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National Gallery of Art

14,495 works

Engraved architectural study of a Corinthian entablature and column with measurements and Latin inscription, 1537.

Entablature from the Basilica Ulpia, Rome

Master PS, 1537

Engraved architectural study of Corinthian entablature moldings with measurement numbers and a Latin inscription, dated 1537.

Entablature from the Church of Saint Bibiana, Rome

Master PS, 1537

Engraved architectural study of a Corinthian capital and entablature with measurement notes and Latin inscription, 1537.

Entablature from the Temple of Castor and Pollux, Rome

Master PS, 1537

Engraved architectural study of a Corinthian entablature with a griffin and acanthus scrolls, labeled with measurements.

Entablature from the Temple of Antoninus and Faustina, Rome

Master PS, 1537

Engraving of a Corinthian capital with acanthus leaves and scrolls, labelled Corinthio with a measurement scale, 1535.

Capitals from the Baths of Antoninus, Rome

Master PS, 1535

Engraved architectural study of layered Corinthian entablature moldings with acanthus, volutes and handwritten measurements,

Entablature from the Temple of Vespasian, Rome

Master PS, 1537

Engraving of two bearded saints with halos in an arched frame; one holds a key, the other an open book and an X-shaped cross.

Saints Peter and Andrew

Israhel van Meckenem, c. 1480/1485

Engraving of a seated laurel-crowned woman with a ruler, as a winged putto points to an alphabet tablet.

Grammar

Engraving of a laurel-crowned seated woman holding a scroll, with a winged putto holding balance scales beside her.

Dialectic

Engraving of a seated woman calculating on a table while a winged cherub holds a slate, with weights and a ruler nearby.

Arithmetic

Engraving of a woman playing a pipe organ while a cherub stands beside her, with a violin and a label reading MUSICA.

Music

Engraving of a seated laurel-crowned woman with a winged child using compasses, with geometric solids on the floor.

Geometry

Engraving of a seated woman pointing to stars beside a globe, with a winged putto holding an armillary sphere, titled Astrolo

Astrology

Etched frontispiece with a skeleton in a jester cap, a nude woman labeled Vérité, and framed street scenes, Paris, 1864.

Frontispiece: The Dregs of Society (Las bas-fonds de la societe)

Félicien Rops, 1864

Etching of a rooster on a signpost above two muscular figures holding torches and money bags, with a caged bird and skulls be

The Red Iron (Le Fer Rouge)

Félicien Rops, 1871

Etching of a gothic night scene with demons, a crescent moon, an open book titled Gaspard de la Nuit, and a scroll.

Gaspard de la Nuit

Félicien Rops, 1868

Etching of a seated woman in a headscarf peeling potatoes beside a wooden bucket and a basket of potatoes.

The Little Potato Peeler (La petite peleuse de pommes de terre)

Woodcut of Saint Jerome writing at a desk in an arcaded interior, with a lion, two doves, and a landscape beyond.

Saint Jerome Writing

Hans Springinklee, 1522

Color lithograph of a dim interior with a draped curtain, gilded frame, and dark seated figures in greens and yellows.

A Gallery in the Gymnasium (Une galerie au gymnase)

Edouard Vuillard, published 1900

Chalk drawing on tan paper of a woman's head and bust, with curled hair, a feathered hat and a tied ribbon at the neck.

Head and Bust of a Woman

Joshua Reynolds

Engraving of the crucified Christ with the Virgin Mary and Saint John below, angels holding scrolls above, and a skull at the

Christ on the Cross with the Virgin and Saint John

Hans Brosamer, 1542

Engraving of Saint Christopher wading a river carrying the Christ Child on his shoulder, with a church and mountains behind.

Saint Christopher

Master MZ, 1500

Vincenzio Piombi

Jean-Baptiste Wicar

Medieval manuscript page with gold illuminated initial showing Moses with crowned men, beside two columns of black Latin text

Moses Counting the Children of Israel

Unknown artist, c. 1270

Illuminated page of an enthroned bearded patriarch holding a child, surrounded by robed figures, palms, and corner medallions

Paradise with Christ in the Lap of Abraham

Unknown artist, c. 1239

Medieval illuminated page of the Nativity with angels above and six Dominican monks kneeling in arches below, on gold and blu

The Nativity with Six Dominican Monks

Master of Imola, 1265/1274

Manuscript page with red staff lines, black square notation, gothic text, and a red and blue decorated initial letter.

Death of Saint Benedict

Fra Gregorio Mutii da Montalcino, 1390/1395

Grey wash drawing of a man and two children at a doorway looking up at three winged figures flying over a hut.

Peter and His Children Visited by Three Flying Figures

Thomas Stothard, 1783

Pen and wash sheet of figure studies with a central grey vignette of a seated man and a standing woman in a gown.

Design for a Book Illustration of Circe and Odysseus [recto]

Thomas Stothard, 1803

Sheet of Studies

Thomas Stothard