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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Grey wash drawing of a river with sailing boats, a rowing boat with figures, a thatched cottage and a distant church tower.

Ameide on the River Lek

Nicolaas Wicart

Etched landscape with large trees, a small columned temple across a lake, figures on a path, and hills under clouds.

Classical Landscape with a Tempietto

Attributed to Frédéric de Moucheron

Engraved title page with Latin text in a cartouche, framed by a stone arch, armor trophy, and carved figures.

Title Page

Hieronymus Cock, published 1551

Printed dedication page in Latin with two lines of centred capitals and a Latin verse on the ruins of Rome.

Dedication Page

Hieronymus Cock, published 1551

Etching of the ruined Colosseum in Rome with collapsed arcades, overgrown vegetation, figures on the road, and clouds.

View of the Colosseum

Hieronymus Cock, probably 1550

Etching of a stone arched bridge over a river with towers and houses on the banks under a cloudy sky.

View of the Ponte Quattro Capi and the Island of the Tiber

Hieronymus Cock, 1550

Etching of ruined Colosseum arches overgrown with plants, with small figures walking and sitting among rubble in the foregrou

Third View of the Colosseum

Hieronymus Cock, probably 1550

Etching of Colosseum ruins showing broken arches, vaulted passages, rubble, and small figures beneath a sky with birds.

Fourth View of the Colosseum

Hieronymus Cock, probably 1550

Etching of Colosseum ruins with broken arches, a vaulted ceiling, a gnarled tree, rocks, and two small figures walking.

Eighth View of the Colosseum

Hieronymus Cock, 1550

Engraved view of Roman ruins with columns, a round tower, arches and distant mountains under a cloudy sky.

View of the Forum

Hieronymus Cock, probably 1550

Etching of overgrown Roman brick ruins with arches, stairs and a hilltop of ruined walls behind them.

View of the Colosseum with the Palatine in the Background

Hieronymus Cock, probably 1550

Etching of Roman ruins with arches and columns overgrown with plants, beside a panoramic view of a distant city and sunrise.

Ruins on the Palatine with a Panoramic Landscape

Hieronymus Cock, 1550

Etching of Roman ruins with a tall tower and arch in the foreground, a distant ruined city and mountains beyond.

Ruins on the Palatine, Looking toward the Baths of Caracalla

Hieronymus Cock, probably 1550

Etching of ruined Roman arches overgrown with plants, with small figures among rubble in the foreground and birds in the sky.

The Basilica of Constantine

Hieronymus Cock, probably 1550

Etching of Roman ruins with a domed rotunda, colonnaded temple, bell tower, and large brick arches, with small figures in the

The Temple of Augustus and Faustina, the Temple of Divus Romulus, and the Basilica of Constantine

Hieronymus Cock, probably 1550

Engraving of Roman ruins with a tiered columned structure and the Colosseum, with two figures in the foreground.

The Septizonium and the Colosseum

Hieronymus Cock, probably 1550

Etching of overgrown Roman brick ruins with arches, small figures in the foreground, and clouds above.

The Baths of Diocletian

Hieronymus Cock, 1550

Etching of two ruined Roman brick arches with weeds and rubble in the foreground and a distant town beyond.

Second View of the Baths of Diocletian

Hieronymus Cock, 1550

Etching of crumbling Roman brick arches and overgrown ruins on a rocky hillside, with a distant city under a hazy sky.

View of the Baths of Caracalla

Hieronymus Cock, probably 1550

Etching of Roman Forum ruins with broken columns, a triumphal arch, a small temple, and figures resting among stones.

View of the Forum from the Base of the Capitol

Hieronymus Cock, probably 1550

Etching of ruined Roman columns and an arch with scattered rubble and small figures walking through the site.

View of the Forum of Nerva

Hieronymus Cock, probably 1550

Etching of Roman ruins with broken columns, brick arches and small figures in a rubble landscape under cloudy sky.

Second View of the Forum of Nerva

Hieronymus Cock, 1550

Etching of overgrown brick ruins with arches and a rocky landscape with trees and a small bird in the foreground.

View of Unidentified Ruins

Hieronymus Cock, probably 1550

Engraving of ruined classical architecture with a kneeling Saint Jerome, a lion, and an open book in the foreground.

Saint Jerome in a Landscape with Ruins

Hieronymus Cock after Maerten van Heemskerck, 1552

Etching of a wooded landscape with a woman running from a soldier, ruins on a hill, and a heron by a river.

Landscape with a Woman Fleeing at the Sight of a Soldier

Léon Davent, 1550s

Etching of the Fontainebleau palace courtyard seen across a pond, with riders, a carriage, boats and tall trees.

Veue de la cour des Fontaines de Fontaine Beleau

Israël Silvestre, 1666

Nine small painted lunette studies on tan paper showing figures in groups, labeled Religion, Study, Family, Labor, Rest and R

Studies for Lunettes

Charles Sprague Pearce, 1890/1897

Pencil study of reclining figures inside a semicircular lunette, with rough strokes suggesting landscape and trees below.

Study for a Lunette [recto]

Charles Sprague Pearce, 1890/1897

Pencil and white chalk study on tan paper showing a draped standing woman and sketched figures in a panel at right.

Studies for a Panel

Charles Sprague Pearce, 1890/1897

Red chalk drawing of a partially unrolled scroll on tan paper, with shaded rolled end and soft cast shadow.

Study of a Scroll

Charles Sprague Pearce, 1890/1897