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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Engraving of a crowned bearded figure holding a radiant sun face, with a lion and books at his feet.

Sun

Abraham de Bruyn, 1569

Pastel drawing of chestnut trees with yellow-green foliage on a hillside above a river and distant hills.

Chestnut Trees above a River

Louis Auguste Lepère, c.1900

Engraving of Mars, a bearded armored warrior with a plumed helmet, torch and sword, beside a ram and shield, 1569.

Mars

Abraham de Bruyn, 1569

Engraving of a draped woman holding a crescent moon beside a sailing ship, with a crab on the shore below.

Moon

Abraham de Bruyn, 1569

Engraving of an elderly bearded man with a pilgrim staff, cloak and cap, standing before an arched architectural niche.

Saint James Major

Lambert Suavius, 1545

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a curled wig and lace cravat, with an inscribed cartouche below.

Joseph Roettiers

Cornelis Vermeulen after Nicolas de Largillierre, 1700

Pencil sketch of a gnarled ancient tree with a split trunk and small figures in a landscape at its base.

An Ancient Tree with Figures in a Landscape

Friedrich Salathé, c. 1835

Black wood engraving of a long-billed bird perched on a gnarled branch against a cream background.

A Bird

Thomas Bewick, c. 1800

Watercolor of waterfalls cascading past a temple and villas, with a seated figure and sheep in the foreground.

The Waterfalls at Tivoli

Louis Ducros, c. 1790

Watercolor of a hilltop town with a domed church, wooded hills, and a distant sea under a pale blue sky.

Larici from the Convent of the Galoro

Thomas Jones, 1777

Etching of an elderly woman seated by a stone wall with two children, a vegetable basket, and a cooking pot on a fire.

Interior of a House

Francesco Londonio, 1763

Sepia etching of a saddled horse, a pipe-smoking soldier in a greatcoat, and a wagon with soldiers behind them.

Horse with Soldiers Smoking Pipe/Military Scene

Johann Adam Klein, 1816

The Neighing Horse

after Paulus Potter Johann Teyler, c. 1685-1697

Pissing Cow and Two Sheep

after Paulus Potter Johann Teyler, c. 1685-1697

Circular print of the Virgin Mary holding the dead Christ, both haloed, with radiating rays and architecture behind them.

Maria Kneeling over Corpse of Christ

Hans Baldung Grien

Watercolor of a green alpine valley with jagged mountain peaks, a distant village, and a sunlit farmhouse among trees.

An Alpine Valley

Rodolphe Leon Berthoud, 1878

Arcadian landscape with an obelisk on a hill, shepherds at a fountain, grazing sheep and a goat, and a stream in woodland.

Arcadian Landscape with an Obelisk

Salomon Gessner, 1785

Hand-colored print of Gothic church Saint-Séverin in Paris with tall bell tower and street figures in the foreground.

St. Séverin, Paris

Thomas Shotter Boys, 1839

Green title page of Eugène Bléry's etched study portfolio, with French printed title and handwritten lists of tree studies.

Etudes dessinées et gravées d'après nature

Eugène Bléry, 1840

Ink and wash study of a winged angel with a sword over falling demons, with two large wing studies above.

Studies for Saint Michael Defeating the Rebel Angels

Nicolò Ricciolini

Engraved coastal view of fishermen hauling a net from a sailboat beside ruins and rocky cliffs, with hills in the distance.

View of the Ancient Port of Phaleron, Athens

Jacques Philippe LeBas after Julien David Le Roy, 1758

Etching of a landscape with classical ruins, fallen columns, travelers, rolling hills and sunbeams breaking through clouds.

The Dromos, Athens

Jacques Philippe LeBas after Julien David Le Roy, 1758

Etching of a funeral procession with a black hearse and mourners on a Paris boulevard, under a purple evening sky.

Funeral Procession on the Boulevard de Clichy

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1887

Hand-colored print of a young woman with powdered hair holding a miniature portrait, framed in an oval with foliage and blue

The Marriage Presents

Louis-Marin Bonnet, 1770s

Oval print of a young woman with curled powdered hair in a white gown before blue drapery, within a gilded laurel frame.

Charms of the Morning

Louis-Marin Bonnet, 1777

Pencil panorama of rolling hills, an olive grove, and a classical temple on a distant hilltop under a pale sky.

Panorama toward Athens from the Garden of Aphrodite

Joseph Thürmer, 1818

Watercolor landscape of travelers with a donkey on a rocky road, a stone tower at right, and mountains under a soft sky.

View from Tivoli across the Tiber Valley at Sunset

Franz Kaisermann, 1813

Pencil and wash sketch of a ruined tower among wooded hills under a cloudy sky, with a bare tree in the foreground.

Ruins of a Fortified Tower among Wooded Hills [recto]

Friedrich Salathé, 1816/1821

Engraving of a wooded idyll with reclining figures, a goat, a peacock, and Jupiter on a cloud above.

The Golden Age

after Nicolaes de Bruyn after Abraham Bloemaert Anonymous, 1644

Etching of a rocky valley with fields, a distant village, and mountains under a sky with clouds.

The Enclosed Valley

Hercules Seghers

Two oval etched portraits of an old man in a cap and an old woman in a headscarf, set against cross-hatched backgrounds.

Heads of a Peasant Man and Woman

Adriaen Brouwer

Lithograph of a woman bending over a rocking cradle beside a sleeping cat and pitcher on a shelf, with sheet music text.

La Berceuse

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1895-1896

Engraving of a bearded saint with a halo reading an open book, leaning on a stone ledge in an arched niche.

Saint Simon

Lambert Suavius, 1545

Etching of the Marriage at Cana showing a banquet with seated guests, servants pouring wine into stone jars, and arched inter

The Marriage at Cana

Odoardo Fialetti

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a feathered hat and lace ruff holding a baton, with armor and a city view behind him.

Frederik Hendrik, Prince of Nassau-Orange

Willem Jacobsz. Delff, 1618

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in lace ruff and armor, with Latin inscriptions, dated 1633.

William Louis, Count of Nassau-Beilstein

Willem Jacobsz. Delff, 1633

Engraved oval portrait of a woman with curly hair, lace collar and pearl necklace, with an inscription below.

Catherine, Countess of Pallandt

Willem Jacobsz. Delff

Etching of Venus seated beside Cupid, who whittles a bow beneath a large tree.

Venus with Cupid Whittling His Bow

Odoardo Fialetti, 1617

Brown wash drawing of the Holy Family resting in a wooded landscape with a grazing donkey and distant town.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Carlo Antonio Tavella, 1720

Bust of Mlle. Marcelle Lender (Mlle. Marcelle Lender, en buste)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1895

Brown wash drawing of a grand classical hall with basketweave columns, a painted coffered ceiling, draped curtains and armill

Fantasy of a Great Hall with Basketweave Columns

Pietro Gonzaga, c. 1800

Brown wash drawing of a fantasy ancient capitol with symmetrical staircases, a temple facade, domed rotundas and a central co

Fantasy of an Ancient Capitol with Trophies and Grand Staircases

Pietro Gonzaga, c. 1800

Red chalk drawing of a cow and four sheep arranged in a symmetrical study on pale paper.

Four Sheep and a Cow

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, c. 1652

Red chalk print of two seated male nudes on a stone block, one seen from behind, the other looking down.

Two Male Nudes

Jean-François Janinet after Charles-Nicolas Cochin the Younger, c. 1774

Watercolor of a narrow stone-stepped street leading to a dark arched passage, with a tree and blue sky above.

A View in Subiaco

Pio Joris, 1873

Watercolor of the Piazza San Marco in Venice with a brick bell tower, arcaded buildings, strolling figures and pigeons.

The Piazza San Marco

Rudolf von Alt, 1874

Watercolor study of arching fountaingrass clumps in a meadow corner with trees and shrubs behind.

A Corner of a Meadow with Fountaingrass

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1870

Engraving of Mercury with a caduceus beside three draped women in a wooded landscape, with Latin text below.

Mercury and the Three Graces

Agostino Carracci after Jacopo Tintoretto, 1589

Sepia ink drawing of the Acropolis in Athens with the Parthenon on the hilltop above ruined arches and trees.

View of the Acropolis

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Etching of a river landscape with dense trees, a stone bridge, a horseback rider, reeds, and a cloudy sky.

Orage à la Fin du jour

Paul Huet, 1868

Sepia drawing of ruined Doric columns and stone walls of an ancient Greek temple with two small figures in the foreground.

Propylaeum

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Sepia drawing of Roman theater arches with cattle, a herder and trees in the foreground.

Theater of Herodes Atticus

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Ink and wash drawing of a ruined ancient monument with seated figures and reliefs on a rocky hill, with a man standing at rig

Monument of Philopappos

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Engraved text plate with Latin inscriptions from Roman arches in an ornamental border of scrolls and foliage, by Piranesi, 17

Text Plate

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748

Sepia drawing of a columned neoclassical university building with a horse carriage and palm trees in the foreground.

University

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Etching of the Adoration of the Magi: kneeling king before the Virgin and Child, angels above, attendants and ruins behind.

The Adoration of the Magi

Giovanni David after Scarsellino

Ink and wash drawing of the Nike Temple on the Acropolis with an inset of two men in traditional Greek dress.

Nike Temple

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Ink and wash drawing of the octagonal Tower of Winds with relief friezes, a palm tree and iron railing, by Eckenbrecher, 1890

Tower of Winds

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Engraving of Attilius Regulus: a man beside a nail-studded barrel holding a head, with armored soldiers behind him in a fores

Attilius Regulus

Georg Pencz, 1535

Sepia drawing of Parthenon ruins with fallen marble blocks, a standing figure, and distant hills under clouds.

Parthenon, Inside

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Sepia-toned drawing of a tree-lined avenue with a fountain, stone urns, strolling figures and classical buildings.

View from the Old Royal Palace of the Hermesstreet

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Sepia drawing of ruined ancient columns and fallen stones in front of a gateway, with hills and clouds behind.

The Propylaeum from the East

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Sepia drawing of the Temple of Hephaestus in Athens with the Acropolis and Parthenon on the hill behind, framed by cypress tr

Temple of Hyphaestus

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Sepia drawing of a columned neoclassical academy building with two statues on tall columns and strollers in front.

Academy

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890