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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Etching of a walled street with arched doorways and a tower, two walking figures, and a lettered scroll key above.

Third Part of the Via Dolorosa

Jacques Callot, 1619

Etched architectural plan and elevation of a domed church with a cross marking the altar in the floor plan below.

Plan and Elevation of the Church of Saints James and John

Jacques Callot, 1619

Engraved cross-section of a church showing a tall dome over columns and arches, with numbered reference keys in the upper lef

Cross-Section of a Church

Jacques Callot, 1619

Etched architectural elevations of an underground chamber with lamps and a domed tomb with arched openings and steps.

Elevations of the Holy Manger and the Sepulchre of Rachel

Jacques Callot, 1619

Etched ground plan of a church with rows of columns, a rounded apse, numbered keys, and a scale bar.

Plan of the Church of the Holy Manger

Jacques Callot, 1619

Etched architectural plan and isometric elevation of a church with a circular central space and lettered chapels.

Plan and Elevation of the Church of S. Iacoma

Jacques Callot, 1619

Etching of a bearded old man in a hood and flowing robes, with an Italian inscription at upper right.

Effigy of St. Jerome

Jacques Callot, 1619

Engraved architectural elevation and section of the Church of the Holy Manger with arches, stairs, and labeled altars.

Elevation of the Church of the Holy Manger

Jacques Callot, 1619

Etched elevation and floor plan of a church with arched windows, a doorway and a small tree beside it.

Plan and Elevation of the Church near the House of Annas

Jacques Callot, 1619

Engraved plan of underground chambers in Bethlehem with a compass rose, isometric view and lettered key in Italian.

Plan of All the Important Places in Bethlehem

Jacques Callot, 1619

Etched elevation of a church with bell tower, domes, arched portal, and numbered Italian key on a scroll at upper right.

Elevation of a Church

Jacques Callot, 1619

Etched architectural cross-sections of a church and underground Holy Manger, with colonnades, arches, and Italian labels.

Elevation of Churches including the Holy Manger

Jacques Callot, 1619

Etched plan and elevation of the Holy Sepulchre showing a domed rotunda, arched colonnade, and an Italian inscription cartouc

Plan and Elevation of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Jacques Callot, 1619

Etching of a laundress at a washtub, a boy blowing bubbles, a cat on the floor, and a woman hanging laundry in an open doorwa

La Blanchisseuse

Charles Nicolas Cochin the elder, 1739

Etching of an octagonal domed chapel elevation above its floor plan with Italian labels.

Plan and Elevation of the Church of the Ascension

Jacques Callot, 1619

Engraving of a woman filling a jug at a brass fountain in a kitchen with copper pots, a barrel and hanging meat.

La Fontaine

Charles Nicolas Cochin the elder, 1739

Engraving of a kitchen maid in a cap and apron scouring a pot over a wooden barrel, with copper pans on the floor.

L'Ecureuse

Charles Nicolas Cochin the elder, 1740

Etched architectural elevation and section of a chapel with vaults, a dome, and a staircase, with an inscribed key below.

Elevation of the Chapel of the Invention of the Cross

Jacques Callot, 1619

Etched architectural elevation of a vaulted underground chamber with arched niches, doorways, and detail views.

Elevation of a Passage Plan

Jacques Callot, 1619

Engraving of a woman in a white cap pouring from a pitcher into a basin, with jugs, a funnel and tin vessels on the floor.

Le Garcon cabaretier

Charles Nicolas Cochin the elder, 1740

Etching of a Cairo church showing a coffered interior, a fig tree beside a garden wall, and a water-raising device.

Church in Cairo

Jacques Callot, 1619

Le Jeune Soldat

Charles Nicolas Cochin the elder, 1737

Etched architectural plans and elevations of a vaulted chapel with arches, stairs, altars and tombs, with Italian captions.

Plan and Elevation of the Chapel of Godefroy de Bouillon

Jacques Callot, 1619

Engraving of a young man in a tricorn hat building a house of cards at a table beside a draped window.

Le Chateau de Cartes

Pierre Filloeul, 1737

Etching of Christ carrying the cross through a crowd of soldiers, with kneeling women in the foreground and a hill of crosses

The Small Carrying of the Cross

Charles Nicolas Cochin the elder

Etched plan and elevations of the Church of the Holy Nativity showing stairs, arches, a column and an altar.

Plan and Elevation of the Church of the Holy Nativity

Jacques Callot, 1619

Etched plan and cutaway view of the Holy Sepulchre church with lettered keys, staircases, vaulted crypt and cartouche.

Plan and Part of the Elevation of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre of the Madonna

Jacques Callot, 1619

Etching of a village fair with dancing figures, musicians, tents, a round tower and a pine tree on a hill.

Village Fair

Charles Nicolas Cochin the elder, 1740

Etching of the Temple of Solomon showing a domed octagonal building in perspective above a floor plan with a compass rose.

Plan and Rendering of the Temple of Solomon

Jacques Callot, 1619

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curly hair and lace collar, holding a scroll beside a palette and brushes.

Eustache Le Sueur

Charles Nicolas Cochin the elder, 1731

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curled hair and collar, above a pedestal with sculptor's tools and a bust.

Jacques Sarazin the Elder

Charles Nicolas Cochin the elder, 1731

Etching of a classical arch framing a walled city, with a chariot and horses in waves and armored figures in the foreground.

Il Greco in Troia: Plate 1

Arnold von Westerhout

Engraved view of a funeral catafalque under a draped canopy in a Gothic cathedral nave, flanked by rows of mourners.

Pompe funèbre de Polixène de Hesse-Rhinfels

Charles Nicolas Cochin the elder, 1735

Etching of a giant horse on a plinth in a classical street with columns, statues and a helmeted warrior in the foreground.

Il Greco in Troia: Plate 2

Arnold von Westerhout

Etching of a classical colonnade with a grand staircase where soldiers battle in front of statues and urns.

Il Greco in Troia: Plate 3

Arnold von Westerhout

Etching of a large horse being brought into a walled city while soldiers march and townspeople cheer under trees.

Il Greco in Troia: Plate 4

Arnold von Westerhout

Etching of figures dancing in a circle under a draped canopy between trees, with a stone building and distant hills.

Il Greco in Troia: Plate 5

Arnold von Westerhout

Etching of a classical theatre stage interior with columns, ornate ceiling, and two figures performing before doorways.

Il Greco in Troia: Plate 6

Arnold von Westerhout

Etched landscape with a river, wooden bridge, rider on horseback, stone tower and large trees framing distant hills.

Il Greco in Troia: Plate 7

Arnold von Westerhout

Engraved stage design of a vaulted colonnaded hall with a central altar, smoke, soldiers and robed figures.

Il Greco in Troia: Plate 8

Arnold von Westerhout

Engraving of a classical colonnade with arches and columns, two figures in the foreground, and sculpted putti on the balustra

Il Greco in Troia: Plate 9

Arnold von Westerhout

Etching of a classical colonnade with ornate vaulted ceiling and four robed figures gesturing on the floor.

Il Greco in Troia: Plate 10

Arnold von Westerhout

Brown wash drawing of a seated sibyl in a turban gazing upward, leaning on a scrolled pedestal.

Seated Sibyl

Bartolomeo Guidobono, 1690

Pen and brown ink drawing of a seated veiled woman with a standing child in flowing draped robes.

Two Figures

Girolamo da Carpi

Engraved portrait of a man with curled wig and fur-trimmed cloak, one hand extended, captioned Sebastiano Ricci Pittore.

Sebastiano Ricci

Pietro Antonio Pazzi

Brown ink and wash landscape of shepherds with staffs on a path beside a rock, with a tower on a distant hill.

Shepherds Peering into a Chasm

Guercino, 1620s

Brown ink and wash drawing of a large footed urn with figures perched on its rim and a draped base.

A Fantastic Vase

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1746/1747

Watercolor of a fortified harbor town with moored ships, figures on the quay, and slate-roofed buildings behind stone walls.

The Harbor of St. Malo at Low Tide

attributed to Alfred Herbert, c. 1850

Watercolor of a half-timbered house with an oriel window, where a black-robed teacher leads a line of children along the stre

The School Walk

Watercolor of a haywagon, horses and a small boat on a riverbank under a pale evening sky.

Evening on the Foss Dyke near Lincoln

Watercolor of cattle grazing in a meadow with trees, a church tower, and rolling hills under a pale sky.

A Meadow with Cattle near Glastonbury

Pen and grey wash drawing of two draped women reclining, one comforting the other, against a dark tonal background.

Comfort the Afflicted

John Flaxman, c. 1790

Pale watercolor of several sailboats on calm water under an overcast sky, with a distant shoreline on the horizon.

Sailboats on Southampton River

John Linnell, 1819

Watercolor of gleaners in a wheat field with stooks, a large dark tree on the right, and distant woodland under an open sky.

Gleaners in the Wheat Field

John Martin, 1847

Autumn landscape with a large tree, golden hillside, small harvesters and a red-cloaked figure under a dusky sky.

Harvesters by Firelight

Samuel Palmer, 1830

Watercolor of the Naval College at Greenwich seen from the river, with domed buildings, sailing boats and figures on barges.

The Naval College from the River at Greenwich

David Roberts, 1861

Pen and wash drawing of a funeral procession with plumed hearses and mourners on a road beside a river and trees.

A Funeral Procession

Thomas Rowlandson, 1805/1810

Watercolor sketch of a crowd of people, including children, gathered around a blue peep show box with a flag on top.

The Peep Show

Thomas Rowlandson

Watercolor of a busy market day in a town square with stalls, horses, a crowd, an obelisk and a clock tower.

Market Day at Richmond in Yorkshire

Thomas Rowlandson, c. 1818

Watercolor of a stone arched bridge over a river with a timber building, boats, and washerwomen on the bank.

The Bridge at Bridgnorth in Shropshire

Watercolor of a paddle steamer with smoke trailing across choppy sea under a pale hazy sky.

A Packet Boat off Dover

Joseph Mallord William Turner, c. 1836

Watercolor of a sloping cobbled street in a Welsh town with timber-framed houses, a horse and cart, and figures.

Conway in North Wales

John Varley, 1803

Watercolor of a Gothic stone arch framing a river view, with a moored sailing boat, a rowing boat, and a distant town at dusk

Looking under the Bridge

Brown wash drawing of a wooded landscape with a road, tall trees, and a distant village under a hazy sky.

Wooded Landscape with a Road

Lodewijk de Vadder, mid-17th century