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National Gallery of Art

14,479 works

Black woodcut print of a crowned white eagle above a stylized floral vase, framed by a decorative patterned border.

White Eagle and Crown of Poland

Unknown artist, c. 1450

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a man with a shield standing among draped female figures with halos, before a Gothic hilltop

Christian with the Shield of Faith, Taking Leave of His Companions

William Blake, 1824-1827

Brown wash drawing of a robed woman with a torch and vessel at night beside a house, with a crescent moon above.

Stellio Changed into a Lizard by Ceres

Leonaert Bramer

Engraving of a crowned, bearded ruler in a fur-trimmed robe, seated on a throne and raising a sword.

Ferdinand I

Augustin Hirschvogel, 1546

Engraving of Christ as Saviour with radiant halo, holding a globe, flanked by angels under Gothic arches.

Christ as Saviour

Master E. S., c. 1467

Engraving of shepherds adoring an infant beneath a stone arch and columns, with a radiant sun and distant town.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Master HFE after Domenico Beccafumi

Pencil drawing of a nude male statue on a pedestal beside a seated woman, with sketched architecture behind them.

Rendezvous in the Palais Royal

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1774

Manuscript calendar page with numbered days, saints' names in black and red script, and a blue and gold illuminated initial a

Page from a Book of Hours

Unknown artist, c. 1400?

Engraving of the Nativity with the Virgin kneeling by the infant Christ, an ox and donkey, angels, and shepherds in the backg

The Nativity

Israhel van Meckenem after Hans Holbein the Elder, c. 1490/1500

Pen and ink drawing of a seated nude young model resting her head on her arms, with hatched shading around the figure.

Nude Model Seated

Alphonse Legros

Pen and ink drawing of a seated elderly nude man seen from behind, with head bowed and body shaded by cross-hatching.

Old Man

Alphonse Legros

Pencil study of a child's head with curly hair and a calm gaze, signed A. Legros 1904.

Study of Cupid (Head of a Girl)

Alphonse Legros, 1904

Etched portrait of a bearded man with a mustache, turned three-quarters, with cross-hatched background and signature at lower

E.D. Adams, 3rd plate

Alphonse Legros

Print of an elderly bearded man in a dark cloak looking upward, rendered in dense hatched lines against a dark background.

Night Crier (Le crieur de nuit)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of three fishermen's wives in bonnets beside a stone wall and wooden post, one woman standing at right.

Fishermen's Wives (Femmes de pecheurs)

Alphonse Legros

Engraving of a seated woman reading as a toddler holds a swallow, with a boy beside them and a donkey and man in the backgrou

The Madonna of the Swallow (La Madonna Della Rondinella)

Annibale Carracci, 1587

Etching of a kneeling man on a forest path beside tall trees, with dense hatched undergrowth and a distant hill.

The Prodigal Son, 2nd plate (L'enfant prodigue)

Alphonse Legros

Woodcut of the crucified Christ with INRI sign, flanked by two haloed mourning figures in robes, with light red and green col

Christ on the Cross

Unknown artist, c. 1483

Engraving of Mary Magdalene seated in a wilderness with long hair, halo, ointment jar, skull and crucifix beside her.

Mary Magdalene in the Wilderness

Annibale Carracci, 1591

Ink and wash drawing of a woman in a dark bodice and pale skirt holding a baby close to her shoulder.

Mother and Baby

Honoré Daumier

Drawing of a standing man in a black cap and blue judicial robe with white collar bands against a dark brown background.

Prosecutor

Honoré Daumier

Colored crayon drawing of a seated man in a dark jacket holding an open book, with a cabinet and brushes behind him.

Jean Louis Gampert

Roger de La Fresnaye, c. 1920

Etching of Saint Francis kneeling and embracing a cross, with a radiating halo, a skull and a rocky landscape.

Saint Francis of Assisi

Annibale Carracci, 1585

Hand-colored woodcut of the Crucifixion with Christ on the cross, the Virgin, a kneeling figure and a haloed saint below.

The Crucifixion

Unknown artist, c. 1500

Engraved print of Christ crucified on a cross under a cloudy sky, with a skull and bones at the base.

The Crucifixion

Annibale Carracci, 1581

Hand-colored print of the Trinity: enthroned God the Father holding crucified Christ, with two angels beside a canopy.

The Trinity

Unknown artist, 1460/1480

Engraving of Saint Jerome with halo and spectacles reading a large open book beside a wooden cross.

Saint Jerome

Annibale Carracci, 1583

Oval engraving of the Madonna in a headscarf and halo, gazing down as she nurses the infant Christ Child.

The Madonna Nursing the Christ Child

Annibale Carracci, 1583

Engraving of a veiled woman reading beside an infant holding a bird, a boy behind, and a man with a donkey in the distance.

The Madonna of the Swallow

Annibale Carracci, 1587

Etching of the Madonna with a halo holding the infant Christ, who clutches an apple, with crosshatched drapery.

The Madonna and Child with an Apple

Annibale Carracci, 1590