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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Apollonius

Odilon Redon, 1896-1900

Sleeping infant beside a human skull on draped cloth, shown in soft grey tones against a dark background.

Memento Mori

Unknown artist, c. 1680

Lithograph of two sailing boats beached on rocks, with a group of figures standing near one boat under a cloudy sky.

Boats on the Beach

Bernard Gaillot, 1824

Brown wash drawing of Diana with nymphs as a satyr kneels offering fruit, with a dog in the foreground.

Diana and Four Nymphs Receiving Gifts from a Satyr

Gerard van Honthorst, c. 1630

Grey wash drawing of ships and rowing boats on calm sea, with a harbor town and castle on the distant shore.

Shipping on the Oresund with Helsingor and Kronborg Castle in the Distance

Carl Emil Baagöe, 1896

Pencil drawing of a large tree over a stream with a footbridge, shed, barn and church steeple in the distance.

Castleton, Vermont

James Renwick Brevoort, 1871

Pencil drawing of large trees, a split-rail fence and a farmhouse at right beside an open meadow, dated September 1869.

Granby, Connecticut

James Renwick Brevoort, 1869

Pencil and wash drawing of a river with rapids, a mill building, a distant bridge and houses on a rocky hillside.

James McCullough's Leadmill

Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1844

Grey wash drawing of ruined stone buildings by moonlit water, with cliffs on the right and a bright sky opening above.

Buildings by Moonlight

Thomas Moran, c. 1875

Study for "Astronomy"

Elihu Vedder, 1892

Warm rose-toned watercolor of a castle on a cliff above a river, with two seated figures and sheep in the foreground.

Castle on a River

Robert Walter Weir, early 19th century

Etching of a cloaked wayfarer kneeling on a path beside trees, with hatched sky and hills in the distance.

Wayfarer Surprised by a Storm (Le Voyageur surpris par l'Orage)

Alphonse Legros, late 19th century

Etching of a man in a hat bending over felled logs in a dark, dense forest with a bright sky opening at right.

Man Squaring Logs (Homme qui fend des bûches)

Alphonse Legros, 1877/1887

Lithograph of a crowded room where several men sleep in a hammock, bunk, bed and atop a wardrobe.

L'Interieur d'un appartement trop garni...

Honoré Daumier, 1855

Lithograph of two women with billowing skirts blown by wind on a Paris street, a flying top hat above, a man leaning into the

Le printemps annonçant son retour à Paris

Honoré Daumier, 1856

Lithograph of spectators in a theatre box watching an Italian tragedy performed on stage below.

Un loge au théâtre VENTADOUR...

Honoré Daumier, 1856

Daumier lithograph of a hunched man beside a woman raising an umbrella over a fallen figure on a city street.

Disciples de M. Cobden

Honoré Daumier, 1849

Daumier lithograph of a sleeping man in a nightcap haunted by a grinning sprite, a spider labeled Pâte de Régnault, and a jar

Un cauchemar de Mimi

Honoré Daumier, 1850

Lithograph of a kneeling man in military hat whipping himself, with smoking fortresses labeled Sebastopol and Bomarsund behin

S'administrant la discipline ...

Honoré Daumier, 1854

Daumier caricature of two men on a fortress tower, one with a telescope, watching warships firing at sea under smoke.

Renouvelé de la tour barbe bleue

Honoré Daumier, 1854

Daumier lithograph of two older men in top hats and long coats leaping playfully with canes, caricature style, 1855.

Jeunes gens de cinquante a soixante ans ...

Honoré Daumier, 1855

Lithograph of a man with a telescope and a frightened woman on a balcony at night, under a starry sky over a city.

Parisiens incrédules ...

Honoré Daumier, 1857

Daumier lithograph of two men in a railway carriage, one peering out a window at a woman embracing a man outside.

Tiens ... ma femme avec un monsieur ...

Honoré Daumier, 1858

Lithograph of a dense choir of men singing with open mouths, holding music folders, by Honoré Daumier, 1859.

Souvenir du grand festival des orphéonistes

Honoré Daumier, 1859

Daumier lithograph of a giant caricatured figure in a plumed hat on a hill, with small soldiers fleeing and smoke at left.

Dernière élévation de soulouque

Honoré Daumier, 1856

Daumier lithograph of a bending man and a startled seated woman with raised arms, watched by onlookers at left.

Toujours les merveilles du diamant ...

Honoré Daumier, 1860

Daumier lithograph of a seated bespectacled somnambulist surrounded by a crowd of caricatured top-hatted onlookers.

L'incomparable somnabule

Honoré Daumier, 1865

Caricature lithograph of a man playing a harp while a companion watches, with seated women at a table on the right.

La harpe, instrument céleste

Honoré Daumier, 1865

Daumier caricature of a contorted man leaning over a billiard table while another man in a top hat watches.

Les merveilles de la gymnastique ...

Honoré Daumier, 1865

Daumier lithograph of caricatured men fleeing and falling around a ballot urn topped by a three-faced head, 1850.

La dêroute!

Honoré Daumier, 1850