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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Etching of an imagined piazza with an obelisk, classical columns, ruins, and a domed building in the distance.

Architectural Fantasy with Obelisks, Ruins, and a Piazza

Giuseppe Antonio Landi, 1753

Etching of the Virgin holding the Christ Child on a cloud, with two cherubs in an oval frame and Latin inscription below.

Virgin and Child on a Cloud

Antonio Balestra, 1702

Etching of an imaginary architectural scene with arched gateways, classical columns, and a rope hanging from a pulley.

Architectural Fantasy with Arched Gateways

Giuseppe Antonio Landi, 1753

Etching of fashionably dressed visitors entering a stone prison, with ragged prisoners, a chained man, and barred windows.

Gentry Visiting a Prison

Engraving of an ornate fountain with an obelisk spire in a classical garden with columns, urns and a pavilion behind.

Fantastic Garden with a Fountain and a Garden Pavilion

Giuseppe Antonio Landi, 1753

Etching of a rustic inn with stone buildings on a rise, a cart and travelers on a dirt road in the foreground.

The Inn near Prima Porta

Bartholomeus Breenbergh

Etching of classical Corinthian ruins with urns beside rustic stone houses, cypress trees and two figures walking among falle

Architectural Fantasy with Classical Ruins and Vernacular Buildings

Giuseppe Antonio Landi, 1753

Etching of a haloed saint kneeling by a wooden hut with a dog and an angel descending through clouds.

Saint Roch

Oliviero Gatti, 1605

Etching of a fantastical townscape with ruined classical columns, an obelisk, broken sarcophagus, and a lone walking figure.

Fantastic Townscape with Ruins

Giuseppe Antonio Landi, 1753

Etching of a thatched farmhouse in a windy landscape, with a milking cow, figures, a cart wheel and a stormy sky.

Landscape with a Farmhouse

after Jacques de Gheyn II Anonymous

Engraving of a classical triumphal arch with a soldier statue on a pedestal, framed by trees in a landscape.

Triumphal Arch in a Landscape

Giuseppe Antonio Landi, 1753

Etching of a fantastic river landscape with ruined classical columns in the foreground and a castle with towers across the wa

Fantastic River Landscape with Ruins and a Castle

Giuseppe Antonio Landi, 1753

Etching of the Madonna with the infant Christ, young John the Baptist and a lamb before an arch and distant landscape.

Madonna Aldobrandini

Girolamo Imperiale I after Raphael

Etching of a fantasy triumphal arch with urns, a statue, ruins, and small figures in the foreground.

Architectural Fantasy with a Triumphal Arch

Giuseppe Antonio Landi, 1753

Engraving of the Virgin and Christ child with an angel, a young man holding a fish, a bearded old man, and a lion.

The Virgin with a Fish

Marco Dente after Raphael, c. 1515/1520

Etching of a castle with towers, a wooden drawbridge with two soldiers, a gnarled tree, and distant hills.

Landscape with a Castle and a Drawbridge

Giuseppe Antonio Landi, 1753

Etching of an imaginary architectural scene with checkered columns, urns, a central pedestal, and a distant town gate.

Architectural Fantasy with Portals and Monuments

Giuseppe Antonio Landi, 1753

Etching of soldiers and companions resting outdoors by a tent, with a couple walking at left and a stone building behind.

Troops Resting

Jean-Baptiste Pater, 1720/1725

Etching of an architectural fantasy with a fountain, Corinthian columns, ruins, and an arched bridge over a river.

Architectural Fantasy with a Fountain, Classical Ruins, and a Bridge

Giuseppe Antonio Landi, 1753

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in an oval frame within an ornate architectural monument with allegorical figures.

Hans van Aachen

Jan Pietersz Saenredam after Pieter Isaacz, 1601

Etching of an imaginary canal scene with tall Corinthian columns, arches, a Gothic tower, and rowboats moored below.

Architectural Fantasy with Buildings, Stairways, and Portals beside a Canal

Giuseppe Antonio Landi, 1753

Sepia drawing of a bearded man painting at an easel while an angel hovers above, with four expressive head studies below.

Saint Luke at His Easel and Four Expressive Heads

Richard de Saint-Non, 1775

Engraving of Silenus riding a donkey in a Bacchic procession with satyrs, maenads, putti, and a lion.

The March of Silenus

Agostino Veneziano

Brown wash drawing of two robed, turbaned standing figures above studies of bearded heads and a curly-haired figure.

Details from the Adoration of the Magi and the Pool at Bethesda

Richard de Saint-Non, 1774

Etching of a ruined stone bridge with arches and a crumbling tower, with small figures near boats and a cloudy sky.

Bridge

Sepia drawing of men carrying a large statue above reclining draped figures, with handwritten inscriptions below.

Worship of the Golden Calf and Christ on the Mount of Olives

Richard de Saint-Non, 1775

Brown wash drawing of an angel above a seated woman and child, with three studies of bearded old men in turbans below.

Hagar Consoled by an Angel (from a painting by Castiglione) and Three Heads of Old Men (from a painting by Ricci of J…

Richard de Saint-Non, 1774

Etching of a shady garden with large trees, a stone fountain, a balustrade, and small figures walking along paths.

Le Petit Parc

Richard de Saint-Non, 1763

Engraving of Pentecost: a dove with radiating light above seated apostles and the Virgin Mary, some with flames over their he

Pentecost

Gian Jacopo Caraglio after Raphael

Etching of a vaulted, coffered hall with a skylight and crowds of figures on balconies and stairs.

View of a Prison

Georges François Blondel, 1765

Engraving of Venus and Mars embracing on a bed while Vulcan hammers at a forge in the foreground.

Venus and Mars Embracing with Vulcan at his Forge

Enea Vico after Parmigianino, 1543

Engraving of Venus asleep on a bed while Vulcan hammers at a forge beside her, with helmet and arrows on the floor.

Venus Reclining with Vulcan at His Forge

Enea Vico after Parmigianino, 1543

Green-toned print of the Virgin and Child enthroned between two saints, one holding a cross, beneath a draped arch.

Madonna and Child Enthroned, Saint Jerome and Saint Francis

after Parmigianino Anton Maria Zanetti I, 1720-1740

Circular engraving of Diana and nymphs in a wooded garden, a reclining huntress with a dog, and a winged figure in clouds abo

Diana and Her Nymphs in a Garden

Abraham de Bruyn, 1569

The Group at the Fireplace

Cornelis Pietersz Bega

Etching of a seated man in a cap smoking a pipe, with his foot on a stool beside a wooden chair.

The Smoker

Cornelis Pietersz Bega

Mezzotint of a young artist sketching seated beside a statue of Cupid in a studio interior.

Young Artist with a Statue of Cupid

Wallerant Vaillant

Loose graphite sketch on grey paper of a battle scene with tigers, horsemen and struggling figures in dynamic motion.

Study for "Surprise" (Battle of the Tigers)

François Chifflart, c. 1865

Brown wash drawing of tumbling and reaching figures in swirling clouds, with a central figure raising both arms beside a chil

Figures in a Storm

Alessandro Magnasco

Pencil sketch of a woodland interior with bare trunks on the left and a dense evergreen tree on the right.

Wood Interior

Charles Herbert Woodbury, 1920

Pen and brown ink drawing of a bearded faun's head in a roundel, framed by ivy and grape vines.

Head of a Faun in a Concave Roundel

Agostino Carracci, probably c. 1595

Charcoal sketch of figures launching a rowboat from a rocky shore into churning water.

Launching the Life Boat

Charles Herbert Woodbury, 1930

Charcoal sketch of two dogs resting together, one with pointed ears, on warm beige paper.

Two Dogs

Charles Herbert Woodbury, 1919

Print of a hairy central figure and two monkey-like figures entangled by serpents on a plinth, with a village landscape behin

Caricature of the Laocoon Group

Attributed to Niccolò Boldrini after Titian, c. 1540/1545

Pencil drawing of a stone wall and walkway above rooftops and harbor masts in a town, signed Quebec 1889.

Near Hope Gate, Quebec

Charles Herbert Woodbury, 1889

Ink and wash drawing of a woman asleep in bed beside patterned wallpaper and a dark curtain.

Madame V. Sleeping

Edouard Vuillard, 1892

Ink drawing of a city square with a large tree, curving paths, strollers, and a multi-storey building with balconies.

The Square

Edouard Vuillard, 1910

Engraving of two bearded men in robes on a rocky ledge under trees, with a serpent in the foreground.

The Temptation of Christ by the Devil

Christoffel Jegher after Sir Peter Paul Rubens, 1633

Loose watercolor and ink sketch of women in elaborate hats against a field of green dabs, by Édouard Vuillard, 1892.

Four Ladies with Fancy Hats

Edouard Vuillard, 1892

Colored woodcut of a seated man in a blue jacket with a yellow bird, against a dark angular background, signed A. Wach 1919.

Poverty (Armut)

Aloys Wach, 1919

Watercolor and pencil design of a nude woman seen from behind among blue and yellow foliage, with a blank right side.

Program Design for the Théâtre Libre [recto]

Edouard Vuillard, 1890

Chiaroscuro woodcut of a nude warrior with spear, shield and plumed helmet, in brown and green tones.

Mars

Hendrick Goltzius, probably c. 1594

Etching of a vaulted interior with a dove above an arched portal, Virgin, Saint Anne, a child, an angel, and a courtyard beyo

The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne by a Portal

Daniel Hopfer, 1520s

Red chalk drawing of a standing bearded elderly man in draped robes holding a book, identified as Saint Andrew.

Saint Andrew

Girolamo Muziano

Pencil sketch of a vase of flowers with loose, tangled blooms and vertical hatching suggesting an interior behind it.

Vase of Flowers

Edouard Vuillard, 1900

Red chalk drawing of a nude male figure holding a lyre, with an animal skin draped behind him.

Apollo

Unknown artist, c. 1510/1540

Head of a Bearded Man

Edouard Vuillard, 1889

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a haloed standing woman holding a jar, with an angel and a seated figure beside a

Mary Magdalene [recto]

Biagio Pupini, in or after 1524

Red chalk drawing of a seated male, a standing nude woman, and a winged cherub with sketched studies.

Paris Awarding the Apple to Venus

Francesco Albani

Brown ink drawing of the Madonna and Child enthroned with Saint John the Baptist kneeling and Saint Andrew beside an X-shaped

The Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Andrew

Bernardino India

Kneeling Woman Lifting Her Hand to Her Head

Parmigianino, in or after 1531

Red chalk drawing of a bearded standing man in a flowing cloak, pointing and reaching toward the left.

Standing Bearded Man Pointing Toward the Left

Unknown artist, mid 17th century

Engraved battle scene with mounted warriors, rearing horses, fallen soldiers, and a burning city in the background.

The Battle with the Cutlass

after Giulio Romano Agostino dei Musi, c. 1531

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded man in a robe beside an ox and donkey in a stable arch with a fruit garland above.

Study for One of Two Stained Glass Paintings Representing the Nativity

Hans von Kulmbach, probably c. 1510