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National Gallery of Art

25,670 works

Woodcut of nude figures fleeing across rocky terrain, with a figure holding a staff and a bearded man standing by the cliffs.

The Metals Fleeing from Vulcan

Domenico Beccafumi, 1530/1535

Grey-toned drawing of women gathered by reeds, one kneeling to lift an infant, with classical columns and trees in the backgr

The Finding of Moses

Sébastien Bourdon, c. 1655/1660

Grey wash drawing of a hawking party on horseback leaving a country house, with hounds and tall trees in the background.

A Hawking Party Setting off from a Country House

Barend Gael, 1660s

Print of the Adoration of the Shepherds with the Virgin and Christ child, kneeling shepherds and angels above.

Adoration of the Shepherds

Gaetano Gandolfi, 1780s

Engraving of nude Venus seated before columns, receiving baskets of fruit from nymphs and a satyr, with cupids overhead.

Venus Honored by the Nymphs

after Bartholomaeus Spranger Jan Muller, c. 1591

Red chalk study of a seated woman in draped robes with a child beside her, with sketched hands and drapery around them.

Study for the Sibyl of the Casa Budrioli

Lorenzo Pasinelli, 1677/1678

Red chalk drawing of a seated man turned to the side, head tilted upward, with loose hatched shading on his clothing.

A Seated Man

Donato Creti, c. 1711

Sepia print of a man reclining with a bandaged leg, reading a sheet of paper in a dimly lit room with a lamp.

Self-Portrait with an Injured Foot

Joseph Fischer, 1798

Engraving of a curly-haired boy in a hat holding a kite string beside a stone pillar and balustrade.

L'Air (Air)

after Etienne Jeaurat Renée Elisabeth Marlié Lépicié, 1740s

Engraving of a young boy in a tricorne hat lighting a long pipe, with clay pipes on a table beside him.

Le Feu (Fire)

after Etienne Jeaurat Renée Elisabeth Marlié Lépicié, 1740s

Engraving of a young child at a table holding a lace-edged cloth with a potted plant and window behind.

La Terre (Earth)

after Etienne Jeaurat Renée Elisabeth Marlié Lépicié, 1740s

Engraving of a young child leaning on a window ledge, working with a stick beside a glass, with a draped curtain behind.

L'Eau (Water)

after Etienne Jeaurat Renée Elisabeth Marlié Lépicié, 1740s

Watercolor of two girls looking at a portfolio together, with a landscape painting on an easel behind them.

Gentle Critics (The Portfolio)

Emily Farmer, 1872

Watercolor and ink drawing of ruined Gothic abbey arches overgrown with ivy under a cloudy sky, with figures at right.

Netley Abbey, Hampshire

Miss Selby, mid-19th century

Engraving of a king and queen presenting a crowned child to the Virgin and Christ Child in a vaulted hall.

The Vow of Louis XIII (Louis XIII and His Wife, Anne of Austria, Entrusting the New Prince and the Crown to the Virgin)

Grégoire Huret, 1638

Etched portrait of a head with tousled hair, heavy contour lines and hatched shading, signed and dated 1927 at lower right.

Head of Frau Bauer

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1927

Pencil and watercolor study of a woman in a cloak beside grazing sheep and bare trees under a striped sky.

Study for "Rachel Came with Her Father's Sheep" (recto); The Death of Rachel (verso)

Frederic Cayley Robinson, c. 1914

Watercolor and pencil drawing of old Billingsgate market in London, with brick buildings, awnings and a tall column behind th

Old Billingsgate, London

Edward Duncan, 1835

Watercolor of a tall medieval tower on a misty Rhine riverbank with moored sailing boats and a hilltop castle.

Oberwesel on the Rhine

David Roberts, 1831

Pale watercolor of a calm harbor with a moored boat, stone pier, figures, crane, and distant ships under hazy sky.

The Pier, Harwich

Philip Wilson Steer, 1913

Sketch of a village pond with whitewashed cottages, red roofs and trees under a cloudy sky.

The Village Pond at Bishopstoke

Frederick William Watts, 1829

Watercolor landscape of a drover leading sheep down a dirt path under trees, with a church tower beyond under stormy clouds.

A Drover with Sheep, a Church Beyond

Frederick William Watts, mid-19th century

Engraving of a flower bouquet spilling from a wicker basket on a carved stone ledge, with peonies and lilies.

A Bouquet of Flowers in a Wicker Basket

Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, c. 1680

Circular engraving of two nude men pulling ropes around a large celestial globe, with clouds above and a Latin inscription be

Title Page

after Hendrick Goltzius Jan Muller, 1589

Circular engraving of a muscular male figure and a winged figure with a staff, beside a nude woman in shadow.

Dies I (First Day)

after Hendrick Goltzius Jan Muller, 1589

Circular engraving of a winged figure with a sword over a reclining old man and hourglass, with a nude woman on clouds at rig

Dies II (Second Day)

after Hendrick Goltzius Jan Muller, 1589

Circular engraving of a winged figure descending among clouds toward a reclining woman and a seated foliage-crowned man.

Dies III (Third Day)

after Hendrick Goltzius Jan Muller, 1589

Circular engraving of mythological figures: a nude youth with a bow and a nude woman holding a curved arc, clouds below.

Dies IV (Fourth Day)

after Hendrick Goltzius Jan Muller, 1589

Circular engraving of a reclining sea god surrounded by fish and crabs, with birds flying over a rocky shore and lions.

Dies V (Fifth Day)

after Hendrick Goltzius Jan Muller, 1589

Circular engraving of Adam sleeping as God presents the nude Eve, with animals and trees in a landscape at right.

Dies VI (Sixth Day)

after Hendrick Goltzius Jan Muller, 1589

Engraving of a winged bearded figure holding an oval portrait medallion while standing over a reclining man on a tomb pedesta

Pietro Berrettini da Cortona

after Carlo Maratta Francesco Bartolozzi, 1767

Engraving of the Adoration of the Shepherds with the Virgin, infant Christ, a kneeling shepherd, an ox and donkey, and classi

The Adoration of the Shepherds

after Laurent de La Hyre François Chauveau, 1640s

Color etching of four dancers in flowing floral dresses and shawls against a dark interior, signed by Henry Julien Detouche.

Bailadoras (Andalucia)

Henry Julien Detouche, 1898

Lithograph of an elderly man in a long dark coat holding a top hat and cane, standing in a sketched outdoor landscape.

Jean Baptiste Isabey

Paul Gavarni, 1854

Engraving of a commander pardoning a kneeling captive beside discarded armor, with palm trees and Roman soldiers behind.

Parcere Subiectis (The Magnanimous Treatment of Prisoners)

Gérard de Lairesse, c. 1670

Sir Frederic Leighton

Alphonse Legros, c. 1878

Etching of the Court of the Lions at the Alhambra with a central fountain, arcaded colonnades, and small figures in period dr

View into the Court of the Lions at the Alhambra

Louis Meunier, 1660s

Etching of the Royal Palace of Toledo on a hill, with city rooftops and snowy mountains in the distance.

Royal Palace, Toledo

Louis Meunier, 1660s

Engraving of the Nativity with the Virgin, infant Christ in a manger, shepherds, animals and angels beside a stable.

The Nativity

after Simon Vouet François Perrier, 1633

Hand-coloured print of a rustic old house with a chimney, wooden fences, a horse, a cow, and a dirt road.

A Rustic House with a Tottering Wood Fence

after Joseph Farington Joseph Constantine Stadler, 1792

Engraving of Christ carrying the cross up a rocky hill past soldiers on horseback, grieving women, and a distant city.

The Bearing of the Cross

after Domenico Campagnola Giovanni Battista Fontana, c. 1569/1573

Pencil study of several bearded men gathered around a table, with a standing figure at right, on a cream sheet.

Study for 'Les cinq peintres' (The Five Painters)

Félix Vallotton, 1902-1903

Red chalk sketch of a man's head in three-quarter view with curly hair and a full beard on pale paper.

Self-Portrait

called Il Volterrano Baldassare Franceschini, 1640s

Watercolor of a lakeside path with tall trees, a hedge, and calm water under a hazy sky.

Vevey

Emily Sargent, 1884

Watercolor of a golden seated Buddha statuette on pink drapery with yellow foliage against a soft gray background.

Statuette of a Buddha

Emily Sargent, 1885

Watercolor of a street in Tunis with arcaded shops, striped columns, a green-domed mosque and a tall minaret.

A Street, Tunis

Watercolor of a hilltop city with white and ochre buildings, a minaret, city walls, and pigeons on a foreground terrace.

Tangier

Emily Sargent, 1900

Engraved oval portrait of Anna Maria van Schurman with cherubs, a Latin inscription and a city tower behind her.

Anna Maria van Schurman

after Cornelis Jonson van Ceulen Cornelis van Dalen the Younger, after 1657

Etched portrait of a long-haired man with a mustache, wearing a dark cloak and lace collar, holding a scroll.

Jacques Stella

after Jacques Stella Claudine Bouzonnet-Stella, mid/late 17th century

Engraved print of a seated man in a forest beside an easel with a painting of a stag, with German verse below.

Self-Portrait of the Artist's Father in a Forest

after Johann Elias Ridinger Martin Elias Ridinger, after 1767

Engraved oval portrait of a woman in a plumed hat holding a painter's palette and brushes, with flowers and rolled paper belo

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun

after Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun Johann Gotthard Müller, 1785

Etching of a bearded man in a cap seated at a slanted drafting table with ink bottles and brushes, in a studio.

Self-Portrait

Alexandre Lunois, c. 1912

Sepia print of Manerbawr Castle ruins with a horse and cart, workers, a dog, and a hoist on scaffolding.

Manerbawr Castle from the Inward Court

Paul Sandby, 1775

Sepia print of a ruined castle tower on a hill above a calm bay, with a sailing boat and large trees in the foreground.

Benton Castle, Looking down the Reach to Milford Haven

Paul Sandby, 1775

Pen and brown wash drawing of a seated woman holding an infant beside a smoking cauldron, with owls, a bat and a cat.

Scene of Witchcraft

Domenico Guidobono, c. 1695/1700

Engraving of the Holy Family with an angel holding a vessel, an older man reading at left, and a sunlit landscape through an

The Holy Family with Tobias and the Angel

Cherubino Alberti, c. 1574

Engraving of Flora and nymphs among grapevines, with a sleeping nude, garland makers and a pruning worker at right.

Flora and Her Nymphs

after Giulio Romano Giulio Bonasone, c. 1546

Etching of a classical scene with a colonnaded temple, a crowd of figures, and a rearing horse with a chariot on the right.

Camma and Sinorix

Pietro Testa, c. 1635/1645

Pen and wash drawing of a robed woman rising on clouds among winged angels and putti, lit from above.

Virgin of the Immaculate Conception

Domenico Mondo, c. 1760/1770

Monochrome print of a young woman in a turban with curled hair, shown in bust length with drapery over her shoulders.

Bust of a Young Woman with a Turban

Giuseppe Longhi, 1808/1812

Bust of Francesco I d'Este

after Gian Lorenzo Bernini Giovanni Boldini, c. 1890/1900

Pen and wash drawing of workmen and a horse with barrels before a village inn, with a church tower in the distance.

Workmen before an Inn

Isaac van Ostade, c. 1645

Etching of a herdsman on horseback seen from behind, riding down a sloping hillside with trees in the distance.

Herdsman on Horseback (Buttero a cavallo)

Giovanni Fattori, 1885

Etching of a saddled donkey standing beside a stone wall, casting a dark shadow on the ground in sunlight.

Little Donkey in Sunlight (Somarello al sole)

Giovanni Fattori, late 19th Century