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National Gallery of Art

14,475 works

Two watercolor landscape sketches of large green trees, one with a distant blue hill and path, one with a stormy sky.

Two Sketches of Trees

Attributed to James Bulwer

Grey wash drawing of a ruined church with a broken Gothic tower, arched windows, and a dirt road in the foreground.

Ruined Church

Hendrik-Frans De Cort, probably 1794

Pencil drawing of a ruined cottage with collapsed thatched roof, exposed timbers, trees behind, and dogs resting in front.

Cottage at Diss

after John Sell Cotman Anonymous

Pencil and grey wash drawing of a rocky gorge with a stream and bare tree stumps under a pale sky.

Gorge with Tree Stumps

John Sell Cotman

Pencil sketch of a carved wooden chair before a Gothic arch and stone capital in a ruined church interior.

Sketch of Ruined Church Interior with Chair

John Sell Cotman

Watercolor of a smoky street fire beside a statue of Neptune with a trident, in front of old gabled buildings and a tower.

The Bristol Riots: The Burning in the Street

John Skinner Prout

Etching of a hooded death figure with a scythe beside a kneeling old woodcutter gathering branches among bare trees.

Death and the Woodcutter, 2nd plate (Le mort et le bucheron)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of bearded monks in robes gathered in a church interior beside a lectern, with stone columns behind them.

Monks at Church (Les moines a l'eglise)

Alphonse Legros

Beggar (Un mendiant)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a small hunched figure in a hat beside a large tree with dense crosshatched foliage and grass.

Little Wandering Jew (Le petit juif errant)

Alphonse Legros

Brown wash drawing of an armored warrior with a torch and sword among ruined columns and smoke.

Alexander Setting Fire to Persepolis

Red chalk drawing of a gnarled ancient tree beside fallen logs, with a herder and cattle on a hill beyond.

Ancient Trees in a Pastoral Landscape

Karl Schallhas, 1790

Red chalk portrait of a man with swept-back hair, suit and tie, signed Legros and dated 1903.

Thomas Okey, Esq.

Alphonse Legros, 1903

Etched portrait of a bearded older man in a dark jacket and bow tie, set against horizontal hatched lines.

Victor Hugo, 1st plate

Alphonse Legros

Etched portrait of a bearded seated man in a chair, with loose hatching and a signature at lower left.

Edwin Edwards

Alphonse Legros

Etched bust portrait of a bearded man with a mustache, wearing a jacket and tied cravat, against a plain background.

Auguste Delatre

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a man's head and shoulders, face half in shadow, in a dark jacket and open-collared shirt against cross-hatched ba

Study of a Man's Head (Etude de tete d'homme)

Alphonse Legros

Old Spaniard (Vieil Espagnol)

Alphonse Legros

Etched portrait of an elderly bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat, eyes cast downward, rendered in fine crosshatching.

Lord A. Tennyson, 2nd plate

Alphonse Legros

Engraving of Christ before Annas: a standing figure faces a seated judge in an arched hall, with soldiers and a dog in the fo

Christ before Annas

Israhel van Meckenem, c. 1480

Engraving of a bound nude man being whipped by soldiers at a column in an arched interior, with onlookers at left.

The Flagellation

Israhel van Meckenem, c. 1480

Engraving of Christ before Pilate: a seated judge, soldiers, and a bound figure in a Gothic interior with a checkered floor.

Christ before Pilate

Israhel van Meckenem, c. 1480

Engraving of Ecce Homo showing Christ crowned with thorns before a crowd in an arched courtyard, with a child and rope below.

Ecce Homo

Israhel van Meckenem, c. 1480

Engraving of the Crucifixion with three crosses, mounted soldiers, mourners, and a crowned figure seated in the foreground.

The Crucifixion

Israhel van Meckenem, c. 1480

Engraving of Saint John seated on rocks writing, with a radiant Virgin and Child in the sky and a bird beside him.

Saint John on Patmos

Master BM, c. 1480/1490

Red and black heraldic bookplate with a lion on a shield, a crowned eagle above, and scrollwork borders.

Bookplate of the Abbey of Ottobeuren

Unknown artist, c. 1500

Engraved title page of a king bestowing knighthood on a kneeling man beneath columns and a draped canopy, with courtiers watc

The King Giving the Accolade and Creating Knights of S. Michel Who Receive the Order of the Holy Spirit

Abraham Bosse, 1633

Engraving of Mercury and Venus: two nude figures in a wooded landscape with a river and distant city.

Mercury and Venus

Hans Burgkmair, c. 1520

Engraved plate with a winged head cartouche, large title capitals and a column of French text about the siege of La Rochelle.

The Siege of La Rochelle [plate 4 of 16; set comprises 1952.8.97-112]

Assistant of Jacques Callot, 1628/1631

Etching of a coastal town under siege, with armed troops, smoke, sailing ships and fortifications along the shore.

The Siege of La Rochelle [plate 5 of 16; set comprises 1952.8.97-112]

Jacques Callot, 1628/1631