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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Engraving of a public execution in a town square with a scaffold, smoke, mounted soldiers, a crowd, and bodies on hurdles.

Gunpowder Plot

George Keller, 1606

Engraving of a kneeling robed man gazing at a crown in light, with palms, a mountain, a book and Latin banners.

Charles I

William Marshall, published 1649

Grey watercolor of a small boat on a rocky beach with hazy mountains, trees, and distant sailboats on the water.

Boat on the Beach

Alfred Thompson Bricher, 1890

Pencil drawing of a young bull with curved horns grazing on a grassy slope beside trees.

A Young Bull Grazing

Pen and brown ink drawing of a landscape with a large tree, an ancient fountain, an ox cart and travelers on a road.

The Roman Campagna with an Ancient Fountain

Joseph Anton Koch, 1795

Pen drawing of a hilltop town above waterfalls, with shepherd families, goats and a dog in the foreground.

Tivoli and the Waterfalls with Shepherd Families

Joseph Anton Koch, 1821

Brown ink and wash drawing of a theatrical stage set with a grand staircase, arcades, balustrades and a dome.

Stage Design

Mauro Antonio Tesi, 1755

Pen and wash drawing of a garden promenade with a classical villa, cypress trees, statues, a sphinx and a fountain.

Capriccio with a Palladian Villa

Mauro Antonio Tesi, 1760

Etching of a bearded man in a straw hat sketching at a folding table, with a name inscribed in the upper left corner.

Alphonse Legros Sketching

Etching of a man in a hat standing by a gnarled tree on a hillside orchard, with fruit and distant trees.

Orchard

George Henry Smillie, 1883

Engraved portrait of a man with long curly hair holding a quill, framed by a laurel wreath, two cherubs and writing tools.

Edward Cocker, Arithmetician and Writing Master

Brown ink and wash drawing of clergy and kneeling figures venerating a draped body before an altar in a church interior.

The Veneration of St. Atto’s Miraculously Preserved Body

Benedetto Veli, 1607

Pen and wash drawing of a mountain landscape with castles on cliffs, waterfalls, and fallen trees in the foreground.

Mountainous Landscape with Castles and Waterfalls

Roelant Savery, 1606

Grey wash drawing of umbrella pines, ruins and a long aqueduct across the flat Roman Campagna toward distant mountains.

Campagna di Roma

Edward Lear, 1884

Grey wash drawing of a bay seen from a hillside, with a hilltop tower, coastal village and distant headlands under a cloudy s

View of a Bay from a Hillside (Amalfi)

Edward Lear, 1884

Grey watercolor of a mountain valley with snowy peaks, a village with towers, and water in the foreground.

Taggia

Edward Lear, 1884

Ink and wash drawing of tall palm trees beside water, with figures in a canoe and mountains in the distance.

Figures Setting Out in Canoes from a Palm Grove (Wady Feiran)

Edward Lear, 1884

Grey wash drawing of a river winding between banded rock cliffs under a pale sky, with reflections on the water.

River Winding through a Rock Formation (Philae, Egypt)

Edward Lear, 1884

Engraving of a bacchanal with dancing satyrs, nude women and musicians beneath a dense oak forest canopy.

Bacchanale

Etching of a Chinese masquerade procession in Rome, with costumed riders in an ornate carriage passing a spiral-reliefed colu

Mascarade Chinoise faite a Rome (Chinese Masquerade)

Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre, 1735

Etching of two harlequin-costumed male figures with diamond patterns, posed in dynamic gestures on a plain ground.

From "Bizzarie di varie Figure"

Giovanni Battista Bracelli, 1624

Watercolor design elevation of an ornate breakfront cabinet with a cherub, ceramic vases, floral panels and columns.

Design for Breakfront

Vítězslav Karel Mašek, 1900

Pencil drawing of Zeus and Hera seated on clouds with three putti, enclosed in an oval on tan paper.

Zeus and Hera

Vítězslav Karel Mašek, 1895

Ink drawing of a putto beside dark birds among lilies and foliage, framed by decorative borders.

Ornamental Design with Birds and Lily

Vítězslav Karel Mašek, 1900

Graphite sketch of a woman with an upswept bun resting on a ledge, holding a glass of wine, on tan paper.

Woman in Bath, Holding a Glass of Wine

Vítězslav Karel Mašek, 1898

Engraving of the Birth of Saint John the Baptist showing a classical interior with attendants, a bed, columns and a city view

The Birth of Saint John the Baptist

Giulio Bonasone

Engraving of nude figures in a wooded landscape, with Cupid in a cloud-borne chariot drawn by unicorns above.

The Triumph of Love

Giulio Bonasone, 1545

Engraving on blue paper of women gathered around a grieving woman beneath a sun chariot in the clouds, with classical archite

Young Man Warning a Sorrowful Woman

Giulio Bonasone

Engraving of a haloed bearded saint writing in a book beside a winged lion, with books and an inkwell in an interior.

Saint Mark Writing His Gospels

Giulio Bonasone after Perino del Vaga

Engraving of women fleeing across a river on a rearing horse, with onlookers, children, tents, and trees on the shore.

Clelia Crossing the Tiber

Giulio Bonasone after Polidoro da Caravaggio, 1545