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National Gallery of Art

14,495 works

Red chalk drawing of the Virgin and Child appearing on clouds to a kneeling monk, with angels above.

The Vision of Simon Stock

Pietro da Pietri, 1680

Engraving of a gardener with a shovel, a boy watering plants, and a gentleman in a tricorn hat beside a large tree.

Chacun respecte le travail des autres, afin que le sien soit en sûreté

Pierre-Philippe Choffard after Jean-Michel Moreau, 1777/1779

Engraving of two men under a leaning tree gazing at a river valley, village and mountains beneath a cloudy sky.

La nature étaloit à nos yeux toute sa magnificence

Jean-Baptiste Blaise Simonet after Jean-Michel Moreau, 1778

Engraving of a thatched hut where feathered figures meet armed European men in plumed hats, with a palm tree outside.

La découverte du nouveau monde

Pierre Duflos after Jean-Michel Moreau

Engraving of a woman sealing a letter by candlelight while a man holds the candle, with a dog and curtain in the room.

Dame cachetant une lettre (Lady Sealing a Letter)

Etienne Fessard, 1738

Engraving of a dying woman in a canopy bed as a man and two women react in grief beside her.

Mort de Julie

Nicolas Delaunay after Jean-Michel Moreau

Engraving of a salon scene: a seated woman with a dog, a girl and boy beside a birdcage, with a title panel below.

La cage symbolique (The Symbolic Cage)

Etienne Fessard, 1738

Woodcut of two haloed saints, one with a pilgrim staff and one holding an arrow, in an arcade with mountains behind.

Saint Roch and Saint Sebastian

Hans Leonhard Schäufelein, 1510

Sepia oval portrait of an elderly man in a powdered wig, framed by an engraved laurel wreath with a ribbon at the base.

James Nares

William Ward, c. 1780-1810

Etched self-portrait of a man in a wide-brimmed hat and bow tie, with curly hair and mustache, by James McNeill Whistler.

Self-Portrait

James McNeill Whistler, 1859

Engraving of the Virgin holding the Christ Child on a crescent, surrounded by radiating lines and a halo, dated 1520.

The Virgin and Child on the Crescent

Sebald Beham, 1520

Brown-toned drawing of a bearded older man with lowered eyes, lit by white chalk highlights on a warm ground.

Head of a Man, Full Face

Alphonse Legros

Drawing of a bearded man's head and shoulders in black chalk and colored crayon on orange paper, gazing forward.

Head of a Man (Possible Portrait of Professor E.D. Adams)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a cloaked man seated beside an overturned wooden cart with a broken wheel on grassy ground.

Broken Cart (La charette brisee)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of an elderly man seated with bowed head beneath a large, shadowed bare tree with spreading branches.

Old man, Old Tree (Vieil homme, vieil arbre)

Alphonse Legros

Woodcut of the risen Christ on a tomb holding a banner, with sleeping armored soldiers below and a tree and castle in the bac

The Resurrection

Lucas Cranach the Elder, in or before 1509

Woodcut of the Entombment of Christ, with mourners lowering the body into a stone tomb beneath an angel and trees.

The Entombment

Lucas Cranach the Elder, in or before 1509

Engraving of a gnarled tree beside a rock arch, with a mountain and distant town in the valley below.

The Gate in the Rocks

Hanns Lautensack, 1554

Woodcut of Christ carrying the cross, crowned with thorns, among armored soldiers and a crowd in an arched hall.

Christ Bearing the Cross

Lucas Cranach the Elder, in or before 1509

Woodcut of nude Christ with crown of thorns displayed to a crowd and armored soldiers before a banner-hung wall.

Ecce Homo

Lucas Cranach the Elder, in or before 1509

Etched portrait of a bearded man in a jacket, with dark vertical hatching behind him and a signature at lower right.

Florestan Mionnet

Alphonse Legros

Etched portrait of an elderly bearded man seated in a buttoned jacket, hands resting on his knees.

Old man seated (Vieillard assis)

Alphonse Legros

Pen and brown wash drawing of an elderly bearded man in a robe, seated and leaning forward, hands resting on a round object.

Beggar with Crutches

Alphonse Legros

Woodcut of two mercenaries with a skeleton in a tree above, a hourglass, a seated woman, and a town with mountains behind.

Two Mercenaries and a Woman

Engraved portrait of a bearded older man in a wide-brimmed hat and fur-trimmed robe, with a Latin caption below.

Josias Simler

Dietrich Meyer the Elder

Engraved print of the Lamentation: grieving figures support Christ's body beneath a cross inscribed INRI.

The Lamentation

Unknown artist, c. 1470/1480

Hand-colored print of Saint Maurice in armor holding a spear and a cross banner, with an inscription border and a landscape b

Saint Maurice

Unknown artist, c. 1480/1490

Illuminated manuscript initial showing a birth scene above and a haloed man with a book teaching a group below.

Birth and Naming of John the Baptist

Unknown artist, late 13th century

Woodcut bookplate with two winged putti holding a heraldic shield marked P S, inscribed PIERSANTI, in an ornate frame.

Two Putti with Shield Inscribed Pier Santi

Unknown artist, 16th century

Woodcut of Saint John the Baptist seated with a lamb, a cross-topped staff, an open book, and a haloed head against radiating

Saint John the Baptist

Hans Baldung Grien, 1517