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National Gallery of Art

14,475 works

Etching of a priest offering a chalice to kneeling worshippers at an altar, with a server holding a candle stand in a church

Communion in the Church of Saint Medard (La communion dans l'eglise St.-Medard)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of robed choristers and a young boy gathered around a large open music book on a lectern.

Choristers, 1st plate (Le lutrin)

Alphonse Legros

Ink and wash study of Saint Michael with a sword defeating falling demons, with wing studies above.

Studies for Saint Michael Defeating the Rebel Angels

Niccola Ricciolini

Etching of a bearded seated man in a loose garment on a stone ledge beside a block wall, with a jug and basket.

Job, 1st plate

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a peasant woman washing her feet in a stream beside a large tree, with a farmhouse on a hillside behind her.

Peasant Washing Her Feet (Paysanne se lavant les pieds)

Alphonse Legros, 1860

Etching of three peasant women in white bonnets and cloaks seated near a doorway, with a child in shadow behind them.

Peasant Women of Boulogne (Paysannes des environs de Boulogne)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of an elderly blind beggar seated under a tree with a dog and staff, open landscape to the right.

Blind Beggar (Le mendiant aveugle)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of pollard willow trunks beside a wooden fence, with dark rolling hills and a cloudy sky behind them.

Pollard Willows (Les saules tetards)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a dim interior with a seated woman sewing, a standing man, and a man by a glowing fireplace.

The Hearth (Le foyer)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a bearded man in a loose shirt bowing a double bass while reading sheet music.

The Bass Player (Le joueur de contre-basse)

Alphonse Legros, mid-19th century

Etching of a hooded Death figure with a scythe standing beside a bent old woodcutter gathering sticks in a forest.

Death and the Woodcutter, 2nd plate (La Mort de le bucheron)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of an ex-libris bookplate with a stone pedestal, heraldic lion, a greyhound, and a house with a round tower behind tr

Ex-Libris Edwin Edwards

Alphonse Legros

Etching of an elderly bald man seated under a tree on a stone ledge, head bowed, hands clasped over his knee.

"Since Then" ("Depuis ce temps-la")

Alphonse Legros

Etching of an old woodcutter kneeling by a bundle of sticks as a hooded Death with a scythe stands nearby under bare trees.

Death and the Woodcutter, 3rd plate (La mort et le bucheron)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of an elderly bearded man with long flowing hair and a lined face, shown in head and shoulders view.

Head of a Philosopher (Tete de philosophe)

Alphonse Legros

Charcoal drawing of a half-nude woman with raised arms holding dark hair or fabric around her head, against a shaded backgrou

Half-Nude Woman Holding Her Hair Apart

Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1898

Etched half-length portrait of a bearded, balding man in a light collared shirt against horizontal hatched lines.

Auguste Poulet-Malassis, 2nd plate

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a seated bearded beggar with crutches and a bowl, as two cloaked women stand before him beside a stone wall.

Charity (La charite)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of an elderly bearded beggar leaning on a cane and holding out a top hat, by Alphonse Legros, 1881.

Beggar (Le mendiant)

Alphonse Legros, 1881

Etching of a bearded satyr-like face with closed eyes and curling hair, drawn in fine hatched lines on cream paper.

Small Satyr Mask (Petit masque de satyre)

Alphonse Legros

Printed title page in Greek with two small winged cherubs playing a lyre and pipe, above a London, Trübner and Co. imprint.

Frontispiece (The Beggar Woman of Veze)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a woman in a headscarf and kneeling bearded men by a church doorway with stone steps and a leaded window.

Interior of a Church (Interieur d'eglise)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of two seated women in headscarves, one with a woven basket at her feet, on a pale background.

Egg-sellers, 1st plate (Les marchandes d'oeufs)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a farmer carrying a pole past tall trees and a farm building behind a hedgerow.

View of a Farm (La ferme des Bordes)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a man napping under trees at left, with a sunlit rolling countryside and distant village beyond.

Siesta in the Country (Sieste dans la campagne)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of two kneeling washerwomen by a river, with a stone bridge, village buildings and trees in the background.

Wash-house, called "The Washerwomen" (Le lavoir, dite "Les Laveuses")

Alphonse Legros

Engraving of a seated woman spinning yarn while a man in a feathered turban stands nearby, with a cat and a shelf of vessels.

The Visit to the Spinner

Israhel van Meckenem, c. 1495/1503

Engraving of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child, standing on a crescent moon within radiating light and a star.

The Virgin on the Crescent

Albrecht Altdorfer, c. 1515/1518

Saint John at the Foot of the Cross

Maso Finiguerra, 1460

Pastel portrait of a young child in a white bonnet and dress, holding cherries, with a red beaded necklace and locket.

Baby with Locket

Unknown artist, 1813