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National Gallery of Art

14,495 works

Sepia etching of a kneeling cloaked figure beside a large tree, with an open hilly landscape receding to the right.

The Prodigal Son, 4th plate (L'enfant prodigue)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of an old chateau with rooftops on a hillside, framed by trees on both sides under an open sky.

Old Chateau (Un vieux chateau)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a bearded man sleeping slumped against stone steps, with dense hatched shadows.

Sleeping Beggar (Mendiant endormi)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a hunched man seated against a stone wall, head bowed over a walking stick, rendered in dense hatching.

Desperate Man (Le desespere)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a seated man in a wide-brimmed hat beside large trees and a rocky hillside.

Old Village (Ville vieille)

Alphonse Legros

Pencil study of a young woman with a headscarf looking upward, hands clasped in prayer, on pale toned paper.

Study of Woman Praying

Alphonse Legros

Brown wash drawing of two bearded monks seated side by side, one holding a small book.

Two Monks Seated in a Church

Alphonse Legros

Study of a Workman

Alphonse Legros

Red chalk drawing of a seated bearded man seen from behind, head turned toward viewer, arm extended over his knee.

Study of a Greek

Alphonse Legros

Study of a Man's Figure, Holding Rod behind Back

Alphonse Legros

Red chalk drawing of a child's head with curly hair, turned slightly upward, with shoulders partly visible.

Head of a Child

Alphonse Legros

Head of a Man with a Skullcap

Alphonse Legros

Pencil drawing of a young man's head and shoulders, eyes lowered, with a faint moustache and hatched shading.

Head of a Young Man

Alphonse Legros

Graphite study of a classical male torso seen from behind, shaded with hatching on blue paper.

Study from the Antique

Alphonse Legros

Woman in a Cloak

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a hooded Death figure standing beside a kneeling woodcutter with a bundle of sticks in a forest.

Death and the Woodcutter, 2nd plate (La mort et le bucheron)

Alphonse Legros

Graphite sketch of a male torso in three-quarter view, shaded with soft hatching on pale paper.

Torso

Alphonse Legros

Graphite drawing on blue paper of a nude man's bust, head tilted down, shaded with fine diagonal hatching.

Bust of Nude Man

Alphonse Legros

Brown wash drawing of a large tree beside a path, with shrubs and a distant horizon under a cloudy sky.

The Big Tree

Alphonse Legros

Brown ink drawing of a woman with long hair beside a waterfall, with a tree and hills in the background.

Peasant at the Source

Alphonse Legros

Pencil sketch of a bearded man with curly hair, head turned slightly, brow furrowed, drawn on pale paper.

Head of a Man with Curly Hair and Beard

Alphonse Legros

Study of a Man's Head [recto]

Alphonse Legros

Red chalk drawing of an elderly bearded man in a tall headdress, eyes lowered, with dense hatched shading.

Head of a Priest

Alphonse Legros

Study of a Beggar

Alphonse Legros

Head of a Man Facing Left

Alphonse Legros

Study of a Head

Alphonse Legros

Charcoal drawing of a woman's head turned left, with dark hatched hair and a bare paper area below, signed A. Legros.

Head of a Man Facing Left [recto]

Alphonse Legros

Study of a Mask

Alphonse Legros

Charcoal drawing of a man's head with closed eyes, curly dark hair, and soft shading across the face.

Head

Alphonse Legros, 1879

Graphite drawing of two studies of hands, one clasped at a shirt cuff, the other resting on a closed book.

Two Studies of Hands

Alphonse Legros