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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Oval mezzotint portrait of a man in lace cravat and studded armour, with curled wig, under the caption The Duke of Somerset.

Charles Seymour, Sixth Duke of Somerset

John Smith after Jan van der Vaart

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man with curly hair, lace collar and ornate chain, inscribed Robertus Car Comes Somerset.

Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset

Engraved double portrait of a man and woman in Jacobean dress on a checkered floor, with a coat of arms above.

The Portraitures of Robert, Earl of Somerset and Lady Frances Howard

Renold Elstrack, published 1618

Engraved portrait of the Earl and Countess of Somerset in period costume, with ruffs, a feathered hat and an ornate headdress

Earl and Countess of Somerset, Accomplices inthe Murder of Sir Thomas Overbury

George Cruikshank

Engraved oval portrait of a long-haired man in dark dress and white collar, with printed title beneath, after Samuel Cooper.

Thomas Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton

Edward Harding after Samuel Cooper, published 1794

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar and dark cloak, with Latin and French inscriptions.

Sir Richard Spencer, Ambassador to Holland

Hendrick Hondius

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in ornate armor and ruffled collar, with a plumed helmet beside him.

Ambroise Spinola, Spanish General in the Low Countries

Jan Muller after Michiel van Miereveld, 1615

Engraved allegory with a reclining bearded man, skeleton, winged figures and a woman in an oval portrait frame at right.

Bartholomew and Christina Spranger

Aegidius Sadeler

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curly hair, lace collar and cloak, framed by ribbon ornament and a coat of arms.

Robert Stafford of Bradfield, Berks

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in dark dress and white collar, with Latin inscription and Dutch verse below.

Johannes Stalpard

Willem Jacobsz Delff after Johan Dircksz van Nes

Engraved oval portrait of an older bearded man in a biretta and fur-collared cloak, inscribed Thomas Stapleton, within ornate

Thomas Stapleton, D.D.

Léonard Gaultier

Engraved oval portrait of Joannes Steinbergius in a dark coat and white collar, with Latin inscriptions, 1652.

Joannes Steinbergius

Crispijn de Passe II, 1652

Stephen, King of England

Renold Elstrack, published 1618

Engraved bust portrait of a man with curly hair and mustache in armor and lace collar, inscribed Thomas Wentworth.

Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford

Johann Reinhold Schildknecht after Sir Anthony van Dyck

Engraved oval portrait of a man in armor with a lace collar, surrounded by inscriptions in Latin and Dutch.

Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford

Claes Janszoon Visscher II

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar and fur-trimmed robe, with a Latin inscription below.

Joannes Sturmius

Hendrick Hondius, 1603

Engraved portrait of Thomas Howard in a tall hat and ruff, framed by cherubs, a coat of arms and an inscription panel.

Thomas Howard, First Earl of Suffolk

Renold Elstrack

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded older man in a fur-trimmed robe and ruff collar, with Latin inscriptions around the frame

Thomas Sutton, Founder of the Charterhouse

Willem de Passe and Magdalena de Passe, published 1620

Engraved portrait of an elderly archbishop in an oval frame, flanked by allegorical women and putti in a baroque setting.

Joannes Swicardus, Archbishop of Maguntino

Peter Isselburg, 1606

Engraved portrait of a bearded man with a ruffled collar and skullcap, gesturing with one hand, dated 1624.

Jan Pieter Swelinck, Dutch Composer and Organist

Jan Müller, 1624

Engraved portrait of a cardinal in an oval frame with allegorical figures, coat of arms, and Latin inscription.

Francis Sylvestri, Cardinal

Aegidius Sadeler, 1604

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a striped turban and embroidered robe, with Latin and Arabic inscriptions.

Synal Chaen, Persian Ambassador to Court of Rudolph II

Aegidius Sadeler

Engraved portrait of a bearded older man in a skullcap, seated with an open book, hourglass and pipe, with inscribed verses b

Elias Taddel

Crispijn de Passe II

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar holding a book, within an ornamental inscribed frame.

William Teelinck

Pieter de Jode I after Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne, 1621

Engraved oval portrait of Archbishop Thomas Tenison in clerical robes, framed by a laurel wreath with a mitre and coat of arm

Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury

Pieter van der Banck after Mary Beale, 1695

Engraved oval portrait of John Tillotson in clerical dress, with acanthus frame and inscribed cartouche below.

John Tillotson

Abraham Blooteling after Sir Peter Lely

Engraved oval portrait of a long-haired bearded man in armor and lace collar, surrounded by heraldic shields and weapons.

Johann Tzerklas, Count of Tilly

Lucas Emil Vorsterman or Lucas Vorsterman II

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in armor and a ruff collar, with smoke and stone wall behind him, after Van Dyck.

Johann Tzerklas, Count of Tilly

Pieter de Jode I after Sir Anthony van Dyck, 1641

Engraved portrait of an elderly bearded man in a fur cap and fur-trimmed cloak, with Latin inscriptions above and below.

Titian

Agostino Carracci, 1587

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded older man in a ruff collar, with Latin border text and a Dutch caption below.

Harboldus van Tombergen

Willem Jacobsz Delff after Michiel van Miereveld, 1619

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a lace ruff, set within a decorative cartouche with lettered inscription.

Johannes Torrentius, Dutch Painter

Jan van de Velde II after Simon de Passe, 1628

Engraved portrait of a seated woman in an embroidered gown reading a sheet of music, with a cross necklace and dark backgroun

Mlle. Lavergne

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a ruff, flanked by allegorical women, bulls and a Latin verse panel below.

Georg Tradel

Dominicus Custos, 1605

Botanical plate of Lactuca perennis showing a flowering stem with buds and a rosette of deeply toothed leaves in sepia tones.

Lactuca Perennis

Johann Hieronymus Kniphof, 1757

Engraved oval portrait of a man with long wavy hair and mustache in a lace collar, with French verse below.

Tristan, the Hermit

Pierre Daret, 1648

Botanical plate of Hieracium cymosum showing a flowering stem with branched flower clusters and a rosette of leaves with root

Hieracium Cymosum

Johann Hieronymus Kniphof, 1757

Etched bust portrait of a man with curly hair, mustache and white collar, by Jan Lievens.

Martin Harpertzoon Tromp

Sepia botanical print of a spiny thistle with a large flower head, a side bud and prickly leaves.

Carduus Maarianus

Johann Hieronymus Kniphof, 1757

Engraved portrait of a bearded older man in a ruff collar and dark gown, hands resting on a ledge, with Latin caption.

William Tyndale, Protestant Reformer and Martyr

Willem de Passe and Magdalena de Passe, published 1620

Sepia botanical print of a spiny thistle with two fluffy flower heads and prickly lance-shaped leaves on a long stem.

Carduus Lanceolatus

Johann Hieronymus Kniphof, 1757

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar, framed by an ornate cartouche with lettering.

Johannes Utenbogaert

Willem Jacobsz. Delff

Engraved botanical plate of a bracken fern frond, Pteris aquilina, with a long stem and divided leaflets on pale paper.

Pteris Aquilina

Johann Hieronymus Kniphof, 1757

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a skullcap and lace ruff, with Dutch verse printed below the image.

Johannes Uytenbogaert

Hand-colored engraving of a crow in a tree, a gazelle running, and a rat near a tortoise in a pink cloth.

Le corbeau, la gazelle, la tortue et le rat (The Crow, the Gazelle, the Tortoise, and

Pierre Quentin Chedel, 1759

Engraved oval portrait of an older man with white hair and a white collar, with inscriptions framing the image.

Johann Valentin Maier

Jakob von Sandrart, 1668

Hand-colored engraving of a cormorant holding a fish in a river, with a stone bridge and buildings behind.

Les poissons et le cormoran (The Fish and theCormorant)

Pierre Quentin Chedel, 1759

Engraved oval portrait of Marguerite de Valois in a lace ruff and pearl necklace, with inscription around the frame.

Marguerite de Valois, Wife of Henry of Navarre

Hand-colored engraving of vultures attacking pigeons near a tree and a building on a hillside, from a fable illustration.

Les vautours et les pigeons (Vultures and Pigeons)

Pierre Quentin Chedel, 1756

Engraving of a hair-covered figure with a ruffled collar standing behind a keyboard instrument, with German text below.

Barbara van Beck

after Isaac Brun

Engraving of a bearded woman seated at a harpsichord beside a seated dog and classical columns.

Barbara van Beck, A Bearded Lady

after Isaac Brun

Hand-colored print of a cat caught in a net beside a waterfall, with a rat and an owl perched in a fir tree.

Le chat et le rat (The Cat and the Rat)

Pierre Quentin Chedel, 1756

Engraved bust portrait of a bearded man in a flat cap and fur-trimmed robe, with a Latin caption below.

Richard Vaughan, Bishop of London

Willem de Passe and Magdalena de Passe, published 1620

Engraved oval portrait of a man with shoulder-length hair and a white collar, with a Latin inscription below.

Francis le Mothe le Vayer

Engraved portrait of a man in a powdered wig and velvet cloak, with a verse inscription below, by Jean Daullé.

Michel Baron

Jean Daullé, 1732

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a black cap and pleated ruff, with his hands resting on a book.

Octavio van Veen

Joannes Meyssens

Engraved oval portrait of Louis XV in armor with a sash, hair tied back, on a stone pedestal labeled Louis Quinze.

Louis XV

Jean Daullé, 1737

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a fur-collared doublet, framed by an ornate cartouche on a stone pedestal.

Pietro Antonio Tolentino

Agostino Carracci, c. 1585-1590

Engraved oval portrait of Amerigo Vespucci in a cap and cloak, with a Latin inscription ring and emblems.

Amerigo Vespucci

Crispijn de Passe I, 1598

Engraved oval portrait of Louis XV in armor with a sash and curled wig, set in a scrolled cartouche.

Louis XV

Jean Daullé, 1738

Engraved oval portrait of a man in armor and lace collar within an ornate cartouche, labeled Victor Amedee Duc de Savoye.

Victor Amedeo I, Duke of Savoy

Attributed to Pierre-Jean Mariette

Etching of a rocky wooded landscape with a grotto, waterfall, pool, and small figures on the cliffs.

Veue de quelques Grottes solitaires de la Thebaide

Pierre Quentin Chedel

Engraved oval portrait of an elderly bearded man in a ruff collar, framed by flowers, putti and a coat of arms.

Johann Volckamer

Bartholomäus Kilian

Etching of a ruined tower and broken walls framing a distant hilly landscape, with a figure with a staff in the foreground.

Veue des ruines d'une Tour qu'on dit avoir ete batie par les Romains

Pierre Quentin Chedel

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar and fur-trimmed robe, framed by allegorical figures and Latin inscri

Martin de Vos

Aegidius Sadeler II after Joseph Heintz the Elder