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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Etching of trees and undergrowth along a riverbank, rendered in loose hatched lines against a pale sky.

Along the River (Sur la riviere)

Alphonse Legros

Etched landscape of trees and a field under dark, hatched storm clouds with a bright patch of light in the sky.

Landscape with Storm (Paysage d'orage)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a horse-drawn hay cart on a rural path, with two figures pushing it past a tree and a distant building.

Returning with the Hay (Rentrant le foin)

Alphonse Legros, 1890/1904

Etching of a bearded man with a hat and walking stick looking toward rolling hills and shrubs under an open sky.

Return from the Fields (Le retour des champs)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a ruined chateau on a grassy hill with a small shed and tree, rendered in dense hatched lines.

Ruins of a Chateau (Les ruines du chateau)

Alphonse Legros

Hand-coloured print of two European nightjars and two chicks on heathland with pink heather flowers.

Caprimulgus europaeus (Nightjar)

Hand-colored plate of two quail among grass, one brown and one grey with a white brow stripe and red legs.

Malacoturnix superciliosus (Mountain Quail)

Etching of two women harvesters bent against slanting rain beneath windblown trees, one carrying a rake.

Harvesters Surprised by the Storm (Moissonneuses surprises par l'orage)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a bearded man bent over a cluttered desk with inkwell, quill and books, beside a lattice window.

Geographer (Le geographe)

Alphonse Legros

Hand-coloured print of a barnacle goose with black neck and white face beside a pond, with three geese in grassy marsh behind

Barnacle Goose (Bernicla Leucopsis)

Hand-colored bird print of three small quails with blue breasts and brown plumage among grass and rocks.

Excalftoria minima (Blue-breasted Quail)

Perdix barbata (Daurian Partridge)

Pen and ink drawing of eight women in period costumes with varied headdresses, standing in a row.

Eight Ladies in Ancient Costumes

Melchior Lorck, 1567

Brown ink drawing of draped women and children beside a fountain basin, framed by scrolled architectural pilasters.

Women and Children at a Fountain

Red chalk drawing of Diana and Apollo above a heap of falling and dying figures, with Apollo drawing a bow.

Diana and Apollo Slaughtering the Children of Niobe

Pirro Ligorio, 1550

Engraving of a woman in a white shroud and lace cap lying on a draped bed, with a small dog at lower right.

Deathbed of a Nun

Engraved double portrait of a seated countess and standing earl beside a globe, with a bust and Latin inscription below.

Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel and His Wife

Lucas Emil Vorsterman after Sir Anthony van Dyck

Etched cartouche with a portrait of Francis Bacon in an oval, a sunrise landscape in a second oval, and books below.

Franciscus Bacon

Hubert François Gravelot

Watercolor drawing of an Italianate garden with a fountain, colonnades, a seated man, a poodle, and a red parrot.

An Italianate Garden with a Parrot, a Poodle, and a Man

Isaac de Moucheron, 1730

Brown wash drawing of a hilltop town with a tall tower and stone walls above rocky slopes, with a mountain behind.

A View of Savelli near Albano

Jan de Bisschop

Pen and wash drawing of a classical scene with a kneeling figure, seated woman, and crowd on stone steps.

The Generosity of Empress Pulcheria

Johann Christoph Storer, 1644

Pen and watercolor drawing of a palace facade with a central staircase, flanked by palm trees and crescent finials.

A Turkish Palace (Probably for Mozart's "Abduction from the Seraglio")

Giuseppe Quaglio, 1790

Watercolor of ruined stone arches overgrown with trees and bushes under a pale sky.

Ancient Roman Ruins Overgrown with Trees and Bushes

Johann Gottfried Klinsky, 1793

Watercolor of a brick estate house on a rise above a river, with sheep, hills, and village buildings beneath a pale sky.

View of an Estate

John William Upham

Pencil sketch on cream paper showing five studies of a French pointer dog in different poses and head angles.

Five Studies of a French Pointer

Richard Parkes Bonington, 1825

Engraving of a seated king bidding farewell to children and a woman in a columned hall with statues in niches.

King Charles Taking Leave of His Children

François Bernard Lépicié

Engraving of Margrave Christian of Brandenburg-Bayreuth lying on a draped bier, with cherubs and a coat of arms above.

Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth on his Deathbed

Peter Troschel, 1656

Brown ink drawing of a Roman triumphal procession with a chariot, soldiers and crowds before a Colosseum-like arena.

A Roman Triumph

Drawing of a blank sphere framed by allegorical figures, a sun-rayed Apollo, and a winged Time with a scythe.

Apollo, Diana, and Time with the Cyclic Vicissitudes of Human Life

Maerten de Vos, 1561

Engraving of bathers in a colonnaded bathhouse, an ornate fountain, and dancing figures by a campfire near a village.

Fountain of Youth

Johann Theodor de Bry