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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Etching of two galleys with small launches in a harbor, with a fortress on a hill and distant ships under a cloudy sky.

Two Galleys and their Launches

Stefano Della Bella, in or before 1647

Etching of two galloping horsemen on a winding road past a thatched cottage, trees, and a distant tower.

Galloping Horsemen

Stefano Della Bella, in or before 1647

Etching of a windmill and cottage in an open landscape, with trees on the left and travelers on horseback at right.

Landscape with Windmill

Stefano Della Bella, in or before 1647

Etched landscape with a shepherd under a tree guarding sheep, goats and cattle, with hills and a village in the distance.

Landscape with Shepherd Guarding his Flock

Stefano Della Bella, in or before 1647

Etching of a Roman campagna landscape with a seated artist sketching, a ruined tower, grazing cattle and goats, and a tree.

Campagna Scene with Artist Sketching

Stefano Della Bella, in or before 1647

Brown and white wash drawing of mitred bishops and robed saints seated on clouds above a crowd of figures.

Saints on Clouds

Unknown artist, 16th century

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin ascending on clouds while robed apostles gather around a stone tomb below.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Follower of Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli, called Morazzone

Pen and brown ink drawing of Castle Sant'Angelo and rooftops along a river, with boats and figures on the banks.

View of the Castle Sant'Angelo and the Ospedale di Santo Spirito [recto]

Attributed to Étienne Dupérac, c. 1552/1566

Pen and brown wash drawing of a pipe-playing figure beside a cow, a reclining figure, and sheep under trees.

Mercury and Argus

Attributed to Joachim Anthonisz. Wtewael

Brown ink drawing of a nymph in a shell chariot drawn by dolphins, with cupids above and sea figures in the waves below.

The Triumph of Galatea

Girolamo da Treviso II, c. 1535

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a standing woman in a headscarf and draped cloak, mounted on a cream board.

Study of a Standing Woman

Unknown artist

Brown and blue wash drawing of Apollo beside the bound Marsyas, with a lyre and tree, attributed to Veronese.

Apollo and Marsyas

Attributed to Veronese, c. 1600

Brown ink drawing of a draped classical female statue seen from behind, with heavy folds of fabric and curly hair.

Female Roman Statue Seen from the Back

Attributed to Nicolas Poussin

Sketch of the Crucifixion with Christ center, two thieves on crosses, mourning women and soldiers below, in pencil on tan pap

The Crucifixion

Attributed to Giovanni Battista Naldini

Pen and brown ink drawing of a bearded man reading beside a lion in a rocky wilderness with trees.

Saint Jerome Reading in the Wilderness

Domenico Campagnola, 1520/1525

Loose brown ink sketch of a religious scene with seated women, a child and standing figures within an arched frame.

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine?

Unknown artist, c. 1600

Brown wash drawing of a historical scene with a seated ruler, armored warrior, mounted horse, soldiers and banners.

Historical Scene

Unknown artist, third quarter 16th century

Ink and wash drawing of a flood with struggling figures, a large ark, boats, a bent tree, and rain clouds.

The Flood

Georg Pencz after Michelangelo, 1530s

Etching of a pastoral scene with a shepherd, a standing woman, cattle by a stone bridge, and a seated woman under trees.

The Ford (Le passage du gué)

Claude Lorrain, 1634

Etching of cows and a bull resting and standing on a grassy hillside under an open sky, with a fallen log at lower left.

Cow, Bull and Calf

Etched portrait of a man with long curly hair holding a rolled scroll, with a script inscription below.

Jan de Vos

Karel Dujardin, 1652-1662

Etching of a woman wading a stream beside a drinking donkey with a packed basket, a dog, and a wooded hillside.

Woman Crossing a Stream

Karel Dujardin, 1662

Engraving of Laocoon wrestling serpents on a platform beside a colonnade, with a ruined city in the background.

Laocoon

Jean de Gourmont

Engraving of a winged angel seated on a stone, holding a tablet and quill, with clouds above and rocky ground below.

The Recording Angel

Master RG, 1542

Engraving of a martyrdom scene with a bound man on a trestle, executioners, a seated official, and a crowd in a columned hall

Martyrdom of Saint Andrew

Carlo Maratta after Domenichino

Ink and wash drawing of a grand church interior with receding arches, Corinthian columns and coffered vaults.

The Interior of Saint Peter's, Rome

Unknown artist, first quarter 17th century

Etching of a bound nude man tied to a tree as an executioner cuts at his arm, with onlookers and rocks nearby.

The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew

Jusepe de Ribera, 1624

Engraved print of a kneeling bearded man in papal robes with hands clasped, a tiara beside him, inscribed Sixtus V.

Pope Sixtus V

after Giuseppe Cesari Prospero Bresciano, 1589

Engraving of the Annunciation: an angel kneels before the seated Virgin, a dove descends in light, cherubs fill the clouds ab

The Annunciation

Cornelis Cort after Titian, probably c. 1566

Sepia print of Saint John the Evangelist seated on an eagle, holding an open book, with clouds behind him.

Saint John the Evangelist

John Skippe after Parmigianino, 1782

Tonal print of a bearded man lying on a stone floor with his ankles chained to the wall.

Man in Chains

John Skippe after Jacopo Tintoretto, 1808

Print of a standing bearded male saint with halo, arms folded, cloak draped, in red-brown and ochre tones.

Male Saint Standing, with Folded Arms, Facing to the Left

John Skippe after Parmigianino, 1781

Oval brown-toned portrait of a man with long curled hair and lace cravat, above a panel of printed text.

Algernon Sidney

John Baptist Jackson after Justus van Verus, c. 1717-1780

Brown chiaroscuro woodcut of a woman with a rolled paper beside a feathered-hat man, watched by two older women.

The Procuress

Ludwig Büsinck after Georges Lallemand, 1620-1640

Engraving of an artist drawing a seated nude woman beside a cupid, with a cat, scientific instruments and ships at sea.

Artist Painting a Nude Woman: Allegory of Visual Perception

Jan Pietersz Saenredam after Hendrik Goltzius, c. 1598; published 1616

Etching of a haloed rider on a white horse holding a banner, with an angel above and a kneeling figure with a sword below.

Saint James of Compostela

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo after Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Print of muscular Hercules grappling with a winged fury and a snake-entwined figure among clouds and rocks.

Hercules Fighting the Fury and the Discord

Christoffel Jegher after Sir Peter Paul Rubens, 1630

Etching of Saint Agatha's martyrdom: a seated woman with an executioner, soldiers and angels above a column, in an arched fra

Martyrdom of Saint Agatha

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo after Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Brown wash drawing of the Birth of the Virgin with women attending an infant and God the Father among cherubs above.

Birth of the Virgin

Follower of Francesco Fontebasso, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a haloed youth teaching bearded elders with books in a columned hall.

Christ among the Doctors

Follower of Francesco Fontebasso, 18th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of Christ seated at a well speaking with a woman beside a water jar, with a classical tower behind

Christ and the Woman of Samaria

Follower of Francesco Fontebasso, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a dying friar on a bed, with an angel and putti above and kneeling monks in prayer.

Death of a Holy Friar

Follower of Francesco Fontebasso, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a reclining saint with a cross, cherubs nearby, and angels playing music on clouds above.

Death of the Magdalene

Follower of Francesco Fontebasso, 18th century

Ink and wash drawing of a dying saint with a lion and angels playing music in the clouds above.

Death of Saint Jerome

Follower of Francesco Fontebasso, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of the Deposition: Christ's body lowered from a cross by men on a ladder, with mourning women at left.

The Deposition

Follower of Francesco Fontebasso, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a saint's funeral with angels above, torch bearers, kneeling mourners and a processional cross.

Funeral Procession of a Saint with Angels

Follower of Francesco Fontebasso, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of Saint Jerome receiving communion from an angel, with a lion, skull, and putti in the clouds.

Last Communion of Saint Jerome

Follower of Francesco Fontebasso, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a female saint's martyrdom with soldiers, a kneeling woman, cherubs, and classical architecture.

Martyrdom of a Female Saint

Follower of Francesco Fontebasso, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of Saint Andrew kneeling before a diagonal cross, with soldiers, angels in clouds, and a rider behind.

Martyrdom of Saint Andrew

Follower of Francesco Fontebasso, 18th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a man raising a staff on a rocky height while figures below writhe and reach toward him.

Moses and the Brazen Serpent

Follower of Francesco Fontebasso, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a haloed figure gesturing to a crowd as men move a stone beside a rocky hill and a city.

The Raising of Lazarus

Follower of Francesco Fontebasso, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a haloed risen figure with a banner rising from a tomb, while soldiers sleep or recoil below.

The Resurrection

Follower of Francesco Fontebasso, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of Saint Luke painting the Virgin and Child on a cloud, with angels, putti, an ox and an arched interior.

Saint Luke Painting the Virgin

Follower of Francesco Fontebasso, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of Supper at Emmaus: a haloed figure at a table with disciples in a stone interior with stairs.

Supper at Emmaus

Follower of Francesco Fontebasso, 18th century

Brown ink drawing of a large tree, an obelisk, classical buildings and a distant mountain in a landscape.

Heroic Landscape

Fan-shaped ink and wash drawing of the Death of the Virgin, with mourning apostles gathered around a reclining woman on a bed

Death of the Virgin

Johann Matthias Kager, 1620s

Pen and brown ink drawing of two helmeted soldiers in a wood beside a sleeping woman and a cupid.

Three Soldiers Discovering a Sleeping Woman

Nicolas-Raymond de La Fage

Charcoal sketch of three seated figures seen from behind in a meadow, wearing hats, with hatched grass in front.

Three Figures Seated in a Meadow, Seen from the Back

Unknown artist, late 19th century

Etching of a woman in a wide hat and windblown dress standing on a grassy coast, with birds flying and a sailboat at sea.

A Fresh Breeze from the Sea

Walter Satterlee, 1885

Etching of riders on galloping horses, one man in a headscarf raising a whip, with other horsemen behind him.

Rough Sport in the Yosemite

James David Smillie, 1885

Grey-ground pen drawing with white highlights showing six medieval figure studies, including seated, standing and reclining f

Studies for Six Figures (sheet from a model book) [recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1450/1460

Pen and brown ink drawing of a smoking volcanic crater with rocky cliffs and tiny figures on the ground below.

Forum Vulcani: The Hot Springs at Pozzuoli

Joris Hoefnagel, 1578

Etching of the drunken Silenus reclining with a wine cup, attended by a satyr beside a large wine barrel and a donkey.

The Drunken Silenus

Jusepe de Ribera, 1628

Woodcut of the Adoration of the Magi: mounted kings and attendants approach the Virgin and Child in a forest under an angelic

The Adoration of the Magi

Domenico Campagnola