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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Bird's-eye woodcut view of Venice with crowded harbor ships, a trident-bearing sea figure, and a wind head in clouds.

View of Venice [lower center block]

Jacopo de' Barbari, 1500

Bird's-eye woodcut view of Venice's harbor with sailing ships, galleys, rowing boats and a cloud-filled sky.

View of Venice [lower right block]

Jacopo de' Barbari, 1500

Engraving of the parable of the wise and foolish virgins: angels, a bridegroom in a Gothic hall, women with lamps and a spinn

The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins

Philip Galle after Pieter Bruegel the Elder, c. 1560/1563

Etching of soldiers attacking villagers before a stone house with a sloping roof, with trees framing the street.

Scene of Pillage

Jacques Callot, c. 1633

Etching of soldiers looting a city square, with a church facade, a loaded cart, fallen figures and smoke over rooftops.

Destruction of a Convent

Jacques Callot, c. 1633

Engraving of a chaotic battle between mounted Amazon warriors and men, with fallen bodies and weapons, before a colonnaded bu

The Battle of the Amazons [recto]

Enea Vico, 1543

Engraving of Venus and Mars embracing on a bed while Vulcan hammers at a forge in the foreground.

Venus and Mars Embracing with Vulcan at his Forge

Enea Vico, 1543

Engraving of a reclining nude woman on a bed while a muscular smith hammers at a forge in a tiled room.

Venus Reclining with Vulcan at His Forge

Enea Vico, 1543

Engraving of sirens and tritons riding sea creatures and horses through waves, with cherubs and clouds above.

Sirens, Naiads, and Tritons

Angelo Falconetto

Engraved decorative panel of mythological figures, a bearded man, a woman, a satyr, and putti amid acanthus scrolls.

Decorative Panel with Mythological Figures

Angelo Falconetto, 1555

Engraving of two apostles healing a seated beggar before a crowd in a colonnaded classical hall, with Latin text below.

Apostles Peter and John Healing the Paralytic

Lambert Suavius, 1553

Rhinoceros

Enea Vico, 1548

Engraved print of the Last Supper with Christ at the center of a table surrounded by gesturing apostles in an interior.

The Last Supper

Francesco Denanto

Engraving of the Raising of Lazarus with figures gathered at a stone tomb and a distant ruined city on the right.

The Raising of Lazarus

Lambert Suavius, 1544

Chiaroscuro woodcut of a windblown tree with two seated shepherds, rolling hills, and a village with a tower in green and och

Landscape with a Shepherd Couple

Hendrick Goltzius, probably 1592/1595

Green-toned print of a three-masted ship in rough seas with waves, a distant ship, and birds in the sky.

Two Three-Master Ships off a Coastline

attributed to workshop of Willem Jansz. Blaeu, after 1600

Narrow etching of a landscape with six trees, three small farmhouses, a fence, and a tower at the right edge.

Landscape with Six Single Trees and Three Small Farm-Houses

Augustin Hirschvogel

Etching of sailing ships on a calm sea with a rocky wooded shore on the right and trees on the left.

Landscape with a Lake and Sailing-Vessels

Augustin Hirschvogel, 1545

Red chalk sketch of four horsemen in plumed hats and cloaks, with one pedestrian figure below, by Jacques Callot.

Study of Four Horsemen

Jacques Callot, 1628

Etching of a river landscape with ruined arches, town buildings, a stone bridge, a large tree, and two small figures on a cli

River Landscape with the Temptation of Christ

Augustin Hirschvogel, 1545

Narrow etched river landscape with trees, village houses, a tower, a small boat, and a figure crossing the water at left.

River Landscape with Saint Christopher

Augustin Hirschvogel

Red chalk drawing of soldiers and robed figures mocking a kneeling man in an architectural setting, with a balcony at upper r

Christ Crowned with Thorns

Jacques Callot, 1618

Etching of a landscape with a lake, small boat, trees and a walled town with a tall tower on the right.

Landscape with Lake and Town

Augustin Hirschvogel, 1545

Pen and red chalk study of a leg with a pig's head sketch and faint figure studies on aged paper.

A Leg and a Pig's Head

Jacques Callot, 1616

Etching of a river landscape with three towns burning under plumes of smoke, labeled Sodoma, Gomorra and Tiro.

Landscape with Three Burning Cities: Sodom, Gomorrah and Tyrus

Augustin Hirschvogel

Ink sketch of grotesque hunchbacked figures and caricature heads in plumed hats on a pale brown sheet.

Gobbi and Other Bizarre Figures

Jacques Callot, 1616

Pen drawing of a village with a church spire on the left and a rocky outcrop with trees on the right.

Landscape with a Town at Left

Augustin Hirschvogel, 1549

Etched panoramic landscape with a winding river, villages, a large central tree, and rays of light from clouds.

Landscape with the Conversion of Saint Paul

Augustin Hirschvogel, 1545

Pen and ink sketch sheet with several studies of horses in standing and walking poses, plus a head and a hoof detail.

Studies of Horses [recto]

Jacques Callot, 1612

Pen and brown ink sheet with multiple studies of horses in rearing, galloping and standing poses.

Studies of Horses [verso]

Jacques Callot, 1612