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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Etching of three men singing together at a window, one holding a lit candle and another reading from a sheet of music.

The Singers

Adriaen van Ostade, 1667

Etching of an elderly peasant with a bent back, leaning on a walking stick, within an arched border.

Peasant with a Crooked Back

Adriaen van Ostade, 1675

Painting of two white chalkware roosters with spread wings in red, gold and green, standing on a rust-colored rectangular bas

Chalkware Roosters

Mina Lowry, c. 1937

Etching of a rustic barn interior with hay bales, chickens on the floor, a barrel, a wagon wheel and a ladder.

Interior of a Barn

Adriaen van Ostade, 1647

Two painted drawings of chalkware lovebird figurines on pedestal bases, each pair with beaks touching, in gray, green and red

Chalkware Lovebirds

Mina Lowry, c. 1937

Etching of a couple walking arm in arm, the man in a tall pointed hat and the woman in a hooded shawl.

Couple Walking

Adriaen van Ostade, 1638

Watercolor drawing of a reclining chalkware deer with green-tinted antlers and a green oval base on a cream background.

Pa. German Chalkware Deer

Mina Lowry, c. 1938

Etching of a seated woman winding thread on a reel beside a cottage, with a standing man, a flowering tree, and chickens.

Woman Winding upon a Reel (La Devideuse)

Adriaen van Ostade, 1684

Watercolor of a praying chalkware angel with a gold gown and speckled painted wings standing on a square base.

Pa. German Chalkware Angel Figure

Mina Lowry, c. 1936

Etching of two figures on a wooden footbridge over a river, with a large tree at left, ducks, a rowboat, and a cottage.

The Angler

Adriaen van Ostade, 1653

Watercolor drawing of a painted chalkware shrine with an arched top, striped columns, and a small kneeling figure in a niche.

Pa. German Chalkware Shrine

Mina Lowry, c. 1939

Etching of an eyeglass peddler holding up spectacles at a rustic hut while a seated woman and child watch nearby.

Eyeglass Peddlar

Adriaen van Ostade, 1646

Painted drawing of a Pennsylvania German chalkware figure of Mary seated beside a lamb, in green and gold tones.

Pa. German Chalkware Mary and Her Lamb

Mina Lowry, c. 1939

Etching of a cobbler working in a doorway under ivy, with a seated customer and a cat on the bench above.

Cobbler

Adriaen van Ostade, 1671

Drawing of a painted chalkware mantel ornament with red blossoms, green leaves, and a speckled central form on a pedestal bas

Pa. German Chalkware Mantel Stop

Mina Lowry, c. 1937

Pencil and wash drawing of a winding path through grassy fields and reeds, with rocks at left and a distant horizon.

A Path through Fields near Leipzig

Carl Gustav Carus, 1812

Pencil drawing of Christ and the Virgin seated in a pediment, flanked by angels playing musical instruments.

Christ and the Virgin with Music-Making Angels

Johann Friedrich Overbeck

Watercolor stage design of a terrace with palms, blue draperies, timber gallery and a domed building in the distance.

Turkish Stage Design

Carl Ferdinand Langhans, 1815

Watercolor study of a painted Pennsylvania German chair with floral decoration, plus a detail of its crest and splat.

Pa. German Chair

Henry Moran, c. 1940

Black chalk drawing of a full-leafed beech tree over rocks and a stream, with mountains in the distance.

A Wild Beech in Full Leaf

Paul Huet, 1858

Watercolor of steep rock cliffs above a valley with jagged peaks receding under a pale, streaked sky.

Rock Cliffs along the Romanche

Paul Huet, 1858

Pen and ink drawing of a flooded forest with leaning trees, still water, and two small figures near the trunks.

Flooding in the Forest of the Ile Séguin

Paul Huet, 1833

Pastel landscape of a meadow with dark trees and a sunset glowing orange and yellow across a blue sky.

A Meadow at Sunset

Paul Huet, 1845

Twilight landscape drawing of a wooded lake with a Gothic abbey spire rising at right beneath a streaked sky.

An Abbey by a Wooded Lake at Twilight

Paul Huet, 1831

Watercolor of a tapering pewter coffee pot with stippled birds and floral scrollwork, lid open, spout to the right.

Pa. German Coffee Pot

Black and white print of the Crucifixion with Christ on a cross, soldiers with ropes, and mourning figures below.

The Crucifixion [center plate]

John Baptist Jackson, 1741

Black and white print of turbaned horsemen with spears in a rocky landscape, with a dog and fallen figures in the foreground.

The Crucifixion [right plate]

John Baptist Jackson, 1741

Black and white print of the Entombment: a dead figure on a shroud surrounded by mourners under trees, with a distant city.

The Entombment [recto]

John Baptist Jackson, 1739

Pen and wash drawing of a muscular horned satyr with curly hair, raising one arm and holding a long staff.

A Satyr

Benvenuto Cellini, 1544

Painted study of a carved wooden spoon rack with rosette and star motifs on a circular crest and three shelves.

Pa. German Spoon Rack

William H. Edwards, c. 1942

Brown wash drawing of an eagle with spread wings carrying a young figure upward through clouds.

The Rape of Ganymede

Niccolò dell'Abbate, 1545

Watercolor of a round carved wooden Zoar butter mold with an eight-pointed star and small heart and moon motifs.

Zoar Buttermold

Fritz Boehmer, c. 1939

Gouache study of a green stylized animal figurine holding a red bead on a teal base, within a pencil border.

Pa. German Figurine

Mina Lowry, 1935/1942

Four carved wooden stamping blocks on a pale background, one heart-shaped and three leaf-shaped, with serrated edges and groo

Pa. German Stamping Blocks for Homespun Cotton or Linens

Fritz Boehmer, c. 1939

Painted study of a wooden toy merry-go-round with horses and riders under a four-armed canopy on a brown base.

Pa. German Toy Merry-Go-Round

Mina Lowry, c. 1936

Painted rendering of a carved wooden springerle board with sixteen panels showing flowers, birds, animals and a figure.

Springerle Board for Christmas Cakes

Fritz Boehmer, c. 1939

Watercolor drawing of a carved wooden springerle board with flower, leaf, and rosette designs in relief.

Pa. German Springerle Board

Fritz Boehmer, 1935/1942

Watercolor of a small footed covered box with pink ground, green leaves, white blossoms and red berries, with a dark knob lid

Pa. German Saffron Box

Charles Henning, 1935/1942

Watercolor of a woven apple basket with a curved wooden handle and a forked stick tied to its rim.

Zoar Apple Basket

Julius Mihalik, c. 1938

Etching of windblown apple trees in an open field with two figures on a path under a hatched cloudy sky.

Apple Trees in Auvers (Pommiers a Auvers)

Charles-François Daubigny, 1877

Painted study of an oval woven sewing basket with twisted handles, shown on a plain cream background.

Zoar Sewing Basket

John Wilkes, c. 1938

Hand-colored plate of a male prairie titlark perched on rocks among grass and pink phlox flowers.

Prairie Titlark

Watercolor of a glazed brown earthenware colander with two handles and a perforated base on a cream background.

Zoar Colander

Fritz Boehmer, c. 1937

Two Great Auks, one swimming and one perched on a rock, in choppy sea with cliffs and mountains behind them.

Great Auk

Robert Havell, 1836

Painting of two terracotta redware pitchers with brown glazed interiors, one squat with a handle, one taller, on a pale backg

Zoar Milk Pitcher

Ralph Russell, c. 1939

Hand-colored print of two Golden-eye ducks in flight, one dark-headed male and one brown-headed female, on a gray background.

Golden-eye Duck

Robert Havell, 1836

Watercolor of a red-brown arched clay roof tile with carved initials ICM and the date 1832 on a cream background.

Zoar Pottery Roof Tile

Ralph Russell, c. 1941

Engraved plate of four ruddy ducks in varied plumages on a rock and in water, with a blue-billed adult male.

Ruddy Duck

Robert Havell, 1836

Watercolor of a cream petticoat with colorful cross-stitch flower embroidery and scalloped lace edging along the hem.

Zoar Embroidered Flannel Petticoat

Fritz Boehmer, c. 1938

Pen and brown wash drawing of an old water mill with a waterwheel, timber sluice, brick walls and a tiled roof beside trees.

An Old Water Mill

Cornelis Adamsz Willaerts

Painted study of a beaded wristlet, striped mitten and dark knitted sock with red cuff on a cream background.

Zoar Beaded Wristlet, Mitten and Sock

Fritz Boehmer, c. 1938

Red chalk drawing of a classical landscape with tall trees, a rocky hill, and a small figure on a path.

Classical Landscape

Giovanni Angelo Canini

Painted design of an eight-pointed red star inside a circular medallion with colored rings on a blue-gray ground.

Zoar Ceiling Ornament

Fritz Boehmer, c. 1938

Charcoal drawing of a seated nude boy seen from behind, shaded on brown paper.

Seated Nude Boy Seen from the Back

Watercolor study of a red painted door with ten green-bordered panels decorated with feather motifs, set in a pale doorframe.

Zoar Door

Fritz Boehmer, c. 1938

Charcoal drawing of a bearded man leaning on a grain sack, glancing sideways at the viewer, on brown toned paper.

A Grain Merchant

Three painted door panel samples stacked vertically: speckled tan with green border, pale wood grain, and rust panel with she

Zoar Door Panels

Fritz Boehmer, c. 1937

Pencil sketch of religious figures including a mitred bishop, a kneeling man and a standing youth with a staff, with clouds a

Madonna and Child with Saints Gimignano, John the Baptist, George and Peter Martyr

Watercolor of a wooden Zoar child's bed with turned legs, a slatted swinging side rail, and bedding inside.

Zoar Child's Bed

Fritz Boehmer, c. 1938

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Holy Family resting with a donkey, an angel, and a distant town.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Drawing of a rusted wrought iron bracket with a curled scroll, pointed finial and hook on a cream background.

Iron Bracket from Zoar Tavern

Ralph Russell, c. 1938

The Angel of the Annunciation

Painted study of a tin pail with wire bail and a tin coffee pot with looped handle on a pale background.

Zoar Tin Coffee Pot and Pail

John Wilkes, c. 1938

Brown wash drawing of shepherds with staffs beside a rock, with figures and a tower on a distant hill.

Shepherds Peering into a Chasm