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National Gallery of Art

14,475 works

Engraved print of a tiered fountain topped by Neptune with a trident, cherubs, dolphins, and a Medusa head.

Fountain with Statue of Neptune

Zoan Andrea, c. 1480/1485

Colour print of a man in a blue coat, white cravat and powdered wig, wearing a silver star of an order.

Louis XV

Jakob Christoffel Le Blon after Nicholas Blakey, 1739

Perversite (Perversity)

Odilon Redon, 1891

Woodcut with a zodiac wheel around a castle town, a woman pouring water at left and an armored knight at right.

Mars and Venus

Unknown artist

Woodcut by Georg Pencz showing artisans and a city street beneath an arch with Mercury and astrological figures above.

Mercury

Georg Pencz, 1531

Etching of the Madonna spinning with an angel holding a distaff, a sleeping figure in a draped bed, and a window.

The Madonna Spinning

Jacques Bellange, c. 1612-1616

Pencil portrait of a smiling man in a powdered wig and cravat, set within a decorative oval frame with garlands.

Johann Gottfried von Herder

Johann Friedrich Bierlein, 1786

Pencil portrait of a woman in a lace bonnet and ruffled shawl within an oval floral garland frame.

Frau Gottfried von Herder

Johann Friedrich Bierlein, probably 1786

Woodcut of two reformers giving communion to kneeling princes in a stone hall, with a crucifix above a fountain.

The Reformers Luther and Hus Giving Communion to the Princes of the House of Saxony

Lucas Cranach the Elder

Woodcut of nude Venus standing on clouds beside winged Cupid drawing a bow, with a castle and landscape behind.

Venus and Cupid

Lucas Cranach the Elder, dated 1506 (probably executed c. 1509)

Lithograph of a man in a top hat hunched against snow beneath a Mont de Piété pawnshop sign on a city street.

Un Monsieur au dessous de ses affaires

Honoré Daumier, 1841

Daumier lithograph of a man in a top hat holding a bouquet, speaking with a flower seller behind a stall of blooms.

Le Jour ou il faut se montrer galant

Honoré Daumier, 1845

Lithograph of an elderly man in an apron cutting a patterned cloth with scissors beside a fringed bed.

Le Nouveau tapissier de la couronne...

Honoré Daumier, 1850

Lithograph of three men in uniform and formal dress in conversation, one pointing, in an interior with a column.

Expliquez-moi donc, monsieur Badoulard...

Honoré Daumier, 1851

Engraving of nude Adam and Eve joined by a bearded figure in robes, with a fruit tree and crowds of onlookers behind.

The Marriage of Adam and Eve

Jean Duvet, probably 1540/1555

Arched engraving of Saint John watching four horsemen ride over fallen figures beneath an angel in clouds.

Saint John Sees the Four Horsemen

Jean Duvet, 1546/1556

Engraving of a winged angel facing a crowned seven-headed dragon, with a radiant woman and putti in clouds above.

The Woman Clothed with the Sun

Jean Duvet, 1546/1556

Etching of an elderly bearded man seated with eyes closed, head tilted up, hands resting in his lap against a hatched wall.

Seated Beggar (Mendiant assis)

Alphonse Legros

Dark wash drawing with white highlights of two draped women in a dim doorway, with a small lizard on the floor.

Ceres changes Stellio into a lizard

Adam Elsheimer, 1605

Pencil sketch of a veiled woman bending over a nude infant, with drapery studies below, on a gridded sheet.

Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine with Saint Jerome

Francesco Vanni

Etched portrait of a bearded, balding man in a collar, set against horizontal hatched lines, signed A. Legros.

C.J. Knowles, 2nd plate

Alphonse Legros

Etching of an elderly woman in a white headscarf seated against a stone wall, hands folded in her lap.

Woman Seated against a Wall, Child with His Head in Her Lap (Femme assis, muraille au fond, enfant la tete dans son g…

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a standing nude male figure with shaded cross-hatching on the torso and draped cloth at the right.

Study of a Nude Figure (Etude de figure nue)

Alphonse Legros

Sir Charles Holroyd

Alphonse Legros

Lithograph portrait of an elderly bearded man in a skullcap and dark coat, shaded with fine hatching.

G.F. Watts, R.A., 2nd plate

Alphonse Legros

Pencil portrait of a young woman with short curly hair, head and shoulders, looking directly at the viewer on cream paper.

Mlle. Simpson

Alphonse Legros

Etched half-length portrait of an older woman in a bonnet and lace collar, with cross-hatched background shading.

Mme. Kemp, 4th plate

Alphonse Legros

Charcoal drawing of an elderly man in a tricorn hat and long coat, seated on a bench and holding a walking stick.

The Old Soldier - Berncastel

Alfred Cornelius Howland, 1861

Watercolor drawing of a tall royal palm with arching green fronds and a textured grey trunk on pale paper.

Palma Real

Charles De Wolf Brownell, 1860

Etching of a boy in a hat climbing a gnarled tree, with a walking stick lying on the ground below.

Landscape with a Boy in a Tree (Paysage avec un garcon grimpe sur un arbre, dite "Le denicheur d'oiseaux")

Alphonse Legros