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National Gallery of Art

14,495 works

Jules Dalou, 2nd plate

Alphonse Legros

Etching of an older man with a cane and a young woman with a basket walking beside tall trees on a rural path.

Stroll of the Convalescent (La promenade du convalescent)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of four figures and a standing woman gathered around a candlelit table in a dim, beamed interior.

Supper of the Poor (Le souper chez misere)

Alphonse Legros

Women of Brussels (Femmes de Bruges)

Alphonse Legros

Etched bust portrait of an older man with wavy hair and a cravat, shown in three-quarter view against a pale background.

Hector Berlioz

Alphonse Legros

Drawn portrait of an elderly bearded man with a pensive expression, shaded in soft pencil with hatched background.

Self-Portrait

Alphonse Legros

Etching of an old woodcutter seated by sticks in a forest, looking up at a skeletal figure of Death holding a staff.

Death and the Woodcutter, 4th plate (La mort et le bucheron)

Alphonse Legros, late 19th century

Hand-colored woodcut of women approaching a tomb while armored guards lie sleeping, with a city and hills behind.

Three Marys at the Tomb

Etching of a shaded covered street in Cairo with robed figures, turbans, seated vendors and hanging fabric canopies.

A Covered Street in Cairo (Eene overdekte straat in Cairo)

Hand-colored historical print with oval portrait of William Penn, surrounding scenes of his life, a treaty scene, and text pa

William Penn's History

Unknown artist

Hand-colored print of a large tree bearing labeled fruit of virtues, with a farmhouse, church, and family below.

Tree of Temperance

Unknown artist, 1848

Hand-colored print of uniformed officers in a surrender scene before a white tent, one officer offering a sword, with trees b

Surrender of Cornwallis: At York-Town Va. Oct. 1781

Nathaniel Currier, 1845

Etching of a seated man looking up at a Shakespearean-era figure holding its own head, with radiating light behind.

"But surely, Mr. Shakespeare, two heads is better than one"

Engraved portrait of a man in a fur hat holding a pink flower, after Jan van Eyck.

The Man with the Pink

Ferdinand Gaillard after Jan van Eyck

Lithograph of two men in dark coats on a town street, one holding a hoop, with houses and chimneys behind them.

"Ce qui se fait dans les meilleures societes"

Two men in caps and worn coats stand outdoors, one leaning in to speak confidentially to the other beside a stone wall.

Histoire d'en dire deux

Sketch of a white colonial church with a bell tower framed by tall trees along a sidewalk.

Colonial Church, Gloucester

Childe Hassam, 1918

Loose ink sketch of a busy city street with shopfronts, awnings, a lamppost, and pedestrians walking on the sidewalk.

Lafayette Street

Childe Hassam, 1918

Loose black crayon sketch of a crowded city avenue with flags hung from buildings and pedestrians along the street.

Avenue of the Allies

Childe Hassam, 1918

Etching of a large gnarled oak tree with spreading branches in an open landscape with smaller trees and shrubs beyond.

Wayside Inn - Oaks in Spring

Childe Hassam, 1926

Oval etched portrait of a young man with long hair in studded armor, resting his arm on a helmet, dated 1644.

Henry Colthurst

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a wide felt hat and fur-trimmed cloak, with inscriptions above and below.

Hans von Zurch, Goldsmith

Wenceslaus Hollar after Hans Holbein the Younger, 1647

Engraved portrait of a woman with curled hair and pearls holding a bouquet of flowers, with text beneath the image.

Margaret Lemon

Wenceslaus Hollar after Sir Anthony van Dyck, 1646

Engraved portrait of Henry van der Borcht, a man with curly hair and lace collar holding an open sketchbook.

Henry van der Borcht, Painter

Wenceslaus Hollar after Joannes Meyssens, 1648

Wood engraving of a woman blowing a dinner horn outside a cottage, with a cat and distant field workers.

The Dinner Horn

after Winslow Homer, published 1870

Engraved oval portrait of a woman in a lace ruff, framed by an ornate cartouche with a small battle scene below.

Louise de Coligny

Jacob Houbraken

Etching of a Gothic cathedral facade with carved portals, with a tall spire rising behind rooftops and two figures at right.

Gothic Night

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1926

Etching of a narrow Venetian canal with gondolas, Gothic doorways, brick palazzi and overhanging trees.

Rio delle Verona, Venice

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1912

Etching of a Gothic cathedral interior with tall piers, pointed arches, stained glass windows, and robed figures near the cho

Interior of Chartres

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1926

Etching of a domed church and bell towers over a canal, with gondolas, people on steps and a tall tree.

Towers and Gardens

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1922