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National Gallery of Art

14,479 works

Title page of Eugène Bléry's portfolio of eight etchings made from nature near Dampierre, with handwritten plate list.

8 Eaux-Fortes Gravées sur Nature

Eugène Bléry, published 1849

Gaspar-François de Fontenay

Jean-Baptiste Delafosse, 1765

Etching of a robed saint giving communion to plague victims beneath a classical colonnade, with angels floating above.

San Carlo Borromeo Giving Last Communion to Victims of the Plague

Engraved portrait of a man in a tricorn hat seated before an oval canvas on an easel, with books and an older man behind him.

Maurice Quentin de la Tour

Georg Friedrich Schmidt, 1772

Etching of a woman in a lace bonnet looking down while sewing white cloth, with dense hatched shading behind her.

The Artist's Wife Sewing

Georg Friedrich Schmidt, 1753

Francesco Algarotti

Georg Friedrich Schmidt, 1752

Etched portrait of an elderly bearded man in a fur hat and fur-trimmed robe, hands folded at his waist.

Hirsch Michel

Georg Friedrich Schmidt, 1762

Etching of an elderly bearded soldier in a fur cap and studded armor, looking directly at the viewer.

The Old Soldier

Georg Friedrich Schmidt, 1750

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a fur hat with a feather and a fur-collared embroidered coat.

Johann Melchior Dinglinger

Georg Friedrich Schmidt, 1769

Engraved portrait of a seated archbishop in silk robes with a cross pendant, holding a large book beside a column.

Monseigneur Louis-Charles d'Orléans de Saint-Albin, Archbishop of Cambrai

Georg Friedrich Schmidt, 1741

Engraved self-portrait of a man in a slouched hat holding a pen over paper at a table, 1752.

Self-Portrait

Georg Friedrich Schmidt, 1752

Chalk drawing of a man gazing upward while holding a palm frond, with a dark cloak and white collar.

Saint Stephen

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1730s/1740s

Pencil drawing of allegorical figures, a large cross, and cherubs in clouds, with a signature at the bottom edge.

Faith and Charity

François Boucher after Giovanni Battista Gaulli, 1728/1731

Engraved title page with a draped curtain, female figures, garlands and a seated figure beneath the printed title lettering.

Second Livre de Trophés Culs de Lampes et Devises: Title Page

Gabriel Huquier after Claude Gillot, c. 1730

Engraved plate of ten small decorative tail-piece vignettes with animals, weapons, vases and garlands, numbered 7.

Designs for Tail-Pieces: pl. 7

Gabriel Huquier after Claude Gillot, c. 1730

Engraved page of ten ornamental tail-piece designs with crossed batons, masks, feathers, and urns, numbered 8.

Designs for Tail-Pieces: pl. 8

Gabriel Huquier after Claude Gillot, c. 1730

Etched plate of six rococo ornamental designs for tail-pieces, including a fleur-de-lis cartouche, a masked fountain, and cro

Designs for Tail-Pieces: pl. 10

Gabriel Huquier after Claude Gillot, c. 1730

Pen and ink drawing of a young man in a long coat playing an ornate piano with sheet music, in a room with pilasters.

The Artist's Brother-in-Law, Ludwig Hassenpflug, Preparing to Play the Piano

Ludwig Emil Grimm, 1826

Pencil drawing of a seated man in a loose gown beside an open book, with a rooster, ornate vase and religious panels behind.

Clemens Brentano

Ludwig Emil Grimm, 1837

Daumier lithograph of a distraught man kicking a rejected canvas marked refusé in a cluttered studio, 1840.

Ingrate patrie, tu n'auras pas mon oeuvre!...

Honoré Daumier, 1840

Painting of a rose-breasted finch hanging upside down from a nail on a dark brown background, with a small insect nearby.

A Rose-Breasted Finch Hanging from a Nail

Barbara Regina Dietzsch, 1760

Gooseberry branch with a dragonfly, orange-tip butterfly and caterpillar on a black background, by Barbara Regina Dietzsch.

A Branch of Gooseberries with a Dragonfly, an Orange-Tip Butterfly, and a Caterpillar

Barbara Regina Dietzsch, 1725

Etching of a ruined arch with a stone basin, where many birds perch in pine trees and fly across the sky.

Abreuvoir d'oiseaux (The Birds' Watering Place)

Quentin-Pierre Chedel after François Boucher, 1754

Ink and watercolor self-portrait of a man with tousled dark hair, intense eyes, red lips, and a raised hand, on tan paper.

Self-Portrait

Egon Schiele, 1912

Pen and wash drawing of a man carrying two wicker cages of birds on a pole across a cobbled street.

A Poultry Seller

Paul Sandby, c. 1759

Pen and white heightening drawing on blue paper of a winged female figure holding two trumpets, with putti above.

Study for Figure of Fame

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged armored figure with scales and sword standing over a dragon-like demon.

Saint Michael with Lucifer

Giuseppe Porta, 1556

Grey toned drawing of a hilltop town with a tall tower, stone buildings, a steep retaining wall and a bare tree.

Orvieto

Elihu Vedder, c. 1890

Drawing of a bearded man in a turban and draped robe walking left, holding a staff, on blue paper with white highlights.

Study of a Man Walking towards the Left Holding a Staff

Girolamo Siciolante

Drawing of an elderly bearded man leaning on a railing by a river, with a moored boat, trees, and a pale evening sky.

Old Man by a River

Elihu Vedder, c. 1863