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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Pencil sketch of soldiers in hats along the bottom, with a field of tents, trenches, and pine trees behind them.

Line-ups and Trenches [recto]

Winslow Homer, 1864

Sepia drawing of an Italian landscape with a watermill, a man carrying a sack, pines, and a distant sea.

Italian Landscape with a Watermill

Hélène Boutourlin, 1834

Pen and wash drawing of Saint Euphrosyne reclining in a habit with a chain, flanked by two hooded men and a cross.

Saint Euphrosyne

Attributed to Melchior Steidl after Abraham Bloemaert, c. 1695

Engraving of the Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and the infant Saint John, figures with halos in a shaded background.

Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and the Infant Saint John

Giovanni Antonio da Brescia, 1495

Engraving of men with grain sacks and donkeys, a bearded man opening his tunic while soldiers stand at right.

Discovery of Joseph's Cup

Giovanni Antonio da Brescia, 1521

Engraved ornamental panel with winged figure, satyrs, sirens, dragons and scrollwork, inscribed Victoria Augusta.

Ornamental Panel Inscribed "Victoria Augusta"

Giovanni Antonio da Brescia, 1516

Engraving of two seated sibyls, a cherub on a pedestal, and a flying angel holding a scroll above them.

Two Sibyls and an Angel

Giovanni Antonio da Brescia, 1520

Chiaroscuro woodcut of David with a raised sword over fallen Goliath, soldiers fighting in a landscape with tents and trees.

David Slaying Goliath

Brown wash drawing of an angel above a seated woman and child, with three studies of old men's heads below.

Hagar Consoled by an Angel (from a painting by Castiglione) and Three Heads of Old Men (from a painting by Ricci of J…

Jean Claude Richard de Saint-Non after Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1774

Brown chiaroscuro woodcut of a seated woman reading a book while a child holds a flaming torch beside her.

A Sybil

Chiaroscuro woodcut in reddish-brown of men on ladders lowering Christ's body from the cross, with mourners kneeling below.

The Descent from the Cross

Mezzotint of a merchant at a table weighing goods, with a kneeling man, a monkey, barrels and a basket of fruit.

Jan Uytenbogaert

Joannes van der Brugghen

Engraving of an equestrian statue of Constantine on a rearing horse in an arched niche with draped curtains.

Statue of Constantine

Francesco Faraone Aquila, 1704

Pencil drawing of a veiled woman praying beside a shepherdess tending sheep, with a hilltop castle behind.

The Meeting of Jacob and Rachel

Josef von Führich, c. 1829

Engraved print of a rocky mountain machine topped by Hercules fighting a hydra, flanked by colonnades and urns.

The Prima Macchina for the Chinea of 1726: Hercules and the Hydra

Francesco Faraone Aquila, 1726

Saint James Major

Attributed to Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1738/1742

Black chalk drawing of a young man in a broad hat turning his head, with white highlights on tan paper.

A Young Man in a Broad Hat

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, c. 1745

An Elderly Bishop

Giuseppe Angeli, c. 1750

Oval drawing of a man with curly hair, lace collar and patterned robe, looking toward the viewer.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Carl Gustav von Amling, 1690

Red chalk drawing of a draped classical female figure standing on a pedestal beside a scrolled ornamental support.

The Muse Terpsichore

Augustin Pajou, c. 1768

Hand-colored engraving of a grey squirrel with a bushy tail beside orange flowers and a bulb with roots.

The Grey Fox Squirrel (Sciurus cinereus)

Mark Catesby, 1731

Brown ink drawing of a bishop saint in a mitre holding a book, with flowing robes and a faint halo.

Saint Louis of Toulouse Holding a Book

Giovanni Bellini, early 1460s

Hand-colored engraving of a green lizard climbing a flowering branch with pink buds, yellow blossoms and brown seed pods.

The Green Lizard of Jamaica (Lacerta bullaris)

Mark Catesby, 1731

Hand-colored engraving of a blue heron with long green legs standing on a sandy bank beside water and cattails.

The Blue Heron (Ardea coerulea)

Mark Catesby, 1731

Engraving of two muscular nude men wrestling on rocky ground, with a small child seated at lower right under a cloudy sky.

Hercules and Antaeus

after Antonio del Pollaiuolo Cristofano Robetta, c. 1500

Hand-colored print of a dark purple bird with open beak standing on a rocky mound beside grass tufts.

The Purple Jack Daw (Gracula Quiscula)

Mark Catesby, 1731

Hand-colored plate of a grey ground dove beneath a flowering branch with green leaves, white blossoms and berries.

The Ground Dove (Columba passerina)

Mark Catesby, 1731

Ink and wash drawing of an ornate baroque catafalque with spires, candles, statues and a Latin inscription panel.

Magnificent Catafalque in Honor of John III, King of Poland

Alessandro Galli Bibiena

Hand-colored engraving of a brown pied-billed grebe on blue water, one lobed foot extended to the left.

The Pied-billed Dobchick (Colymbus podiceps)

Mark Catesby, 1731

Hand-colored etching of a dark spotted moray eel curling beside yellow branching coral against a pale background.

The Black Muray (Muraenae helenae varietas)

Mark Catesby, 1731

Hand-colored engraving of a remora fish with its suction disc beside a green plant with small red flowers.

The Sucking Fish (Echeneis Naucratis)

Mark Catesby, 1731

Hand-colored engraving of a hermit crab with a spiral shell above a large mottled rock-crab with heavy claws.

The Red Mottled Rock-crab (Cancer grapsus)

Mark Catesby, 1731

Ink and wash elevation of a baroque church facade split into two design alternatives, with statues, urns and a cross.

Elevation for a Church Facade, with Alternatives

Piedmontese 18th Century, first half 18th century

Hand-colored engraving of a loggerhead sea turtle swimming above rippled water, with a rock at lower right.

The Logger-head Turtle (Testudo Cavanna)

Mark Catesby, 1731

Ink plan of a domed central building with three curved wings of labeled rooms, drawn in French, with a scale bar.

Ground Plan for an Academy of the Fine Arts

Unknown artist, 1750/1790

Hand-colored print of a dark brown coach-whip snake knotted across the page above a green branch with a red flower.

The Coach-Whip Snake (Coluber flagellum)

Mark Catesby, 1731

Hand-colored engraving of a red and white banded snake coiling around a plant with green leaves and a bulb.

The Corn Snake (Coluber fulvius?)

Mark Catesby, 1731

Pen and ink drawing of a timber-roofed barn interior with a staircase, stone arches, and a view of a rural gate and cottages.

Interior of a Barn Built on Ancient Ruins

Hand-colored engraving of a spiny iguana climbing a branch with green leaves and a large green fruit.

The Guana (Lacerta Iguana)

Mark Catesby, 1731

Hand-colored engraving of a brown lizard on a green plant stem with yellow and white flowers and exposed roots.

The Lyon Lizard (Lacerta 6-lineata)

Mark Catesby, 1731

Hand-colored print of a dark snake with a yellow belly beside a pink coneflower with green leaves, by Mark Catesby, 1731.

The Glass Snake (Anguis ventralis)

Mark Catesby, 1731

Charcoal sketch of a seated figure in a cap and loose jacket, head bowed, arms resting on knees, on tan paper.

Study of a Jockey

Edgar Degas, c. 1884

Hand-colored print of a dark purple martin perched beside ivy vines with red berries and a thatched roof.

The Purple Martin (Hirundo purpurea)

Mark Catesby, 1731

Pastel and charcoal drawing of two studies of a seated jockey in a helmet, with curved motion lines on brown paper.

Two Studies of a Jockey

Edgar Degas, c. 1884

Hand-colored engraving of a white-headed eagle diving toward a fish, with a smaller flying eagle and an enlarged head outline

The Bald Eagle (Falco leucocephalus)

Mark Catesby, 1731

Study of a Jockey (M. de Broutelles)

Edgar Degas, c. 1884

Hand-colored engraving of a brown booby on a rock by the sea, with a sailing ship and a head study inset.

The Booby (Pelecanus Sula)

Mark Catesby, 1731

Lithograph of a ruined Gothic church interior with arches, a tomb monument, two standing figures, and trees visible through a

Ruine Frauenkirch mit dem Grabmale der Genoveva und des Pfalzgrafen Siegfried (Ruins of the Church of Our Lady with t…

Domenico Quaglio the Younger, 1821

Hand-colored print of a black skimmer bird with an open orange and black bill, standing on a sandy mound.

The Cutwater (Rhynchops nigra)

Mark Catesby, 1731

Engraving of an ornate column topped by a many-breasted female figure, with stags, a griffin, unicorns and winged figures.

A Grotesque with Diana of Ephesus and Diverse Animals

Master AP, 1555

Hand-colored engraving of a red-clawed crab beside a branching yellow coral on a cream background.

The Red Clawed Crab (Cancer erythropus)

Mark Catesby, 1731

Engraved print of a bearded face with long hair and blood drops on a draped veil, above a crown of thorns and Latin inscripti

The Veil of Saint Veronica

Nicolas de Plattemontagne after Philippe de Champaigne

Grey wash landscape of a valley with trees, a distant lake, rolling hills and a rocky outcrop on the right.

The Head of Ullswater

Edward Dayes, 1790s

Hand-colored engraving of a green gar fish beneath a branch with yellow flowers, green leaves, and berries.

The Green Gar Fish (Esox osseus)

Mark Catesby, 1731

Grey chalk drawing of a reclining prophet and flying putti seen from below, with diagonal perspective guide lines.

Ceiling Studies of a Prophet and a Putto Seen from Below

Giulio Cesare Procaccini, 1602

Pen and grey wash drawing of three draped women standing in a row, one holding a covered cup and another a jar.

The Three Marys

Johann Willinges, 1590

Fan-shaped print of a ballerina in a tutu facing a bearded man in a top hat, with another man behind them, in warm orange ton

Fan

Jean-Louis Forain, 1903

Brown ink and wash drawing of several gondolas with gondoliers poling across water.

Gondolas

Attributed to Francesco Guardi

Etching of two kneeling pilgrims before a rough wall, one with a raised arm and a crutch on the ground.

Lourdes, Imploring before the Grotto (fourth plate)

Jean-Louis Forain, 1912

Brown wash drawing of a nude man holding a torch and a flaming orb, with a dog, tree, and small crowd behind him.

Ignis

Hendrick Goltzius, c. 1586

Etching of two figures bending over a stretcher-bound paralytic, with faint sketched figures in the background.

Lourdes, the Paralytic (second plate)

Jean-Louis Forain, 1912

Pen and brown ink drawing of a standing nude figure with draped cloth, beside a cat, a pig, and a pedestal.

Allegorical Figure with a Cat and a Pig

Jacopo di Giovanni di Francesco, c. 1530

Charcoal sketch of a helmeted man gripping the shoulder of a cap-wearing man in a loose jacket.

The German Expelled

Jean-Louis Forain, 1919

Lithograph of two men in dark suits standing in a dim interior under a hanging lamp, with seated figures in shadow at left.

Cleaned Out

Jean-Louis Forain, 1914