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National Gallery of Art

25,756 works

Etching of a saddled donkey standing in a field beside willow trees, with small figures and birds in the distance.

Donkey in a Field (L'Ane au pre)

Charles-François Daubigny, 1862

Etching of Apollo leading dancing figures past classical ruins and trees, with a winged figure seated at left.

Time, Apollo, and the Seasons (Le Temps, Apollon et les Saisons)

Claude Lorrain, 1662

Engraved full-length portrait of a standing man in a ruff and slashed doublet, holding a sword, with a battle scene behind hi

Balthasar Bathory de Somlyo

Hendrick Goltzius, 1583

Chalk drawing of an elderly woman with wrinkled face and gray head scarf, with red shawl visible at shoulders.

Bust of an Old Woman Wearing a Head Scarf

Lagneau, c. 1625

Engraving of Saint Francis seated with a rosary as a winged angel plays violin above him in a rocky landscape.

Saint Francis Consoled by the Musical Angel

Attributed to Francesco Carracci after Agostino Carracci, c. 1595-1602

Pen and brown ink drawing of tall trees along a river, with two people in a small boat and a hut on the far bank.

Woodland River with a Boat

Agostino Carracci, c. 1590

Pen drawing of a walled town and water mill beneath mountains, with a castle on a cliff and a large tree at left.

The Great Landscape with the Water Mill

Albrecht Altdorfer, c. 1520

Sheet of figure studies in grey wash, ink, and red chalk showing a seated woman with children and several mother and infant s

Studies: Major Thomas Biddle and Thomas Wilcocks Sully

Thomas Sully, 1820

Brown ink drawing of gnarled trees over a seated figure and a resting dog, with birds in the sky.

Landscape with Seated Figure and Dog

Abraham Bloemaert, c. 1620

Pencil drawing of covered wagons and horses traveling along a grassy hilltop with a rider and birds in the sky.

Travellers along the Crest of a Hill

Moulin, 1652

Drawing of an oval frame with a faint portrait head, a winged figure above, and a veiled woman writing at a desk below.

Allegorical Frame with a Genius and a Veiled Woman Writing

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, c. 1769

Etching of a man and dog resting beneath a massive gnarled tree, with a rocky landscape and open sky behind.

A Man and His Dog Resting by a Great Tree

Frederick Bloemaert after Abraham Bloemaert, c. 1635

Print of a grand colonnaded banquet hall with frightened guests, a laden table, and a towering ziggurat under a stormy sky.

Belshazzar's Feast

John Martin, 1826

Drawing of a mustached uniformed officer with hand on hip, standing before a crowd and buildings on a cobblestone street.

Peace in the Streets

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

Heads of a Man and a Woman

Adolph Menzel, 1899

Hand-colored print of a white stork standing on one leg, with an inset image of an egg in the upper right corner.

The White Stork

Jan Christiaan Sepp

Brown wash drawing of classical ruins with columns, cypress trees, a hill, and figures beside a boat.

Landscape with Ruins

Unknown artist, 18th century

Seated Turk

Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, 1825

Lithograph of a stout bearded man dressed as Cupid with wings and a bow, hurrying past a tall standing mirror.

Le Départ pour le bal

Honoré Daumier, 1847

Head of a Young Woman

the Elder after Jean-Martial Fredou Gilles Demarteau

Etched landscape of a huge tree by a river with fishermen, boats, and sunbeams breaking through storm clouds.

Landscape with Men Fishing by Moonlight

Aegidius Sadeler II after Roelandt Savery

Etching of Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome viewed across the Tiber, with a stone bridge, boats, figures and a large tree in the fo

Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome

Stefano Della Bella, c. 1634

Etching of a skeletal rider on a galloping horse waving a flag, with skeletons and a distant battle below.

Death on Horseback

Stefano Della Bella, probably 1648

Etching of a skeleton in a flowing cloak carrying a child, with a second skeleton and a town skyline behind.

Death Carrying a Child to the Right

Stefano Della Bella, probably 1648

Etching of a skeletal Death figure striding while carrying a child, with a city square and gravedigger behind.

Death Carrying a Child to the Left

Stefano Della Bella, probably 1648

Etching of a skeleton Death carrying a limp woman in flowing drapery across a ledge, with classical ruins behind.

Death Carrying a Woman

Stefano Della Bella, probably 1648

Etching of an old man with a staff pointing at a hooded skeleton holding an hourglass, within an oval frame.

Death with an Old Man

Stefano Della Bella, probably 1648

Etching of a girl giving a drink to a small child beside a goat, with a cow, sheep and milk pail in a rustic barn.

La bonne petite soeur

Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg II

Etching of a bearded man seen from behind, draped in a flowing robe and holding a long staff, beside a small plant.

Saint James the Greater

Etching of overgrown Roman ruins with a relief frieze, fallen column, inscribed stone and a figure beside a pool.

Rovine d' antichi Edifizj

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published 1743/1744

Engraved frontispiece with a stone archway, broken columns, trees and an inscribed tablet, with a palette and brushes at its

Classical Ruins in a Landscape: frontispiece

Giuliano Giampiccoli and Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Pen and wash drawing of the Crucifixion with angels above and two kneeling saints below, one with a crozier and one with a st

The Crucifixion with Saints Roch and Augustine

Filippo Bellini

Caricature lithograph of a hunched old man pointing at a sulking young boy, with a caption below the scene.

Ah! monstre, vous vous permettez...

Honoré Daumier, 1840

Lithograph of a spiked-helmet soldier driving a stone-laden cart over sacks labeled with German state names.

L'unité allemande

Honoré Daumier, 1870

Lithograph of a tall man smoking a pipe, a boy drumming, and a seated man covering his ears in a cluttered room.

Poète classique composant une églogue...

Honoré Daumier, 1840

Daumier lithograph of an artist with palette and cane talking to a gentleman who holds a boy with a rolled paper in a studio.

V'la mon petit... s'il n'a pas assez de moyens...

Honoré Daumier, 1850

Lithograph of a seated woman under a tree talking to a woman bathing in a river, with a distant landscape.

L'Eau est délicieuse... je t'assure...

Honoré Daumier, 1845

Engraving of Apollo playing a lyre beside a kneeling figure, with a bound nude satyr tied to a tree at left.

Apollo and Marsyas

Master of the Die after Raphael, 1530s

Engraving of haloed Saint Roch standing by a tree with a dog, an angel on a cloud above, and a town in the distance.

Saint Roch

Master of the Die after Follower of Raphael

Engraving of an aged bearded wanderer with a staff in a rainy night landscape, beside a crucified Christ on a cross.

Le Juif Errant

Georges Rouget after Gustave Doré, c. 1856

Engraving of biblical figures among stone ruins under a tree, with dogs in the foreground and a distant landscape.

Esurientes pascere

Sébastien Bourdon, 1665/1670

Engraving of thirsty men crowding a stone well with water jars, mounted soldiers and classical buildings behind them.

Potare sitientes

Sébastien Bourdon, 1665/1670

Engraving of servants washing a seated woman's feet in a courtyard while a bearded man and traveler stand nearby.

Hospitio exipere advenas

Sébastien Bourdon, 1665/1670

Engraving of a crowd of ragged figures reaching toward robed men on a raised platform, with scattered clothing and a dog in t

Vestine nudos

Sébastien Bourdon, 1665/1670

Engraving of an angel above sick people being tended on stone platforms, with a walled city and trees behind.

Aegros Curare

Sébastien Bourdon, 1665/1670

Engraving of a seated ruler freeing chained captives before a burning city, with soldiers, a horse statue and fallen columns.

Liberare Captivos

Sébastien Bourdon, 1665/1670

Engraving of mourners burying the dead before classical ruins, with an obelisk and horsemen in the background.

Sepelire mortuos

Sébastien Bourdon, 1665/1670

Etched landscape with hills, towns, and a figure carrying a head, with a chariot in the clouds above.

Mercury with the Head of Argus in His Hand

Hieronymus Cock, 1558

Etching of overgrown Roman ruins with brick arches, towers and scattered rubble under a cloudy sky.

Ruins on the Palatine with the Septizonium

Hieronymus Cock, 1550

Engraving of the Annunciation: an angel on a cloud offers a lily branch to the Virgin Mary in an interior.

The Annunciation

after Mario Arconio Francesco Villamena, 1598

Pen and wash drawing of the Virgin standing on clouds with angels kneeling below and cherubs around her.

The Virgin in Glory

Abraham Bloemaert

Red chalk and wash drawing of classical ruins with a tomb inscription, stone arch, urn on column, and large tree.

Grottesco with the Tomb of Nero

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1747

Charcoal study of a woman with one arm raised behind her head, draped fabric across her torso, on tan paper.

Study of a Woman

Adolph Menzel, c. 1875/1890

Watercolor of a grassy rocky landscape with cliffs, boulders, grazing sheep, a stone structure and a hazy sky.

Paradise, Newport

William Trost Richards, 1877

Brown wash drawing of the Holy Family resting with a donkey, an angel in the trees, and a distant town.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Guercino, c. 1626

Pen and ink drawing of a traveller with a staff near a wooden footbridge, trees, and a distant church tower.

Country Footbridge (The Traveller)

Paul Sandby Munn, c. 1810

Sketch of four boys in hats seated on sand, with a wooden pier and a moored boat in the background.

Four Boys on a Beach

Winslow Homer, 1873

Solitude: Miss Vesta Rollinstall

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1878

Pencil drawing of a young woman with a veil in a circular vignette on cream paper.

Young Woman's Head

Esther Frances Alexander, 1860s?

Pen and wash drawing of a kneeling veiled woman reaching toward three standing robed figures beneath a stormy sky.

Composition with Four Figures [recto and verso]

Attributed to Washington Allston, c. 1805

Sepia wash landscape of Gowanus Heights with trees, a stone house, a path with two figures, and distant ships on the bay.

Gowanus Heights, Brooklyn

William Henry Bartlett, c. 1836/1837

Pencil sketch of a kneeling man supporting a fallen companion while pointing forward, on pale paper.

The Death of General Warren

George Caleb Bingham

Francois

Charles J. Bridgman, 1872

Brown ink drawing of four putti, one painting at an easel on a cloud and another drawing at a board, with a reclining figure

Allegory: Four Putti

Mather Brown, 1780/1790