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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Graphite study of a young child with bangs and shoulder-length hair, head and shoulders turned toward the viewer.

Study for "Portrait of Esther Haydin"

Robert Vonnoh, 1886

Engraving of five seated women in a candlelit interior by a fireplace, one reading, with oil lamps on a table.

Les Vierges sages, Nul vain objet...

Etching of a moored rowboat with oars on a grassy canal bank, with tall trees and reflections in still water.

Canal Seen by Morning Light (Le canal: Effet du matin)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of two tall pine trees in the foreground above shaded, hatched hills under a pale open sky.

Sunset (Coucher du soleil)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of rolling hills dotted with shrubs and grasses under an empty sky, signed A. Legros in the lower right.

Banks of the Yanne (Les bords de la Yanne)

Alphonse Legros, late 19th century

Etching of a thatched cottage, tree and wooden cart on a dirt road, with fields and a distant village receding to the right.

Wheelwright's Home (La maison du charron)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a wide rural landscape with two figures on a foreground hill, shrubs, and a distant ruin under an open sky.

Prospect (Le point de vue)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a grassy hillside with a small figure and tall trees under a cloudy sky.

The House of the Well (La maison du puits)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a thatched cottage and haystacks beside a wooden cart with a large wheel, with a tree at left.

Cottage with a Cart (Chaumiere a la charette)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a man with a punt on a calm river, tall slender trees along the bank, and a hazy sky.

Man with a Punt, Figure to the Right (Pecheurs des truites)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a round stone pigeon tower behind low cottages and trees on a hillside, signed A. Legros.

Pigeon Tower (La tour aux pigeons)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a rider on a horse wading across a river, with dense trees and reeds along the bank.

Fording a River (Le gue)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of two figures carrying bundles over grassy dunes, with a distant village, church spire and round tower beyond.

Valley of Dunes (La vallee des dunes)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a wide landscape with rain falling from clouds on the right and two figures stooping among bushes in the foregroun

Mushroom Gatherers (Les ramasseurs de champignons)

Alphonse Legros

Engraving of armed riders and bearded men among rocks, with a beam of light from the clouds and hounds in the foreground.

The Conversion of Saint Paul

Lucas van Leyden, 1509

Engraving of autumn harvest labour: a pig being butchered, women cooking, and workers gathering fruit in a village landscape.

Autumn

Pieter van der Heyden, 1570

Engraving of a winter scene with skaters on a frozen canal, a brick castle, and villagers in heavy cloaks near bare trees.

Winter

Pieter van der Heyden

Engraving of villagers gardening in formal beds in spring, with sheep grazing, a farmhouse, and a village tower in the distan

Spring

Pieter van der Heyden, 1570

Engraving of allegorical Anger: a hooded figure with a barrel among battling grotesque soldiers, a burning city and fallen bo

Anger

Pieter van der Heyden, 1558

Engraving of an allegorical scene of greed, with a woman counting coins amid hoarders and a burning city behind.

Avarice

Pieter van der Heyden, 1558

Engraving of Envy as a central woman among grotesque creatures, a fish, pigs and a turkey, with canals, a bridge and odd buil

Envy

Pieter van der Heyden, 1558

Engraving of an allegory of gluttony with feasting figures, barrels, grotesque creatures and a burning town in the background

Gluttony

Pieter van der Heyden, 1558

Engraved allegory of Pride with a woman holding a mirror beside a peacock amid fantastical architecture and grotesque creatur

Pride

Pieter van der Heyden, 1558

Engraving of a reclining woman with snails and a donkey amid crowded fantastical scenes of idleness and allegory, 1558.

Sloth

Pieter van der Heyden, 1558

Engraving of a crowded boat of foolish figures labeled Die Blau Schuyte, with a standing boatman, birds, reeds and a distant

Die Blau Schuyte (The Ship of Fools)

Pieter van der Heyden, 1559

Pen and ink drawing of a reclining young man with a feathered hat holding a mirror, beside a peacock and an hourglass.

An Elegant Young Man Personifying Vanity

Francesco Brizio

Engraving of two craftsmen working in a studio with framed prints on the walls and a standing figure in the background.

Graveurs en taille douce au burin et à l'eau forte (Copper Plate Engravers and Etchers)

Abraham Bosse, 1643

Etching of a large cannon on a wooden carriage with soldiers, a village with a church steeple, and hills beyond.

The Great Cannon

Hieronymus Hopfer

Brown ink drawing of Death with a scythe approaching a kneeling man beside ruins and trees in a landscape.

Death and the Woodman in a Coastal Landscape with Ruins

Ercole Bazzicaluva

Pen and brown ink drawing of men playing boccie beside a village, with a large tree on the right and hills in the distance.

Men Playing Boccie in a Village

Ercole Bazzicaluva