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National Gallery of Art

25,760 works

Wall design with pale blue flowers, green leaves, orange ribbon bows and a white frieze band on a grey ground.

Wallpaper

Nicholas Acampora, 1935/1942

Horizontal wallpaper border design with repeating green leaves, dark berry shapes, and red and green bands on cream paper.

Wallpaper Border

Paul Farkas, c. 1939

Horizontal wallpaper border design in green with tan roses, a ribbon bow, teal leaves, and a beaded bottom band.

Wallpaper

Paul Farkas, c. 1939

Painted wallpaper border design with repeated gold and brown tassel motifs on a dark green field, framed by striped bands.

Wallpaper

Walter Doran, c. 1939

Candlestick

Philip Johnson, c. 1937

Painted study of a polished brass candlestick with a turned stem and stepped octagonal base on cream paper.

Candlestick

Mina Lowry, c. 1939

Watercolor textile design with a central rose wreath, brown eagles, scattered multicolored stars, and floral garland borders.

Texile

George Loughridge, c. 1940

Frontal watercolor of a wooden mission bench with scalloped backrest, finials, open armrests and stretcher frame.

Mission Bench

Edward Jewett, 1935/1942

Watercolor and pencil drawing of a pale blue glass bowl with a flared rim and scalloped base on cream paper.

Bowl

John Dana, c. 1940

Watercolor drawing of a teal glass sugar bowl with a domed lid and garland swags on its body, signed P. Johnson.

Sugar Bowl

Philip Johnson, c. 1940

Painting of a red and blue toy fire engine pulled by a white horse, with small firefighter figures on the wagon.

Toy Fire Engine

Mina Lowry, c. 1939

Engraving of Saturn, a bearded nude god holding a scythe and an infant, within an ornate oval cartouche frame.

Saturn

Jacob Matham, 1597

Engraving of allegorical nude figures representing the four elements, with a sun god, wheat, clouds and a distant castle.

The Four Elements

Jacob Matham, 1588

Engraving of two nude male figures embracing and kissing, one holding a torch, against a rocky landscape with a tree.

Eros and Anteros

Jacob Matham, 1588

Engraving of Venus, Bacchus and Ceres with a cupid holding grapes, a barrel, fruit and a tree in a landscape.

Venus, Bacchus, and Ceres

Jacob Matham, 1588

Watercolor and pencil study of wall painting borders with flowers, geometric meander, rosettes and handwritten color notes.

Wall Painting

Edward Jewett, c. 1939

Watercolor of a dark wrought iron foot scraper with curled scroll ends and a weathered cylindrical base on a cream background

Foot Scraper

John Wilkes, c. 1938

Engraving of a richly dressed woman holding a feathered mirror in an arched niche, with Latin verse below.

Pride

Engraving of Perseus rescuing the chained nude Andromeda from a sea monster, with onlookers and a winged rider above.

Perseus and Andromeda

Jacob Matham, 1597

Etching of a cutaway interior of a basilica with rows of columns, a wooden ceiling, and small figures on the floor.

Spaccato interno della Basilica di S. Paolo fuori delle Mura

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, probably 1748/1749

Etching of the Ponte Salario, a stone arch bridge with a crenellated tower, over a river with boats and figures.

Veduta del Ponte Salario

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1756/1757

Engraving of a standing woman with a hammer beside a tent where a man lies sleeping, with a hilly landscape behind.

Jael and Sisera

Jacob Matham, 1588

Etching of ruined classical monuments with a seated statue of Minerva, overgrown plants, columns, and inscribed tablets.

Frontispiece, with Statue of Minerva

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, probably 1747/1748

Pencil sketch of a seated woman with curly hair and a beaded necklace, one knee raised, against loose shaded strokes.

Seated Figure

Chiaroscuro woodcut of David striking down Goliath amid a battle with soldiers, tents, and a billowing cloth in a landscape.

David Slaying Goliath

Ugo da Carpi after Raphael, c. 1520

Woodcut of Saint Jerome seated nearby a lion in a wooded landscape, with a crucifix against a tree and a castle beyond.

Saint Jerome in the Desert

Hans Baldung Grien, 1511

Woodcut of three archers shooting at a round target while a young man in a fur-trimmed robe stands watching in a forest clear

The Young White King at the Butts

Leonhard Beck, 1514/1516

Pen and brown ink drawing of a path winding through hilly terrain with trees and a distant cliff under a pale sky.

A Path through a Hilly Landscape

Carl Friedrich von Rumohr, 1831

Pencil drawing of wooden chalets beside a stone bridge, with trees and a steep mountain behind the village.

An Alpine Village in Summertime

Jean Antoine Linck

Pen and brown ink sketch of a seated woman with curled hair and puffed sleeves in a high-backed chair.

Sketch of a Woman

Richard Parkes Bonington, 1828