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National Gallery of Art

14,495 works

Pencil drawing of a seated woman in a lace bonnet and ruffled gown playing a cittern, looking upward.

An Elegant Lady Playing a Cittern

Nathaniel Dance-Holland, 1770

Immaculate Conception

Majel G. Claflin, 1935/1942

Watercolor of a painted wooden statue of a standing woman in a red gown and black mantle on a pale base.

Unnamed Bulto

Majel G. Claflin, 1935/1942

Painted retablo of a robed religious figure holding a cross-topped staff, with a red border and hanging cord at top.

Retablo

Majel G. Claflin, 1935/1942

Watercolor of a small tapered ink bottle with a dark stained top and knob stopper, centered on a pale background.

Ink Bottle

John Jordan, c. 1936

Pie Plate and Cup Plate

Cora Parker, c. 1938

Watercolor of a glazed reddish-brown stoneware pickle jar with a mottled surface and wide rim on a cream background.

Pickle Jar

Fritz Boehmer, c. 1939

Woodcut of two muscular nude men wrestling, one lifting the other, with a rocky cave and distant castle town.

Hercules and Antaeus

Woodcut of Hercules wrestling the Nemean lion beside a tree and rocks, with a second lion in the background.

Hercules and the Nemean Lion

Watercolor drawing of a pale ceramic teapot with green floral sprigs on its body and a curved handle and spout.

Teapot

Thomas Holloway, c. 1936

Woodcut of a muscular bearded man draped in cloth, surrounded by flames and smoke, with weapons scattered below.

The Death of Hercules

Watercolor of a rustic wooden armchair with slatted back and plank seat on a pale background.

Chair

Majel G. Claflin, c. 1938

Woodcut of a muscular nude Hercules grappling with a bull while cattle crowd the wooded background, with a club on the ground

Hercules Carrying Off the Cattle of Geryon

Watercolor drawing of a carved wooden chair with stepped crest and horizontal panels, shown in three-quarter view.

Wooden Chair

Majel G. Claflin, c. 1939

Pen and ink sketch of a muscular warrior seen from behind, sword raised, with mounted soldiers in the upper right.

An Ancient Roman Warrior in Battle

François Hippolyte Lalaisse, 1830

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a hooded figure in a flowing cloak gesturing outward, on blue paper.

An Arab Rider on Camelback

François Hippolyte Lalaisse, 1840

Painted rendering of a tall highboy chest with brass pulls, shell carving, and cabriole legs on a cream background.

Highboy

Lawrence Phillips, c. 1939

Etching of robed figures and armed men with torches and staves confronting a haloed figure in a wooded landscape.

Jesus Confronting His Detractors

Wenceslaus Hollar

Painted study of a brown toy rooster with a red comb and dark tail feathers on a green rock base.

Toy Rooster

Mina Lowry, c. 1938

Etching of Jesus kneeling on the Mount of Olives as an angel appears above and armed men with torches approach.

Jesus on the Mount of Olives

Wenceslaus Hollar

Etching of armed men with torches seizing a robed figure before a rocky landscape and a tree at right.

Jesus Taken

Wenceslaus Hollar

Watercolor drawing of a Hepplewhite armchair with striped floral upholstery and a fabric swatch beside it.

Hepplewhite Arm Chair

Elizabeth Curtis, 1936

Etching of Jesus before Pilate, with a robed figure on a raised platform before a stone building and onlookers below.

Jesus before Pilate

Wenceslaus Hollar

Engraving of a seated high priest on a dais facing a bearded figure in an arched hall, with soldiers at left and women at a w

Jesus again before Caiaphas

Wenceslaus Hollar

Etching of a religious scene with a mitred clergyman, a robed figure with a staff, onlookers, and a German inscription banner

Jesus before Caiaphas

Wenceslaus Hollar

Etched interior showing a seated elder in a niche with a bound figure before him, surrounded by robed onlookers and candlesti

Jesus before Annas

Wenceslaus Hollar

Watercolor study of a stoneware jar with blue floral decoration and the inscription Coerlears Hook, with a New York label abo

Stoneware Jar

John Dana, c. 1953

Engraving of a seated judge washing his hands before an attendant, with a crowd and cross on the right.

The Washing of Hands

Wenceslaus Hollar

Etching of a bound man tied to a column being whipped by two men in an arched classical hall, with hooded onlookers.

The Scourging

Wenceslaus Hollar

Colored pencil drawing of a brass andiron with urn finial, fluted column, claw foot, and dark iron fire bar on cream paper.

Andiron

Max Schwartz, c. 1953