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National Gallery of Art

14,495 works

Red chalk head study of a young figure in a white headscarf and high collar, turned three-quarters, by Alphonse Legros, 1904.

Young Peasant (Jeune paysanne)

Alphonse Legros, 1904

Etched portrait of an elderly cardinal in a cape and skullcap, seated with hands resting on a closed book.

His Eminence Cardinal Manning, 1st plate

Alphonse Legros

Reading of the Office of the Day (La lecture de l'office)

Alphonse Legros, 1868

Head of an English Laborer (Tete d'ouvrier anglais (Le berger))

Alphonse Legros

Etching of two women in dark shawls and headscarves beside a wicker basket in a dim interior.

Egg-sellers, 2nd plate (Les marchandes d'oeufs)

Alphonse Legros

Philospher (Le philosophe)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a riverbank with two trees in the foreground, a seated fisherman, and a distant house with smoke.

Banks of the Oise (Bord de l'Oise)

Alphonse Legros

Etched portrait of an elderly bearded man with wavy hair, looking downward with a solemn expression.

Tolstoy

Alphonse Legros

Black and white print of Christ on the cross with the Virgin Mary and Saint John standing beside him in a landscape.

Christ on the Cross between the Virgin and Saint John

Gabriel Zehender, 1517

Pencil portrait of an elderly man with long white hair and a full beard, signed A. Legros in the lower right corner.

H.W. Longfellow, 2nd plate

Alphonse Legros

Engraving of three draped women beside a bearded man holding an infant above a flaming altar, with a tree at left.

Large Sacrifice to Priapus

Jacopo de' Barbari, c. 1499/1501

Print of an ornate altarpiece with the Virgin and Child in the center, saints in side niches, and God the Father above.

Altarpiece with the Beautiful Virgin of Regensburg and Saints Christopher, Mary Magdalene, Florian, and Catherine Sta…

Albrecht Altdorfer, c. 1520

Hand-colored print of the seated Man of Sorrows, surrounded by six roundels showing scenes of the Passion under an ornate arc

Christ as the Man of Sorrows

Unknown artist, 16th century

Illuminated manuscript page with a haloed saint writing at a desk in an arched frame, surrounded by colorful floral borders.

Saint John

Unknown artist, c. 1425/1435

Illuminated manuscript page showing Saint Luke writing at a desk beside an ox, framed by blue and red floral borders.

Saint Luke

Unknown artist, c. 1425/1435

Illuminated manuscript page showing Saint Mark writing beside a lion, framed by colorful flowers, leaves and birds.

Saint Mark

Unknown artist, c. 1425/1435

Miniature of Saint Matthew writing at a desk with an angel beside him, framed by ornate red, blue and gold foliage.

Saint Matthew

Unknown artist, c. 1425/1435

Saint in green patterned robe holding a gridiron, painted on gold leaf within a red and blue decorated initial border.

Saint Lawrence

Master of the Murano Gradual, 1440/1450

Albrecht Durer

Pieter van der Heyden, 1527

Illuminated manuscript page showing the Crucifixion with Christ flanked by two haloed figures in blue robes, above Latin text

The Crucifixion

Unknown artist, late 12th century

Chiaroscuro woodcut of Emperor Maximilian I on horseback in armor, with a plumed helmet and eagle banner behind him.

Emperor Maximilian I

Hans Burgkmair, 1508/1518

Chiaroscuro woodcut in red-brown ink showing a winged figure striding past a collapsing man in a Renaissance courtyard.

The Lovers Surprised by Death

Hans Burgkmair, 1510

Woodcut of the Virgin Mary with a star crown and halo holding the infant Christ among clouds, with a heraldic shield below.

Virgin and Child in the Clouds

Hans Baldung Grien

Illuminated manuscript page with the Annunciation in a large initial D, angel and Virgin in blue, gold floral borders.

The Annunciation to the Virgin

Belbello da Pavia, 1450/1460

Etching of Christ raising Lazarus from a tomb as a crowd of onlookers gathers around, with figures in the upper background.

The Raising of Lazarus

Jacques Bellange, c. 1612-1616

Etched fragment with cursive verse, a reclining figure, a winged form and scrollwork border, after William Blake's 1793 print

Restrike from fragment of cancelled plate for "A Prophecy"

William Blake, 1793

Etching of a bearded man's head with curling hair, eyes lowered, and a wooden cross form at lower left.

Head of Saint John the Baptist

Jr Thomas Butts

Etching of Christ kneeling to wash an apostle's feet before a group of robed onlookers in a street with ruined columns.

Christ Washing the Feet of the Apostles

Jacques Callot, c. 1624/1625

Erasmus of Rotterdam

Hieronymus Hopfer

Etching of the Last Supper with Christ at center table, apostles seated around, servants at edges, under a stone arch with a

The Last Supper

Jacques Callot, c. 1624/1625