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National Gallery of Art

14,495 works

Engraving of a nude woman seated on a lion beside a column, with a castle in the distance at left.

Fortitudo

Monogrammist IB

Engraving of a crowned man with a sceptre leaning on a tree beside a lion and shield, labeled SOL.

Sol (The Sun)

Monogrammist IB, 1528

Engraved bust portrait of a man in a beret and fur-collared robe, with a Latin scroll inscription below.

Martin Luther

Monogrammist IB, 1530

Engraving of a woman riding a galloping bull past a castle, towns, and mountains under a cloudy sky.

The Rape of Europa

Giovanni Battista Palumba

Hand-colored woodcut of Christ with a halo standing before a seated Pilate holding a scepter, with two guards behind.

Christ before Pilate

Unknown artist, c. 1490

Engraving of Saint James the Greater holding a staff, wearing a wide hat and cloak, with inscribed scrolls around him.

Saint James the Greater

Master of the Berlin Passion, c. 1465

Engraving of Saint Peter with halo, holding a key and open book, framed by Gothic inscription scrolls on a tiled floor.

Saint Peter

Master of the Berlin Passion, c. 1465

Woodcut of a mitred saint seated at a desk writing in a book, with a heart symbol in the upper right corner.

Saint Augustine

Master with the Banderoles, c. 1450/1460

Hand-colored print of a haloed saint reading while a monk lowers a basket, with a horned devil in the trees above.

Saint Benedict and the Monk Romanus

Master of St. Wolfgang, c. 1440/1450

Engraving of an ornate lidded goblet with cherub heads, scrollwork, and figural supports on a decorated pedestal foot.

Richly Embellished Goblet

Engraving of Saint Barbara with a tower, book and palm, framed by ornate foliate borders and a small medallion above.

Saint Barbara

Symmetrical ornamental print with two putti at top, two sirens with fish tails, and scrolling acanthus foliage on a dark grou

Upright Ornament with Two Sirens

Master of the Horse Heads

Engraving of a haloed woman in flowing robes holding a covered vessel, walking through a landscape with a castle.

The Magdalen

Master of the Die after Follower of Raphael

Engraving of Hercules driving a chained figure from a temple, with nude women, a soldier and Italian verse below.

Envy Driven from the Temple of the Muses

Master of the Die after Baldassare Peruzzi

Engraving of Hercules raising a club above the crouching monster Cacus, with a lion-head shield on the ground.

Hercules and Cacus

Master of, c. 1515/1520

Engraving of the Holy Family seated in a landscape, with the Virgin nursing the child, Joseph standing by a tree, and a town

The Holy Family in a Landscape

Jan Rombouts the Elder, c. 1520/1535

Engraving of the Crucifixion with Christ center, two thieves on crosses, soldiers on horseback and kneeling mourners below.

The Mount of Calvary

Master I. A. M. of Zwolle, c. 1480

Black-and-white ornament print with a central oval of scrollwork, flowers, a butterfly, a dragonfly, and decorative borders.

Ornament

Engraving of the Judgment of Paris: an armored figure holds an apple while three nude women stand before a seated man.

Judgment of Paris

Master IS, 1534

Engraving of the Nativity: Mary holds the Christ Child by a stable as Saint Joseph stands at right beneath an angel-filled sk

The Nativity

Master I.I.CA, c. 1500/1510

Engraving of a nude Hercules wrestling a lion beside a tree, with the lion's pelt draped over his shoulders.

Hercules Killing the Lion

Black-and-cream ornament print with a central scrolled rosette flanked by pendant and bracket designs, monogram AD below.

Ornament

Hand-colored woodcut of haloed Christ bound and scourged by two men with whips against a brick wall.

Scourging of Christ

Unknown artist, c. 1490

Pen and brown wash drawing of a haloed martyr seated beside a winged angel holding a bowl of roses.

Martyr with an Angel

Gray wash drawing of the Adoration of the Kings with the Virgin, Christ child, kneeling king, star and attendants.

The Adoration of the Kings [recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1600

Grayscale drawing of the Nativity with Mary and the Christ Child, shepherds, animals, and an angel in the sky above.

The Birth of Christ [verso]

Unknown artist, c. 1600

Drawing of a man with curly hair and a stern expression wearing a woven cloak, in an oval vignette, inscribed Tikao.

Tikao, naturel d'Akaroa

Pencil and red chalk architectural study of a columned tomb with curved pediment and French measurement notes below.

Moliere's Tomb

Charles Meryon, probably c. 1854

Engraved portrait of a cleric in a cap and cloak holding a book, with books on a shelf behind him.

Hieronymus Alexander, Archbishop of Brindisi

Agostino Veneziano, 1536

Pope Paul III

Agostino Veneziano, 1534