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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Grey wash drawing of a seated armored general with a kneeling woman, a standing woman and soldiers before classical columns.

Scipio Restoring His Captive to Her Lover

Unknown artist, 17th century

Etching of a domed church across an open field with carts, horses, and crowds of people in the foreground.

S. Giustina in pra della Vale

Canaletto, c. 1735/1746

Woodcut of Saint John eating a book on a shore as an angel descends beside a radiant face in the sky.

Saint John Devouring the Book

Albrecht Dürer, probably c. 1496/1498

Engraving of a seated woman in a bonnet on a bed, holding a rosebud and a hand mirror, with curtains behind her.

La Comparison du bouton de rose

Antoine Francois Dennel after Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1780

Small painted devotional image of a standing saint with a dark halo holding a green book, framed in red.

Saint Clare of Assisi

Unknown artist, 1450/1470

Drawing of a crowded 18th-century theatre audience watching two costumed performers on a stage.

The Scene with the Tall Baguenodière

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1726

Drawing of figures on horseback and on foot gesturing on a country road under trees, with a wagon at right.

Ragotin declaims verses; peasants believe he is preaching

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1737

Lithograph of a sprawled body among rubble in front of a ruined stone wall, drawn in loose dark tonal strokes.

Civil War (Guerre civile)

Édouard Manet, 1871

Black and white print of three figures leaning over a balcony rail, two wearing hats, against a dark background.

In Paradise (In the Balcony)

Sketch of horse riders on a racetrack with a crowd of spectators along the fence and a city skyline behind.

The Races (Les courses)

Édouard Manet, 1865

Engraved view of a festival temple with a colossal globe-bearing statue, crowds in the square, and decorated palace walls.

The Temple of Janus, for the "Chinea" Festival

Giovanni Girolamo Frezza after Alessandro Specchi, 1722

Pen and watercolor drawing of a ceiling design with allegorical nude figures, balustrades, garlands and cypress trees.

A Ceiling Design with Allegorical Figures

Johann Evangelist Holzer

Grey wash drawing of several figure studies: a sleeping man, two men sawing, a chained figure, and a seated man.

Figure Studies, Including One Man Sleeping on the Ground and Two Men Sawing

Pen and brown wash drawing with studies of seated and reclining men and a sailing ship at sea.

Eight Studies of Figures and a Ship at Sea

Grey wash drawing of ten men in two rows pulling on ropes, with a coiled rope at lower left.

Ten Men Pulling on Ropes

Pen and ink sketch of quayside workers and a thick rope wrapped around a bollard, with masts visible in the background.

Quayside Figures and a Length of Rope Attached to a Bollard

Pen and wash drawing of peasants fighting around a barrel in a tavern interior with a hearth and shelves.

Peasants Fighting in a Tavern

Adriaen van Ostade and Cornelis Dusart, 1640

Pen and brown ink drawing of a bull lying down asleep with its head resting low on the ground.

A Bull Sleeping

Johann Heinrich Roos, 1672

Pen and wash drawing of a decorated temporary staircase and facade with crowds on tiers and in the square, dated 1782.

Campo San Zanipolo Decorated for the Visit of Pius VI

Domenico Fossati, 1782

Watercolor of a military review on a large field with soldiers, a carriage, and elegantly dressed spectators in the foregroun

A Review on the Champs de Mars

Jean-Baptiste Le Paon, 1773

Engraving of a biblical flood with people fleeing, drowning, and climbing a house while a large ark floats in the background.

The Deluge

Creator:Dirk Jacobsz Vellert, 1544

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a Gothic church interior with a wall tomb, effigy, carved font and pointed doorway.

Interior of a Church with a Wall Tomb and Medieval Font

Pencil drawing of dancing women entertaining turbaned men in a vaulted hall with a balcony and banquet vessels.

Interior: Dancing Girls Entertaining Chieftains

Rodolphe Bresdin, 1870

Engraving of a woman giving birth under draped cloth between trees, attended by women, with a rocky island and mountains behi

Latona Giving Birth to Apollo and Diana on the Island of Delos

Diana Scultori after Giulio Romano

Engraving of a shepherd in a stable doorway carrying a sheep, with thieves climbing the roof and wolves attacking a flock.

The Parable of the Good Shepherd

Philip Galle after Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1565

Engraving of an allegorical triumph of time with a chariot, skeleton, trumpeting winged figure, and a village in the distance

The Triumph of Time

Philip Galle after Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1574

Engraving of Saint Paul placing sticks on a fire among islanders, with a wrecked ship and sailors in the sea behind.

Saint Paul Shipwrecked on the Island of Melita

Philip Galle after Jan van der Straet

Engraving of Saint Paul gesturing before soldiers and a crowd in a Roman street with classical buildings.

Saint Paul Preaching in Rome

Philip Galle after Jan van der Straet

Engraving of an angel leading haloed apostles down stairs past sleeping soldiers in a prison scene.

The Apostles Delivered from Prison by an Angel

Philip Galle after Maerten van Heemskerck

Engraving of allegorical figures joining hands before a mountain town, with a donkey, rooster, scythe, and hourglass.

The Marriage of Labor and Diligence

Philip Galle after Maerten van Heemskerck, 1572