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National Gallery of Art

14,495 works

Engraving of a bearded, muscular man in loose drapery standing among rocks by the sea, with light rays in the sky.

Joseph of Arimathea Among the Rocks of Albion

William Blake, c. 1803/1810

Hand-colored engraving of a seated woman in a white dress and green sash, with a distant city skyline behind her.

Mrs. Q.

William Blake after François Huet, 1820

Engraving of a draped woman leading a lion beside flames, with a castle and mountains in the landscape behind her.

Fortitude

Engraving of a seated nude woman removing a thorn from her foot, with a rabbit, palm trees, and a distant hilltop town.

Venus Extracting a Thorn from Her Foot

Engraving of the Virgin and Christ Child with an angel, a young boy holding a fish, and an old man reading beside a lion.

The Virgin with a Fish

Engraving of two men in a bout with leather-wrapped fists, before a brick wall and a ruined amphitheater.

Entellus and Dares

Marco Dente, 1520

Pencil sketch with grid lines showing a seated reading man, a reclining woman, and a woman with raised arm above.

Queen Katherine's Dream [recto]

William Blake after Henry Fuseli, c. 1804

Engraving of a bearded saint with a halo, holding a cross and a book, standing against a hatched background.

Saint Philip

Pencil sketch of a smiling young woman with curled hair, head turned in three-quarter view, by William Blake.

Wat Tyler's Daughter

William Blake, c. 1819

Pencil drawing of a bearded man with curled hair and a crown, labeled Canute, on pale paper.

King Canute

William Blake, c. 1819/1820

Pencil sketch of a robed figure with bowed head and swirling lines, with a small crouching figure at lower right.

Time's Triple Bow [recto]

William Blake, c. 1804/1807

Pencil sketch of a seated man, an infant in a basket, and two standing figures in a classical interior.

The Infant Hercules Throttling the Serpents

William Blake, 1790-1793

Pencil drawing of two human legs standing on a ground line, with a partial leg study beside them on aged paper.

Two Legs

William Blake, probably 1805/1810

Loose pencil sketch of a figure ascending among swirling cloud forms, with a handwritten inscription in the lower right.

A Figure Ascending in a Glory of Clouds (?)

William Blake, probably c. 1805

Pencil sketch of a decorative border with scrolling ornament and small figures, inscribed as a first sketch by William Blake.

An Armed Man Spurning a Woman [recto]

William Blake, c. 1790/1795

Pencil sketch of a bearded seated figure in long robes with outstretched arms, attributed to William Blake.

An Ascending Spiral of Figures [recto]

William Blake, probably c. 1820

Pencil sketch of a title page with decorative lettering reading Illustrations of the Book of Job, framed by winged figures.

Sketch for the Title-Page of the Engraved Illustrations to the Book of Job

William Blake, c. 1823/1826

Pen and ink drawing of The Last Judgment with a central enthroned figure, angels, rising souls and crowds of nude figures bel

The Last Judgment

William Blake, c. 1809

Grey wash drawing of Christ with an open book at a lectern, surrounded by scholars in a columned hall.

Christ Disputing with the Doctors

Unknown artist, c. 1600

Black-and-white woodcut of a screaming figure on a bridge under swirling skies, with a fjord and boats behind.

Geschrei (The Scream)

Edvard Munch, 1895

Woodcut bust portrait of a balding, wrinkled older man with a stubbled chin, shown in dense brown hatching on cream paper.

Bust of a Balding Man

Etched bust portrait of a man with curly hair, mustache and goatee, wearing a lace collar, by Anthony van Dyck.

Philippe le Roy, Lord of Ravels

Anthony van Dyck, probably 1626/1641

Etching of an elderly man in a dark room gazing at a glowing circular disc with letters, beside a leaded window and a table.

Faust

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1652

Man in a Fantastic Helmet

Unknown artist, c. 1470/1480

Mezzotint of two women seated in a landscape with an open book and a spaniel, after John Hoppner, 1797.

The Daughters of Sir Thomas Frankland

William Ward after John Hoppner, 1797

Engraved emblem of a tree of life with Christ at top, scripture texts on branches, skeleton and feast scenes in the trunk.

The Tree of Man's Life

Engraving of nude Hercules raising a club as a centaur grips him from behind beside a bare tree.

Hercules and Nessus

Marcantonio Raimondi, c. 1504/1509

Brown wash drawing of a rider on a flying horse above clouds and rocky hills, with figures below.

Rinaldo, Astride Baiardo, Flies Off in Pursuit of Angelica

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, c. 1795

Engraving of Christ facing a winged dragon-like demon before a rocky landscape and walled city.

The Temptation of Christ

Master LCz, c. 1500/1505

Engraving of Leda with a swan and cupids beside broken eggshells, with a ruined domed building and landscape behind.

Leda and the Swan

Giovanni Battista Palumba, c. 1510