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National Gallery of Art

14,475 works

Pencil and wash drawing of a bull-shaped weather vane with the marking T41 and compass letters below.

Weather Vane

Edward Herbert Barnard, 1941

Etching of a small child leaning on a bearded grotesque face whose flowing beard and hair spill down a pedestal.

Small Fountain, Child Playing on the Grotesques (Petite fontaine, enfant qui joue surdes masques)

Alphonse Legros

Hand-colored print of a man with long wavy hair in an oval frame, above a pedestal with theatrical masks and a Tartuffe scene

J. B. Poquelin de Molière

Pierre-Michel Alix after Jean-François Garnerey, 1796

Color print portrait of Voltaire in a red coat and powdered wig, framed by laurel sprays, with allegorical vignettes below.

F.M. Arouet de Voltaire

Pierre-Michel Alix after Jean-François Garnerey, 1796

Hand-colored print with oval portrait of Bonaparte above a view of troops reviewed in a palace courtyard, 1802.

Bonaparte Premier Consul de la Republique Française

Charles Francois Gabriel Levachez and Jean Duplessis-Bertaux after Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1802

Young Girl Dressing

Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema, 1889

Pencil and white chalk drawing of a waterfall below an arched viaduct and villa on a cliff at Tivoli, on blue paper.

The Waterfall at Tivoli with the Villa of Maecenas

Ludwig Thiersch, 1851

Engraved vertical ornament panel with a Nereid and two putti playing instruments at the base and winged cherubs at top.

Ornament Panel: Nereid and Two Children Playing Musical Instruments

Giovanni Pietro Birago and Zoan Andrea, c. 1505/1515

Vertical engraved ornament panel with two cupids, crossed halberds, griffins, an urn, and dense scrollwork.

Ornament Panel: Griffins and Two Cupids Crossing Halberds

Giovanni Pietro Birago and Zoan Andrea, c. 1505/1515

Pencil drawing of tall tree trunks, leafy branches and a shaded woodland path on tan paper.

Tree and Foliage

Walter Shirlaw, 1873

Vertical engraved ornament panel with scrollwork, urns, masks, and a sea nymph flanked by two children at the base.

Ornament Panel: Nereid Ridden by Two Children

Giovanni Pietro Birago and Zoan Andrea, c. 1505/1515

Male Nude

Walter Shirlaw, 1870

Vertical engraved ornament panel with scrolling foliage, rosettes, an urn, serpents, and small putti.

Ornament Panel: Three Children Blowing Horns

Giovanni Pietro Birago and Zoan Andrea, c. 1505/1515

Etching of a standing dancing man and a seated figure among trees, framed by cherubs, garlands and bagpipes ornament.

Shepherd Dancing to the Sound of a Flute

Louis Crépy after Antoine Watteau

Charcoal drawing of a nude male figure raising one arm and leaning on a stone block, with modeled light and shadow.

Male Nude on Steps

Walter Shirlaw, 1872

Engraved decorative panel of a standing figure in a white costume between garlands, trees and rococo scrollwork, with a mask

Gilles

Louis Crépy after Antoine Watteau

Engraving of a seated woman playing guitar, framed by floral garlands, urns, and ornamental scrollwork with a mask below.

Seated Woman Playing a Guitar

Louis Crépy after Antoine Watteau

Etching of a shepherd and shepherdess in a wooded landscape, framed by ornate scrolls, foliage and a flower basket.

Shepherd and Shepherdess (?)

Pierre-Alexandre Aveline after Antoine Watteau

Pencil sketch of two women walking under an ornate stone archway on a street, by Walter Shirlaw, 1870.

Dordrecht

Walter Shirlaw, 1870

Engraved rococo print with ornate scrollwork frame showing figures in a pastoral landscape beneath a tree.

LeMay

Pierre-Alexandre Aveline after Antoine Watteau

Hand-colored print of a man in blue and white military uniform with gold epaulettes and a red sash, with French inscription b

Joachim Murat (Joachim-Napoleon, Roi de Naples et de Sicile, Grand-Admiral de France)

Louis Charles Ruotte after Albert Jakob Frans Gregorius after Antoine-Jean Gros

Hand-colored engraved oval portrait of a woman with feathered headdress and pearls, captioned Marie Antoinette d'Autriche, Re

Marie Antoinette d'Autriche Reine de France

Hand-colored print of a man in a blue naval coat with a sash and star, beside a globe, with ships burning at sea behind him.

Charles Henri, Comte d'Estaing

P. Frieselhem, c. 1780

Hand-coloured print of Empress Josephine in a gilded crown, lace ruff and blue cameo necklace, with red sash.

Josephine Impératrice des Français et Reine d'Italie (Josephine, Empress of the French and Queen of Italy)

Henri Buguet, c.1805-1810

Hand-colored mezzotint portrait of a young woman in a gold headband and embroidered gown, against a dark drapery backdrop.

Princess Auguste Amelie of Bavaria

Hand-colored oval portrait print of a man in a powdered wig, blue coat and lace jabot, captioned Helvétius.

Helvétius

Pierre-Michel Alix after Jean-François Garnerey after Louis Michel Van Loo, 1793

Oval colour print of a man in dark military uniform with red collar and crossed arms, labelled Le Général Buonaparte.

Le Général Buonaparte (Napoleon as General of the Italian Army)

Andrea Appiani Pierre-Michel Alix, 1798

Oval engraved portrait of Jean Jacques Rousseau in a grey powdered wig and brown coat, with his name below.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Pierre-Michel Alix after Jean-François Garnerey, 1791, published 1803

Henry IV

Jean-François Janinet after Sir Peter Paul Rubens, 1777

Full-length print of Louis XVI in blue ermine-trimmed royal robes with a scepter and crown on a cushion before red drapery.

Louis Seize

Philibert-Louis Debucourt, 1789