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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Brown ink and wash landscape with a wooden bridge, ruined walls, tall trees and small figures on a path under clouds.

Landscape with Bridge and Ruins in Background

Pieter Dircksz Santvoort

Dark lithograph portrait of a bald, bearded man facing forward, lit from the upper left against a shadowy background.

Self-Portrait (Steinlen de face, tete droite)

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, 1905

Brown ink drawing of God the Father on clouds with angels playing harp and lute and putti below.

God the Father and Angels on Clouds

Raffaello Motta

Study for "The Four Doctors of the Church"

Domenico Beccafumi

Drawing of a Japanese interior with a seated artist, a woman holding flowers, a child, and hanging scrolls on the walls.

Japanese Artist at Work

Adolph Menzel, 1886

Etching of a winter landscape with skaters and sledge pullers on a frozen canal, a stone gate, and windmills in the distance.

Winter Landscape

Jan van de Velde II

Fantastic Heads

after Jacques de Gheyn III Bartholomeus Breenbergh, 1638

Engraved grotesque panel with strapwork, satyrs, putti, foliage and a seated woman in an ornamental frame.

Surface Decoration, Grotesque with Strapwork

Johannes van Doetechum the Elder, and Lucas van Doetechum, after Cornelis Floris II, 1556

Engraved design of a symmetrical niche in a cartouche with grotesque figures, fruit garlands, and lion masks.

Niche in the Form of a Cartouche

Johannes van Doetechum the Elder, and Lucas van Doetechum, after Cornelis Floris II, 1556

Engraving of the Annunciation: an angel with a lily descends toward the Virgin seated at a lectern beneath a dove in radiant

The Annunciation

Adriaan de Weerdt, 1573

Brown ink and blue wash drawing of soldiers and women struggling beneath classical columns in a colonnade.

Massacre of the Innocents [recto]

called Bertoia Jacopo Zanguidi

Pen and wash drawing of a distant town skyline with church towers and a windmill across an open landscape.

View of Mons, Belgium

Mon Enfant (My Child)

Odilon Redon, 1892

Engraving of two infant boys playing with a lamb beside a tree trunk, with a landscape of trees and hills behind them.

The Infant Christ and Saint John Playing with the Lamb

Christoffel Jegher after Sir Peter Paul Rubens, 1632-1636

Engraving of two muscular nude men embracing, one pointing outward, beside a broken tree stump.

Two Nude Men

Marcantonio Raimondi after Michelangelo

Red chalk and wash drawing of a kneeling bishop in mitre and robes reading a book at a lectern.

Seated Bishop

Abraham Bloemaert, c. 1620 - 1630

Pen and ink drawing of a walled town with towers beneath mountains, with hills and trees in the foreground.

View of Fondi

Attributed to Anonymous Fabriczy, second half 16th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of Saint Lawrence on a grill surrounded by executioners and crowds, with angels above in an arched

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

Luca Cambiaso, 1581

Brown ink drawing of Galatea in a shell chariot drawn by dolphins, with cupids above and sea figures around her.

The Triumph of Galatea

Girolamo da Treviso the Younger, 1535

Pen and wash drawing of a nude saint on a gridiron over flames, with an angel descending above a crowd and a horse.

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

Daniel Seiter, 1685

Brown ink and wash drawing of men raising a crucified figure on a cross, with a ladder, a horseman, and a crowd.

The Raising of the Cross

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling friar holding the Christ child, with putti and clouds above in radiating light.

Saint Anthony of Padua

Hand-colored print of two women in a furnished interior, one in a feathered hat, beside a blue curtain and hatbox.

La Comparaison

Jean-François Janinet after Nicolas Lavreince, 1786

Hand-colored print of two women in an interior, one seated in white with a feathered hat, one standing in blue, with a small

L'aveu difficile (The Difficult Confession)

Jean-François Janinet after Nicolas Lavreince, 1787

Monochrome print of an abstract figure with a spiral head, central heart shape and geometric lines by Paul Klee.

Queen of Hearts (Herzdame)

Paul Klee, 1921

Engraving of a mounted rider on a prancing horse gesturing toward a leaping figure with a long pole above.

The Knight of Men

Master E. S., 1463

Lithograph of a pale winged horse with its head turned left, set against heavy dark shading and a diagonal band.

Cheval aile (Winged Horse)

Odilon Redon, 1894

Engraving of a knight in armor spearing a dragon beside a crowned woman and a winged angel above her.

The Letter "Y"

Master E. S., 1467

Engraving of winged Saint Michael with sword and banner standing over defeated horned devils on the ground.

Saint Michael Defeating the Devils

Master E. S., 1467

Engraving of a farm family in a interior with mothers, children, a dog, a rooster and a man at the doorway.

La famille du fermier

Antoine-Louis Romanet, 1791

Color lithograph of a woman holding an infant beside a round table with patterned cloth in a dim interior room.

Motherhood (Maternite)

Edouard Vuillard, 1896

Au moins soyez discret

Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1789

Engraving of a young and an old nude bacchant with a grapevine, wine barrel, and carved heads.

A Young and an Old Bacchant

after Raphael or Giulio Romano Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1514-36

Pen and wash drawing of soldiers attacking women and children in a classical city square with columns and a hillside town.

Massacre of the Innocents

Bernard Picart, 1714

Drawing of a wooded ravine with tall trees, rocky banks and a stream, in grey wash on tan paper.

Landscape with a Wooded Ravine

Anthonie Waterloo

Brown ink drawing of Minerva with musicians and muses below and allegorical figures on clouds above, by Hans Speckaert.

Allegory of Minerva as the Head of the Muses

Hans Speckaert, in or before 1575

Red chalk drawing of a man seen from behind, wearing a turban and draped cloth, with detailed muscular anatomy.

A Man Seen from Behind [recto]

Taddeo Zuccari, c. 1555

Head of Saint Francis

Guido Reni, before c. 1632

Pen and ink drawing of mourners lowering a body into a rocky tomb, with three crosses on a distant hill.

The Entombment

Albrecht Dürer, 1504

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a hound chasing a hare leaping across the sheet.

A Hound Chasing a Hare

Benozzo Gozzoli, 1455

Pen and ink drawing of Saint Sebastian, bound beside a willow tree in a forest landscape, dated 1509.

Saint Sebastian

Wolf Huber, possibly 1509

Pen and white heightening drawing on blue paper of two draped standing figures, one gesturing and one with curly hair.

The Virgin and Saint John

after Hans Baldung Grien, c. 1600

Engraving of two hunters and a dog on a wooded hill, with a castle on a cliff and a river valley with boats beyond.

The Rabbit Hunters

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1560

Pencil drawing of classical figures in a pastoral setting, with a nursing infant, a goat, reclining nymphs and a standing mal

The Nursing of Jupiter

Attributed to Théodore Chassériau

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded ruler in a jeweled crown and robes, seated on a throne and holding a sword.

An Eastern Ruler Seated on His Throne

Albrecht Dürer, c. 1495

Pen and brown ink sketch of a winged angel in flowing drapery, with faint figure studies on the right side of the sheet.

The Angel of the Annunciation [recto]

Fra' Bartolomeo, 1500/1504

Lithograph of a child drawing at a table, surrounded by loose sketches of heads, a sailboat and a harbor scene.

Enfant Dessinant (Child Drawing)

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1894

Etching of a woman in a dark dress reading in a hammock under chestnut leaves, with a parasol and stool on the lawn.

The Hammock (Le hamac)

James Tissot, 1880

Etching of a cow urinating beside goats, reclining herders, and a rooster in a pastoral landscape with a tree.

Cow Pissing

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem

Engraving of a kneeling man before a floating haloed figure holding keys, surrounded by tall candlesticks and clouds.

Saint John Sees the Seven Golden Candlesticks

Jean Duvet, 1546

Etching of a herdsman driving cattle, sheep and a donkey across a stream beside a rocky cliff.

Herd Crossing the Brook

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem

Engraving of a winged angel with a sword among armored soldiers, horsemen, and crowds beneath an arched heavenly scene.

The Angel Sounding the Sixth Trumpet

Jean Duvet, 1546

Engraving of Saint Michael battling a dragon, with winged angels in the sky above a walled city and bridge.

Saint Michael and the Dragon

Jean Duvet, 1546

Etching of a woman riding a donkey near an inn doorway, with resting donkeys, sheep, and a cow in the foreground.

The Rest before the Inn

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem

Engraving of a burning city's fall with an angel above, a fallen figure among serpents, and armored horsemen beside a crowd.

The Fall of Babylon

Jean Duvet, 1546

Engraving of a winged figure reading in an arched classical interior, with a dragon below and the Trinity enthroned above.

The Revelation of Saint John the Evangelist

Jean Duvet, 1555

Etching of a resting herd of cattle, goats and sheep under a large tree, with a herdsman standing at right.

Resting Herd

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem

Etching of a shepherd playing flute on a fountain, a woman spinning beside him, with cattle and sheep resting in foreground.

The Shepherd Seated on a Fountain and the Spinner

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, 1652

Etching of a dense city street with ornate tall buildings, small pedestrians, and a tree at lower right under a smoky sky.

Four-Story House

Joseph Pennell, 1904

Etching of a shepherdess on a donkey crossing a stream with cattle, goats and dogs, a man beside her and pack donkeys on a hi

Shepherdess on a Donkey

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, 1655

Etching of a curving railway yard with locomotives, cranes, smokestacks and factory buildings under a smoky sky.

Tracks, Oberhausen

Joseph Pennell, 1910

Black and white lithograph of a steam train on a railway through jungle, with palms, a river, and a distant mountain.

The Jungle

Joseph Pennell, 1912

Etching of three eagles around a dead hare on rocky ground beneath a cloudy sky.

Eagles

Etching of a kneeling hermit in a loose robe holding a rosary before a rocky outcrop, with a tree and distant landscape.

The Kneeling Hermit Facing Left