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National Gallery of Art

14,495 works

Etching of the Conversion of Saint Paul: a fallen rider and horse below a divine figure and cherubs in clouds.

The Conversion of Saint Paul

Laurent de La Hyre, c. 1637

Engraved allegory with winged figures, putti, and trees, with Latin verses in a cartouche below.

Allegory of Intellect, Memory, and Will

Claude Mellan after Simon Vouet, 1625

Woodcut print of a bleeding bearded face with a crown of thorns, framed by a draped veil.

The Sudarium

Anthonis Sallaert

Etching of a seated cloaked man among skulls, bones, ruins and tall plants, with an inscribed tomb reading VANITAS in the for

Democritus Meditating

Johann Heinrich Schönfeld, 1654

Engraving of three men in period dress playing wind instruments, standing on grassy ground with pebbles at their feet.

Three Musicians

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1551

Engraving of a curly-haired man in a draped robe writing beside an eagle at a stone pedestal, with ruined masonry behind him.

Saint John the Evangelist

Lambert Suavius, c. 1545

Etching of a horned devil figure pouring from a vessel atop a mound, with writhing nude figures below and shadowy figures in

The Silver Devil

François Chifflart, 1865

Black and white woodcut of a wooden house among trees and flowers, with radiating sunlight lines across the sky.

Mountain House

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1917

Etching of a man in a fur hat and cloak, his raised hand near his face, rendered in dense cross-hatched lines.

Man with a Scroll

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, c. 1645/1647

Engraving of soldiers killing infants and mothers, with nude figure studies and standing men on a pedestal at right.

The Massacre of the Innocents

Hendrick Goltzius, c. 1585-1586

Watercolor of a tall waterfall down a cliff, two figures on a rock ledge, and a leaning pine in the foreground.

Cascade dessus Wasserberg (Waterfall above Wasserberg)

Caspar Wolf, c. 1774

Sepia print of a man in powdered wig and armor within an oval frame, inscribed Louis Quinze, Roy de France.

Louis Quinze, Roy de France (Louis XV)

Jean-Charles François, 1767

Pencil drawing of a walled garden entrance with classical gateway, figures and tall trees behind a low wall.

Entrance to a Walled Garden

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Pen and brown ink drawing of a woodland copse with tall trees, exposed roots and rocks in grass, signed and dated 1863.

A Copse of Trees

Karl Theodor Reiffenstein, 1863

Pencil drawing of a classical colonnade with fluted Corinthian columns, an entablature, and a glimpse of a balustrade beyond.

Portico of the Palazzo Nuovo, on the Campidoglio

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Brown wash drawing of Apollo and the Muses on a rocky height, with a winged horse drinking at a spring below.

Apollo and the Muses on Mount Parnassus

Johann Christoph Storer, c. 1640

Graphite drawing of a waterfall tumbling down rocky cliffs beneath buildings on a hilltop, with sketched foliage below.

Cliffs with a Waterfall at Tivoli

Claude Thiénon

Watercolor drawing of a brown field mouse seen from above, limbs spread and tail curled, on pale paper.

A Field Mouse, from Above

Johann Rudolph Schellenberg, c. 1775

Pencil drawing of a garden fountain with stone steps and classical balustrade beneath tall trees.

Fountain of Pomona in the Gardens of the Villa d'Este, Tivoli

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Engraving of a sleeping young woman in a bonnet, holding knitting needles, with a yarn basket beside her.

La tricoteuse endormie

Claude Donat Jardinier, 1765

Ink and chalk drawing of a leafy oak beside a woodland path, with white highlights on the trunk and branches.

A Leafy Oak by a Woodland Path

Johann Caspar Huber, 1780s

Printed page indexing numbered Italian landscape views with artist names, in Italian and French columns.

Collection ou Suite de Vues Pittoresques de l'Italie

Johann Christian Reinhart, Albert Christoph Dies and Jacob Wilhelm Mechau, 1798

Watercolor drawing of a field mouse standing upright, with a graphite head study showing bared teeth in the upper right.

A Field Mouse, from Below

Johann Rudolph Schellenberg, c. 1775

Dark bound book cover with a gold-stamped tan leather label reading Abraham Bosse, Les vierges folles et les vierges sages.

The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins

Woodcut of a heraldic eagle with spread wings and a shield on its breast, by Hans Burgkmair I, c. 1505.

Coat of Arms with a Single Eagle

Hans Burgkmair, c. 1505

Watercolor of a rocky alpine valley with tall evergreen trees, boulders, and jagged peaks under a cloudy sky.

An Alpine Valley with Trees and Boulders

Gustave Doré, 1876

Engraving of Christ and two companions walking with staffs on a hilly road, the central figure haloed, dated 1571.

Christ and His Disciples on the Way to Emmaus

Philips Galle, 1571

Etched bust portrait of a middle-aged man with a mustache and ornate lace collar, looking toward the viewer.

Portrait of a Middle-Aged Man

Ottavio Mario Leoni

Brown wash drawing of a man in a fur hat and fur-trimmed cloak, resting his hand on a ledge, within an arched mount.

Rembrandt van Rijn

Ferdinand Bol, 1640

Watercolor of a dim church interior with a gilded altar in an arched niche, flowers, and a red light.

Spanish Church Interior

John Singer Sargent, c. 1880