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National Gallery of Art

25,734 works

Daumier caricature of two fencing men in pointed caps, one standing on a prone man who has HOLSTEIN written beside him.

Une Situation désagréable

Honoré Daumier, 1866

Caricature of John Bull riding a horse labeled Ministère Wigh, with a rider labeled Ministère Tory behind him, by Daumier.

Changeant son cheval borgne pour un aveugle

Honoré Daumier, 1866

Two men shake hands after a duel while dead ducks lie in a pond behind them, in a Daumier lithograph.

Se demandant si, le duel fini, ils ne vont pas etre plumes

Honoré Daumier, 1866

Daumier lithograph of a giant helmeted man grabbing a tiny figure while small people cling to his coat and crowd the ground.

Renouvele de Gulliver

Honoré Daumier, 1866

Caricature lithograph of three seated figures balanced on a scale, a woman in the center holding a box labeled Venette.

Attendez... il faut encore ceci...

Honoré Daumier, 1866

Daumier lithograph of an elderly smoking man and a woman in a cloak, with caption 'Voyons, debout! on nous regarde'.

Voyons!... debout, on nous regarde

Honoré Daumier, 1866

Etching of the Resurrection: a risen figure ascends among angels above a tomb, while figures react in the wooded foreground.

The Resurrection

François Collignon

Daumier lithograph of a man gesturing at a shop doorway while another man walks away down a city street.

Il se plaint de rentrer...

Honoré Daumier, 1866

Brown wash drawing of an artist's studio with a painter at an easel, assistant at right, and paintings covering the walls.

An Artist's Studio [recto]

Frans Francken the Younger

Daumier lithograph of an allegorical woman with a banner beside a man in a wheelbarrow amid newspaper sheets.

La Presse réactionnaire cherchant en vain...

Honoré Daumier, 1866

The Head of Christ

Guido Reni, 1623

Lithograph of a stout man with arms crossed watching birds as a distant hunter fires a rifle over a hill.

C'est dommage que ma chasse a moi soit fermée

Honoré Daumier, 1867

Pen and brown ink drawing of mounted horsemen in turbans fighting with sabres amid fallen soldiers on a battlefield.

A Battle between Oriental Cavalry and Soldiers

Johann Wilhelm Baur, 1636

Daumier lithograph of a man scrubbing a flag labeled 'Premier Pavillon' in a washtub, captioned that the old colour will not

J'ai beau laver, l'ancienne couleur...

Honoré Daumier, 1869

Daumier lithograph of a reclining heavyset man dropping coins beside bags of money, grapes, and a pyramid dessert on a table.

Mars sans carême

Honoré Daumier, 1869

Daumier lithograph of a turbaned figure emerging from a box beside a crowned figure labeled Europe, gesturing in alarm.

Je vous en prie, rentrez dans votre boite...

Honoré Daumier, 1869

Daumier lithograph of a bloated figure labeled BUDGET being hauled by a thin man, with money bags on his limbs.

Difficile à faire paraitre svelte

Honoré Daumier, 1869

Etched ornamental frieze of three bands with dancing figures, a stag-headed hunter with hounds, and grotesque acrobatic figur

Ornament

Mathias Beytler

Lithograph of a crowned allegorical woman raising a measuring rod above a crowd of caricatured men looking up at her.

La France se préparant a passer...

Honoré Daumier, 1869

Daumier lithograph of a robed figure with a cannon beside a seated veiled woman and a boot labelled France, 1871.

Va te faire achever pour moi

Honoré Daumier, 1871

Lithograph of a man leaning over a ballot box beside a Candidat poster, with two onlookers in top hats at left.

Utilisant les loisirs...

Honoré Daumier, 1869

Daumier lithograph of caricatured men at a table beneath a glowing circle labeled République, with rays of light.

Leur Mané, Thecel, Pharès

Honoré Daumier, 1871

Daumier lithograph of skeletal figures strewn across a barren arena, with sacks labeled amendments, bills, reforms, and promi

Les arènes législatives

Honoré Daumier, 1870

Daumier lithograph: a helmeted man stares up at a crowned throne above a heap of fallen bodies, satirizing Hohenzollern ambit

Le Prince de Hohenzollern...

Honoré Daumier, 1870

Satirical lithograph of helmeted soldiers seizing a man as a woman with a child clings to him, under a sign reading Duché de

L'appel de leurs réserves

Honoré Daumier, 1870

Daumier lithograph of a bearded Prussian Bluebeard figure with a sword advancing on a seated legislative chamber under an arc

Le Barbe bleu Prussien...

Honoré Daumier, 1866

Daumier lithograph of a stout boxer labeled John Bull facing a thin ragged opponent by a post marked Irlande, 1866.

Ce qu'on appelle le Royaume-Uni

Honoré Daumier, 1866

Daumier satirical lithograph: a gaunt ragged man listens as another whispers to him, while a man with a cane watches behind.

Irlande et Jamaique - Patience!...

Honoré Daumier, 1866

Caricature lithograph of a man with laurels and a woman with a sword balancing on a seesaw atop a building labeled BOURSE.

La Balançoire politique...

Honoré Daumier, 1866

Oval pastel portrait of a smiling woman with powdered curls, a plumed blue-trimmed hat, and a sprig of pink flowers.

A Fashionable Noblewoman Wearing a Plumed Hat

Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, 1789

Daumier lithograph of a robed man beside a throne chair marked Principautés, turning from a crowd raising their arms.

Ah! ça... ils n'ont plus l'air de s'occuper de moi

Honoré Daumier, 1866

Watercolor of classical ruins, a waterfall, and an arched stone bridge with cattle crossing a river under a pale sky.

Dawn Landscape with Classical Ruins

Jean-Baptiste Lallemand, 1760

Lithograph of an armored knight on a white horse, lance raised, riding past a cheering crowd on a city street.

Le Cid se mettant aussi en campagne...

Honoré Daumier, 1859

Pen and ink sketch of men in hats gathered around a stone fountain in a garden, with trees behind.

Figures Seated Around a Fountain

Jean-Baptiste Lallemand, 1755

Daumier lithograph of a smiling stout man in a top hat seated on a reclining figure, with palm trees behind them.

L'Ordre règne à la Jamaique

Honoré Daumier, 1866

Pen and wash drawing of Roman ruins with columns, a wind-bent tree, an inscribed plaque, a fountain and cypresses.

Architectural Fantasy of Roman Ruins with an Inscription Plaque

Jean-Baptiste Lallemand, 1768

Daumier lithograph of a man with a heavy bundle walking through heavy rain on a wet street, 1870.

Le supplice de tantale... eau comprise

Honoré Daumier, 1870

Daumier lithograph of a helmeted man stepping over a crouching figure toward a huge throne-like chair, with sprawled figures

Les marches du nouveau trone d'Allemagne

Honoré Daumier, 1871

Caricature lithograph of three crowned kings piled on a carriage roof while Bismarck sits inside beside a helmeted soldier.

Comment Bismarck comprend l'unité allemande

Honoré Daumier, 1870

Daumier lithograph of a seated allegorical Republic figure surrounded by small attacking caricatured men with rifles and bann

Vous finirez par vous lasser de m'attaquer...

Honoré Daumier, 1851

Pen and ink anatomical study of two human legs with hatched shading and a faint red chalk figure at lower right.

Anatomical Studies

Domenico Beccafumi

Daumier lithograph of two men standing before a seated man in a curled wig at a table, with a French caption about false Stép

En Irlande

Honoré Daumier

Lithograph of a bearded man offering his arm to a veiled woman with a staff, labeled Venetie and Italie, with a French captio

Croyez-moi! prenez mon bras...

Honoré Daumier

Caricature lithograph of a man in a tall top hat with a large nose, smoking a cigar and carrying a book.

Daumier fut le peintre ordinaire...

Honoré Daumier, probably 1839

Daumier 1866 lithograph: caricature of figures around a bed, a stork overhead, and a banner reading La Presse, une idée par j

Un Quart d'heure après sa mort il était encore en vie (A Quarter of an Hour after His Death, He Was Still Alive)

Honoré Daumier, 1866

Engraved plates showing a cut tufa aqueduct block and overgrown Roman amphitheatre ruins with a bell tower.

Le Antichità Romane (volume I)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published 1756

Engraved portrait of a seated woman in an elaborate ball gown with tassels, holding a small fan, in a carved chair.

Mme. de M ... en habit de bal

Pierre Louis de Surugue, 1746

Etching of an imaginary Roman street with tombs, busts, urns, a rotunda, and small figures among the monuments.

Le Antichità Romane (volume II)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published 1756

Hand-colored woodcut of the nude, crowned Christ figure before robed men beneath an arch, with red, green and blue washes.

Ecce Homo

Unknown artist, c. 1440/1450

Monochrome print of a nude woman seen from behind, drying herself with a towel, against a dark textured background.

Nude Woman Standing, Drying Herself (Femme nue debout, a sa toilette)

Edgar Degas, c. 1890

Engraving of a blind beggar with a cane, bowl and pug dog beside a stone column, with French verse below.

The Blind Beggar

Pierre Louis de Surugue

Engraving of a peasant dance: a couple dances beneath large trees while onlookers sit nearby in a wooded clearing.

The Peasant Dance

Benoît Audran the Younger

Etching of a nude mother seated beside a nude child who leans against her, both set against vertical hatched background lines

Mutter und Kind (Mother and Child)

Wilhelm Lehmbruck, 1910

Etching of a man and woman clasping hands before a crowd, with fire and smoke rising behind stone walls.

Adewold and Emma

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1798

Pencil drawing of a seated woman in a headscarf holding a round pan, in a simple interior with a hanging cloth.

Pancake Woman

Johannes Körnlein, 1768

Engraving of a fur-clad warrior embracing a girl among elders, children, shields hung in trees and discarded weapons.

Ancient Teutons

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1782

Etching of men in period wigs and coats gathered around a table while one man writes at a document in an interior.

The First French Church in Berlin

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1794

Etching of a couple embracing by an arched window under a tree while a woman in a bonnet gestures in a garden behind them.

The Fortunate Rescue

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1791

Etching in three panels showing stilt walkers, witches on broomsticks, strollers under trees, a rooster, a horse and sketched

Imaginations

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1800

Two etched scenes: a man in a canopied bed attended by a woman, and a group strolling under trees with a child.

Illustrations to La Fontaine

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1799/1800

Engraving of three figures in 18th-century dress in a courtyard beside a large tree, by Chodowiecki, 1798.

The Voyage to Paris

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1798

Engraving of a woman holding a mirror as a man in a feathered hat leans beside her, with a cat and a Latin verse below.

Sight

Engraving of a woman in a ruff collar playing a harpsichord, with a man behind her, a stag's head and a Latin inscription bel

Hearing

Engraving of a man smelling a flower beside a woman with a pearl necklace, with roses and a vase of flowers.

Smell