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National Gallery of Art

10,102 works

Ink and wash design of a classical wall with two doors, fluted pilasters, and a central statue in a niche.

Design for a Wall with Two Doors and a Sculpture

Henri Pietre, c. 1785

Pen and wash drawing of a busy piazza with a church facade, carriages, pedestrians and dogs under a pale sky.

A View of the Piazza San Marco in Florence

Giuseppe Zocchi, c. 1740s

Pen and brown ink sketch of two seated figures at a table, one writing with a quill beside an inkwell.

Self-Portrait Writing with a Companion

Felice Giani, 1780/1786

Red chalk drawing of children and goats in a procession through trees, with a bust on a pedestal at right.

Children Parodying a Triumph of Bacchus

Jean-Antoine Watteau, c. 1708/1709

Grey wash drawing of two mounted warriors fighting near a large tree, with a running figure in the foreground.

Troilus and Cressida, Act IV, Scene V: The Fight Between Hector and Ajax II

George Romney, late 1780s/early 1790s

Woodblock print of travelers on an arched bridge, a child flying a kite, and a distant mountain over water.

Distant View of Mount Akiha, Kakegawa

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1833/1835

Etching of a man with a horse and wooden cart in a wooded clearing among bare trees.

Workers in the Countryside

Pompeo Mariani, 1891

Etching of a nude youth raising a sword over a seated giant, with a cow and dog beside a tree on a rocky ledge.

Mercury Killing Argus

after Jacob Jordaens Remoldus Eynhoudts, 1652

Moonlit landscape drawing with a river, rocky banks, windblown trees, a hilltop castle and a distant town under a pale moon.

Moonlit Landscape with a River and Castle

Simon Mathurin Lantara, c. 1770/1778

Head of a Sheep

Francesco Paolo Michetti, c. 1881

Etching of a violent battle with cavalry and smoke over a burning village, with Latin verses below.

Aetas Ferrea (The Iron Age)

Antonio Tempesta, c.1599

Brown ink drawing of allegorical figures crowning a bust with garlands beside classical columns and a temple.

Virtues Crowning the Bust of Canova

Michele Sangiorgi, 1812

Engraving of a church ceremony with clergy at an altar, a crowd of armed men, and street scenes with bonfires and a cannon.

Composite Image Depicting Actions of Henri IV, King of France, upon His Abjuration of the Protestant Faith

Unknown artist, 1594

Engraved print of a church interior with a Gothic nave on the left and an ornate baroque altar and organ on the right.

Church Interior

Unknown artist, 17th century

Engraving of The Last Supper: Christ at a long table with twelve apostles reacting in groups, under a coffered ceiling.

The Last Supper

after Leonardo da Vinci Raphael Morghen, 1800

Engraving of peasants brawling over a card game beside a village road, with scattered cards, an overturned table and a barrel

Peasants Fighting over a Game of Cards

after Pieter Bruegel the Elder Lucas Emil Vorsterman, c.1620

Waves crash against layered rocky cliffs under a hazy sky, with gulls flying over the churning sea.

South-West Point, Conanicut

William Trost Richards, 1878 / 1879

Engraving of a large wheeled burning glass apparatus with a wooden lens frame, railed platform and steps, smoke rising at rig

Burning Glass

François-Philippe Charpentier, c. 1774

Red endpaper with black woodcut band showing clustered faces on the left and two nude figures on the right.

Vorsatz (front endpapers) from Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: Shadow of Life)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1924

Engraved landscape with Christ and disciples in a field by a river, village beyond, framed by a decorative border of birds an

Christ and the Disciples in the Field

after Hans Bol Adriaen Collaert, c.1584

Open notebook with handwritten German printing notes and a pasted printed label reading Echos de l'Hotel Drouot.

Bucheinband (cover) from mock-up of Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: Shadow of Life)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1922

Pink sheet with blue woodcut-style faces on the left, two hunched figures on the right, and handwritten German notes.

Vorsatz (front endpapers) from mock-up of Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: Shadow of Life)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1922

Purple and black woodcut title page for Georg Heym's Umbra Vitae showing a shadowy figure with clawed hands, beside a handwri

Titelblatt (title page) from mock-up of Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: Shadow of Life)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1922

Pink endpaper with black woodcut figures in arched frames, two standing and two seated, with a handwritten note above.

Vorsatz (back endpapers) from mock-up of Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: Shadow of Life)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1922

Etching by Romeyn de Hooghe, 1690, with allegorical figures above and vignettes of ships, a flight by boat, and a royal proce

No Monarchy, No Popery

Romeyn de Hooghe, 1690

Engraved allegorical procession with a chariot, horses, soldiers and crowds before classical buildings, with a lion coat of a

Uytrecht Herstelt (The Recapture of Utrecht, 1673)

Romeyn de Hooghe, 1674

Engraving of Samson and Delilah: a woman gestures to a soldier while a man kneels beside a sleeping figure in a classical col

Samson and Delilah

Michel Corneille the Younger, 1660

Etched landscape of a seated traveler under trees beside a waterfall, with a hilltop building in the distance.

Landscape with a Traveler Resting

Georges Focus, 1660

Watercolor of a thatched barn beside a pond, with a rider on a white horse wading in the water and geese at the bank.

The Old Barn, Arreton, Isle of Wight

Marie Spartali Stillman, probably 1890s

Engraving of a robed preacher with raised arms addressing a crowd beneath classical columns and arches in Athens.

Paul Preaching at Athens

after Raphael Simon Gribelin II, 1707