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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Engraved allegory of riders, allegorical women, hunting dogs and cherubs in a forest, with a coat of arms and inscription bel

Allegory of Flourishing State of the United Provinces

Jan Pietersz Saenredam, 1602

Engraving of Alexander the Great seated on a throne in a columned hall, with guards and petitioners before him.

Alexander the Great Seated in Justice

after Joachim Anthonisz Wtewael Willem Swanenburgh, 1606

Engraving of soldiers with halberds standing over a bearded man and a fallen body in a columned Roman interior.

Beheading of the Roman Judge Papinian

after Joachim Anthonisz Wtewael Willem Swanenburgh, 1606

Engraving of a woman led away by armed men in a columned courtyard while elders gesture beside a tall column.

Suzannah before Daniel

after Joachim Anthonisz Wtewael Willem Swanenburgh, 1606

Etching of a martyrdom scene: a nude man on a gridiron over fire, a crowd, a seated ruler, and an angel descending at upper r

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

Claude Vignon, 1593-1670

Hand-colored print of reclining nude Venus with a white dove and rose garland against blue drapery, after Boucher.

Le Réveil de Venus (Venus Awakening)

Louis-Marin Bonnet after François Boucher, 1769

Black chalk and white heightened drawing of classical figures and a crowd in a colonnaded interior with arches.

Brutus Condemning His Sons to Death

Gabriel François Doyen, c. 1760

Watercolor of the Rialto Bridge over a Venetian canal, with gondolas, sailing boats and palazzo facades under a blue sky.

The Rialto Bridge, Venice

William James Müller, 1835

Lithographed title page with a harp among ferns, plants and rocks beside a stream, lettered Sechs Landschaftstudien, 1829.

Sechs Landschaftstudien nach der Natur

Carl August Lebschee, 1829

Engraving of Vulcan and a companion hanging an iron net above a bed, with a cupid and classical columns nearby.

Vulcan Hanging an Iron Net above the Bed

after Philip Galle Hans Collaert the Younger, 1580-1628

Engraving of a seated draped female figure holding a scepter, with a mountain landscape, hilltop town and miners in a cave.

Earth

after Dirck Barendsz Jan Sadeler I, 1587

Engraving of Neptune holding a trident while riding a sea horse through rough waves under a cloudy sky.

Water

after Dirck Barendsz Jan Sadeler I, 1587

Crayon sketch of a river landscape with green hills, a yellow shore, and two figures in a rowing boat.

Elbe Landscape Near Dresden

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1909

Red and black woodcut book cover with angular figures of men and bold title lettering for Jakob Bosshart's stories.

Jakob Bosshart: Neben der Heerstrasse (Jakob Bosshart: Near Main Street)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1922

Pen and wash drawing of figures around a laden table, contrasting plain robes with fine dress and a feast.

Allegory of Poverty and Wealth

Etching of a winter scene with skaters on a frozen river, a rowboat, a distant walled city, and a farmhouse with bare trees.

Winter

Conrad Meyer, 1649

Watercolor of a hilltop village on a rocky cliff above the sea, with sailboats and travelers on a path in the foreground.

Le Château d'Eze, pres de Nice

Mathias Gabriel Lory, 1841/1843

Chiaroscuro print of a seated giant with a staff beside sheep, as armed men approach from a ship at left.

Ulysses and Polyphemus

after Francesco Primaticcio John Baptist Jackson

Drawing of the Visitation: two women embrace at center, with a standing man at left and a turbaned woman at right, in chalk o

The Visitation

Unknown artist, c. 1520

Watercolor of a Venetian canal with a tall-masted ship, gondolas, and a domed church beside the water.

The Giudecca Canal with Shipping near the Chiesa dei Gesuati

David Law, 1880s

Watercolor of a rocky coastline at sunset, with boulders in the foreground and a pink and orange sky over the sea.

Sunset from a Rocky Coastline

Jean Achille Benouville, 1842

Pencil sketch of Florence seen from a window: cypress trees, stone urns at a garden gate, and hillside houses beyond.

Aussicht aus meinem Fenster, via valfonda in Florenz (Gardens in Florence Seen from the Artist's Window)

Anton Krüger, 1821

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a village with a church spire below a blue alpine peak and wooded hills.

Berchtesgaden with the Watzmann Peak in the Distance

Ernst Fries, 1822

Pencil and wash drawing of a dirt road through a village with a cottage, tall trees, and a pale distant landscape.

A Road through a Country Village

Christoph Nathe, c. 1790

Brown wash drawing of a sunlit path beside a forest edge with birch trees and grazing animals on a slope.

A Meadow with a Shepherd and Goats at the Edge of a Forest

Carl Wagner, 1861

Watercolor of a tower castle among trees on a green hillside, with snowy Alpine peaks rising behind it under a cloudy sky.

The Castle of Bürglen with the Alps Beyond

Carl Wagner, 1862

Pencil sketch of layered hills and mountains with trees and a hilltop village under a pale sky.

The Sabine Hills and Rocca Santo Stefano Seen from Civitella

Ludwig Richter, c. 1824

Watercolor interior of a paneled music room with a green tiled stove, grand piano, blue sofa, and mountain view through windo

The Music Room of Archduchess Margarete, Princess of Saxony, in Schloss Ambras

Heinrich von Förster, 1870s

Night view of the Grand Canal at Versailles lit with illuminations, pyramids, fountains and crowds along the banks.

Illuminations autour du grand Canal de Versailles

Jean Lepautre, 1676

Etching of a veiled seated Virgin with a weeping cherub, a reclining cherub, and instruments of the Passion below.

Virgin Bowing to Instruments of the Passion

Pierre Brébiette