johann Anton André

Black-and-white print of a woman playing a harp as a man with a violin bow gestures beside her in a furnished room.

Leçon de Musique (Music Lesson)

Attributed to Johann Anton André

Etching of the dead Christ supported by the Virgin Mary, with three mourners and a cross in a landscape.

Pietà (the "Christ of Caprarola")

Annibale Carracci, 1597

Loose etching of bare trees, covered station roofs and small figures crossing an open courtyard.

Bahnhof Tiergarten (Court with Trees)

Lovis Corinth, 1920/1921