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National Gallery of Art

1,161 works

Etching of two seated men in turbans overlooking a harbor with masted ships and a rowboat.

Seaport with Two Turkish Merchants

Stefano Della Bella, 1656

Cream page with printed French limitation note and a green handwritten signature beneath a numbered copy label.

Yvette Guilbert

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Gustave Geffroy, 1894

Grey lithograph of a Roman garden fountain with arching water jets, tall pines, and small figures in period dress on a gravel

Fontaine de Jardin Borghese

Jean-Baptiste Isabey, 1822

Caricature lithograph of Jupiter in robes handing a wheat bundle to Ceres, with an eagle at his feet.

Jupiter sommant Mr. Charles Dupin

Amédée Charles Henri Cham, 1858

Red and blue chalk sketch of costumed actors bowing on a stage beneath draped curtains, with a crowd gathered at left.

Italian Comedians Taking Their Bows

Jean-Antoine Watteau, c. 1718

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate ceiling design with putti, scrollwork, and small landscape and battle scenes in the corners

A Ceiling Decoration with Landscapes and Battles

Lazzaro Tavarone, c. 1620

Pen and wash drawing of men raising stones over a kneeling figure in pink, with onlookers and a columned building at right.

The Stoning of Saint Stephen

Hans Freyberger, c. 1610

Black-and-white wood engraving of a guinea hen standing on grass, with dense dotted and hatched plumage.

Guinea Hen

Thomas Bewick, c. 1800

Pen and ink sketch of a man fused with a smoking cannon beside a figure in a boxlike masquerade headpiece.

Two Men in Masquerade Costumes: A Cannon Firing and a Cat Inside a Mousetrap

Stefano Della Bella, c. 1645

Black wood engraving of a long-billed bird perched on a gnarled branch against a cream background.

A Bird

Thomas Bewick, c. 1800

The Neighing Horse

after Paulus Potter Johann Teyler, c. 1685-1697

Engraving of a skull beside a glass vase of roses and a round box on a ledge, with Latin text below.

Still Life with a Skull and a Vase of Roses

after Philippe de Champaigne Jean Morin, 1645/1650

Pencil and watercolor ornamental design of two swallows above peaches and leaves, with a repeating fan-like pattern above.

Ornamental design with two birds pecking at fruit

Vítězslav Karel Mašek, c.1890s

Etching of a god emerging from clouds above a rocky sea coast with sea creatures, sun and stars in a circular frame.

God Creating Order from Chaos

Georg Andreas Wolfgang the Elder, 1665

Circular etching of God in robes reaching toward a seated nude man under trees, with lions, a bear and deer in the landscape.

God Creating Man

Georg Andreas Wolfgang the Elder, 1665

Circular etching of nude figures resting in a wooded pastoral landscape with tall pines, mountains, and Latin text below.

The Golden Age

Georg Andreas Wolfgang the Elder, 1665

Etching of a wolf-headed man rising from a table in a colonnade while a bearded figure watches and a city burns behind.

Jove Turns Lycaon into a Wolf

Georg Andreas Wolfgang the Elder, 1665

Etching of Neptune riding a shell chariot with sea horses over waves, with figures on a mountain in the background.

Deucalion and Pyrrha Land on Parnassus

Georg Andreas Wolfgang the Elder, 1665

Circular etching of a classical landscape with a couple tossing stones, children emerging from rocks, a temple, and trees.

A New Race Springs Up

Georg Andreas Wolfgang the Elder, 1665

Circular etching of Apollo with a bow beside a slain python coiled among trees, with small dancing figures in the distance.

Apollo Killing the Python

Georg Andreas Wolfgang the Elder, 1665

Etching of Apollo chasing Daphne through a wooded landscape with mountains behind, with Latin verses below.

Apollo and Daphne

Georg Andreas Wolfgang the Elder, 1665

Circular engraved title page with cherubs holding a cartouche reading Prima Pars, with a winged staff and wheat sheaves above

Title Page

Georg Andreas Wolfgang the Elder, 1665

Engraving of a muscular nude man falling head-first through clouds above a river and rocky shore.

Ixion

Hendrik Goltzius after Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem, 1588

Brown ink and wash circular drawing of the Crucifixion with mourners below and a town landscape behind.

The Crucifixion

Hans Bol, 1570s

Pen and brown ink drawing of a partly draped woman holding up a pair of scales, an allegory of Justice.

Personification of Justice

Guercino, c. 1640

Circular engraving of Saint John the Baptist with the Lamb of God in a rocky landscape, surrounded by Evangelist symbols and

Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness with the Lamb of God, Surrounded by the Symbols of the Evangelists and the F…

Master E. S., 1466

Watercolor landscape of snowy mountain peaks above a dark valley and lake, with an inscription reading The Rainy Day.

Illustration for Longfellow's "The Rainy Day"

Myles Birket Foster, 1850s

Circular engraving of the Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and young John the Baptist beneath a tree, with a lamb.

The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and Saint John the Baptist

Workshop of Jacob Matham, after Hendrik Goltzius, 1600/1620

Engraving of the nude figure Icarus falling headfirst through the sky, with a smaller winged figure below over the sea.

Icarus

after Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem Hendrik Goltzius, 1588

Engraving of John the Baptist preaching to a crowd of nude and clothed men beside a large tree and rocky cliffs under a light

John the Baptist, Preaching

Gerrit Pietersz Sweelinck, 1593