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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

The Shadow (L'Ombre)

Odilon Redon, 1896-1900

Ink drawing of a dark winged figure with a pale face and a framed panel at its center, on pale paper.

The Devil (Le Diable)

Odilon Redon, 1896-1900

Sleeping infant beside a human skull on draped cloth, shown in soft grey tones against a dark background.

Memento Mori

Unknown artist, c. 1680

Lithograph of two sailing boats beached on rocks, with a group of figures standing near one boat under a cloudy sky.

Boats on the Beach

Bernard Gaillot, 1824

Worn brown leather book cover with tooled panels, brass clasps, and a handwritten paper title label reading Rodericus Zamoren

Spiegel des menschlichen Lebens

The Zamorensis Master, Master of Boccaccio, Rodericus Zamorensis, 1475/1476

Woodcut frontispiece portrait of a man in a flat cap and fur collar within an arched niche, with Latin caption above.

Annotationes Othonis Brunfelsii...in quatuor Euangelia & Acta Apostolorum...

Otto Brunfels Hans Baldung Grien, 1535

Pen and ink sketch of a satyr offering fruit to reclining nymphs beneath a tree, on tan paper.

Diana and Two Nymphs Receiving Gifts from a Satyr (recto)

Gerard van Honthorst, 1620s

Brown wash drawing of Diana with nymphs as a satyr kneels offering fruit, with a dog in the foreground.

Diana and Four Nymphs Receiving Gifts from a Satyr

Gerard van Honthorst, c. 1630

Pencil drawing of a man in a cap working at a lithographic press in a workshop with tools on the bench.

Self-Portrait Working at a Lithographic Press

Julius Adam the Elder, 1847

Grey wash drawing of ships and rowing boats on calm sea, with a harbor town and castle on the distant shore.

Shipping on the Oresund with Helsingor and Kronborg Castle in the Distance

Carl Emil Baagöe, 1896

Brown book cover with a large detailed flea in a diamond panel, surrounded by scrolling foliate ornament and grotesque heads.

Meister Floh. Ein Marchen in sieben Abentheuern zweier Freunde (Master Flea: A Fairy-Tale in Seven Adventures of Two…

Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann Karl Friedrich Thiele, 1822

Watercolor of a ruined Doric temple with a seated man on its steps, shrubs and trees around it, under a blue sky.

A Temple Ruin in Agrigento

Carl Götzloff, c. 1825

Pencil drawing of a large tree over a stream with a footbridge, shed, barn and church steeple in the distance.

Castleton, Vermont

James Renwick Brevoort, 1871

Pencil drawing of large trees, a split-rail fence and a farmhouse at right beside an open meadow, dated September 1869.

Granby, Connecticut

James Renwick Brevoort, 1869

Pencil and wash drawing of a river with rapids, a mill building, a distant bridge and houses on a rocky hillside.

James McCullough's Leadmill

Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1844

Grey wash drawing of ruined stone buildings by moonlit water, with cliffs on the right and a bright sky opening above.

Buildings by Moonlight

Thomas Moran, c. 1875

Pencil sketch of pale birch trees and bare branches on a steep wooded slope with rocks, by Jervis McEntee, 1860.

Kauterskill Clove

Jervis McEntee, 1860

Study for "Astronomy"

Elihu Vedder, 1892

Warm rose-toned watercolor of a castle on a cliff above a river, with two seated figures and sheep in the foreground.

Castle on a River

Robert Walter Weir, early 19th century

Engraved memorial to George Washington with three mourning women beside an obelisk, willow tree, and anchor.

Sacred to the Memory of the Illustrious George Washington

Thomas Clarke, 1801

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a powdered wig and embroidered coat, with garland border and inscription below.

His Excellency John Hancock, Esquire

Joseph H. Seymour, c. 1794

Lithograph of Bacchus showing draped women dancing in a dark wooded landscape, one raising a staff and another holding a tamb

Bacchus

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1903

Print of a seated nude woman raising one arm, holding a cloth, against a dark hatched background.

Verite

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1900

Engraving of a night river festival with fireworks bursting over a bridge and lantern-decorated boats crowded in the foregrou

Fete Venetienne sur la Seine

Louis Auguste Lepère

Etching of a farmhouse on a grassy rise beside a large tree trunk in the right foreground, under striated clouds.

Farm with a Large Tree (La Ferme au Grand Arbre)

Alphonse Legros, mid-19th century

Etching of a cloaked wayfarer kneeling on a path beside trees, with hatched sky and hills in the distance.

Wayfarer Surprised by a Storm (Le Voyageur surpris par l'Orage)

Alphonse Legros, late 19th century

Etching of a man in a hat bending over felled logs in a dark, dense forest with a bright sky opening at right.

Man Squaring Logs (Homme qui fend des bûches)

Alphonse Legros, 1877/1887

Lithograph portrait of a woman in a dark hood with lowered eyes, holding a folded paper, by William Strang.

The Widow

Daumier lithograph of two café scenes satirizing coffee and chicory drinkers, with French captions below each panel.

Une boisson qui ne monte jamais à tête

Honoré Daumier, 1852

Daumier lithograph: upper scene of men drinking at a table with bottles; lower scene of a man in bed with a cup and teapot.

Dans un cabinet de la maison d'or

Honoré Daumier, 1852

Daumier lithograph of a stout man in a top hat with a cane, beside a woman, while dancers and a crowd move behind them.

Ce n'est pas sous l"empire qu'on aurait dansé comme ca! ...

Honoré Daumier, 1849

Lithograph of a crowded room where several men sleep in a hammock, bunk, bed and atop a wardrobe.

L'Interieur d'un appartement trop garni...

Honoré Daumier, 1855

Lithograph of two women with billowing skirts blown by wind on a Paris street, a flying top hat above, a man leaning into the

Le printemps annonçant son retour à Paris

Honoré Daumier, 1856

Lithograph of spectators in a theatre box watching an Italian tragedy performed on stage below.

Un loge au théâtre VENTADOUR...

Honoré Daumier, 1856

Lithograph of two women in bathing dress in a bathhouse, one tall and one stout, with a seated figure on a bench at right.

La planche démontree par le prècepte ...

Honoré Daumier, 1847

Daumier lithograph of an elderly man seated before an easel while a standing companion looks on in a dim studio.

Oui c'est bien feue ma femme! ...

Honoré Daumier, 1847

Lithograph of a man in a cap leaning on a stone pillar as a smaller man looks up at him, under a cloudy sky.

Dites donc, not'maire ... des communistes qué qu'c'est ça?

Honoré Daumier, 1848

Lithograph of two men in top hat and cap talking on a cobbled street, by Honoré Daumier, 1848.

Actionnaires de chemins de fer causant dividendes

Honoré Daumier, 1848

Daumier lithograph of a bespectacled man talking to an older gentleman as a boy holds his coat in an interior room.

Quant a moi je tiens a employer ... la force du raisonnement

Honoré Daumier, 1848

Daumier lithograph of a hunched man beside a woman raising an umbrella over a fallen figure on a city street.

Disciples de M. Cobden

Honoré Daumier, 1849

Daumier satirical lithograph: caricatured men above, mounted guards in rain at the Assemblée Nationale gate below.

Le jour ou ... Théobald a appris son dégommage

Honoré Daumier, 1850

Daumier lithograph of Pierre Leroux speaking from the tribune to a scowling Barrot, and receiving handshakes from deputies be

Pierre Leroux Osant apostrophe ...

Honoré Daumier, 1849

Daumier caricature: an orator corrects a seated stenographer above, and General Lebreton bends forward below in a crowded ass

Monsieur le sténographe ...

Honoré Daumier, 1849

Caricature lithograph of a large-headed man in a top hat passing National Guard soldiers, with an assembly tribune scene belo

Vue de M. Dupin se rendant a l'assemblée

Honoré Daumier, 1849

Satirical lithograph of a conductor and musicians above a text panel, surrounded by a crowd of dancing figures in top hats.

VOILLLLLLLLLLLA LE GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAND galop charivarique

Honoré Daumier, 1839

Daumier lithograph of an elderly man in oversized shoes climbing steps with a cane in a legislative chamber, 1850.

M. Dupin dans ses petits souliers

Honoré Daumier, 1850

Daumier lithograph of a sleeping man in a nightcap haunted by a grinning sprite, a spider labeled Pâte de Régnault, and a jar

Un cauchemar de Mimi

Honoré Daumier, 1850

Caricature of top-hatted men ice skating, one fallen on the ice, with a crowd and bare trees in the background.

Divertissement qui devrait être interdit ...

Honoré Daumier, 1850

Two men in top hats on a cobblestone street, one leaning in to speak to the other, with city buildings behind them.

Vous verrez ... rien n'échappera a la baisse ...

Honoré Daumier, 1848

Daumier lithograph of three men in top hats and a cap arguing, with a French caption below about an alibi.

Un alibi

Honoré Daumier, 1848

Daumier lithograph of two top-hatted men hurrying past white classical sculptures at the Salon, 1847.

Tout ce qu'on voudra

Honoré Daumier, 1847

Lithograph of a kneeling man in military hat whipping himself, with smoking fortresses labeled Sebastopol and Bomarsund behin

S'administrant la discipline ...

Honoré Daumier, 1854

Daumier caricature of two men on a fortress tower, one with a telescope, watching warships firing at sea under smoke.

Renouvelé de la tour barbe bleue

Honoré Daumier, 1854

Daumier lithograph of two older men in top hats and long coats leaping playfully with canes, caricature style, 1855.

Jeunes gens de cinquante a soixante ans ...

Honoré Daumier, 1855

Lithograph of a man with a telescope and a frightened woman on a balcony at night, under a starry sky over a city.

Parisiens incrédules ...

Honoré Daumier, 1857

Two men in long coats lean toward an open window at night, looking up at the stars, in a Daumier lithograph.

La veille du 13 Juin

Honoré Daumier, 1857

Daumier lithograph of a startled couple in a field as partridges fly around them, with a hunter and dog in the distance.

In convénient de tirer les perdreaux ...

Honoré Daumier, 1858

Daumier lithograph of two men in a railway carriage, one peering out a window at a woman embracing a man outside.

Tiens ... ma femme avec un monsieur ...

Honoré Daumier, 1858

Lithograph of a dense choir of men singing with open mouths, holding music folders, by Honoré Daumier, 1859.

Souvenir du grand festival des orphéonistes

Honoré Daumier, 1859

Daumier lithograph of a giant caricatured figure in a plumed hat on a hill, with small soldiers fleeing and smoke at left.

Dernière élévation de soulouque

Honoré Daumier, 1856

Caricature lithograph of a reclining woman with an open book and a standing man with wild hair gesturing toward her.

Ah! Théophile ... j'en apprends de belles ...

Honoré Daumier, 1860

Daumier lithograph of Parisians on a street, a woman sneezing into a handkerchief while two top-hatted men look on.

Paris grippé

Honoré Daumier, 1864

Daumier lithograph of a bending man and a startled seated woman with raised arms, watched by onlookers at left.

Toujours les merveilles du diamant ...

Honoré Daumier, 1860

Daumier lithograph of a seated bespectacled somnambulist surrounded by a crowd of caricatured top-hatted onlookers.

L'incomparable somnabule

Honoré Daumier, 1865