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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Pastel drawing of a seated nude woman with bowed head against a green background and a pale cloth at her hip.

Seated Nude Seen from Above

Paul Gauguin, 1888/1889

Pencil and wash drawing of a dirt road through a village with a cottage, tall trees, and a pale distant landscape.

A Road through a Country Village

Christoph Nathe, c. 1790

Brown wash drawing of a sunlit path beside a forest edge with birch trees and grazing animals on a slope.

A Meadow with a Shepherd and Goats at the Edge of a Forest

Carl Wagner, 1861

Watercolor of a tower castle among trees on a green hillside, with snowy Alpine peaks rising behind it under a cloudy sky.

The Castle of Bürglen with the Alps Beyond

Carl Wagner, 1862

Engraved ornamental cartouche with cherubs playing wind instruments, two eagles, and an empty central panel.

Air

after Wenzel Jamnitzer I Jost Amman, 1568

Engraved ornamental print with a central shell framed by putti, dragons, sea creatures and tridents.

Water

after Wenzel Jamnitzer I Jost Amman, 1568

A Bald Man in Profile (The Artist's Father?)

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Pencil sketch of layered hills and mountains with trees and a hilltop village under a pale sky.

The Sabine Hills and Rocca Santo Stefano Seen from Civitella

Ludwig Richter, c. 1824

Sepia print of a gnarled old oak tree beside a wooden fence, with distant houses and hills under a cloudy sky.

Ancient Oaks in a Landscape

after Jan Wijnants Wilhelm von Kobell, 1792

Watercolor interior of a paneled music room with a green tiled stove, grand piano, blue sofa, and mountain view through windo

The Music Room of Archduchess Margarete, Princess of Saxony, in Schloss Ambras

Heinrich von Förster, 1870s

Black and white woodcut of a cloaked woman holding a child, with an airplane in the night sky above.

Untitled (Woman and Child, Airplane)

Ceil Rosenberg, c. 1938

Pen and grey wash drawing of a standing man in a feathered hat beside an ornate blank coat of arms with scrollwork.

A Donor with a Coat of Arms (Schildbegleiter und Wappenschild mit Schrägbalken)

Hans Jegli II, 1603

Night view of the Grand Canal at Versailles lit with illuminations, pyramids, fountains and crowds along the banks.

Illuminations autour du grand Canal de Versailles

Jean Lepautre, 1676

Engraved oval portrait of an older bearded man in a dark robe with fur-trimmed sleeves, with Latin inscription, 1588.

Bon de Broé

Thomas de Leu, 1588

Etching of a veiled seated Virgin with a weeping cherub, a reclining cherub, and instruments of the Passion below.

Virgin Bowing to Instruments of the Passion

Pierre Brébiette

Engraving of the Adoration of the Shepherds: an older bearded man holds a candle over a sleeping infant as a woman and two yo

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Hendrick Goltzius, 1615

Engraving of a bearded man in ruff and patterned doublet holding a pike, with soldiers and a tree in the background.

A Pike-Man Turned to the Left

Hendrick Goltzius, 1582

Engraving of three nude female figures among clouds, raising laurel wreaths, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1588.

The Three Graces

after Hendrick Goltzius Jacob Matham, 1588

Engraving of Bacchus, Venus and Ceres with grapes, wheat and a putto beneath a tree, after Goltzius, 1588.

Without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus Would Freeze

after Hendrick Goltzius Jacob Matham, 1588

Etching of the Raising of Lazarus surrounded by corner vignettes of Christ's life, with crowds in an arched interior.

Raising of Lazarus with Scenes from the Life of Christ

Romeyn de Hooghe

Etching of a reclining nude woman with a bearded satyr beside her and a winged figure above, in fine hatched lines.

Jupiter and Antiope

Willem Panneels after Sir Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1631

Etching of an old bearded man gesturing to a young woman with curled hair, a skull on the ledge below.

Titian's Mistress

Anthony van Dyck

Engraved portrait of a bearded clergyman in a dark robe and white collar, seated before a column.

Anton Triest

after Sir Anthony van Dyck Pieter de Jode II, 1632

Engraving of a crowned king forgiving a kneeling servant while scribes record accounts in a columned hall.

The King Forgiving His Servant His Debt

Dirck Volckertz Coornhert after Maerten van Heemskerck, 1554

Etching of five nude winged putti seated on clouds, some with arms raised, drawn in fine hatched lines.

Three Cherubs and Two Boys on Clouds

after Peeter van Avont Wenceslaus Hollar, 1646

Engraved portrait of Joan of Arc holding a sword, wearing a plumed hat, with foliage and inscription below.

Jeanne d'Arc: La Pucelle d'Orléans

after Lucas Cranach the Elder Antoine de Marcenay de Ghuy, 1769

Engraving of the Virgin and Christ Child in an interior with an angel, saints and children, a landscape visible through an ar

The Holy Kinship

Hieronymus Wierix after Denys Calvaert, before 1611

Hand-colored oval engraving of Voltaire ascending on a winged horse, with a kneeling woman and reclining figure below.

Apothéose de Voltaire (The Apotheosis of Voltaire)

after Robert-Guillaume Dardel Pierre-François Legrand, 1782

Engraving of the Presentation in the Temple: an old priest holds the infant while kneeling women and onlookers stand in a col

Presentation in the Temple

Jacques de Bie after Maarten de Vos

Engraved portrait of a young woman in a plumed hat and satin dress, resting her arm on a draped table.

Girl in a Plumed Hat

Hendrick Bary after Gerard ter Borch the Younger

Engraved portrait of Catherine of Aragon in an oval frame, with two putti above and a French inscription below.

Catherine d'Arragon (Catherine of Aragon)

Cornelis Vermeulen after Adriaen van der Werff, 1697/1713

Engraved oval portrait of a woman in satin dress holding a book, with cherubs, a Latin inscription and a church tower behind

Anna Maria van Schurman

Cornelis van Dalen the Younger, Cornelis Jonson van Ceulen, Clement de Jonghe, after 1657

Engraved allegorical portrait of a bearded man in armor in an oval frame, flanked by putti, a Medusa shield and a dragon.

Gaspar de Gusman, Count of Olivares

Paulus Pontius, after Sir Peter Paul Rubens, after Diego Velázquez, c. 1626

Etched landscape of a hamlet on a hillside overlooking a wide valley with fields, trees, a distant town and clouds.

Hamlet in a Valley

Anthonie Waterloo and Johannes Ruischer

Etching of a large tree beside a path leading to village houses on a hill, with a river and distant windmill.

A Village on a Hill

Anthonie Waterloo

Engraving of the Virgin and Child in a landscape with animals, a village, and an angel in the clouds.

Virgin and Child in a Landscape

Aegidius Sadeler II after Albrecht Dürer, c. 1598

Engraved elevation of Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome with a large central dome, flanking cupolas, and a scale bar.

Longitudinal View of Saint Peter's, Rome

after Michelangelo Ambrogio Brambilla, 1575/1590

Engraving of a robed angel with a sword confronting a bearded rider on a donkey among overgrown classical ruins.

Balaam and the Angel

after Maerten van Heemskerck Dirck Volckertz Coornhert, 1554

Engraving of a standing man in a buttoned coat, wide hat and cravat, leaning on a cane with a sword at his side.

Man with a Sword

Sébastien Le Clerc the elder, 1685

Etching of a standing servant woman in headscarf, apron and long skirt, one hand on her hip, against a plain background.

Standing Servant Woman

Sébastien Le Clerc the elder, 1685

Etching of a standing man seen from behind, wearing a plumed hat, curled hair, and a loose pleated cloak.

Standing Man Viewed from Behind

Sébastien Le Clerc the elder, 1685

Engraving of a woman gazing at the stars beside an old man sighting with an instrument, with a globe and armillary sphere.

Astronomy

after Hendrik Goltzius Cornelis Jacobsz Drebbel, c. 1597

Engraving of a woman writing with a quill while a man points to numerals on a page in a study with books.

Arithmetic

after Hendrik Goltzius Cornelis Jacobsz Drebbel, c. 1597

Engraving of a bearded man in a fur-trimmed robe gesturing toward a seated woman beside an open book, with bookshelves behind

Philosophy

after Hendrik Goltzius Cornelis Jacobsz Drebbel, c. 1597

Engraving of a nude woman in a laurel wreath beside a bearded old man holding a serpent-wrapped staff and open book.

Poetry

after Hendrik Goltzius Cornelis Jacobsz Drebbel, c. 1597

Engraved portrait of a bearded man with long curly hair, lace collar and ruffled cuffs, gesturing with one hand.

Henricus Steenwyck

Paulus Pontius after Sir Anthony van Dyck, before 1641

Engraving of armored cavalry charging in battle with lances and banners, fallen horses in foreground, walled city behind.

Suleiman the Magnificent Forced to Raise the Siege of Vienna

after Maerten van Heemskerck Dirck Volckertz Coornhert, 1555

Engraving of the Temple of Diana at Ephesus with workers carving stone columns in the foreground and a city beyond.

Dianae Ephesiae Templum (The Temple of Diana at Ephesus)

after Maerten van Heemskerck Philip Galle, 1572

Engraving of a seated Jupiter statue in a domed temple at Olympia, with a torch, an eagle and crowds of figures on steps.

Olympy Iovis Simulacrum (The Statue of Jupiter at Olympia)

after Maerten van Heemskerck Philip Galle, 1572

Engraving of the Pharos lighthouse above a busy harbor with ships, a city, mountains, and seated figures in the corner.

Pharos (The Lighthouse at Alexandria)

after Maerten van Heemskerck Philip Galle, 1572

Engraving of Egyptian pyramids and obelisks with a seated king, laborers at work, and a Latin inscription below.

Piramides Aegypti (The Pyramids of Egypt)

after Maerten van Heemskerck Philip Galle, 1572

Engraving of a stepped mausoleum with columns and statues, workmen in the foreground, and a crowned woman with attendants.

Mausolaeum (The Tomb of Mausolus at Halicarnassus)

after Maerten van Heemskerck Philip Galle, 1572

Engraving of the allegorical figure Envy with snake-filled hair, holding a snake, beside a hound in a landscape.

Envy

attributed to Jacob Matham, after Hendrik Goltzius, c. 1587

Engraving of a seated king in a columned hall with a kneeling servant and standing courtiers before him.

The Unmerciful Servant Brought before the King

after Maerten van Heemskerck Dirck Volckertz Coornhert, 1554

Engraving of a hunched grotesque man with a sack and dagger beside a woman in a ruff and tall headdress, with Latin text belo

Vitia hominem monstrosum...

Robert Boissard after Jean-Jacques Boissard, 1597

Engraving of a woman in a pointed headdress and a man in a fur-trimmed robe standing together beside a carnation plant.

Virtui est gratus quoties...

Robert Boissard after Jean-Jacques Boissard, 1597

Engraving of two bearded men in period dress in conversation, one pointing upward, with Latin verse below.

Turpis res desidiosa senectus...

Robert Boissard after Jean-Jacques Boissard, 1597

Engraving of a woman with a fan and a bearded man with a sword in elaborate late 16th-century costume, with Latin text below.

Non semper gravibus...

Robert Boissard after Jean-Jacques Boissard, 1597

Engraving of a fashionable woman with a fan beside an elderly bearded man in a cloak, with a Latin inscription below.

Turpe senex miles...

Robert Boissard after Jean-Jacques Boissard, 1570-1650

Engraving of a bearded man in a tall cap and a veiled woman in long layered robes standing face to face, with Latin text belo

Qui hebetiores animi facultates...

Robert Boissard after Jean-Jacques Boissard, 1597

Engraving of a man with a staff and a woman with flowers in ornate costume, with a Latin inscription below.

Intempestivis impendere...

Robert Boissard after Jean-Jacques Boissard, 1597

Etching of a bearded man in a feathered hat and cloak beside a woman with an elaborate updo, with Latin text below.

Efficiunt mores uxoris...

Robert Boissard after Jean-Jacques Boissard, 1597

Engraving of a horned, veiled woman holding a mirror while an older bearded man in a cloak leans toward her.

Amoris virus hominem...

Robert Boissard after Jean-Jacques Boissard, 1597

Engraved ornament of a woman merging into acanthus scrolls, supporting a flower urn with two putti and garlands.

Ornament with a Woman Turning to Foliage