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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Watercolor of a praying chalkware angel with a gold gown and speckled painted wings standing on a square base.

Pa. German Chalkware Angel Figure

Mina Lowry, c. 1936

Etching of two figures on a wooden footbridge over a river, with a large tree at left, ducks, a rowboat, and a cottage.

The Angler

Adriaen van Ostade, 1653

Watercolor drawing of a painted chalkware shrine with an arched top, striped columns, and a small kneeling figure in a niche.

Pa. German Chalkware Shrine

Mina Lowry, c. 1939

Etching of an eyeglass peddler holding up spectacles at a rustic hut while a seated woman and child watch nearby.

Eyeglass Peddlar

Adriaen van Ostade, 1646

Painted drawing of a Pennsylvania German chalkware figure of Mary seated beside a lamb, in green and gold tones.

Pa. German Chalkware Mary and Her Lamb

Mina Lowry, c. 1939

Etching of a cobbler working in a doorway under ivy, with a seated customer and a cat on the bench above.

Cobbler

Adriaen van Ostade, 1671

Drawing of a painted chalkware mantel ornament with red blossoms, green leaves, and a speckled central form on a pedestal bas

Pa. German Chalkware Mantel Stop

Mina Lowry, c. 1937

Pencil and wash drawing of a winding path through grassy fields and reeds, with rocks at left and a distant horizon.

A Path through Fields near Leipzig

Carl Gustav Carus, 1812

Pencil drawing of Christ and the Virgin seated in a pediment, flanked by angels playing musical instruments.

Christ and the Virgin with Music-Making Angels

Johann Friedrich Overbeck

Watercolor stage design of a terrace with palms, blue draperies, timber gallery and a domed building in the distance.

Turkish Stage Design

Carl Ferdinand Langhans, 1815

Watercolor study of a painted Pennsylvania German chair with floral decoration, plus a detail of its crest and splat.

Pa. German Chair

Henry Moran, c. 1940

Black chalk drawing of a full-leafed beech tree over rocks and a stream, with mountains in the distance.

A Wild Beech in Full Leaf

Paul Huet, 1858

Watercolor of steep rock cliffs above a valley with jagged peaks receding under a pale, streaked sky.

Rock Cliffs along the Romanche

Paul Huet, 1858

Pen and ink drawing of a flooded forest with leaning trees, still water, and two small figures near the trunks.

Flooding in the Forest of the Ile Séguin

Paul Huet, 1833

Pastel landscape of a meadow with dark trees and a sunset glowing orange and yellow across a blue sky.

A Meadow at Sunset

Paul Huet, 1845

Twilight landscape drawing of a wooded lake with a Gothic abbey spire rising at right beneath a streaked sky.

An Abbey by a Wooded Lake at Twilight

Paul Huet, 1831

Watercolor of a tapering pewter coffee pot with stippled birds and floral scrollwork, lid open, spout to the right.

Pa. German Coffee Pot

Black and white print of the Crucifixion with Christ on a cross, soldiers with ropes, and mourning figures below.

The Crucifixion [center plate]

John Baptist Jackson, 1741

Black and white print of turbaned horsemen with spears in a rocky landscape, with a dog and fallen figures in the foreground.

The Crucifixion [right plate]

John Baptist Jackson, 1741

Black and white print of the Entombment: a dead figure on a shroud surrounded by mourners under trees, with a distant city.

The Entombment [recto]

John Baptist Jackson, 1739

Pen and wash drawing of a muscular horned satyr with curly hair, raising one arm and holding a long staff.

A Satyr

Benvenuto Cellini, 1544

Painted study of a carved wooden spoon rack with rosette and star motifs on a circular crest and three shelves.

Pa. German Spoon Rack

William H. Edwards, c. 1942

Brown wash drawing of an eagle with spread wings carrying a young figure upward through clouds.

The Rape of Ganymede

Niccolò dell'Abbate, 1545

Watercolor of a round carved wooden Zoar butter mold with an eight-pointed star and small heart and moon motifs.

Zoar Buttermold

Fritz Boehmer, c. 1939

Gouache study of a green stylized animal figurine holding a red bead on a teal base, within a pencil border.

Pa. German Figurine

Mina Lowry, 1935/1942

Four carved wooden stamping blocks on a pale background, one heart-shaped and three leaf-shaped, with serrated edges and groo

Pa. German Stamping Blocks for Homespun Cotton or Linens

Fritz Boehmer, c. 1939

Painted study of a wooden toy merry-go-round with horses and riders under a four-armed canopy on a brown base.

Pa. German Toy Merry-Go-Round

Mina Lowry, c. 1936

Painted rendering of a carved wooden springerle board with sixteen panels showing flowers, birds, animals and a figure.

Springerle Board for Christmas Cakes

Fritz Boehmer, c. 1939

Watercolor drawing of a carved wooden springerle board with flower, leaf, and rosette designs in relief.

Pa. German Springerle Board

Fritz Boehmer, 1935/1942

Watercolor of a small footed covered box with pink ground, green leaves, white blossoms and red berries, with a dark knob lid

Pa. German Saffron Box

Charles Henning, 1935/1942