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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Watercolor of a village street with timber-framed houses, chimneys, an archway and a seated woman by a washing line.

Saint John's Hospital, Canterbury

Peter De Wint, 1845

Pen and ink drawing of a wooden footbridge over a river leading to a town, with trees framing the scene and hills beyond.

River Landscape with a Footbridge

Augustin Hirschvogel, 1546

Etching of a lagoon scene with an arched stone building, a rowing boat in the foreground, and a distant domed church under cl

L'Vom da morte divide...

Fabio Berardi after Canaletto, c. 1760

Etching of a classical arch opening onto a courtyard palazzo, with a stone bridge, figures, and an obelisk in the distance.

L'età che non devora...

Fabio Berardi after Canaletto, c. 1760

Etching of a bacchanal with satyrs, putti, a large urn, a lion and a dog in a wooded rocky landscape.

Bacchanal

Giovanni Andrea Podestà, 1640

Trompe l'oeil pinned arrangement of letters, cards, a newspaper and a book title page on a dark ground with red cords.

A Deception

Samuel Lewis, c. 1780

Brown etching of a marshy landscape with a winding stream, willow trees, a wooden fence, and a cloudy sky.

A Pastoral Landscape with a Stream

Daniel Kotz, c. 1890

Black ink print of a reclining female nude with heavy, textured outlines on a cream background.

Reclining Nude

Alexej von Jawlensky, c. 1912

Engraving of the Judgment of Solomon: a soldier raises a sword over an infant as a kneeling woman pleads before guards and on

The Judgment of Solomon

Willem Swanenburgh after Joachim Anthonisz Wtewael, c. 1600

Engraving of centaur Chiron and a youth holding an infant beside a hut, with small figures and a landscape behind.

Apollo Entrusting Chiron with the Education of Asclepius

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1590

Trompe l'oeil drawing of a two dollar Treasury note, playing cards and poker chips on a dark green background.

Trompe l'Oeil: A Full House with Chips, $2 and $5 Bills

Unknown artist, c. 1895

Pencil drawing of a ruined stone tomb with trees growing on top, cypresses and a small ruin at right, under a cloudy sky.

The Tomb of the Horatii and the Curatii at Albano

Louis Chaix, c. 1775

Pen and brown wash drawing of a sacrificial scene with a kneeling figure, a robed priest with raised blade, and armored soldi

The Sacrifice of Iphigenia (recto) / Study of a Male Nude (verso)

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1726

Watercolor and pen drawing of an arching clump of fountain grass in a meadow with shrubs and a bare tree behind.

A Corner of a Meadow with Fountaingrass

Themistocles von Eckenbrecher, c. 1870

Engraving of elegant figures playing board games on a terrace within an ornate rococo frame, with a garden view.

Das Bretspiel (Ladies and Gentlemen Playing Board Games)

Johann Esaias Nilson, 1756

Engraving of men playing billiards in a candlelit room with onlookers, framed by ornate rococo scrollwork and drapery.

Das Billardspielen (Billiard Players)

Johann Esaias Nilson, 1756

Watercolor of a wooded lakeside with a shepherd, cattle, goats, and a yellow villa on a hill under blue mountains.

A Wooded Lakeside with an Italianate Villa

Ludwig Hess, 1796

Engraved double portrait of two men in oval medallions, flanked by putti, a lion, a globe and floral ornament, with Latin ins

Rubens and van Dyck, a Double Portrait

Paulus Pontius, after Sir Anthony van Dyck and Erasmus Quellinus II

Brown ink and wash drawing of figures carrying a huge cluster of grapes on a pole, with a crowd watching on the right.

The Return of the Spies from the Promised Land

Pier Francesco Mola, c. 1666

Drawing of a windmill and thatched cottages on a riverbank with men in rowing boats on the water.

A Windmill and Cottages on a River Bank, Men in Rowing Boats

Esaias van de Velde, early 17th century

Grey wash drawing of a rocky wooded landscape with trees, a small figure by a stream, and a cloudy sky.

A Rocky Wooded Landscape with a Figure by a Stream

Thomas Gainsborough, 1781

Pencil drawing of a riverside tavern with thatched roofs, a moored sailboat, and figures beside a horse and cart under a pale

A Tavern by a River

Jan van Goyen, 1640

Trompe l'oeil drawing of old prints with animals, a satyr and nymph, a torn envelope, horn-rimmed glasses and a fly.

Trompe l'Oeil: Old Prints, a Torn Envelope with Horn-rimmed Glasses, and a Housefly

Jean-Pierre-Xavier Bidauld after Various Artists, 1763

Pastel drawing of Waterloo Bridge by Claude Monet, arches softened in blue and yellow mist over the river.

Waterloo Bridge

Claude Monet, 1901

Engraving of a classical nude male statue and a rearing horse among ruins, with pedestal inscriptions Opus Fidiae and Opus Pr

Opus Filiae... Opus Praxitelis

Unknown artist, before 1546

Engraving of the rear of two colossal horse statues and their nude male tamers atop brick ruins, with two sketching figures b

Equitum, in Quirinali, aversa parte

Unknown artist, 1550

Pen drawing of an ornate New Year's greeting card with German lettering, drummers, a child, a woman, and a fur muff.

A New Year's Greeting

Adolph Menzel, 1839

Caricature lithograph of three bathers on a beach, a woman in plaid and a stout figure in stripes, with a child running ahead

Madame Prudhomme...

Honoré Daumier, 1854

Daumier caricature lithograph: a tall top-hatted man and a uniformed man stand among dogs beside trees and a building.

Visitant l'interieur...

Honoré Daumier, 1859

Pencil and chalk landscape drawing of a valley with a stone structure, trees, a stream and distant hills.

Corpo di Cava

Eduard Agricola, 1844