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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Engraving of Neptune and Thetis on a sea chariot with tritons, nymphs, cupids, and Venus and Mercury above.

The Triumph of Neptune and Thetis

after Bartholomaeus Spranger Jacob Matham, 1614

Engraving of a nude male figure with a halo and rays of light, holding a torch and standing on a cloud above a landscape.

Apollo as Sol

after Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem Jacob Matham, c.1591

Engraving of John the Baptist preaching to a crowd of nude and clothed men beside a large tree and rocky cliffs under a light

John the Baptist, Preaching

Gerrit Pietersz Sweelinck, 1593

Hand-colored woodcut of a kneeling man in red robes before a flaming bush, with sheep, a serpent, and a walled city behind.

Moses and the Burning Bush

Unknown artist, c. 1500

Engraving of David playing a harp before a seated, crowned King Saul in an arcaded interior, with a landscape view.

David Playing the Harp before Saul

Christoph Bockstorfer, 1531

Engraving of an allegorical war scene with a chariot, mounted riders, marching armies, burning cities, and a winged figure la

Allegory of War

Hendrick Goltzius, 1578

Engraving of Mary Magdalene reading a book beside a skull in a rocky cave, with a crucifix on a hill beyond.

St. Mary Magdalen Penitent

Hendrick Goltzius, 1585

Engraving of a muscular armored warrior with plumed helmet standing on a shield, with soldiers and spears behind him.

Titus Manlius Torquatus

Hendrick Goltzius, 1586

Engraved landscape with a river, dense trees, reclining figures in the foreground, and distant hills under clouds.

Landscape

after Jacques Rousseau Elisha Kirkall, 1733/1742

Etching of a walled town with a church spire across a river, framed by a large tree in the foreground and hills behind.

View of Steyr on Enns

Hanns Lautensack, 1554

Engraving of Adam and Eve nude beside the tree of knowledge with a serpent, surrounded by animals in a wooded landscape.

The Fall of Man

after Hendrik Goltzius Jacob Matham, 1606

Engraved portrait of an older bearded man in a ruff collar and skullcap, with laurel bust and trumpets in the arched frame.

Portrait of Hendrick Goltzius

Hendrick Goltzius Jan Muller, c.1617

Etching of a moonlit rocky landscape with a cave, trees, a man with a staff, cattle and a dog below.

A Night Robbery

Friedrich Müller, 1769

Engraving of nude Arion playing a harp while seated on a dolphin, with a ship and stormy sea behind him.

Arion on a Dolphin

after Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem Jan Muller, c.1590

Engraving of nude allegorical figures borne aloft by clouds, with gods above and a city and crowd below.

The Apotheosis of the Arts

after Bartholomaeus Spranger Jan Muller, 1597

Engraving of a reclining woman draped in cloth among clouds, with a bird nearby and the word AER above her.

Air

after Dirck Barendsz Jan Sadeler I, 1587

Engraving of a reclining man with allegorical death figures and an oval portrait of a woman with a skull and putto.

Bartholomaeus Spranger and his Late Wife Christina Muller

after Bartholomaeus Spranger Aegidius Sadeler II, c. 1600

Engraving of an angel announcing to shepherds with a cow, sheep and sleeping man, with cherubs in clouds above.

Annunciation to the Shepherds

after Abraham Bloemaert Jan Pietersz Saenredam, 1599

Engraved allegory of riders, allegorical women, hunting dogs and cherubs in a forest, with a coat of arms and inscription bel

Allegory of Flourishing State of the United Provinces

Jan Pietersz Saenredam, 1602

Engraving of Venus, Bacchus and Ceres with a cupid, grapes, wheat and a cornucopia of fruit, with Latin verses below.

Sine Cerere et Baccho Friget Venus

after Abraham Bloemaert Jan Pietersz Saenredam, c. 1600

Engraving of Alexander the Great seated on a throne in a columned hall, with guards and petitioners before him.

Alexander the Great Seated in Justice

after Joachim Anthonisz Wtewael Willem Swanenburgh, 1606

Engraving of soldiers with halberds standing over a bearded man and a fallen body in a columned Roman interior.

Beheading of the Roman Judge Papinian

after Joachim Anthonisz Wtewael Willem Swanenburgh, 1606

Engraving of a woman led away by armed men in a columned courtyard while elders gesture beside a tall column.

Suzannah before Daniel

after Joachim Anthonisz Wtewael Willem Swanenburgh, 1606

Engraving of Aiolos, god of wind, standing on a shell at sea with billowing drapery, within an ornate armored frame.

Aiolos, Personification of Wind

Heinrich Ulrich

Etching of a martyrdom scene: a nude man on a gridiron over fire, a crowd, a seated ruler, and an angel descending at upper r

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

Claude Vignon, 1593-1670

Watercolor of snowy Gothic monastery ruins, with pointed arches, tracery windows, pine trees and crows on the floor.

Ruins of the Oybin Monastery in Winter

Karl Heinrich Beichling, c. 1830

Painted sketch of a cavalry officer seen from behind, in green uniform with white crossbelts and plumed shako, on orange grou

A Mounted Cavalry Officer Seen from Behind

Franz Adam, 1850s

Hand-colored print of reclining nude Venus with a white dove and rose garland against blue drapery, after Boucher.

Le Réveil de Venus (Venus Awakening)

Louis-Marin Bonnet after François Boucher, 1769

Title page with German text reading Erste Ausgabe and Exemplar No. 1 on an off-white sheet.

Dramen: VI Motive in X Blättern. Radierungen Opus IX

Max Klinger, 1883

Black chalk and white heightened drawing of classical figures and a crowd in a colonnaded interior with arches.

Brutus Condemning His Sons to Death

Gabriel François Doyen, c. 1760

Watercolor of the Rialto Bridge over a Venetian canal, with gondolas, sailing boats and palazzo facades under a blue sky.

The Rialto Bridge, Venice

William James Müller, 1835

Yellow book cover with black stylized figures holding hands, framed by bold bands, lettered Zeichnungen von Ernst Ludwig Kirc

Kirchner - Zeichnungen (Kirchner Drawings)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1925

Lithographed title page with a harp among ferns, plants and rocks beside a stream, lettered Sechs Landschaftstudien, 1829.

Sechs Landschaftstudien nach der Natur

Carl August Lebschee, 1829

Red chalk drawing of a young woman in a bonnet sewing while a small dog rests on her lap.

Young Woman Sewing with a Dog Resting on Her Lap

Johann Gottlieb Glume, 1750s(?)

Pen and ink drawing of a soldier with a sword walking beside a plumed woman with a flask, with a castle and lake behind them.

A Soldier Walking with a Camp Follower

Circle of Urs Graf I, 1523

Engraving of Vulcan and a companion hanging an iron net above a bed, with a cupid and classical columns nearby.

Vulcan Hanging an Iron Net above the Bed

after Philip Galle Hans Collaert the Younger, 1580-1628

Engraving of Judith holding a sword beside a servant who carries the severed head of Holofernes under a tent curtain.

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

after Hendrik Goltzius Christoffel van Sichem I

Engraving of a seated draped female figure holding a scepter, with a mountain landscape, hilltop town and miners in a cave.

Earth

after Dirck Barendsz Jan Sadeler I, 1587

Engraving of Neptune holding a trident while riding a sea horse through rough waves under a cloudy sky.

Water

after Dirck Barendsz Jan Sadeler I, 1587

Crayon sketch of a river landscape with green hills, a yellow shore, and two figures in a rowing boat.

Elbe Landscape Near Dresden

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1909

Red and black woodcut book cover with angular figures of men and bold title lettering for Jakob Bosshart's stories.

Jakob Bosshart: Neben der Heerstrasse (Jakob Bosshart: Near Main Street)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1922

Woodcut print of a nude woman with raised arms beside a carved figure, on a geometric patterned carpet, in black on ochre pap

Naked Girl on a Carpet (Nacktes Mädchen auf Teppich)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1924

Black and white expressive print of dark fir trees, church spires and a pale winding path, by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner.

Taunus Firs

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1916

Black and white print of a standing nude woman leaning forward against a dark interior with figures and drapery behind her.

Standing Nude in a Room

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1921

Pen and wash drawing of figures around a laden table, contrasting plain robes with fine dress and a feast.

Allegory of Poverty and Wealth

Etching of a winter scene with skaters on a frozen river, a rowboat, a distant walled city, and a farmhouse with bare trees.

Winter

Conrad Meyer, 1649

Watercolor of a hilltop village on a rocky cliff above the sea, with sailboats and travelers on a path in the foreground.

Le Château d'Eze, pres de Nice

Mathias Gabriel Lory, 1841/1843

Charcoal drawing of a man's angular face beside a seated figure in a studio with sketched paintings on the wall.

Self-Portrait in the Studio (Selbstbildnis im Atelier)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1923

Chiaroscuro print of a seated giant with a staff beside sheep, as armed men approach from a ship at left.

Ulysses and Polyphemus

after Francesco Primaticcio John Baptist Jackson

Woman Standing Holding a Jar on the Head

after Parmigianino John Baptist Jackson, 1731

Drawing of the Visitation: two women embrace at center, with a standing man at left and a turbaned woman at right, in chalk o

The Visitation

Unknown artist, c. 1520

Grey wash drawing of a wooded valley with tall trees, a winding stream, and mountain slopes under a pale sky.

Sunlit Trees in a Valley near Lacoux

Jean-Paul Flandrin, 1840

Drawing of a stand of tall trees with pale trunks and spreading branches in brown wash on blue-grey paper.

A Stand of Birch Trees

Johann Caspar Huber

Pencil portrait of a woman with braided hair and a headscarf, looking to the left, with a white collar.

Agnes von Felsen

Wilhelm von Kügelgen, c. 1822

Watercolor of a Venetian canal with a tall-masted ship, gondolas, and a domed church beside the water.

The Giudecca Canal with Shipping near the Chiesa dei Gesuati

David Law, 1880s

Brown wash drawing of God the Father seated on clouds with two angels and quick leg studies below.

God the Father with Angels

Unknown artist, 17th century

Young Woman in a Kerchief and Cloak at Hastings

Joshua Cristall, 1807

Engraved ornamental cartouche with a central leaf, putti, fruit garlands, animal heads and garden tools on a pale ground.

Earth

after Wenzel Jamnitzer I Jost Amman, 1568

Watercolor of a tiered waterfall in a wooded gorge, with two small figures by a pool and a pine tree on the right.

The Grand Waterfalls at Terni

Franz Kaisermann, 1790s

Watercolor of a rocky coastline at sunset, with boulders in the foreground and a pink and orange sky over the sea.

Sunset from a Rocky Coastline

Jean Achille Benouville, 1842

Pencil sketch of Florence seen from a window: cypress trees, stone urns at a garden gate, and hillside houses beyond.

Aussicht aus meinem Fenster, via valfonda in Florenz (Gardens in Florence Seen from the Artist's Window)

Anton Krüger, 1821

Engraving of nude Venus with draped Graces and winged putti holding flowering sprigs among leafy foliage.

Venus with the Graces and Putti

Pierre Biard the Younger, 1620s

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a village with a church spire below a blue alpine peak and wooded hills.

Berchtesgaden with the Watzmann Peak in the Distance

Ernst Fries, 1822

Brown ink drawing of the Madonna and Child in clouds above a monk and saints looking upward.

Madonna and Child in the Clouds, Adored by Saints

Unknown artist, c.1610