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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Satirical lithograph of two caricatured riders dueling with horses while a judge watches from a platform with onlookers.

Duel Polemique

Eugène Delacroix, 1821

Lithograph parodying the Last Supper: men at a long table with a central woman in a revolutionary cap, pears and a crown.

Scène révolutionnaire: Parody on the Last Supper

Auguste Bouquet, 1834

Lithograph of caricatured courtiers in ornate dress kneeling before a draped throne topped with roosters, from La Caricature.

Adoration des Mages

Unknown artist, 1831

Lithograph of a couple in large crinoline dresses and a man crouching beneath a huge skirt sheltering on a grassy field.

La Crinoline-Abri

Charles Vernier, 1848

Sketch of two women in lace shawls and ruffled skirts walking past a crowd of men in top hats on a city street.

Street Scene

Gustave Doré, 1854?

Lithograph of a crowded masquerade in an arched hall, with costumed dancers below and spectators on balconies above.

Mascarade

Paul Gavarni, c. 1831

Caricature of a giant devil with scissors, scattering papers over a street brawl, dated 1834.

Artillerie du Diable (The Devil's Artillery)

Jean-Ignace-Isidore Grandville and Eugène-Hippolyte Forest, 1834

Satirical lithograph of a woman with a bowling ball running toward a line of uniformed men while an elderly man watches.

Gare les Quilles

Jean-Ignace-Isidore Grandville, 1830s

Lithograph of a crowd queuing at a Paris theatre under stone arcades, with a soldier, top-hatted men, and women in bonnets.

Queue du premier Theâtre français

Jean Henri Marlet

Lithograph of robed brothers leading boys in a line past a church facade, with a street vendor at left.

Les Frères Conduisent les Enfants, à St. Nicolas des Champs

Jean Henri Marlet

Lithograph with eight small genre vignettes of beggars, a soldier, a woman at a doorway, horses and a child.

Eight Vignettes of Genre Incidents

Denis Auguste Marie Raffet

Lithograph of a demonic hunt: riders and a pale horse charge through a dark forest among leaping hounds and writhing figures.

Chasse Infernale

Louis Boulanger, 1835

Lithograph of a seated scholar, a cloaked figure with a sword, and a churchyard with gravediggers and clergy.

Scenes from Faust

Louis Boulanger, 1830s

Fan-shaped watercolor of Spanish dancers and musicians with a guitarist and figures in a mountain landscape.

Spanish Dancers and Musicians

Edgar Degas, 1868/1869

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Death of the Virgin, with mourners around a deathbed and angels in clouds above.

The Death of the Virgin

François Boucher, 1750s

Black and white chalk drawing of a reclining nude woman with head thrown back, on tan paper, with a small study at upper left

Reclining Nymph

François Boucher, c. 1752

Chalk drawing of a reclining female nude on tan paper, head turned left, one knee raised, with red and white highlights.

Venus

François Boucher, c. 1754

Watercolor of the Rialto Bridge in Venice with gondolas on the canal and palazzi lining the banks under a cloudy sky.

View of the Rialto Bridge, Venice

Attributed to Francesco Guardi

Pen and brown wash drawing of ballet dancers in full gowns performing in an ornate columned hall.

Ballet from "The Rival Fairies"

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1748

Pen sketch of dancing women in skirts and bonnets, with heads of putti and scrollwork at the upper right.

Sketches of Dancers and Heads of Putti

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1748

Pen and grey wash drawing of a crowd, carriages and horsemen gathered before troops on a parkland under trees.

Royal Review of the Troops

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1760s

Watercolor of a hilltop castle complex with a tower above a wooded valley, with two figures on a path under a cloudy sky.

Eichhorn Castle at Evening

Josef Höger, c. 1838

Charcoal drawing of a bizarre rock formation with layered overhanging ledges rising from a dark ground line.

A Bizarre Rock Formation

Alphonse Nicolas-Michel Mandevare

Brown wash drawing of an arcadian valley with a river, a domed mausoleum on a bluff, shepherds, sheep and mountains.

Arcadian Landscape with a Mausoleum

Christoph Heinrich Kniep, 1790s

Grey-washed drawing of a Venetian-style harbor with gondolas, classical buildings, and elegantly dressed figures on a quay.

Venetian Fantasy with the Dogana

Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner, 1750s

Grey wash drawing of a canal with a Rococo arch, rowing boats, figures and a sailing ship under a cloudy sky.

Venetian Fantasy with an Ornamental Arch

Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner, 1750s

Brown and white drawing of a bearded man lifting a lamp over two nude lovers on a canopied bed, with a helmet and sword below

Vulcan Discovering Venus and Mars

François-Édouard Picot

Brown wash drawing of a corner of the Colosseum with stone arches, piers and overgrown ruins under a pale sky.

A Corner of the Colosseum

Friedrich von Olivier, 1820

Brown wash drawing of a ruined stone tower on a rocky hill with trees and wooded hills receding into a hazy sky.

Ruins of a Fortified Tower among Wooded Hills

Friedrich Salathé, 1816/1821

Engraving of Medea invoking magic under a starry sky, surrounded by an ornate decorative border with grotesques and figures.

The Incantation of Medea

René Boyvin after Leonard Thiry, 1563