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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Black and red chalk sketch of three studies of a woman's head and a hand reaching across the page.

Three Studies of a Woman's Head and a Study of Hands [recto]

Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1718/1719

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated woman in a wreath playing a lute, with flowing drapery.

The Lute Player

after Orazio Gentileschi, 18th century

Pen-and-ink sketch of a standing man holding an open book, with handwritten notes and a letter beneath, by Winslow Homer.

Sunday after Christmas 1848

Winslow Homer, 1868

Etching of a weathered wooden shed with a shingled roof, a bare tree in front, and two buckets on a table at right.

Dooryard, Buckets and Tree

Etching of a seated woman leaning toward a child beside a footstool in a dim interior with a fireplace.

Mother and Child

Etching of a standing nude youth with a staff, antlers, drapery ribbons and stars around him, on a pale ground.

Arcturus

J. Alden Weir, 1893

Drypoint print of a young girl in a wide-brimmed feathered hat and ruffled dress standing beside a railing.

Young Girl with Large Hat

J. Alden Weir, 1893

Graphite drawing of a hand with shaded fingers and a sleeve cuff at the wrist, on pale paper, initialed A. L.

The Hand of the Artist's Daughter

Alphonse Legros

Graphite drawing of a seated female nude resting her head on her arm, with loose drapery sketched beneath her.

Female Nude Seated

Alphonse Legros

Profil de lumiere (Profile of light)

Odilon Redon, 1886

Etching of the Virgin seated holding the Christ Child, who reaches for a rose, both with halos against draped curtains.

The Virgin and Child with a Rose

Jacques Bellange, c. 1612-1616

Engraving of the Holy Family resting in a wooded landscape with a donkey, river, town, and hills beneath clouds.

Fuga Deiparae in Aegyptum (The Flight into Egypt)

Johannes and Lucas van Doetechum after Pieter Bruegel the Elder, c. 1555/1557

Woodcut of the Holy Family with Saint Anne and Saint Joachim, a dove and angels in clouds above.

The Holy Family with Saint Anne and Saint Joachim

Hans Burgkmair, 1512

Etching of the Holy Family on a donkey beside a large tree, with a bridge, village buildings and a church spire behind.

The Flight into Egypt

Balthazar Moncornet

Hand-colored woodcut of a central saint with a crucifix among vine branches, grapes, scrolls, haloed figures and a dog.

The Genealogical Tree of the Dominicans

Unknown artist, 1480/1490

Painted miniature of a haloed risen Christ with a cross banner, surrounded by sleeping armored soldiers and a landscape.

The Resurrection

Simon Bening, c. 1530

Engraving of a large three-masted ship under full sail with flags, in rough seas near a rocky coast.

Ship in Full Sail with Two Flags

Follower of Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Gold-printed endpaper on rose paper showing many animals, small human figures and a central tree in rows.

Endpaper with Animals and Figures

Unknown artist

Red sheet printed in gold with rows of small scenes of a peasant wedding: procession, feasting, dancing and a wagon.

Endpaper with Peasant Wedding

Paul Reimund, c. 1780

Blue sheet with copper-brown printed scenes of knights, a horseback rider, and figures in a Gothic castle hall within a decor

Endpaper with Scenes from the Life of a Knight

Paul Reimund, c. 1780

Grid of twelve gold-printed scenes on dark paper, each labeled with a month, showing rural and seasonal activities.

Endpaper with the Twelve Months

Unknown artist

Orange sheet with twelve gold-toned standing costumed figures in arched frames, with animal vignettes along the bottom row.

Endpaper with Twelve Standing Figures

Unknown artist

Gold-printed grid of twenty-one standing figures in period costume on green paper, each labeled with a German caption.

Endpaper with Twenty-One Standing Figures

Unknown artist

Four haloed saints in colored ink on parchment, one holding a palm frond, with inscriptions naming them above.

Saints Cyprian, Vitus, Stephan, and Cornelius

Unknown artist, third quarter 12th century

Pale interlaced initial with red outlines and foliate scrolls on green and grey ground, above a line of brown manuscript text

Initials V and D

Unknown artist, third quarter 12th century

Engraving of a drummer striking a kettle drum beside a fife player with a small drum, with German text below.

Die Herpavck vnd andere Drvmmen zvernst vnd Schimpf wir lassen ervmmen

Unknown artist, c. 1580

Three bearded men in feathered hats play flutes together in a hand-colored German print from around 1580.

Gantz loblich Pfeiffen wir all drei avs der Mvsic: Schon Melodey

Unknown artist, c. 1580

Engraving of three seated musicians playing lute, harp and wind instrument, with German verse text below.

Die Instrvment gantz lvstig Kling vorab wen man darein tvt singen

Unknown artist, c. 1580

Engraving of five singers gathered around a table reading songbooks, one marked BAS, under a draped canopy with vine decorati

Liblich singen wir avs der Mass den Tenor discant Alt und Bass

Unknown artist, c. 1580

Engraving of three bearded men in feathered caps playing stringed instruments, with German verse text below.

Nach der Mvsic: Geigen wir drei gantz Kvnstlice vnd artliche dabei

Unknown artist, c. 1580

Engraving of a man playing a lute beside a woman at a positive organ, with German inscription below.

Ich schlag das Positif mit Schall die Zytternavchmacht frolich all

Unknown artist, c. 1580

Engraving of a draped female figure playing panpipes beside a blank disc, with a hilly landscape behind her.

Polimnia (Polyhymnia)

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, c. 1465

Engraving of Venus with a winged Cupid holding a bow, nude nymphs on a rocky shore, and birds flying in the sky.

Venus

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, c. 1465

Illuminated manuscript page with a seated evangelist in a decorated blue initial beside columns of Latin text.

Saint Luke

Unknown artist, fourth quarter 12th century

Two facing manuscript pages of Latin Gospel text with red initials and a decorated rubric beginning Saint Mark.

Saint Mark

Unknown artist, fourth quarter 12th century

Pen and wash drawing of the Flight into Egypt with Mary, the Christ child, Joseph and a donkey, plus sketches and Latin text.

The Flight into Egypt [recto]

Unknown artist, early 15th century

Pen and brown ink sketch on paper with figures in framed registers and handwritten Latin text at the top and sides.

The Destruction of the Egyptian Idols [verso]

Unknown artist, early 15th century

Engraving of a haloed saint gesturing to a figure on a rocky hillside, with a city and clouds in the background.

Saint Filippo Benizzi Healing a Beggar

After Andrea del Sarto, c. 1510/1520

Woodcut of the crowned Madonna seated on a grassy bank holding the Christ child, with a castle and river in the background.

Madonna and Child on the Grassy Bank

Hans Baldung Grien, 1505

Woodcut of nude women bathing in a wooden bathhouse beside a brick oven, with a bearded man and a child nearby.

Women's Bath

Follower of Albrecht Dürer, c. 1505/1510

Woodcut of Saint Colomannus with halo and pilgrim staff in a landscape beside a tree and a lion coat of arms.

Saint Colomannus

Willem Liefrinck after Leonhard Beck, 1516/1518

Woodcut of a bishop saint with halo and crozier, an angel in the clouds above a town, and a lion coat of arms.

Saint Goericus

after Leonhard Beck Cornelis Liefrinck, 1516/1518

Woodcut of Saint Gudila with a halo, holding a staff while a winged demon pours from a pitcher in a Gothic interior.

Saint Gudila

Willem Liefrinck after Leonhard Beck, 1516/1518

Woodcut of Saint Jodocus with halo and pilgrim staff standing in an arched niche, with a castle landscape and heraldic shield

Saint Jodocus

Leonhard Beck, 1516/1518

Woodcut of a haloed pope with crosier beside a sick figure in bed, under a papal coat of arms with crossed keys.

Saint Leo (Pope Leo IX)

Leonhard Beck, 1516/1518

Woodcut of a bearded saint with a halo holding a rosary, standing among pine trees with a dragon and a distant castle.

Saint Ramaricus

Leonhard Beck, 1516/1518

Woodcut of a crowned, haloed saint with staff and patterned robe beside a heraldic shield and arched doorway.

Saint Rudolfus

Leonhard Beck, 1516/1518

Woodcut of crowned Saint Rupertus in armor with halo, holding a staff, an angel above, and a fortified town behind him.

Saint Rupertus

Leonhard Beck, 1516/1518

Woodcut print of crowned Saint Sigismundus with halo and scepter in a cobbled courtyard, beside a heraldic shield and attenda

Saint Sigismundus

Cornelis Liefrinck after Leonhard Beck, 1516/1518

Woodcut of a haloed saint pouring water for a kneeling man beside arcaded buildings, a fountain and a shield of arms.

Saint Verona

Leonhard Beck, 1516/1518

Woodcut of a haloed saint in a hooded robe pointing toward a ship, with a coat of arms, a city, and mountains behind.

Saint Walpurgis

Leonhard Beck, 1516/1518

Woodcut of Saint Willibaldus pointing at a woodcutter felling a tree, with a coat of arms and village behind.

Saint Willibaldus

Leonhard Beck, 1516/1518

Etching of a crowded banquet hall with a coffered ceiling, chandelier, draped canopy, and guests in plumed hats at long table

The Banquet of the Piacevoli

Stefano Della Bella, 1627

Etched procession of riders, camels and trumpeters passing a distant city, with a dedicatory cartouche at left.

Title Page for "Entry into Rome of His Excellency the Polish Ambassador"

Stefano Della Bella, 1633

Etching of two fighting beggars, one raising a club, with a dog at the lower left and crosshatched background.

Fighting Beggars

Jacques Bellange, c. 1612-1616

Pencil drawing of a standing male figure seen from behind, with curly hair, ribbons, pleated sleeves and boots.

Standing Figure [recto]

After Jacques Bellange

Pencil sketch of two armored horsemen, one pointing and one raising a staff, with a turbaned head and small face studies.

Figures on Horseback [verso]

After Jacques Bellange

Color print of three women walking in a green forest with tree trunks, two in dark cloaks and hats, one with red hair at righ

La Promenade

Émile Bernard, 1888 (dated 1890)

Engraving of an angel waking a sleeping man beside a shelter, with a family traveling by donkey through a wintry village land

The Angel Telling Joseph to Flee and the Flight into Egypt

Adriaen Collaert after Hans Bol, 1585

Engraving of a haloed figure calling fishermen from boats in a harbor beside a walled town with towers and a spire.

Jesus Calling the Apostles Among the Fishermen

Adriaen Collaert after Hans Bol, 1585

Engraving of a sower scattering seed in a field, with a village, tower and church spire behind and a group of figures at righ

The Parable of the Sower

Adriaen Collaert after Hans Bol, 1585

Engraving of robed figures and vineyard workers before a river town with walled buildings, castles and boats, dated 1585.

The Parable of the Two Sons and the Unjust Husbandmen

Adriaen Collaert after Hans Bol, 1585

Engraved landscape of a well with a seated figure, standing travelers, distant river and towns under a cloudy sky.

Christ and the Woman of Samaria

Adriaen Collaert after Hans Bol, 1585

Engraved landscape with thatched farm, workers on a roof, robed figures in the foreground and a distant town.

The Parable of the Rich Fool

Adriaen Collaert after Hans Bol, 1585