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National Gallery of Art

14,475 works

Study of a Jockey (M. de Broutelles)

Edgar Degas, c. 1884

Hand-colored engraving of a brown booby on a rock by the sea, with a sailing ship and a head study inset.

The Booby (Pelecanus Sula)

Mark Catesby, 1731

Lithograph of a ruined Gothic church interior with arches, a tomb monument, two standing figures, and trees visible through a

Ruine Frauenkirch mit dem Grabmale der Genoveva und des Pfalzgrafen Siegfried (Ruins of the Church of Our Lady with t…

Domenico Quaglio the Younger, 1821

Engraving of an ornate column topped by a many-breasted female figure, with stags, a griffin, unicorns and winged figures.

A Grotesque with Diana of Ephesus and Diverse Animals

Master AP, 1555

Engraved print of a bearded face with long hair and blood drops on a draped veil, above a crown of thorns and Latin inscripti

The Veil of Saint Veronica

Nicolas de Plattemontagne after Philippe de Champaigne

Etching of two kneeling pilgrims before a rough wall, one with a raised arm and a crutch on the ground.

Lourdes, Imploring before the Grotto (fourth plate)

Jean-Louis Forain, 1912

Brown wash drawing of a nude man holding a torch and a flaming orb, with a dog, tree, and small crowd behind him.

Ignis

Hendrick Goltzius, c. 1586

Pen and brown ink drawing of a standing nude figure with draped cloth, beside a cat, a pig, and a pedestal.

Allegorical Figure with a Cat and a Pig

Jacopo di Giovanni di Francesco, c. 1530

Charcoal sketch of a helmeted man gripping the shoulder of a cap-wearing man in a loose jacket.

The German Expelled

Jean-Louis Forain, 1919

Lithograph of two men in dark suits standing in a dim interior under a hanging lamp, with seated figures in shadow at left.

Cleaned Out

Jean-Louis Forain, 1914

Sketch of a bearded man leaning on a ledge beside a standing woman raising her arm, drawn in dark crayon on cream paper.

Scene in a Private Room (vertical plate)

Jean-Louis Forain, 1905

Watercolor of a mountain with a cross-shaped snow pattern above a misty valley, with a waterfall and pines in the foreground.

Mountain of the Holy Cross

Thomas Moran, 1890

Charcoal-style sketch of a bearded, balding seated man in a coat, head bowed, drawn with loose hatched strokes.

Ambroise Vollard

Jean-Louis Forain, 1910

Black woodcut print on yellow paper showing a boy holding a cat, with bold angular dark shapes and light gouged areas.

Boy with Cat (Knabe mit Katze)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1919

Etching of Saint Mark with a winged lion, an angel and cherubs among clouds, after Giovanni Lanfranco.

Saint Mark

Jean-Honoré Fragonard after Giovanni Lanfranco, 1761/1764

Four Sketches of Ambroise Vollard

Jean-Louis Forain, 1910

Brown wash drawing of an elderly man embracing a kneeling younger man with a staff in a rocky landscape.

Return of the Prodigal Son

Unknown artist, c. 1720

Lithograph of dark-coated men with a top hat hurrying across a paved street beside a wall, by Jean-Louis Forain, 1915.

The Lawyer Pursued

Jean-Louis Forain, 1915

Monochrome red-brown study of a woman's face with soft, blurred features on pale paper.

Étude de femme (Study of a Woman)

Eugène Carrière, 1894

Lithograph of a pale seated woman with bowed head against dark trees and foliage, with a pool below and a faint sketch at low

Mélancolie (Melancholy)

Jean Danguy, 1894

Lithograph of two women and a seated man at a café table at night, with a carafe, glass and sugar lump.

Les femmes à l'absinthe (Women with Absinthe)

Paul Edouard Crébassa, 1894

Monochrome sketch of a woman in a large hat, finger to lips, framed by an oversized Roman numeral clock face.

L'Heure (The Hour)

Emile Coulon, 1894

Two reddish-brown chalk sketches of nude women: one seated seen from behind, one reclining on her stomach with a raised leg.

Croquis (Sketches)

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1895

Pale woman in a dark cloak stands before tall cypress trees and roses, with a printed poem beside her.

Invocation mémoriale

Maurice Dumont and Henri de Régnier, 1895

Invocation mémoriale

Maurice Dumont, 1895

Color print of nasturtium vines with orange and red flowers and a dragonfly resting on a red blossom.

Fleurs (Flowers)

Charles-Louis Houdard, 1895

Loose sketch of two intimately embracing figures with dark hatched hair and shadows on pale paper.

Intimité (Privacy)

Paul Edouard Crébassa, 1895

Watercolor of painted antiquities and a parrot in a cage on a balcony overlooking a bay and hills near Naples.

Antiquities by a Balcony Overlooking the Gulf of Naples

Carl Götzloff, 1826

Watercolor of a ruined Doric temple with four columns and a seated figure on the steps, surrounded by trees under a blue sky.

A Temple Ruin in Agrigento

Carl Götzloff, 1825

Dark blue print of two cloaked figures walking under a crescent moon and starry night sky beside a street.

Nocturne (By Night)

Paul Edouard Crébassa, 1895