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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Woodcut of a mitred saint seated at a desk writing in a book, with a heart symbol in the upper right corner.

Saint Augustine

Master with the Banderoles, c. 1450/1460

Hand-colored print of a haloed saint reading while a monk lowers a basket, with a horned devil in the trees above.

Saint Benedict and the Monk Romanus

Master of St. Wolfgang, c. 1440/1450

Engraving of an ornate lidded goblet with cherub heads, scrollwork, and figural supports on a decorated pedestal foot.

Richly Embellished Goblet

Engraving of Saint Barbara with a tower, book and palm, framed by ornate foliate borders and a small medallion above.

Saint Barbara

Symmetrical ornamental print with two putti at top, two sirens with fish tails, and scrolling acanthus foliage on a dark grou

Upright Ornament with Two Sirens

Master of the Horse Heads

Engraving of a haloed woman in flowing robes holding a covered vessel, walking through a landscape with a castle.

The Magdalen

Master of the Die after Follower of Raphael

Engraving of Hercules driving a chained figure from a temple, with nude women, a soldier and Italian verse below.

Envy Driven from the Temple of the Muses

Master of the Die after Baldassare Peruzzi

Engraving of a naval battle with armored soldiers on galleys, nude figures in the bows, and churning sea waves below.

Naval Battle

Master of the Die after Giulio Romano

Engraving of Hercules raising a club above the crouching monster Cacus, with a lion-head shield on the ground.

Hercules and Cacus

Master of, c. 1515/1520

Engraving of the Holy Family seated in a landscape, with the Virgin nursing the child, Joseph standing by a tree, and a town

The Holy Family in a Landscape

Jan Rombouts the Elder, c. 1520/1535

Engraving of the Crucifixion with Christ center, two thieves on crosses, soldiers on horseback and kneeling mourners below.

The Mount of Calvary

Master I. A. M. of Zwolle, c. 1480

Black-and-white ornament print with a central oval of scrollwork, flowers, a butterfly, a dragonfly, and decorative borders.

Ornament

Round engraving of a woman riding a donkey through a forest while a man leads the animals, with an ox nearby.

The Flight into Egypt

Master L after Albrecht Dürer

Engraving of the Judgment of Paris: an armored figure holds an apple while three nude women stand before a seated man.

Judgment of Paris

Master IS, 1534

Engraving of the Nativity: Mary holds the Christ Child by a stable as Saint Joseph stands at right beneath an angel-filled sk

The Nativity

Master I.I.CA, c. 1500/1510

Engraving of a nude Hercules wrestling a lion beside a tree, with the lion's pelt draped over his shoulders.

Hercules Killing the Lion

Black-and-white ornamental print with scrolls, flowers, storks, a monkey, and a seascape with a grotesque figure in an oval.

Ornament with Grotesque

Master CR, 1616

Black-and-cream ornament print with a central scrolled rosette flanked by pendant and bracket designs, monogram AD below.

Ornament

Hand-colored woodcut of haloed Christ bound and scourged by two men with whips against a brick wall.

Scourging of Christ

Unknown artist, c. 1490

Pen and brown wash drawing of a haloed martyr seated beside a winged angel holding a bowl of roses.

Martyr with an Angel

Gray wash drawing of the Adoration of the Kings with the Virgin, Christ child, kneeling king, star and attendants.

The Adoration of the Kings [recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1600

Grayscale drawing of the Nativity with Mary and the Christ Child, shepherds, animals, and an angel in the sky above.

The Birth of Christ [verso]

Unknown artist, c. 1600

Etching of a rébus with a seated woman washing clothes in a tub, surrounded by letters in a circular frame, by Charles Meryon

Rébus: "Ci-gît la vendetta surannée" (Rebus: "Here Lies the Ancient Vendetta")

Charles Meryon, 1863

Pencil sketch of a wooden bridge over water with small figures and a sloping roof beside the riverbank.

Study for "Le Petit Pont"

Charles Meryon, probably c. 1850

Pencil drawing of a two-masted sailing boat on choppy water with a small rowboat, a distant sailboat, and a headland.

Chasse-maree au plus pres

Drawing of a man with curly hair and a stern expression wearing a woven cloak, in an oval vignette, inscribed Tikao.

Tikao, naturel d'Akaroa

Pencil and red chalk architectural study of a columned tomb with curved pediment and French measurement notes below.

Moliere's Tomb

Charles Meryon, probably c. 1854

Pencil drawing of a river dredge with a cabin and smokestack moored beside lighters and rowboats on calm water.

River Dredges and Lighters

Charles Meryon, probably c. 1850

Pencil sketch of a Seine boat's bow and deck with faint construction lines on a pale sheet.

Seine Boat for "Le Pont-au-Change"

Charles Meryon, probably c. 1854

Pencil sketch of a Paris cityscape with a gothic tower, domed building, and rows of rooftops and dormer windows.

College Henri IV

Charles Meryon, 1863