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National Gallery of Art

14,479 works

Etching of an architectural ornament with a spread-winged bird on a pediment, flanked by fruit urns and a scrolled cartouche.

Architectural Motif with a Bird

Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti, 1690

Engraved print of an ornate architectural motif with a pediment, scrolled cartouche and carved consoles on pale paper.

Architectural Motif with a Figure

Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti, 1690

Etched architectural ornament with a central scrolled cartouche, curling foliage and a stepped pedestal base.

Architectural Motif with Three Shields

Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti, 1690

Etching of an ornamental architectural motif with a fruit-filled vase, scrolls and drapery, by Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti.

Architectural Motif with Fruit in a Vase

Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti, 1690

Grey ink drawing of a hooded skeletal figure with an arrow looming over a woman with raised arms and a small cherub.

Death Stalking a Woman

Carl Gotthard Langhans

Grey wash drawing of a laurel-crowned robed man raising a bowl at an altar before veiled women and Ionic columns.

An Ancient Sacrifice

Clément Pierre Marillier, 1800

Full-length portrait of a young man in a blue coat leaning on a ruined wall beside classical carvings and trees.

Frederick North, Later Fifth Earl of Guilford, in Rome

Hugh Douglas Hamilton, 1780

Brown wash drawing of a woman bowing her head over a nude infant on her lap, with cherub heads in the background.

The Holy Family

attributed to Ludwig Büsinck, after Abraham Bloemaert, 1620-1623

Engraved bust portrait of a young man in a plumed hat, fur-trimmed coat and ornate ring, dated 1613.

Bust of a Young Man

Christoffel van Sichem I after Jacob Matham, 1613

Etching of nude Adam and Eve exchanging fruit beneath a serpent in a tree, with a bird and goats in the landscape.

Adam and Eve

Simone Cantarini, 1640s

Bust of a Roman Woman and Statue of a Roman Man

Hubert Robert, 1754

Chalk drawing on tan paper showing three studies of hands, two clasped in prayer and one resting with fingers interlaced.

Three Studies of Hands Clasped in Prayer

Pencil and red chalk portrait of a woman in a frilled dormeuse cap with red rosettes, against hatched background.

A Lady Wearing a Dormeuse Cap

Nicolaes Muys, 1770

Etching of the Virgin holding the Christ Child as young Saint John reaches toward him beneath a hanging drapery.

The Virgin and Child with Saint John

Simone Cantarini

Etching of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ child, with a haloed head, cherubs and clouds around them.

The Virgin and Child

Simone Cantarini

Etching of the Virgin holding the infant Christ on a ledge, with a halo, a curtain and a bird in flight above.

The Virgin and Child with a Bird

Simone Cantarini

Etching of the Virgin standing on clouds, crowned by two winged angels, with cherub heads below.

The Coronation of the Virgin

Simone Cantarini

Pencil drawing of a bearded faun with a leafy wreath, seated with one arm raised, on grey-tan paper.

Faun Reclining

Ciro Ferri, 1660

Etching of the infant Saint John seated with a lamb and reed staff in an outdoor landscape, by Simone Cantarini, 1612.

The Infant Saint John

Simone Cantarini

Etching of Saint Sebastian, a seated nude man pierced by arrows beside a tree, with a cherub holding a palm above.

Saint Sebastian

Simone Cantarini, 1640s

Etching of Saint Anthony of Padua holding the Christ Child, surrounded by cherubs and angels in clouds, with a book at his fe

The Large Saint Anthony of Padua

Simone Cantarini

Pen and brown ink drawing with red chalk of figures lowering Christ's body from the cross using ladders.

The Deposition

Thomas Blanchet, 1670

Pen and ink drawing of a robed saint holding the Christ Child, with a balustrade and column behind them.

Saint Anthony of Padua Holding the Christ Child

Simone Cantarini, 1640s

Etching of a robed saint lifting a writhing man as a kneeling woman and onlookers watch under trees.

Saint Benedict Healing the Possessed

Simone Cantarini after Lodovico Carracci

Etching of a winged guardian angel pointing upward while leading a barefoot child across a rocky landscape.

The Guardian Angel

Simone Cantarini

Etching of Mars in armor beside Venus leaning on a tree, with Cupid seated at their feet near rocks and a branch.

Mars, Venus and Cupid

Simone Cantarini after Veronese

Etching of angels and a putto holding an oval coat of arms above a kneeling bearded man and a distant bridge.

Frontispiece with Coat of Arms

Simone Cantarini

Etching of the Virgin seated under a tree with the Christ Child, John the Baptist and a lamb in a landscape.

The Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist

Giulio Carpioni

Etching of the Virgin nursing the infant Christ beside an aged Saint Joseph, with angels and a column above.

The Holy Family by a Column

Bartolomeo Biscaino, c. 1655

Etching of a shaded country road with a standing figure, stone benches, and a distant ruined tower under clouds.

An Evening Stroll

Ferdinand Kobell, 1777