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National Gallery of Art

14,495 works

Etching of the crucified Christ in an ornate tiered niche flanked by armored soldiers, winged figures and columns.

The Crucified Christ in a Decorated Niche

Woodcut of a crowned king at a banquet table attended by skeletons, with an hourglass on the table and a patterned hanging be

The King

Hans Lützelburger

Engraved portrait of an elderly man with white hair holding a cross, labeled Sanctus Philippus, within a double-ruled border.

Sanctus Phillipus

Giovanni Marco Pitteri

Artist's mock-up of Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: Shadow of Life)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912/1922

Green book cover with a cream label reading Georg Heym, Umbra Vitae, with 47 woodcuts by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner.

Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: The Shadow of Life)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1924

Blue-toned print of a peasant woman in a white cap carrying a basket, seen from behind against a hatched yellow background.

Paysanne avec pannier

Henri-Gabriel Ibels, 1895

Hand-colored drawing of a woman in a hat beside a tree, with a village church on yellow hills and a title in black lettering.

Susurrements, poèsies par Hébert-Milnard

Émile Bernard, 1890

Etching of a crowing rooster with ruffled feathers and the inscription "VIVE LE TSAR!" on a dark background.

Long Live the Tzar! (Vive le Tzar!)

Pierre Braquemond, 1893

Charcoal sketch of fishermen in a rowing boat on waves above two men handling and emptying large fishing nets.

Study for "The Fishermen" with Men Emptying the Nets (Etude pour "Les Pêcheurs" et hommes vidant des raies)

Georges Lacombe, 1894/1895

Paul Sérusier

Georges Lacombe, 1895

Expressive ink drawing of a gaunt, barefoot beggar in ragged clothing with one arm extended, on cream paper.

Beggar

René Beeh, c. 1920

Black and cream woodcut of a young woman with wide eyes and dark hair, one hand raised near her face, in a dense angular sett

Girl Dreaming

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1918

Black woodcut of a seated woman with arms folded on her knees, with spiky plant forms behind her on cream paper.

Seated Woman

Hand-colored allegorical print of winged figures, a lyre-playing god, a reclining man, and a woman drawing beside classical c

Study Revealing Anatomy to Medicine and Art

Alexandre Briceau, 1786

Engraved theatre scene: a top-hatted man raises his arm beside a seated woman in a box, dancers on stage behind them.

Le Couplet final

Charles Maurand, 1862

Print of a waiting room with seated women on a bench and a standing man in a top hat holding a cane, posters on the wall.

Un Bureau d'attente d'omnibus

Charles Maurand, 1862

Seated archbishop in silk robes and pectoral cross, drawn in chalk on tinted paper, beside a column and curtain.

Monseigneur Charles de Saint-Albin, Archbishop of Cambrai

Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1740

Pen and wash drawing of St. Peter's Square in Rome seen through an ornate coffered arch, with an obelisk and fountain.

The Piazza of Saint Peter's Seen through an Arch of the Basilica

Giacomo Quarenghi, 1778/1779

Engraving of top-hatted visitors crowding a gallery, one man stooping low to inspect a painting on the floor.

Une Salle de l'hotel Drouot un jour d'exposition

Charles Maurand, 1862

Engraving of bearded Saturn with scythe, serpent and horned bull beside him, by Abraham de Bruyn, 1569.

Saturn

Abraham de Bruyn, 1569

Engraving of Jupiter in plumed helmet and armor with cloak, holding a vessel beside a pedestal, an eagle at his feet.

Jupiter

Abraham de Bruyn, 1569

Engraving of Mercury with caduceus and armillary sphere, flanked by putti and a nude figure, dated 1569.

Mercury

Abraham de Bruyn, 1569

Engraving of a crowned bearded figure holding a radiant sun face, with a lion and books at his feet.

Sun

Abraham de Bruyn, 1569

Engraving of Mars, a bearded armored warrior with a plumed helmet, torch and sword, beside a ram and shield, 1569.

Mars

Abraham de Bruyn, 1569

Engraving of a draped woman holding a crescent moon beside a sailing ship, with a crab on the shore below.

Moon

Abraham de Bruyn, 1569

Engraving of an elderly bearded man with a pilgrim staff, cloak and cap, standing before an arched architectural niche.

Saint James Major

Lambert Suavius, 1545

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a curled wig and lace cravat, with an inscribed cartouche below.

Joseph Roettiers

Cornelis Vermeulen after Nicolas de Largillierre, 1700

Pencil sketch of a gnarled ancient tree with a split trunk and small figures in a landscape at its base.

An Ancient Tree with Figures in a Landscape

Friedrich Salathé, c. 1835

Watercolor of a green alpine valley with jagged mountain peaks, a distant village, and a sunlit farmhouse among trees.

An Alpine Valley

Rodolphe Leon Berthoud, 1878

Hand-colored print of Gothic church Saint-Séverin in Paris with tall bell tower and street figures in the foreground.

St. Séverin, Paris

Thomas Shotter Boys, 1839