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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Red and black chalk drawing of robed men debating in a columned hall, with a central figure gesturing among them.

Christ among the Doctors

Drawing of a seated monk with outstretched arms, draped robe, in red and black chalk with white highlights on blue paper.

A Monk Seated with Arms Outstretched [Study for the Virgin in the _Vision of Blessed Felice da Cantalice_]

Fra Semplice da Verona, 1625

Pen and wash drawing of the Virgin crowned by a bishop and a robed figure amid clouds, angels and cherubs.

The Assumption and Coronation of the Virgin

Matthäus Gundelach, 1615

Engraved oval portrait of a woman in a jeweled headdress and lace ruff, framed by the name Louise de Lorraine.

Louise de Lorraine

Thomas de Leu after François Quesnel

Engraved oval portrait of an elderly bearded man in a cap and fur-collared robe, with Latin inscription around the frame.

Gentien Hervet, Canon of Reims

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in armor with curly hair, with French verse inscription below.

Charles de Gontaut, Duke of Biron

Louis XVI, Henri IV, and Louis XII

Augustin de Saint-Aubin after Piat Joseph Sauvage

Engraving of a man in 18th-century dress writing at a desk by an open window with trees and clouds beyond.

M. Lambert

Jean-Baptiste Delafosse, after Louis de Carrogis, called Carmontelle, c. 1761

Engraved portrait of a seated man in a wig reading a book beside a column, with a river and bridge in the background.

Daniel-Charles Trudaine

Unknown artist, c. 1761

Jean-Baptiste-François Durey de Meinières

Jean-Baptiste Delafosse, after Louis de Carrogis, called Carmontelle, c. 1760

Engraved portrait of a man with curly hair and a draped cloak, gesturing with one hand, labeled Sebastiano Ricci Pittore.

Sebastiano Ricci

Pier Antonio Pazzi after Giovanni Domenico Campiglia

Engraving of the Virgin and Christ Child on clouds, with a kneeling female saint offering a palm and angels above.

Virgin and Child with Martyrs

after Pietro da Cortona, c. 1660

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in armor and laurel wreath, with a royal coat of arms and French verse below.

Henri IV, King of France

Pierre Landry, 1662

Engraved portrait of a seated man beside an open book and a table, with an inscription naming René Descartes.

René Descartes

Unknown artist

Engraved oval portrait of a woman in a dark veil and habit holding a rosary, with a castle landscape behind her.

Isabelle Claire Eugénie

Balthazar Moncornet

Oval engraved portrait of a woman with curled hair, dark hat and white collar, labelled Christine de France.

Christine of France

Balthazar Moncornet

Engraved oval portrait of Anne of Austria with curled hair, lace collar, and fleur-de-lis drapery behind her.

Anne of Austria

Balthazar Moncornet

Oval engraved portrait of a man with curly shoulder-length hair, white collar and dark doublet, crosshatched background.

Armand de Bourbon

Balthasar Moncornet after Luggert van Anse

Watercolor of Christ among apostles and a helmeted Roman soldier, with cherubs above a walled city.

Christ with Apostles and a Roman Soldier

Ernest Zacharias Platner

Two sheets of pen and pencil sketches showing studies of a child's head and a seated figure, with handwritten notes.

Seated Figure and a Cow; Three Studies of a Child's Head

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Engraving of the Judgment of Paris: three nude goddesses before a shepherd in a wooded landscape with Mercury and Cupid.

The Judgment of Paris

Jean Mignon after Luca Penni

Engraving of Hercules in a lion skin facing a coiled many-headed hydra beside a tree.

Hercules and the Hydra

Battista d'Agnolo, 1552

Lithograph of three harnessed horses led by a man with a whip through a brick archway onto a cobbled street.

Adelphi Wharf

Théodore Géricault, 1821

Charcoal drawing of leaning trees over a riverbank with water reflections and distant hills, by Henri-Joseph Harpignies.

Landscape

Henri Harpignies, 1911

Circular engraving of an old personified Winter holding a smoking brazier, with a frozen river and town below.

Winter

Jacob Matham after Hendrik Goltzius, 1589

Etching of a seated couple outside a thatched hut, with a standing man leaning on a staff and a bird on the roof.

The Marriage of Angelica and Medoro

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Drawing of a bishop and a crowd of figures gathered around a nude man before a seated ruler under a red canopy.

Saint Martin of Tours Healing the Servant of Tetrodius

Jacob Jordaens, c. 1630

Brown ink and wash drawing of a figure on a cloud, seen from below, with one arm raised and loose drapery.

A Woman Seated on a Cloud, Seen from Below

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750s

Brown chiaroscuro print of Christ carrying the cross, crowned with thorns, surrounded by soldiers and mourning women.

The Bearing of the Cross

Andrea Andreani after Alessandro Casolani, 1580s

Engraving of a skull on sheet music with a candlestick, flowers, books and floating bubbles, a vanitas still life.

Vanitas

Unknown artist

Woodcut of a woman in a robe holding a severed head by the hair, with an attendant beside her, in brown tones.

Judith and Holofernes

Ludwig Büsinck after Georges Lallemand, 1620-1640

Mlle. Etienne-Goconde-Cunégonde-Bécassine

Honoré Daumier, 1834

Etched stage design with curtains, clouds, and rows of dancing figures in costume across several tiers.

Sesta Scena di Tutto Cielo

Stefano Della Bella after Alfonso Parigi II, 1637

Pen and brown ink drawing of a river landscape with trees along a winding riverbank and distant hills.

River Landscape

Unknown artist

Pencil sketch of three ragged figures on tan paper, with handwritten signatures beneath them.

Three Hobos on the Artist's Signature

Adolph Menzel, 1887

Charcoal sketch on grey paper of a seated, leafy-crowned male figure with one arm raised, draped in an animal skin.

Bacchus

Unknown artist

Etching of a village along a canal with windmills and a flat landscape stretching to the horizon.

Village beside a Canal

Johannes Ruisscher, second half 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of two seated women leaning together, with sketched foliage and a small head in the margins.

Two Seated Women

Pellegrino Tibaldi

Etching of a wooded landscape with tall trees, two walking figures, a small bridge over a stream, and a wooden fence.

Wooded Landscape with a Bridge

Anthonie Waterloo

Engraving of a dead man on a stone tomb surrounded by mourners, with a cherub, dense trees and a distant city.

The Entombment

Style of Albrecht Dürer, early 17th century

Woodcut in black and blue showing two children with a lamb beside a leafy tree and a stone block dated 1725.

Two Children Petting a Lamb

Anton Maria Zanetti I, 1725

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a seated warrior with a round rosette shield on blue-grey paper.

Seated Warrior Holding a Sword and Shield [recto]

Giacomo Cavedone, c. 1612

Charcoal drawing of two clasped hands with forearms on grey paper, white highlights on the knuckles.

Clasped Hands [verso]

Giacomo Cavedone, c. 1612

Etching of a bearded older man in a feathered turban and fur-trimmed robe, holding a walking stick and a cup.

The Persian

Georg Friedrich Schmidt, 1756

Watercolor ceiling design with a central medallion of cherubs and figures, surrounded by ornate pastel panels and borders.

An Ornate Ceiling with an Allegory of Spring

Giacomo Quarenghi, 1790/1815

Engraved portrait of a bewigged man with a sash and star badge, beside a putto holding a book, in a stone niche.

Samuel Liber Baro de Cocceji

Georg Friedrich Schmidt, 1751

Watercolor drawing of a rustic watermill with a Gothic brick ruin, figures, dogs, and a distant church spire.

Rustic Watermill in a Gothic Ruin

Hendrik de Meyer II, 1778

Engraving of a stone prison room with two men at a desk and four women in period dress, one standing and three seated.

La malheureuse famille Calas (The Unfortunate Calas Family)

Jean-Baptiste Delafosse, 1765

Engraving of a powdered-wigged man writing at a desk beside a tall window showing trees and clouds.

M. Lambert

Jean-Baptiste Delafosse, 1761

Jean-Baptiste-François Durey de Meinières

Jean-Baptiste Delafosse, 1760

Title page of Eugène Bléry's portfolio of eight etchings made from nature near Dampierre, with handwritten plate list.

8 Eaux-Fortes Gravées sur Nature

Eugène Bléry, published 1849

Gaspar-François de Fontenay

Jean-Baptiste Delafosse, 1765

Watercolor of two men on floating logs in a river, one poling, with forested hills and cloudy sky behind.

Hudson River, Logging

Winslow Homer, 1891-1892

Etching of a robed saint giving communion to plague victims beneath a classical colonnade, with angels floating above.

San Carlo Borromeo Giving Last Communion to Victims of the Plague

Engraving of an eagle centred on a branch, with a wagtail left and a turtledove right, before a village landscape.

Wagtail, Eagle, and Turtledove

Adriaen Collaert, c. 1600

Engraved portrait of a man in a tricorn hat seated before an oval canvas on an easel, with books and an older man behind him.

Maurice Quentin de la Tour

Georg Friedrich Schmidt, 1772

Engraving of a bittern, heron, teal duck and sawbill in shallow water among tall reeds.

Sawbill, Bittern, Heron and Teal

Adriaen Collaert, c. 1600

Etching of a woman in a lace bonnet looking down while sewing white cloth, with dense hatched shading behind her.

The Artist's Wife Sewing

Georg Friedrich Schmidt, 1753

Engraving of a cassowary and two finches on a ground, with flying birds above and a village landscape with a river behind.

Double-Wattled Cassowary and Finches

Adriaen Collaert, c. 1600

Francesco Algarotti

Georg Friedrich Schmidt, 1752

Engraving of a falcon perched on a branch beside two smaller birds, with a castle and watermill in the landscape behind.

Falcon and Robin Redbreast or Redstart

Adriaen Collaert, c. 1600

Etched portrait of an elderly bearded man in a fur hat and fur-trimmed robe, hands folded at his waist.

Hirsch Michel

Georg Friedrich Schmidt, 1762

Engraving of a hoopoe flying above a large owl, with a river landscape, town, and grazing sheep below.

Hoopoe and Owl

Adriaen Collaert, c. 1600

Etching of an elderly bearded soldier in a fur cap and studded armor, looking directly at the viewer.

The Old Soldier

Georg Friedrich Schmidt, 1750