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National Gallery of Art

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Engraving of Saint Luke with wings and halo, holding books beside a kneeling ox, by Sebald Beham, 1541.

Saint Luke

Sebald Beham, 1541

Engraving of Saint John as a winged figure with halo, holding an open book beside an eagle and stacked books.

Saint John

Sebald Beham, 1541

Engraving of men beside a horse and a spiked barrel inside a circle, with leafy ornament in the corners.

The Death of Regulus

Sebald Beham, c. 1525/1528

Engraving of a shackled man embracing a woman within a stone arcade of arches, dated 1544.

Cimon and Pero

Sebald Beham, 1544

Engraving of a horned satyr with goat legs playing a bagpipe beside tall reeds, monogram in upper right.

Female Satyr Playing a Bagpipe

Sebald Beham, c. 1530/1539

Engraving of a peasant in a cap beside a bent, vomiting peasant and a child, with a scroll inscription above.

Vomiting Peasant and a Second Peasant

Sebald Beham, 1537

Engraving of a peasant with a pitchfork and a banner reading ES IST KALT WETER, standing beside a fence and plants.

The Weather Peasant Facing Right

Sebald Beham, 1542

Engraving of a peasant man in a fur cap facing left beside a wooden fence, with a German inscription on a scroll above.

The Weather Peasant Facing Left

Sebald Beham, 1542

Engraving of a man with a feathered cap and sword standing beside a woman in a long gown on stony ground.

Dancing Couple

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1551

Circular engraving of a seated couple, a bearded man in a feathered hat behind a woman with flowing hair, dated 1529.

A Couple of Lovers Seated

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1529

Engraving of a seated woman in a headscarf cutting the curly hair of a reclining man beside a tree and brick wall.

Samson and Delilah

Albrecht Altdorfer, c. 1520/1525

Engraving of Neptune reclining nude on a sea monster, holding a trident, with fine hatched lines.

Neptune on a Sea Monster

Albrecht Altdorfer, c. 1520/1525

Pen and brown ink sketch of an old man in a cape with a cane beside a rustic figure gesturing, 1750s.

An Old Man with a Cape and a Rustic with a Backpack

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750s

Pen and brown ink sketch of two figures in flowing robes, one reaching toward the other who leans on a staff.

A Pregnant Young Woman and a Young Man with a Staff

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750s

Engraving of a seated nude woman on armor with a helmet, holding up a round mirror and looking over her shoulder.

Naked Woman on an Armor (Prudentia?)

Barthel Beham, c. 1525/1527

Loose etched portrait of a young woman with dark hair, head tilted down, resting her cheek on her hand.

Head of Girl Leaning on Her Hand

Theodore Roussel, c. 1895 - 1900

Portrait of an Old Peasant Woman, in Profile to the Right

Wilhelm Leibl, 1874

Hand-colored woodcut of the Last Supper with Christ holding bread at center, surrounded by haloed apostles.

The Last Supper

Workshop of Master of the Aachen Madonna, 1470/1480

Hand-colored woodcut of the Pietà: Mary holds the dead Christ beneath a cross, with two companions and haloes behind them.

The Pietà

Workshop of Master of the Aachen Madonna, 1470/1480

Hand-colored woodcut of three haloed women at a patterned tomb, with a winged angel at the left edge.

The Three Maries at the Tomb

Workshop of Master of the Aachen Madonna, 1470/1480

Hand-colored print of a crowned saint in a red robe holding a palm frond, framed by flowering vines on a dark ground.

Saint Dorothy

Workshop of Master of the Aachen Madonna, c. 1480

Hand-colored print of Saint George on horseback spearing a dragon, with a castle and crowned figures beside him.

Saint George

Workshop of Master of the Aachen Madonna, 1470/1480

Woodcut with hand coloring of Saint Gregory in bishop's vestments beside a wooden altar with a chalice, c. 1480.

Saint Gregory

Workshop of Master of the Aachen Madonna, c. 1480

Etched bust portrait of a young figure with tousled hair and loose garment against cross-hatched shadow.

Bust of a Young Woman

Cornelis Pietersz Bega

Bust of an Old Woman

Cornelis Pietersz Bega

Etching of a standing woman in an apron holding a jug, drawn on a diamond-shaped sheet with a hatched shadow beneath her.

The Woman with the Jug, Standing

Cornelis Pietersz Bega

Etching of a thatched half-timbered farmhouse with a pig, cart, chickens and figures in the yard, with a village beyond.

Peasant's House

Charles Émile Jacque, 1845

Pen and ink sketch of a rocky coastline with hatched cliffs, calm water, and wispy clouds above.

The Coast

Alfred Thompson Bricher, 1870-1900

Engraving of a nude woman holding a dagger, with a dog, a castle, and a landscape in a diamond-shaped frame.

Lucretia

Small etched print of a horseman in a hat pointing forward while riding a galloping horse across open ground.

Horseman

Pieter van Laer

Etching of a hilltop village with a church tower under mountains, framed by gnarled trees and rocks in the foreground.

A View near Rome

George Loring Brown, 1854

Etching of a winged figure flying over a grassy field beside two figures, one kneeling and drawing a bow.

Zephyr

Engraving of Neptune with a trident in a chariot pulled by sea horses over waves, with nude attendants and reeds.

The Triumph of Neptune

Peregrino da Cesena, c. 1490/1510

Print of a seated ruler receiving a severed head from a kneeling servant, with armored men and robed figures around.

Artaxerxes Receiving the Head of Cyrus

Peregrino da Cesena, c. 1490/1510

Etching of a man and woman in a ballroom dance, the woman's long skirt swirling outward as she raises her arm.

Pavlowa Gavotte

Etching of a nude female figure leaping with one leg raised and arm extended, with sketched lines in the upper background.

April

Etching of Christ carrying the cross with soldiers, a crowd, kneeling women, a small dog and a hilltop crucifixion behind.

The Small Carrying of the Cross

after Jacques Callot, 1625 or later

Pencil sketch of Saint George fighting a dragon inside a circular medal design, signed Flaxman in the lower right.

Design for a Medal Representing Saint George and the Dragon

John Flaxman, c. 1800?

Engraving of Venus holding a flaming heart, with a winged Cupid, a cow, and a tree trunk beside her.

Venus

Abraham de Bruyn, 1569

Engraving of two nude classical figures, a man and a woman, standing beside a lyre and garland against a dark hatched backgro

Hercules and Deianira

Francesco Francia or Peregrino da Cesena, c. 1490/1510

Engraved print of a nude cherub standing on a vase, with the inscription Soli Deo Honor on a scroll above.

Cherub on a Vase with Inscription: "SOLI DEO HONOR"

Francesco Francia or Peregrino da Cesena, c. 1490/1510

Engraving of a banquet in a classical loggia, with a servant bearing a platter and a kneeling figure in the foreground.

John the Baptist Beheaded

Léonard Gaultier, probably c. 1576/1580

Engraving of farmers sorting bundles in a field, with a cart, a horse, a village and a castle on a hill.

Parable of Weeds in the Wheat

Léonard Gaultier, probably c. 1576/1580

Engraving of Christ levitating in a halo of light between Moses and Elijah, with three apostles kneeling below on a rocky hil

The Transfiguration

Léonard Gaultier, probably c. 1576/1580

Engraving of a kneeling servant pleading before a seated king at a desk, with guards and an arched colonnade behind.

The Servant Begging for Mercy from His King

Léonard Gaultier, probably c. 1576/1580

Engraving of the Annunciation: the Virgin reads by a window as the winged angel Gabriel enters through an arched doorway besi

The Annunciation

Léonard Gaultier, probably c. 1576/1580

Engraving of a priest joining a couple's hands in an arched colonnaded hall, with onlookers around them.

The Marriage of the Virgin

Léonard Gaultier, probably c. 1576/1580

Engraving of the Nativity with the Virgin, infant Christ, shepherds in a thatched shelter, angels and a star above.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Léonard Gaultier, probably c. 1576/1580

Engraving of Joseph, Mary and child Jesus with halos walking toward a walled town with a tower and gate.

Joseph, Mary and Jesus Returning to Nazareth

Léonard Gaultier, probably c. 1576/1580

Engraving of a kneeling figure pleading before a robed man, with a walled city on a hill and trees in the background.

The Children of Zébédée

Léonard Gaultier, probably c. 1576/1580

Engraving of a kneeling woman with clasped hands before standing robed men, with dogs, a tree, and a stone building beside an

The Canaanite Woman

Léonard Gaultier, probably c. 1576/1580

Engraving of a sailing ship with crowded figures on rough waves, a praying figure on shore, and distant ships under a cloudy

Christ Praying while His Disciples are in a Boat on a Windy Sea

Léonard Gaultier, probably c. 1576/1580

Engraving of the baptism of Christ in the Jordan, with John the Baptist, an angel, a dove, a walled city and a boat.

The Baptism of Christ

Léonard Gaultier, probably c. 1576/1580

Engraving of a haloed figure and a bearded man in a cap talking across a candlelit table in a timber-beamed room.

Nicodemus Comes to Christ by Night

Léonard Gaultier, 1576

Engraving of Christ with two disciples in the foreground, a river town with boats and figures in the background.

Christ Bids Two Disciples of John the Baptist to Follow Him

Léonard Gaultier, probably c. 1576/1580

Engraving of a haloed figure in a crowd with a kneeling woman, trees, a river bridge and a city in the background.

If I only Touch His Garments, I shall be Made Well

Léonard Gaultier, 1578

Engraving of Christ seated in a forest being tempted by a horned devil, with a city and rocky hill in the background.

The Temptation of Christ

Léonard Gaultier, probably c. 1576/1580

Engraving of a haloed figure healing kneeling sick people in a crowd, with a landscape of hills, sheep and a walled town behi

Christ Healing the Sick

Léonard Gaultier, probably c. 1576/1580

Engraving of Christ and disciples watching demoniacs on a shore as swine run into water before a walled city.

The Gadarene Demoniacs

Léonard Gaultier, probably c. 1576/1580

Engraving of Christ among followers as a kneeling centurion approaches, with spear-bearing soldiers and a walled city behind.

Christ and the Centurion

Léonard Gaultier, probably c. 1576/1580

Engraving of Christ with disciples distributing loaves and fishes to a crowd before a rocky landscape with a mountain.

The Miracle of the Loaves and the Fishes

Léonard Gaultier, probably c. 1572/1580

Engraving of a haloed Christ among robed companions walking through a grain field toward a village under cloudy skies.

Christ and the Sabbath Laws

Léonard Gaultier, probably c. 1572/1580

Engraving of a steward at a desk receiving debtors, with a scribe writing and a village landscape beyond an arched hall.

The Dishonest Steward

Léonard Gaultier, probably c. 1576/1580

Engraving of nude John the Baptist gesturing to clothed onlookers under trees, with a kneeling figure by a river and a distan

John the Baptist Testifies for Christ

Léonard Gaultier, probably c. 1576/1580