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National Gallery of Art

14,475 works

Mezzotint portrait of a uniformed officer with plumed helmet, sword and cannon, beside a horse in smoky battle setting.

Lt. Colonel Tarleton

John Raphael Smith after Sir Joshua Reynolds, published 1782

Pen and brown ink drawing of a seated woman with curly hair and heavy draped robes, by Albrecht Dürer, 1495.

The Virgin Annunciate

Albrecht Dürer, 1495

Etched self-portrait of a man with curly hair, frowning, wearing a fur-collared coat, rendered in fine crosshatched lines.

Self-Portrait, Frowning

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded ruler in a jeweled crown and robe, seated on a throne holding a sword.

An Oriental Ruler Seated on His Throne

Albrecht Dürer, 1495

Etching of a nude woman seated on a bench with a pillow, head bowed, set against a dark hatched background.

Nude Seated on a Bench with a Pillow (Woman Bathing Her Feet at a Brook)

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1658

Illuminated Greek text page with shepherds playing viola and panpipes, sheep and goats in a pastoral landscape.

A Pastoral Landscape with Shepherds Playing a Viola and Panpipes

Albrecht Dürer, 1496

The Artist's Mother Seated at a Table, Looking Right

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1631

Etching of two kneeling women in headscarves at the base of a tree with notes pinned to its trunk, wooden clogs nearby.

The Tree of Salvation (L'arbre de salut)

Alphonse Legros

Watercolor of a male and female Kentucky warbler beside a yellow magnolia blossom on a branch.

Kentucky Fly-catching Warbler

John Woodhouse Audubon, 1830

Etching of tall trees and shrubs along a grassy bank at the edge of water, with a signed inscription in the lower right.

Edge of the Water (Au bord de l'eau)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a woman in billowing clothes bracing against a tree trunk in strong wind, with bent trees and a cloudy sky.

Hurricane (L'ouragan)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a young peasant woman with a headscarf, head bowed, seated beside a closed book in a church interior.

Young Peasant Seated in a Church (Jeune paysanne assise dans une eglise)

Alphonse Legros

Two yellow-green apples with red blush cast soft shadows on a tan sheet, rendered in watercolor.

Two Apples

Édouard Manet, 1880

Etching of hooded women and a skeletal figure beside gnarled tree trunks, one woman bending low over dark ground.

The Triumph of Death: Death Prepares a Dwelling for the Homeless (Le triomphe de la Mort: Lamort a prepare une demeur…

Alphonse Legros

Charcoal sketch of a standing man in a flowing cloak, one hand gathering the fabric at his chest, on tan paper.

Man Wearing a Cloak [recto]

Édouard Manet, 1852

Etching of an elderly bearded man in a cap leaning on a stone wall with tree trunks behind him.

Man Climbing a Wall (L'escalade)

Alphonse Legros

E.R. Hughes

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a small pond framed by a large tree trunk and tall slender trees with dense undergrowth along the water.

Little Pond (La petite mare)

Alphonse Legros

Self-Portrait, 12th plate

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a man bending over grass at the foot of large trees, with a bright clearing and slope beyond.

Burning the Grasses (Le bruleur d'herbes)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a bearded man with a curled mustache, looking upward, wearing a loose collared shirt against a shaded background.

Study of a Spaniard (Etude d'Espagnol)

Alphonse Legros

Pencil self-portrait of a bearded man in three-quarter view, with a small figure sketch above, on tan paper.

Self-Portrait [recto]

William E. Winner, 1880

Etching of tree trunks and grass with a signboard reading R. Gueraut, Encadrements & Montures Artistiques.

Address of R. Gueraut (Adresse de M.R. Gueraut)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a man asleep in a chair beside a table with a jar and book, in a dim, cross-hatched interior.

Sleeping Scholar (Le savant endormi)

Alphonse Legros

Alphonse Legros

Charles Haslewood Shannon

Engraving of a seated classical woman with a sickle and a sheaf of wheat, beside a small child holding grain, within an oval

A Collection of Prints after the Sketches and Drawings of the late Celebrated Giovanni Battista Cipriani, Esqr R.A.

Giovanni Battista Cipriani ; John & Josiah Boydell ; Richard Earlom, Katharina Prestel, Francesco Bartolozzi, Thomas Kirk, and Francis Legat, 1789

Etching of seated robed figures, a child, and a man reading a book beside classical columns and a relief panel.

Holy Family

Oval black chalk drawing of a smiling young woman with curled hair, a pearl necklace and draped clothing.

Lady's Head

Style of Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin

Pen and wash drawing of classical ruins with Corinthian columns and an arch beside a shore, with small figures and distant hi

Capriccio of Classical Ruins on a Shore

Grey wash drawing of crumbling classical ruins, arches and a distant fortress tower, with small figures on a rocky path.

Capriccio of Classical Ruins with a Fortress