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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Brown ink and wash drawing of thatched cottages and a barn beside a road, with a church spire and a water channel in front.

Cottages and Barn beside a Road

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1650

Etching of the Holy Family on the flight into Egypt, with a haloed Virgin, child, older man and donkey under a tree.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Sébastien Bourdon

Engraving of a crowded ceremonial hall with a throne at the far end, flanked by winged allegorical figures and a crowned coat

The States General of France (Les Etats Generaux de France)

Jan Ziarnko, 1614

Drawing of a circular ceiling design with radiating rococo bands, a central medallion, and figural scenes in grey wash and go

The Life of Ignatius Loyola

Egid Quirin Asam, 1748

Elephant

Martin Schongauer, c. 1480/1490

Engraving of two haloed women embracing in a rocky landscape with a bare tree and distant castle towers.

The Visitation

Master E. S., c. 1450/1460

Engraving of Saint George with a spear standing over a dragon, a kneeling woman praying nearby, and a classical arch behind.

Saint George

Benedetto Montagna, c. 1506

Hand-colored woodcut of the Virgin with a dark halo, blue mantle and crossed hands, set on clouds against a tan background.

The Virgin in the Clouds

or attributed to Master of the Housebook Anonymous, c. 1470/1480

Etching of an angel embracing a kneeling man at night, with sleeping figures in the foreground and a tower under a crescent m

The Agony in the Garden

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1657

Engraved portrait of a man with curly hair and mustache, wrapped in a cloak, hand on a scroll, inside a garland frame.

Nicolas Poussin

Albertus Clouwet

Mezzotint portrait of a smiling woman with a ribbon in her hair holding a spaniel, with a cloudy landscape behind.

Lady Hamilton as Nature

John Raphael Smith after George Romney, published 1784

Etching of the Raising of Lazarus: a nude man rises from a tomb while kneeling women and a robed figure look on.

The Raising of Lazarus

Guillaume Courtois

Etching of Christ seated at a table with disciples and an innkeeper in a dim room with draped curtains.

Christ at Emmaus: the Larger Plate

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1654

Etching of Mary holding the infant Jesus on a donkey led by an old man with a staff along a wooded path.

The Flight into Egypt: Crossing a Brook

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1654

Etching of a Paris street with a conical stone turret, ivy, smoking chimneys, and small figures on the cobbled street below.

Tourelle de la Rue de la Tixéranderie, Paris (House with a Turret, Weavers' Street, Paris)

Charles Meryon, 1852

Two-panel woodcut: musicians at a banquet on the left, soldiers with cannons and fighting animals on the right, under a Germa

Allegory of War and Peace

Unknown artist, 1499

Oval pencil drawing of a man with curly shoulder-length hair, a small cap, a wide collar and a draped cloak.

Marin Cureau de La Chambre

Robert Nanteuil, c. 1656

Engraved allegory with a standing woman among flowers, a central sun band, and an enthroned figure with children and a skull.

Allegory of Spring (Allegorie des Frühlings)

Christian Friedrich Sprinck after Philipp Otto Runge, 1810/1831

Pencil sketch on grey paper of two rowboats floating on calm water, one at upper left and one at lower right.

Two Boats for "L'Abside de Notre-Dame de Paris"

Charles Meryon, probably c. 1854

Pencil sketch of two men, one bearded with wavy hair in the foreground, the other partly hidden behind him at left.

Two Men

Honoré Daumier

Soft grey sketch of a stooping man carrying a heavy sack over a diagonal plank.

Man Carrying a Sack

Honoré Daumier

Engraving of a standing allegorical woman holding a banner with a bird, beside an obelisk and a coat of arms.

Charity

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1552

Engraving of a standing woman holding a flagpole with a bird, a coat of arms above, and a Latin inscription below.

Patience

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1552

Engraving of a standing allegorical woman with a staff, chain, column and Latin inscription, dated 1552.

Chastity

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1552

Engraving of an allegorical woman with a fish banner and heraldic crest on a rocky shore, with Latin text below.

Temperance

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1552

Engraving of a barefoot woman holding an infant beside a pole, with a coat of arms and Latin text.

Compassion

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1552

Engraving of a standing allegorical woman with a staff, a bird, a coat of arms, and Latin text below.

Diligence

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1552

Mezzotint of a smiling woman holding a mousetrap and candle beside a boy in a dim window frame.

Maid with a Mousetrap

Nicolaas Verkolje

Mezzotint interior with a sleeping young man, several women, a kissing couple, a small dog and a servant on a checkered floor

The Sleeping Boy

Nicolaas Verkolje

Engraving of Hercules strangling a lion beside a tree, with a shield and club and a walled city in the background.

Hercules Killing the Nemean Lion

Sebald Beham, 1548