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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Stylized design of three pink squirrels with feathery tails among tree branches and green leaves on a teal background.

Bandbox Design - Squirrels

Isabella Ruth Doerfler, c. 1938

Symmetrical decorative design of green and cream stylized flowers, fans and scrolls on a rust-red ground, by Walter Doran.

Bandbox Design

Walter Doran, c. 1939

Painting of a blue oval bandbox decorated with rust and white horses, a carriage, trees, and a figure.

Bandbox

Walter Doran, c. 1939

Engraving of a haloed woman in flowing robes holding a covered cup, with a castle and mountains in the background.

The Magdalen

Master of the Die

Engraving of a bearded man with a club expelling a chained woman from a classical arched temple, with nude and seated figures

Envy Driven from the Temple of the Muses

Master of the Die

Engraving of a naval battle with armored soldiers, nude rowers and ornate galleys tossed on rough sea waves.

Naval Battle

Master of the Die

Painted rendering of a cast toy bank shaped as an eagle beside a nest with chicks, with a pencil study in the upper left.

Toy Bank: Eagle

William High, c. 1940

Watercolor of a painted toy bank showing a clown in a handstand balanced on a blue ball over an ornate yellow base.

Toy Bank

Sarkis Erganian, 1935/1942

Engraving of winged putti playing among trees and foliage, one holding a spear, with a die on the ground.

Putti Playing

Master of the Die, 1550

Engraving of the Annunciation: an angel with a lily branch addresses the kneeling Virgin as a dove descends in rays of light.

The Annunciation

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio

Etching of a dense forest with large gnarled trees, a river, and distant town, with two small figures on a path at lower left

Landscape with the Temptation of Christ

Hieronymus Cock

Engraving of two skeletons and two flayed male figures standing before drapery, with armor and an urn at the base.

Squelettes et Ecorches

Domenico del Barbiere

Painted study of a decorated bellows with gold floral scrollwork, pink trim, brass studs and a turned wooden nozzle.

Bellows

Mina Lowry, 1935/1942

Watercolor of a dark curved wooden billethead with gold acanthus scrollwork and a spiral rosette at its tip.

Billethead

Henry Murphy, c. 1938

Painted drawing of an ornamental shadow box with a blue bird perched on gilded foliage inside an arched red and green niche.

Ornamental Shadow Box

Fritz Boehmer, c. 1939

Design drawing of a round powder box with a painted scene of a woman in pink and a kneeling man in green by a column.

Powder Box

Thomas Holloway, c. 1936

Watercolor of a round gong mounted on a grey bracket with yellow coil springs, lever arm and wooden striker.

Gong

Albert Rudin, 1935/1942

Watercolor drawing of a small box side with a green rim and a stylized plant of curling leaves and red berries.

Small Decorated Box (side)

Isabella Ruth Doerfler, c. 1937

Watercolor design of a small box front with green bands and red stylized flowers and vines on a cream ground.

Small Decorated Box (front view)

Isabella Ruth Doerfler, c. 1937

Painted study of a brass candlestick with ring handle and drip pan, shown against a cream background.

Candlestick

John Jordan, c. 1937

Colored pencil drawing of a brass candlestick with a lit candle inside a curved metal reflector shade.

Candlestick

Philip Johnson, 1935/1942

Watercolor of a golden turned candlestick with a drip pan and baluster stem, with a small scale drawing below.

Candlestick

Henry Meyers, c. 1936

Watercolor study of a folding needle case with a New Year scene of two children and mistletoe, labeled Synoptical Needle Case

Needle Case

Thomas Holloway, 1935/1942

Watercolor of a turned candlestick with a round base, plus a small ink inset sketch of the candlestick with a lit candle.

Candlestick

Majel G. Claflin, 1935/1942

Black and white chalk drawing of a woman in a headscarf carrying a bundle, with studies of hands at upper right.

Creusa Carrying the Gods of Troy

Simon Vouet, 1635

Watercolor drawing of a white ceramic vase with grape clusters and a blue-accented floral relief panel.

Vase

Katharine Merrill, c. 1937

Pen and wash drawing of workmen unloading barrels by a horse before a village inn, with houses and a church tower behind.

Workmen before an Inn

Isaac van Ostade, 1645

Drawing of a wooden carpenter's clamp with two threaded screws and turned wooden handles on a tan background.

Carpenter's Clamp

Alexander Anderson, 1939

Watercolor drawing of a wooden coffee grinder with a turned crank handle, round metal hopper, and dovetailed box with drawer.

Coffee Grinder

William H. Edwards, c. 1940

Watercolor of a blue and gold window cornice with swan-head ends and a central gilded eagle within a laurel wreath.

Window Cornice

Henry Murphy, 1935/1942