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National Gallery of Art

14,495 works

Print of two rectangular and two circular decorative panels with white interlaced scrollwork and foliate ornament on dark gro

Decorative Panels

Peter Flötner, 1546

Engraving of a man in a cauldron over a fire as executioners and soldiers surround him, with weeping women and children nearb

The Seven Maccabean Brothers Killed by Antiochus

Crispijn van de Passe I after Maarten de Vos, 1591

Engraving of a nude man bound to a pole above flames, with armored soldiers and kindling-bearing men around him.

Eleazar Burned by Antiochus

Crispijn van de Passe I after Maarten de Vos, 1591

Red chalk drawing of robed figures burying the dead beside a stone tomb, framed by trees and classical architecture.

Tobit Burying the Dead

after Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione Antoine Watteau, c. 1710

Pencil drawing of a seated woman in a lace-trimmed gown and wide hat, playing a cittern and gazing upward.

Woman Playing a Cittern

Nathaniel Dance-Holland, c. 1770

Brown wash drawing of a seated woman with a child under a tree, a kneeling man, a grazing donkey, and a river landscape.

Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Hans Rottenhammer, 1596/1598

Watercolor of a tall rock pillar beside turbulent river rapids and boulders, with hazy canyon cliffs under a pale sky.

Tower at Tower Falls, Yellowstone

Thomas Moran, 1872

Engraved oval portrait of an elderly bearded man in a ruff collar, with Latin inscriptions around the border.

Portrait of Dirck Volckertcz. Coornhert

Hendrick Goltzius, 1591

Pen and wash drawing of Mercury with winged helmet embracing Psyche, standing on a stone pedestal.

Mercury Abducting Psyche

after Jan Muller Michael Philip I, 1652

Etching of Christ embracing the Virgin Mary before a stone arch, with grieving onlookers, a kneeling woman and a dog in front

The Virgin Mary Taking Leave of Christ

Daniel Hopfer, c. 1520

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a flat cap and fur-trimmed cloak, with Latin inscriptions above and below.

Leopold Dick

Hieronymus Hopfer, c. 1525/1550

Woodcut title page with two crowned kings, labeled Ninus and Friedrich II, framed by an ornate scrolled border.

Chronicon Abbatis Urspergen

Daniel Hopfer and Burchardus Biberacensis, Provost of Ursperg, 1515

Charcoal drawing of a man in a wide-brimmed hat with wavy hair, looking upward, by Michael Sweerts.

Jan van den Enden

Michiel Sweerts, c. 1651

Engraving of nude winged putti flying among clouds with radiating light rays, a group of angels in glory.

A Group of Angels in Glory

Unknown artist, 1607

Engraving of winged Saint Michael with a spear standing over a defeated demon beneath a halo and radiating light.

Saint Michael

Marco Dente after Raphael, c. 1520

Grey woodcut of bare winter trees, a snowy balustrade and a diagonal staircase with railing on pale paper.

Das Mappenwerk der Insel

Anton Albers, 1900

Grey lithograph of a seated nude woman with long hair, on textured paper with a faint floral pattern.

Das Mappenwerk der Insel

Georges Lemmen, 1899

Lithograph with grey and ochre abstract forms overlaid with white circles and dots on cream paper.

Das Mappenwerk der Insel

Edouard Vuillard, 1900

Watercolor of a mounted soldier in blue uniform with a rifle, horse in a clearing, other cavalry riders among trees.

Chasseur à Cheval (Soldier on Horseback)

Jean Baptiste Edouard Detaille, 1885

Engraved equestrian portrait of a bearded man in armor and laurel wreath on a plumed horse, with a city behind.

Maximilianus II

Crispijn van de Passe I, 1604

Engraved portrait of a seated man in a powdered wig holding a quill, with books and papers on a desk beside him.

Jean-Baptiste Rousseau

after Jacques-Andre-Joseph-Camelot Aved Jean Daullé, after 1738

Pencil sketch of angular, loosely drawn figure forms on a yellowed sketchbook page with black ink scribble at bottom.

Dancers and Performers (Page from a Sketchbook)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, c. 1911

Allegorical woman with sword faces a tiger on the left and a vulture on the right, Harper's Weekly 1886 cartoon.

The Watch on Spoilers. The Democratic Tigers and Republian Vultures Must Be Kept at Bay

Thomas Nast, 1886

Etching of the Holy Family with saints, the Virgin holding the Christ Child beside elderly men under a draped curtain.

Holy Family with Saints

after Giorgio Vasari Jan de Bisschop, 1671

Engraved portrait of Pope Urban VIII in a papal skullcap and vestments, with a beard, against hatched background.

Pope Urban VIII

Ottavio Mario Leoni, 1625

Engraved portrait of a man with mustache and lace collar in an octagonal frame, inscribed with Bernini and Leoni.

Gianlorenzo Bernini

Ottavio Mario Leoni, 1625

Collage of hand-coloured engravings with an oval portrait, a rider, playing cards and a cartouche titled The Eye Deceived.

The Eye Deceived

Sutton Nicholls, c. 1705

Engraved cartoon of a dragon coiled around a decorated vase showing a flag, opium and business scenes, holding a New Treaty s

A Diplomatic (Chinese) Design Presented to U.S.

Thomas Nast, 1881

Engraving of a crowned skeleton awarding a medal to the wreathed figure of Bacchus in a dim courtroom crowded with onlookers.

King Death's Distribution of Prizes. Bacchus Takes the First Premium

Thomas Nast, 1870

Etched title page with a winged figure on a column, falling figures in a starry sky, and a central title cartouche reading DR

Title Page

Max Klinger, 1883