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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Engraved oval portrait of a young boy with curly hair, lace collar and brooch, with a fleur-de-lis coat of arms below.

Armand de Bourbon, Prince de Condi

Engraved oval portrait of a young man with curled hair and lace collar, surrounded by books, a globe and instruments.

J.-B. A. Vignerod

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar, set in an ornate architectural frame with a skull below.

Barthelemy Tremblay

Michel Lasne, 1639

Engraved oval portrait of a man in armor with curled hair, lace collar, sash and cross, with a coat of arms below.

Jean Saint Bonnet de Toiras

Engraved portrait of a man in dark robes with a white collar, hand on papers at a desk, draped curtain behind him.

Jacques Thubeuf

Michel Lasne after Philippe de Champaigne

Engraved portrait of a bearded man with curled hair and a white collar, set in an arched stone frame with a Latin inscription

Pierre Seguier

Michel Lasne, 1635

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in dark robes with a white collar and cross medal, set against a draped curtain.

Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a tall clerical hat and white collar, with a cross medal and French verse inscription b

François La Rochefoucauld

Michel Lasne after Daniel Dumonstier

Engraved oval portrait of an elderly clergyman in a broad hat, white collar, and cross medal, with a coat of arms below.

François La Rochefoucauld

Engraved portrait of a man in armor and lace collar within an octagonal frame, with a printed caption below.

Henry II, Duke of Montmorency

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in lace collar and studded armor, with a coat of arms and inscription below.

Louis de Marillac, Duke of Beaufort

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man with curly hair, wearing a large white ruff collar and a striped doublet.

Pierre de Marcassus

Michel Lasne after Daniel Dumonstier, probably c. 1656

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curly hair, lace collar and armor, with French inscription below.

Louis Sieur de Maine

Michel Lasne after Pierre-Jean Mariette

Engraved bust portrait of Jean Loret, a man with long hair and a lace collar, with French verse below, 1656.

Jean Loret

Michel Lasne, 1656

Engraved oval portrait of a man in armor and sash, with a Latin motto above and a name caption below.

François de l'Hospital du Hallier

Engraved oval portrait of a mustached man in a ruff collar, hand resting on a sword hilt, within a Latin inscription.

Jean Charles Doria

Michel Lasne after Simon Vouet, 1620

Brown ink and wash drawing of Saint Francis in ecstasy, held by an angel, with putti and sketched figures in clouds.

The Ecstasy of Saint Francis [recto]

Sebastiano Ricci, 1706/1720

Engraving of robed senators and armored soldiers in a Roman-style procession passing a brick arcade with onlookers.

The Triumph of Caesar: The Senators

Workshop of Andrea Mantegna, before 1506

Brown ink and wash drawing of a rider struggling to control a rearing horse near trees, with a kneeling figure at left.

Alexander the Great and Bucephalus

Taddeo Zuccari, c. 1553

Brown wash drawing of an armored man bending toward a woman in flowing robes, with an attendant beside her.

The Meeting of Antony and Cleopatra

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, mid 1740s

Drawing of a bearded man in a feathered hat with a round medallion, rendered in graphite and red chalk on pale paper.

Portrait of a Man Wearing a Hat with a Medallion

Unknown artist, 1520/1540

Pen drawing of a standing nude man holding a round mirror, with construction lines across his torso and legs.

Male Nude Holding a Mirror [recto]

Albrecht Dürer, c. 1500

Pen and ink sketch of a standing nude man beside a hatched, maned lion on pale paper.

Male Nude with a Lion [verso]

Albrecht Dürer, c. 1500

Pen and brown ink wash drawing of a standing young man before a seated bearded elder and a crowd of turbaned onlookers.

Joseph Recounting His Dreams

Rembrandt van Rijn, early 1640s

Brown ink drawing of an archer in a horned helmet drawing a bow, with a quiver of arrows at his hip.

Archer Drawing a Bow

Follower of Pietro Perugino, c. 1505

Red chalk sketch of a crowd with spears and poles in a hilly landscape, attributed to Vittore Carpaccio.

The Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand

Vittore Carpaccio, c. 1514

Red chalk sketch of several groups of standing men, some looking upward, with a seated figure pointing at upper right.

Groups of Male Figures

Vittore Carpaccio, c. 1514

Brown ink and wash drawing of an elaborate imaginary facade with columns, scrolled ornament, relief medallions and figures.

Fantasy of a Façade with Bizarre Ornaments

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1764/1766

Pencil and chalk drawing of a woman in a white veil and headdress, facing forward within an oval border.

Portrait of a Woman [recto]

Hans Holbein the Elder, c. 1508

Philippe Mengin de Bionval

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1812

Grey wash drawing of a vast classical church interior with coffered domes, columns, clouds through an oculus, and tiny figure

Perspective View of the Interior of a Metropolitan Church

Etienne-Louis Boullée, 1780/1781

Hand-colored engraving of a commander questioning a captive under a canopy, and the captive bound to a tree before a walled c

Holofernes Interrogating Achior

Unknown artist, c. 1575

Hand-colored print of Judith addressing bearded elders in a hall, with a city gate and soldiers in the background.

Judith Goes to the Camp of Holofernes

Unknown artist, c. 1575

Hand-colored print of Mary Magdalene kneeling with a skull and open book, attended by three angels, with a church in the back

Saint Mary Magdalene Pray for Us

Unknown artist, c. 1820

Engraving of a crowned king on a throne judging two women, a soldier with a sword beside him, a child lying below.

The Judgment of Solomon

Engraved oval portrait of Sir William Trumbull in a long curled wig, with coat of arms and inscription below.

William Trumbull

George Vertue after Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1724

Engraved oval portrait of a long-haired man in an embroidered coat holding a sketchbook and pen, with coat of arms below.

Pierre Mignard

Cornelis Vermeulen after Pierre Mignard I, 1690

Oval mezzotint portrait of a man with long curly hair, white collar and dark doublet, inscribed Johan de Wit below.

Johan de Wit

Abraham Blooteling after Pieter van der Banck

Circular engraving of the muse Clio seated by books and a tree, gesturing toward a battle scene in the mountains.

Clio

Crispijn de Passe I

Etching of a cluttered kitchen with a hanging carcass, vegetables in barrels, and two figures by a hearth.

Interior of a Kitchen

David Teniers the Younger

Engraving of cats performing music around a table, watched by an owl, with a monkey playing a flute on the floor.

The Cat's Concert

Coryn Boel after David Teniers the Younger

Pen drawing of an architectural baldaquin with Corinthian columns, arched opening, dome, and flame urns on a stepped base.

Design for a Baldaquin

Unknown artist

Pen and wash architectural elevation of a tiered catafalque with a wreath medallion, urns, and swags.

Design for a Catafalque

Unknown artist

Engraving of a dark arched tomb with a nude figure entwined by a serpent and a spear-holding figure seated at right.

The Tomb of Death

Francesco Bartolozzi after Thomas Stothard

Engraving of a birth scene with a canopied bed, attendant women, a newborn infant beside a basin, and a standing figure at le

The Birth of the Virgin

Giovanni Battista Fontana

Etching of the Annunciation: a kneeling Virgin faces a winged angel beneath a dove and radiating light in an interior.

The Annunciation

Giovanni Battista Fontana

Engraving of a baptism scene with a bearded man holding an infant beside a stone basin, surrounded by onlookers and columns.

The Baptism of Christ

Giovanni Battista Fontana

Etching of an angel descending toward a sleeping man under a large tree, with travelers and a distant town in the landscape.

The Angel Appearing to Joseph

Giovanni Battista Fontana

Etching of a woman holding a child on a donkey led by a man with a staff through a wooded landscape.

The Flight into Egypt

Giovanni Battista Fontana

Pencil sketch of a figure in a griffin costume with beaked head, wings, tail and spear on tan paper.

Figure Dressed as a Griffin

Loose pencil sketch of a young boy in a cap and buttoned coat, looking at the viewer, holding a cane.

Thomas Corinth

Lovis Corinth, 1913

Loose pencil sketch of a balding, mustached man in a jacket, head turned, one hand raised, on cream paper.

Selbstbildnis (Self-Portrait)

Lovis Corinth, 1914

Four loose black-line sketches of children's heads on cream paper, with a signature at lower right.

Kinderköpfe (Heads of Children)

Lovis Corinth, 1914

Lithograph of a kneeling nude warrior with raised arm and helmet, head thrown back, drawn in loose black strokes on cream pap

Kniender Krieger in Abwehr I (Kneeling Warrior I)

Lovis Corinth, 1914

Lithograph of a bearded standard bearer in a dark coat holding a diagonal pole beside a draped banner, in black ink on cream

Bannerträger (Standard Bearer)

Lovis Corinth, 1915

Etching of several overlapping portrait heads, including a bearded man, an older woman, a boy and a girl, with sketched studi

Verschiedene Köpfe und Selbstbildnis (Assorted Heads and Self-Portrait)

Lovis Corinth, 1915

Etching of a bouquet of roses in a cylindrical vase on a windowsill, with trees visible through a window behind.

Rosen in einem Wasserglas (Roses in a Glass of Water)

Lovis Corinth, 1916

A Young Woman Sewing [recto]

Dominique Vivant Denon, c. 1790

Watercolor study of a cowslip plant with yellow-orange flowers on tall stems above broad green leaves, dated 1526.

Tuft of Cowslips

Albrecht Dürer, 1526

Graphite sketch of a standing male nude seen from behind, arms raised over the head, on pale paper.

Male Nude [recto]

Michelangelo, c. 1560

Pen and brown wash drawing of two bearded prophets in robes with a winged putto pointing upward above them.

The Prophets Hosea and Jonah

Raphael, c. 1510

Sketch in brown ink and red chalk of a seated Madonna nursing a child, a standing man, and cherubs among clouds in an arch.

Study for the "Madonna della Scodella" [recto]

Antonio da Correggio, 1523/1524

Pen and ink sketch of a gesturing woman in a long gown facing a bearded man in a head wrap and loose clothing.

Beggar Man and Woman

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1630/1631

Pen and brown ink sketch of a turbaned figure with a scepter beside two seated men, on a pale sheet.

Esther before Ahasuerus

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1655/1660