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National Gallery of Art

25,755 works

Charcoal drawing of robed singers around music stands in a dim Gothic church choir with tall arches.

Choir of a Spanish Church

Alphonse Legros

Etching of slender tree trunks framing a grassy bank and a small lake beyond, with dense hatched shading.

Small Lake (Le petit lac)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of two travelers resting beneath a large leaning tree with sparse branches, with open landscape to the right.

Travelers Resting (Les voyageurs fatigues)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a farmhouse on a grassy hill seen beside a large tree trunk, with rocks in the foreground and a pale sky.

Farm with Large Tree (La ferme au grand arbre)

Alphonse Legros, mid-19th century

Jules Dalou, 2nd plate

Alphonse Legros

Etching of an older man with a cane and a young woman with a basket walking beside tall trees on a rural path.

Stroll of the Convalescent (La promenade du convalescent)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of four figures and a standing woman gathered around a candlelit table in a dim, beamed interior.

Supper of the Poor (Le souper chez misere)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a donkey overturned by a storm beside a child, with a startled woman recoiling against a tree at left.

Donkey Upset by Storm (L'ane renverse par la foudre)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a forest path with tall trees and feathery foliage, opening onto a distant horizon on the right.

In the Forest of Fontainebleau (Dans la foret de Fontainebleau)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a thatched farm building with cattle and a seated figure beside a drinking trough, shaded in dense crosshatching.

Drinking Trough, 2nd plate (L'abreuvoir)

Alphonse Legros

Women of Brussels (Femmes de Bruges)

Alphonse Legros

Etched bust portrait of an older man with wavy hair and a cravat, shown in three-quarter view against a pale background.

Hector Berlioz

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a figure with a cart on a path beside a forest edge, with trees and a hatched cloudy sky.

Edge of a Forest in Bourgogne (Un coin de foret en Bourgogne)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a stone wall, farmhouse and ruined tower, with a woman and horse on a dirt road in the foreground.

Rectory Wall (Le mur du presbytere)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a seated figure on a riverbank beside tall trees, with a flat landscape and distant village beyond.

Along the River (Le long de la rive)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a tree-lined avenue of slender poplars receding along a dirt path toward a hazy distant horizon.

Avenue of Poplars (L'allee de peupliers)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a seated barefoot man bowing his head beside a donkey on a grassy bank with dense hatched shadows.

The Good Samaritan (Le bon samaritain)

Alphonse Legros

Drawn portrait of an elderly bearded man with a pensive expression, shaded in soft pencil with hatched background.

Self-Portrait

Alphonse Legros

Etching of an old woodcutter seated by sticks in a forest, looking up at a skeletal figure of Death holding a staff.

Death and the Woodcutter, 4th plate (La mort et le bucheron)

Alphonse Legros, late 19th century

Engraved procession of Roman figures, soldiers and children before a barred wall, with an eagle, palm branches and an S.P.Q.R

The Triumph of Julius Caesar

Andrea Andreani after Andrea Mantegna, 1599

Hand-colored woodcut of women approaching a tomb while armored guards lie sleeping, with a city and hills behind.

Three Marys at the Tomb

Etching of a shaded covered street in Cairo with robed figures, turbans, seated vendors and hanging fabric canopies.

A Covered Street in Cairo (Eene overdekte straat in Cairo)

Engraving of a mother with curled hair and a child in white reaching up toward her, against a dark background.

Mother and Child

Timothy Cole after Sir Joshua Reynolds

Woodcut-style print of the winged Cupid sleeping on a cushion, head tilted, with curly hair and feathered wings.

Cupid Asleep

Bartolomeo Coriolano after Guido Reni

Hand-colored print of sailing warships in battle on choppy water, with gunsmoke and American flags, titled Perry's Victory on

Perry's Victory on Lake Erie

Napoleon Sarony

Hand-colored historical print with oval portrait of William Penn, surrounding scenes of his life, a treaty scene, and text pa

William Penn's History

Unknown artist

Hand-colored print of a large tree bearing labeled fruit of virtues, with a farmhouse, church, and family below.

Tree of Temperance

Unknown artist, 1848

Hand-colored print of uniformed officers in a surrender scene before a white tent, one officer offering a sword, with trees b

Surrender of Cornwallis: At York-Town Va. Oct. 1781

Nathaniel Currier, 1845

Etching of a seated man looking up at a Shakespearean-era figure holding its own head, with radiating light behind.

"But surely, Mr. Shakespeare, two heads is better than one"

Engraved portrait of a man in a fur hat holding a pink flower, after Jan van Eyck.

The Man with the Pink

Ferdinand Gaillard after Jan van Eyck