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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Black and cream print of a nude bather bending forward on a dark rocky shore, with clothes and wooden shoes at his feet.

Breton Bathers (Baigneuses Bretonnes)

Paul Gauguin, 1889, published after 1900

Etching of women in period dresses tossing a figure in striped clothing from a stretched cloth, with an animal form beneath.

Disparate femenino (Feminine Folly)

Francisco Goya, in or after 1816

Engraving of the Annunciation: an angel with a scroll reading AVE GRATIA faces the seated Virgin Mary in an interior.

The Annunciation

Israhel van Meckenem after Hans Holbein the Elder, c. 1490/1500

Medieval manuscript page with Latin chant text, square notation on red staff lines, and a blue decorated initial S.

The Triumph of the Church

Unknown artist, second half 13th century

Gilded medieval panel of Christ and the Virgin enthroned above rows of haloed saints, framed by ornate roundels and angels.

Christ and the Virgin Enthroned with Forty Saints

Master of the Dominican Effigies, c. 1340

Circular pen drawing of a haloed bearded saint with a staff and a church model, framed by scrolled foliate ornament.

Saint Sebald Carrying the Model of His Church in Nuremberg

Sebald Beham, c. 1521

Woodcut of a kneeling crowned woman before an armed executioner, with a broken wheel, falling figures and a dramatic cloudy s

The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine

Albrecht Dürer, c. 1497/1499

Etched landscape with a farmer's cottage under tall trees, a river bridge, and a walled town with towers on the left.

Landscape with View of a Farmer's Cottage and a Town near a River

Hanns Lautensack, 1551

Pen and brown ink sketch of an elderly bearded man in a skullcap reading a large book on a lectern.

Jan Cornelisz Sylvius, the Preacher

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1644/1645

Engraving of elegant figures in a garden beside a waterfall, set in an oval medallion with leafy garland border.

Les Voeux acceptees

Nicolas Delaunay after Jean-Honoré Fragonard, probably c. 1777/1783

Etching of a boy playing flute among pigs, a goat and a resting young woman beside tree trunks.

Pastoral

Hans Thoma, 1919

Watercolor of the three-masted schooner Minnie G. Loud under full white sails on choppy blue sea, with an American flag.

The Tern Schooner "Minnie G. Loud"

Louis Roux, 1876

Sepia print of a family group with a seated man holding a child, a standing man, a young girl, and a seated woman in a classi

The Copley Family

Robert Thew after John Singleton Copley, c. 1789

Pen and wash drawing of seated Christ in Majesty within a mandorla, with an angel and eagle above and a floral border.

Christ in Majesty [recto]

Unknown artist, early 12th century

Illuminated miniature of Pentecost with crowned Mary at center, apostles around her, and a dove descending above on gold grou

Pentecost

Unknown artist, mid 13th century

Illuminated manuscript page with a gilded wedding scene, historiated initials of a kiss and a woman, and dense text columns.

The Marriage; the Kiss of the Bride (initial P); the Bride Abandoned (initial D)

Nicolò da Bologna, 1350s

Engraving of a nude woman before a mirror as a skeleton with an hourglass approaches, with a wheel and wing on the floor.

Allegory of Vanity (Death Surprising a Woman)

Unknown artist, 16th century

Black woodcut print of a crowned white eagle above a stylized floral vase, framed by a decorative patterned border.

White Eagle and Crown of Poland

Unknown artist, c. 1450

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a man with a shield standing among draped female figures with halos, before a Gothic hilltop

Christian with the Shield of Faith, Taking Leave of His Companions

William Blake, 1824-1827

Etched dedication plate with an oval cartouche of six spheres, putti holding a crown, weapons and garlands, inscribed to Don

Dedication to Don Pietro Medici from "Bizzarie di varie Figure"

Giovanni Battista Bracelli, 1624

Woodcut print of a bull charging a tumbling man in a top hat, with an umbrella and cape on the ground below.

Don Chepito

José Guadalupe Posada, 1891

Brown ink drawing of a dense forest with a path, a pond at left, and small deer resting among the trees.

Deer Park

Pen and brown ink drawing of a bearded reclining river god beside an eagle, with a winged staff and distant classical figures

River God with an Eagle

Brown wash drawing of a robed woman with a torch and vessel at night beside a house, with a crescent moon above.

Stellio Changed into a Lizard by Ceres

Leonaert Bramer

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bear standing upright with raised paws, with a smaller sketch of another bear in the upper le

Studies of a Bear

Leonaert Bramer, 1620

Brown wash drawing of a pastoral landscape with classical ruins, a large tree, cattle, and a herdsman under a cloudy sky.

Landscape

Style of Claude Lorrain

Engraving of a crowned, bearded ruler in a fur-trimmed robe, seated on a throne and raising a sword.

Ferdinand I

Augustin Hirschvogel, 1546

Circular engraved print of radiating interlaced knot pattern with a central shield reading ACADEMIA LEONARDI VIN.

First Knot

after Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1490/1500

Engraved circular print of interlaced knotwork with inscribed roundels, plus four small knot fragments in the corners.

Fourth Knot

after Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1490/1500

Engraved print of a circular interlaced knot pattern with Latin letters, with four corner knot ornaments on a cream sheet.

Sixth Knot

after Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1490/1500

Engraving of Christ as Saviour with radiant halo, holding a globe, flanked by angels under Gothic arches.

Christ as Saviour

Master E. S., c. 1467

Circular light-line facsimile of the Madonna and Child seated in a garden with a crown above and plants around.

The Madonna and Child in a Garden

Master E.S. Facsimile, 19th century facsimile after an engraving of c. 1465-1467

Engraving of shepherds adoring an infant beneath a stone arch and columns, with a radiant sun and distant town.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Master HFE after Domenico Beccafumi

Engraving of elegant guests dining at a round table under a vine pergola, with a lute player, dogs and servants.

Banquet in the Park of a French Castle

Master HS, c. 1550

Pen and brown ink drawing of a draped funeral interior with a raised bier and standing mourners in period dress.

Maniere d'exposer les nobles apres leur mort

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin

Pencil drawing of a nude male statue on a pedestal beside a seated woman, with sketched architecture behind them.

Rendezvous in the Palais Royal

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1774

Manuscript calendar page with numbered days, saints' names in black and red script, and a blue and gold illuminated initial a

Page from a Book of Hours

Unknown artist, c. 1400?

Engraving of the Nativity with the Virgin kneeling by the infant Christ, an ox and donkey, angels, and shepherds in the backg

The Nativity

Israhel van Meckenem after Hans Holbein the Elder, c. 1490/1500

Pen and ink drawing of a seated nude young model resting her head on her arms, with hatched shading around the figure.

Nude Model Seated

Alphonse Legros

Pen and ink drawing of a seated elderly nude man seen from behind, with head bowed and body shaded by cross-hatching.

Old Man

Alphonse Legros

Pencil study of a child's head with curly hair and a calm gaze, signed A. Legros 1904.

Study of Cupid (Head of a Girl)

Alphonse Legros, 1904

Etched portrait of a bearded man with a mustache, turned three-quarters, with cross-hatched background and signature at lower

E.D. Adams, 3rd plate

Alphonse Legros

Print of an elderly bearded man in a dark cloak looking upward, rendered in dense hatched lines against a dark background.

Night Crier (Le crieur de nuit)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of three fishermen's wives in bonnets beside a stone wall and wooden post, one woman standing at right.

Fishermen's Wives (Femmes de pecheurs)

Alphonse Legros

Monk Playing the Organ in Church (Moine jouant de l'orgue a l'eglise)

Alphonse Legros

Monochrome print of a man carrying a bundle of sticks on a path past trees and a thatched cottage on a hill.

Return of the Fagot-gatherer, 2nd plate (Le retour du fagotier)

Alphonse Legros

Circular engraving of a drunken Silenus reclining while a satyr pours wine, framed by putti in a grapevine wreath.

The Drunken Silenus ("The Tazza Farnese")

Annibale Carracci, 1597

Engraving of a seated woman reading as a toddler holds a swallow, with a boy beside them and a donkey and man in the backgrou

The Madonna of the Swallow (La Madonna Della Rondinella)

Annibale Carracci, 1587

Etching of a kneeling man on a forest path beside tall trees, with dense hatched undergrowth and a distant hill.

The Prodigal Son, 2nd plate (L'enfant prodigue)

Alphonse Legros

Woodcut of the crucified Christ with INRI sign, flanked by two haloed mourning figures in robes, with light red and green col

Christ on the Cross

Unknown artist, c. 1483

Engraving of Mary Magdalene seated in a wilderness with long hair, halo, ointment jar, skull and crucifix beside her.

Mary Magdalene in the Wilderness

Annibale Carracci, 1591

Watercolor drawing of a snowy village lane with bare trees, a loaded horse cart, cottages, and walking figures with a dog.

Winter Scene

Jacob Cats, 1790

Ink and wash drawing of a woman in a dark bodice and pale skirt holding a baby close to her shoulder.

Mother and Baby

Honoré Daumier

Drawing of a standing man in a black cap and blue judicial robe with white collar bands against a dark brown background.

Prosecutor

Honoré Daumier

Colored crayon drawing of a seated man in a dark jacket holding an open book, with a cabinet and brushes behind him.

Jean Louis Gampert

Roger de La Fresnaye, c. 1920

Etching of the Madonna and Child with Saint Elizabeth and the young Saint John the Baptist, with haloes and fine cross-hatchi

Madonna and Child with Saints Elizabeth and John the Baptist (La Madonna della Scodella)

Annibale Carracci, 1606

Etching of Saint Francis kneeling and embracing a cross, with a radiating halo, a skull and a rocky landscape.

Saint Francis of Assisi

Annibale Carracci, 1585

Hand-colored woodcut of the Crucifixion with Christ on the cross, the Virgin, a kneeling figure and a haloed saint below.

The Crucifixion

Unknown artist, c. 1500

Engraving of the Holy Family: a seated woman with a child, a bearded man reading a book, and a landscape behind them.

The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist

Annibale Carracci, 1590

Engraved print of Christ crucified on a cross under a cloudy sky, with a skull and bones at the base.

The Crucifixion

Annibale Carracci, 1581

Hand-colored print of the Trinity: enthroned God the Father holding crucified Christ, with two angels beside a canopy.

The Trinity

Unknown artist, 1460/1480

Engraving of Saint Jerome with halo and spectacles reading a large open book beside a wooden cross.

Saint Jerome

Annibale Carracci, 1583

Oval engraving of the Madonna in a headscarf and halo, gazing down as she nurses the infant Christ Child.

The Madonna Nursing the Christ Child

Annibale Carracci, 1583

Engraving of two walking couples in 16th-century dress, one man with a sword and feathered hat, dated 1546.

January and February

Sebald Beham, 1546