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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Lithograph theatre poster with a pale figure and reaching hand emerging from a large dark shape, with cast lists in print.

La Fille d'Artaban; La Nébuleuse; Dialogue inconnu

Louis Anquetin, 1896

Lithograph of a satyr playing pipes beside a cherub and a goat in a wooded setting within an ornate octagonal frame.

Le Talion; La Cage; Ceux qui restent; Fortune

Louis Anquetin, 1898

Tan and gray print of embracing figures and a kneeling man before a stone arch, with a woman on a parapet above.

Two Shepherds and a Boy

John Skippe, 1781-1783

Brown lithograph of a nude male figure dancing mid-motion beside a shrub, encircled by swirling clouds.

Dancing Nude

Louis Anquetin, 1897

Red chiaroscuro print of a man placing his hand in a fire at an altar while armoured soldiers and robed figures look on.

Mucius Scaevola Putting his Hand in a Fire

Anton Maria Zanetti I after Parmigianino, 1720s

Ink and watercolor drawing of a standing woman beside a pale horse and a red lizard, with handwritten French text above.

Nave Nave Fenua

Paul Gauguin, probably 1894

Two-panel lithograph in brown ink by Jules Chéret, one panel with a winged figure and banner, the other with a man near a cro

La Fille Élisa; Conte de Noël

Jules Chéret, 1890

Brown woodcut print with a woman's flowing hair in swirling lines, two figures below, and the inscribed title Te Faruru.

Te Faruru (They are Making Love Here)

Paul Gauguin, 1894/1895

Japanerin im Winterkleid (Japanese Woman in Winter Dress)

Emil Orlik, 1901

Brown-toned print of a reclining figure, a candle, shadowy figures, and a radiant sun with a face in the upper left.

Te Po (The Long Night)

Paul Gauguin, 1894/1895

Lithograph of two girls seated on a bench in a dim wooden barn, with a figure visible through a doorway on the right.

Untitled (2 girls in a barn)

Daniel A. Wehrschmidt, 1917

Dark woodcut print of swirling waves and figures, with pale lines and red accents, inscribed L'Univers est créé.

The Universe is Created (L'Univers est créé)

Paul Gauguin, c. 1894

Etching of a crowd of raised arms and tools surging forward, with a dark banner at right and a pale flying figure above.

Revolt (Aufruhr)

Käthe Kollwitz, 1899

Engraving of nude smiths hammering at an anvil in a stone forge, with Venus and Cupid at the right.

Venus at Vulcan's Forge

Etching of a young girl's head and shoulders, turned slightly left, with dark hair and fine hatched shading.

Head of a Young Girl (Tete de jeune fille)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of robed singers gathered at a lit lectern with an open book in a dim church interior.

Spanish Singers (Les chantres espagnols)

Alphonse Legros, 1865

Etching of two cloaked men beside a stone doorway, one looking upward and the other bowing his head.

Saint Peter and Saint Paul in the Door of M. Richard (St. Pierre et St. Paul a la porte de M. Richard

Alphonse Legros

Etched bust portrait of an elderly bearded man with a bald crown, turned three-quarters, on pale paper.

G.F. Watts, R.A.

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a sunlit hillside with a leaning tree on the left, grassy slope, rocky ledge, and pale sky.

Farm on a Hillside in Sunlight (La ferme du coteau; Effet de soleil sur le coteau)

Alphonse Legros

Brown and grey wash drawing of cattle, deer, a milkmaid and herdsman in a meadow beneath large trees.

A Meadow with Cattle and Deer

Francis Barlow, 1684

Chalk drawing of a bearded head of Christ wearing a crown of thorns, gazing upward, with white highlights on tan paper.

Head of Christ

Johann Ulrich Mayr, 1670

Etching of a marsh with a still pool, reeds, shrubs and trees beneath a wide, empty sky.

Marsh (Les marais)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of an elderly bearded man seated and leaning forward, hands clasped, rendered in dense cross-hatched lines.

Paralytic (Le paralytique)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of an elderly man writing at a desk beside a lit candle, with dense hatched shadows around him.

Archeologist (L'archeologue)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of slender birch trees along a riverbank with reflections in still water beneath a pale sky.

Birch Trees: Water's Edge Seen in Morning Light (Les bouleaux: Bord de l'eau, effet du matin

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a bent figure carrying a long log through a dark wooded landscape toward a bright opening of light.

Return to the Cottage (Le retour a la chaumiere)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a crumbling stone arch partly hidden by overgrown shrubs, with a path and distant ruins under a pale sky.

Roman Ruin (Ruine romaine)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a rainy forest scene with dark trees, foliage and diagonal rain falling through light at upper right.

Memories of Fountainebleau in the Rain (Souvenir de Fountainebleau (Effet de pluie))

Alphonse Legros

Etching of slender trees framing a bright sunrise opening in a dense woods, with crosshatched undergrowth.

Sunrise, Woods of Clamard (Lever du soleil, bois de Clamard)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a ruined stone tower and an arched wall behind windswept pine trees, with birds flying across the sky.

Ruins of a Monastery (Les ruines du monastere)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a wide rolling plain with hedgerows, fields, a distant tree line, and small figures in the foreground.

Plain (La plaine)

Alphonse Legros

Misty mountain valley with two figures leaning over rocks at right, drawn in soft washes of blue, ochre and grey.

Mountain Landscape with two Figures at the Right

Alphonse Legros, 1905

Etching of a figure in a hat walking a shaded forest path beside tall trees, with an opening of light sky on the right.

Return from the Plowing (Le retour de labourage)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of an elderly bald man with a long beard, head bent over an open book he is reading.

Study of the Head of a Man Reading (Etude de tete d'homme lisant)

Alphonse Legros

Etched portrait of an elderly bearded man with bowed head, rendered in dense crosshatched lines on a dark ground.

Victor Hugo, 2nd plate

Alphonse Legros

Etching of an elderly man asleep in an armchair beside an open book, with a window and cross-hatched background.

Convalescent (Le convalescent)

Alphonse Legros

Soft grey print of a misty woodland with tall trees framing an open sky and a sloping path in the foreground.

Landscape: Morning Mist (Paysage: Brumes du matin)

Alphonse Legros

Self-Portrait, 10th plate

Alphonse Legros, 1905

Self-Portrait, 13th plate

Alphonse Legros, 1906

Designs for Two Spoons and a Dog Whistle

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1539

Pen and brown wash drawing of the biblical flood with figures on rocks, an ark, a crowded boat, and storm clouds.

The Flood

Georg Pencz, 1530

Pen drawing of a seated bishop saint with a mitre, halo, crozier and book, with dense hatched robes.

Saint Nicholas

Watercolor of a flowering garden with pink and purple blooms, a lawn, trees, and a house in the distance.

Parmelee Estate in Bloom

Dora Louise Murdoch, 1920

Watercolor of two moored sailing ships with rigging at a harbor dock, with waterfront buildings and a smokestack behind.

Ships at the Dock

Dora Louise Murdoch, 1893

Watercolor of a formal garden with hedges, a stone urn, flower beds, a small pavilion, and tall trees under a pale sky.

Parmelee Garden

Dora Louise Murdoch, 1920

Charcoal sketch on brown paper of about nine heads in varied expressions, signed George Luks in the lower left.

Ten Heads

George Luks, 1905

Charcoal sketch of figures walking a path beneath a shady canopy of trees, with a bench at the right.

Under the Trees

Pastel drawing of children with baskets queuing outside a glowing bakery window labeled BAKERY.

Breadline

George Luks, 1900

Watercolor of a sunlit room with a seated figure in a blue armchair, a flower bouquet on a table, and blue vases by the windo

Self-Portrait: Interior of My New York Apartment

George Luks, 1927

Loose watercolor sketch of an elderly bearded man in a hat holding a red Bible, inscribed by George Luks, 1919.

The Man with the Red Bible

George Luks, 1919

Watercolor of a thatched hut with a seated man holding a child in the doorway, chickens in the yard, and a palm tree.

Hut in Trinidad

Man in Top Hat, Smoking a Cigar

Charcoal and chalk sketch of a young cadet in a military cap and buttoned uniform against a gray-blue ground.

The Cadet

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a standing man in a suit and bow tie holding a briefcase on grey paper.

Standing Man

Graphite study of a young child with bangs and shoulder-length hair, head and shoulders turned toward the viewer.

Study for "Portrait of Esther Haydin"

Robert Vonnoh, 1886

Engraving of five seated women in a candlelit interior by a fireplace, one reading, with oil lamps on a table.

Les Vierges sages, Nul vain objet...

Pencil sketch of two women in a theater box, one holding an open fan, with a balcony rail and flower basket above.

The Loge [recto]

Mary Cassatt, 1882

Etching of a moored rowboat with oars on a grassy canal bank, with tall trees and reflections in still water.

Canal Seen by Morning Light (Le canal: Effet du matin)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of two tall pine trees in the foreground above shaded, hatched hills under a pale open sky.

Sunset (Coucher du soleil)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of two elderly beggars seated together, a bearded man holding a walking stick and a woman in a headscarf beside a bas

Two Beggars (Les deux mendiants)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of rolling hills dotted with shrubs and grasses under an empty sky, signed A. Legros in the lower right.

Banks of the Yanne (Les bords de la Yanne)

Alphonse Legros, late 19th century

Etching of a thatched cottage, tree and wooden cart on a dirt road, with fields and a distant village receding to the right.

Wheelwright's Home (La maison du charron)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a wide rural landscape with two figures on a foreground hill, shrubs, and a distant ruin under an open sky.

Prospect (Le point de vue)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a grassy hillside with a small figure and tall trees under a cloudy sky.

The House of the Well (La maison du puits)

Alphonse Legros