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National Gallery of Art

25,755 works

Etching of a canal with a drawbridge, gabled houses, a windmill and figures along the quay under a cloudy sky.

Reguliers Gate (Regeliers Poort)

Etching of a town gate beside a canal, with a church tower behind, windmills on the right, and small figures and boats in the

Zaagmolen Gate (Saaghmeulens Poortie)

Etching of the Haerlemmer Poort gate with a tower, drawbridge, carriages, a windmill, and boats on a canal.

Haarlem Gate (Haerlemmer Poort)

Reinier Nooms, 1617

Etching of a Dutch canal with a footbridge, a fisherman, rowboats, and several windmills along the horizon.

Raam Gate (Raam Poortie)

Etching of the St. Antonis Gate with a drawbridge over a canal, a windmill, moored boats, and figures on the bank.

St. Antonis Gate (St. Antonis Poort)

Reinier Nooms, 1636

Etching of the Heyligeweg Gate with a raised drawbridge, canal boats, townhouses and a church tower under clouds.

Heyligeweg Gate (Heyligewechs Poort)

Reinier Nooms, 1638

Brown wash drawing of a man in a top hat riding between two women on horseback along a tree-lined road.

Cavalier and Two Ladies on Horseback

Constantin Guys

Chalk drawing on tan paper of a woman's head and bust, with curled hair, a feathered hat and a tied ribbon at the neck.

Head and Bust of a Woman

Joshua Reynolds

Engraving of the crucified Christ with the Virgin Mary and Saint John below, angels holding scrolls above, and a skull at the

Christ on the Cross with the Virgin and Saint John

Hans Brosamer, 1542

Parchment leaf with dark gothic blackletter script in ink and a blue initial letter at the bottom.

The Trinity

Workshop of Master of the Gerona Martyrology, 1414

Engraving of Saint Christopher wading a river carrying the Christ Child on his shoulder, with a church and mountains behind.

Saint Christopher

Master MZ, 1500

Grisaille drawing of a scribe at a desk and a kneeling man presenting a book to a seated figure in a Gothic interior with a d

Scribe Writing and the Author Presenting His Book

Georges Hurtrel, in or before 1870

Medieval manuscript spread with gold historiated initial showing two robed figures beside columns of Latin text.

Joshua before the Lord

Unknown artist, c. 1270

Vincenzio Piombi

Jean-Baptiste Wicar

European Elk

Peter Rindisbacher

Medieval manuscript page with gold illuminated initial showing Moses with crowned men, beside two columns of black Latin text

Moses Counting the Children of Israel

Unknown artist, c. 1270

Watercolor of a white country house on a grassy hill, with a seated woman and children under large trees in the foreground.

Sweet Briar

William Russell Birch, 1808

Aged parchment manuscript page with two columns of brown Gothic handwriting and faint coloured margins.

Meeting of Achilles and Hector

Master of Girart de Roussillon, c. 1450 - 1460

Illuminated page of an enthroned bearded patriarch holding a child, surrounded by robed figures, palms, and corner medallions

Paradise with Christ in the Lap of Abraham

Unknown artist, c. 1239

Pen and wash drawing of a forest slope with tall trees, rocks and a small stream in the foreground.

View from the Springhouse at Echo

William Russell Birch, 1808

Medieval illuminated page of the Nativity with angels above and six Dominican monks kneeling in arches below, on gold and blu

The Nativity with Six Dominican Monks

Master of Imola, 1265/1274

Watercolor of rushing rapids between rocky cliffs under a cloudy sky, with a small figure on a rock in the foreground.

Falls of the Potomac

William Russell Birch, 1800

Manuscript page with red staff lines, black square notation, gothic text, and a red and blue decorated initial letter.

Death of Saint Benedict

Fra Gregorio Mutii da Montalcino, 1390/1395

Grey wash drawing of a man and two children at a doorway looking up at three winged figures flying over a hut.

Peter and His Children Visited by Three Flying Figures

Thomas Stothard, 1783

Manuscript leaf with red staff lines, brown square musical notes and large gothic script lettering, with a purple Bologna sta

Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata

Cosimo Tura, 1470s

Pen and wash sheet of figure studies with a central grey vignette of a seated man and a standing woman in a gown.

Design for a Book Illustration of Circe and Odysseus [recto]

Thomas Stothard, 1803

Sheet of Studies

Thomas Stothard

Etching of a wooded landscape with travelers on a rocky path, a mule, tall trees, cliffs and a pool of water.

The Woman on the Hinny

Brown wash drawing of a winged female figure in flowing robes beside a helmeted head, set in a dark circle.

Vignette for a Title Page: "Winged Victory"

Thomas Stothard

Etching of fishermen beside a beached boat, sorting fish on the sand, with sailing ships on the distant sea.

The Fishmongers