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National Gallery of Art

25,727 works

Etching of a forest with tall tree trunks, dappled canopy, rocks in the foreground and distant trees in soft tones.

Barbizon: Foret de Fontainbleau

Etching of a stone cottage among bare winter trees, with a figure pushing a cart along a dirt path.

Barbizon: La maison de garde

Etching of five Chinese-style porcelain pieces: a central plate with a rooster, two bowls, a cup with a magpie, and a covered

Five Pieces of China

Jules Ferdinand Jacquemart

Horizontal engraved frieze with leafy scrolls, winged putti, serpents, and two nude figures at the center.

Frieze of Ornament

Johann Ladenspelder

Hand-colored print of fourteen oval vignettes of Central Park scenes with gazebos, fountains, bridges and strollers on pink g

Central Park Scenery (New York)

Engraved title page with two armored St George figures, a dragon, crowned portraits, a shield, and a central title arch.

Frontispiece for Peter Heylyn's "The History of St. George of Cappadocia"

Edward Marshall, published 1631

Engraving of helmeted Bellona seated on a shield beside piled armor, spear and trophies, within a curved lunette frame.

Bellona Seated on Her Trophies

Léon Davent after Francesco Primaticcio

Engraving of the god Mars reclining in plumed helmet beside shield, sword, spear, and armor within a curved lunette frame.

Mars Seated on Trophies

Léon Davent after Francesco Primaticcio

Engraving of the Annunciation: a winged angel on clouds approaches a seated haloed woman beneath classical arches.

The Annunciation

Henri Mauperché

Engraving of two women embracing before a classical arcade with Corinthian columns, a landscape and clouds beyond.

Meeting of Mary and Elizabeth

Henri Mauperché

Engraving of the Adoration of the Shepherds beneath ruined classical arches, with a palm tree and a horse beside a stone stai

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Henri Mauperché

Etching of the Virgin and Child on a grand staircase, with a kneeling visitor, soldiers, and classical colonnades.

The Adoration of the Kings

Henri Mauperché

Engraving of the Presentation in the Temple: a classical temple with columns and balustrades, haloed figures in the foregroun

Presentation in the Temple

Henri Mauperché

Etching of the Holy Family fleeing to Egypt on a donkey with angels, set in a wooded landscape with a stone bridge.

The Flight into Egypt

Henri Mauperché

Sepia print of Venus with a raised arrow and cherubs, one sleeping on her lap, with flowers and trees behind.

Venus and Amor

Johann Peter Pichler, c. 1800

Engraved title page with a bull's head, owl, coins in a pot, and a Rubens inscription within a stone arch.

Title Page

Paulus Pontius after Sir Peter Paul Rubens, 1630

Lithograph of a woman reading a book in a chair, with a dove perched beside her and a dog at her feet.

Une Lecture (A Lecture)

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, 1822

Title page of Samuel Purchas's Pelgrimagie, printed in Amsterdam 1655, with a central foliate ornament below the text.

Title Page

Unknown artist, published 1655

Lithograph of a hooded old woman beside a dark void and pale light, by Odilon Redon, 1896.

La Vieille: Que Crains-tu? Un large trou Noir! Il est vide peut-etre? (What are you afraid of? A wide black hole! It…

Odilon Redon, 1896

Snub-Nosed Man in a Cap

Rembrandt van Rijn and Studio of Rembrandt van Rijn, in or before 1630

Mezzotint portrait of a man in armor leaning on a sword, with a helmet and map beside him and a stormy landscape behind.

Sir Jeffery Amherst

Samuel William Reynolds I after Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1766

Engraving of a forest pool with twisted trees, fleeing deer and a distant hunter.

Stag Hunt near a Pool

Aegidius Sadeler II after Roelandt Savery

Five Busts

Augustin de Saint-Aubin

Reddish-brown print of a standing nude woman seen from behind, one arm extended outward, hair in an updo.

Nude with Outstretched Arm

Ferdinand Schmutzer

Etching of a shepherd in a cap and long coat watching a flock of sheep move along a grassy hillside beside a tree.

Shepherd with Flock

Ferdinand Schmutzer

Mezzotint portrait of a standing man with a club, sword and tomahawk before a woodland backdrop, with an armadillo at his fee

Etow oh Koam, King of the River Nation

Pierre Simon II after John Verelst

Engraved portrait of a man in a feathered hat and lace collar smoking a long pipe, with city rooftops behind him.

Mulld:Sake (Portrait of John Cottington)

Renold Elstrack, published 1618

Lithograph of nymphs in a dark forest, one bending over a pool of water, after a painting by Thomas Stothard.

Narcissus

Robert T. Stothard after Thomas Stothard

Etching of women in hats and fur stoles seated at a luncheon table, with a standing man behind them in a dim room.

A Luncheon Party

Sydney Vacher, 1920/1922

Engraved oval portrait of King Richard III wearing a crown and ermine robe, with a coat of arms below.

King Richard III

Pieter van der Banck after Edward Lutterell

Engraved print of five oval portraits of Stuart monarchs, including King James I, Charles I, Queen Anne, Charles II and James

The Royal Family of the Stuarts

Michael Vandergucht

Lithograph portrait of a man with curly hair, white cravat and dark coat, signed Horace Vernet, dated 1830.

Pierre Guerin

Horace Vernet, 1830

Lithograph of a Cossack horseman with a lance attacking wounded soldiers beside a cart on a wooded mountain road.

Wounded French Attacked by a Cosack

Horace Vernet and Hippolyte Lecomte, 1817

Engraved portrait of a man in a dark coat and cravat within an ornate frame, with classical vases below.

Josiah Wedgewood, Esq.

John Taylor Wedgwood after Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1841

Etching of a church beside an inlet, with a rowboat of figures in the foreground and sailing boats and a windmill beyond.

Church in an Inlet with Rowboat in the Foreground

Attributed to Franz Edmund Weirotter

Etching of brick houses and a tower beside an inlet, with sailing boats on the water under a cloudy sky.

Houses on an Inlet

Attributed to Franz Edmund Weirotter

Engraving of Saint Sebastian bound to a tree, pierced by arrows from two archers, with onlookers at right.

Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian

after Wenzel von Olmutz, 18th century

Engraved landscape of a woman and dog beside a cottage, looking over fields, a castle ruin and cliffs above the sea.

A North-East View from Sandham Cottage, Isle of Wight

Engraved genealogy chart of King James's royal family with oval portraits, heraldic shields and a rose-entwined family tree.

Royal Progeny of King James

Benjamin Wright, 1619

Pencil sketch of a seated figure resting its head on a hand, with a faint standing figure with bowed head beside it.

Study for a Monument

Two-page handwritten manuscript spread in gothic script, with columns of chronicle text about King John.

King John [right side]

Unknown artist, 16th century

Pencil drawing sheet with several loose sketches of draped figures in groups, one framed at upper left.

Sheet of Studies

John Flaxman, in or after 1798

Pencil drawing of a woman's face in frontal view, wearing a headscarf tied at the top, on pale paper.

Portrait of a Woman

Pencil sketch of a Gothic arched monument with cusped tracery and two standing figures in side niches.

Sketch for a Gothic Monument (the Simcoe Monument?)

John Flaxman, c. 1814?

Pencil sheet with six sketches of figures, mostly small children crawling, kneeling and sitting in various poses.

Studies of a Male Figure

Grey wash design for a monument with a blank inscription tablet, a circular medallion, and a draped cloth swag.

Three Inscription Fields

Pencil sketch of three reclining female figures grouped together on a stained, pale sheet of paper.

Three Reclining Female Figures

Pencil sketch of an architectural structure with niches holding robed figures and smaller standing figures beside it.

Structure with Figures in Asian Dress (Illustration for “The Casket”?)

John Flaxman, c. 1812?

Pencil sketches of three monument designs with figural reliefs and pedimented tops on a pale sheet of paper.

Designs for Monuments [recto and verso]

Pencil sheet with sketched studies of seated, reclining and standing figures in loose light lines.

Studies of Seated and Reclining Figures

Pencil sketch of a sphinx on a pedestal with reclining figures in the foreground, by John Flaxman.

Sphinx with Reclining Figures in Foreground

Pencil sketches of cloaked figures in long drapery on a pale, stained sheet of paper.

Sheet of Studies of Cloaked Figures

Pencil sheet of studies with many small sketched figures, some kneeling, bending and standing, on aged paper.

Sheet of Studies [recto and verso]

Pencil sketch of an ornamental border with interlocking looping forms decorated with scrolls on pale paper.

Ornamental Border Design with Winged Female Figures

Pencil sketch of a standing man facing a rearing centaur, drawn with loose overlapping strokes on grey paper.

Battle between Man and Centaur

Pencil sketch of two clusters of huddled figures drawn loosely on pale paper, one larger group above a smaller one.

Two Groups of Huddled Figures

Pen and brown ink sketch of two seated female figures with arms raised overhead on an irregular sheet of paper.

Two Seated Female Figures with Arms Lifted Overhead

Faint pencil sketch on cream paper showing columns, a standing figure, and a pedestal-like architectural form.

Designs for a Monument

Pencil sketches of two standing figures in draped clothing, one holding a small child, on a pale sheet of paper.

Two Studies of Standing Figure and Child

Pencil sketch of a group of standing draped figures with arms around one another on a pale sheet.

Group of Figures

Loose pencil sketch of a seated figure with outstretched arms, with hatched forms below on cream paper.

Seated Figure with Arms Outstretched

Pencil sketch of two figures embracing, drawn in light outline on cream paper with a brown stain at upper right.

Two Figures Embracing

John Flaxman, late 18th or early 19th century

Pen and brown ink sketch of a bearded man's head with faint graphite outlines of shoulders and torso on pale paper.

Bearded Figure

Pencil sketch of a classical funerary monument with a pediment, relief panel showing seated and standing figures.

Design for the Tomb of Dr. Joseph Warton

John Flaxman, probably c. 1804