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National Gallery of Art

14,495 works

Black chalk and white heightened studies of the Virgin and Child and other figures on blue-grey paper.

Studies for the Virgin and Child (recto)

Camillo Boccaccino, c. 1532

Watercolor of a Milan street with the white Gothic spires of the Duomo rising above rooftops and busy pedestrians below.

The Duomo in Milan from a Side Street

William Wyld, c. 1834

Bound volume with red leather spine and brown, red and white marbled paper cover, worn at the corners.

Le Nouvel Opéra de Paris: Sculpture Ornementale (The New Paris Opera: Ornamental Sculpture)

Louis-Émile Durandelle, 1875

Pen and ink drawing with studies of robed saints, a Virgin and Child, and reclining draped figures on pale paper.

Saint Christopher, Saint John the Baptist, the Virgin and Child, and Christ Blessing (recto)

after Martin Schongauer Master of the Drapery Studies, 1485/1495

Pencil portrait drawing of a seated woman in a lace bonnet and collar, in a carved wooden armchair, with a decorative border.

Pauline, the Wife of the Artist

Julius Hübner, 1842

Woodcut portrait of a man in a broad hat and ornate collar, framed by columns, griffins and a coat of arms.

Emperor Maximilian I

Hans Weiditz, II, after Albrecht Dürer, 1519

Engraved allegorical print with draped figures, putti, a seated king, and a framed inset scene with fleur-de-lis shield.

France Crowned with Victory by Louis XIV

François-Alexandre Verdier, 1690s(?)

Engraved title page with a winged woman holding a crown and a winged putto blowing a trumpet above printed text.

Title Page

after Simon Vouet Michel Dorigny, 1647

Brown leather book cover with gilt border lines and ornamented corners, showing a tooled spine with raised bands.

Le vite de pittori, scoltori, et architetti Genovesi

Domenico Piola, Georges Tasnière, Raffaele Soprani, 1674

Grey wash drawing of three men startled by an owl flying from a lectern in a room, framed by an ornamental border.

Le Lutrin: A Night Scene with Boirude, Brontin, and L'Amour Surprised by an Owl Flying Out of a Lectern

Bernard Picart, c. 1718

Cloth portfolio cover titled Max Klinger's Radierungen zu Apulejus' Märchen Amor und Psyche with a list of vignettes.

Amor und Psyche [Opus Vb]

Max Klinger, 1880, this edition printed 1893/1907

Watercolor of a gnarled ancient tree beside a path, with a small boy standing at its base under a pale sky.

Ancient Trees in the Roman Campagna

Giovanni Costa, 1850s

Pastel portrait of a smiling young woman in a lace cap, pearl earrings and choker, against a dark background.

An Elegant Young Lady with a Lace Cap

Pietro Rotari, 1750/1756

Pen and brown wash drawing of a crowd worshipping a golden calf on a pedestal beneath a mountain with a figure above.

The Adoration of the Golden Calf

Hans Rottenhammer, 1595/1596

Brown monochrome drawing of a monk walking a moonlit path beside a large tree, with a palace and spire on the right.

Moonlit Landscape with a Monk Walking near a Palace

Julius Albert Elsasser, 1852

Daumier lithograph of a muscular man flexing his biceps beside a thin man and an elderly man in a bathhouse.

N'allant aux bains froids que ...

Honoré Daumier, 1865

Daumier lithograph: caricatured deputies shouting in an assembly above, and two men gesturing in a curtained corridor below.

Ce qu'on voit a peu près tous les jours

Honoré Daumier, 1850

Daumier lithograph of two men in a winter landscape, one leaning over a wall, the other in a scarf and hat, with a caption ab

Voisin, êtres-vous comme moi? ...

Honoré Daumier, 1865

Pen and ink sketch of a muscular Roman warrior from behind, sword raised, with fallen soldiers and mounted riders in battle.

An Ancient Roman Warrior in Battle

François Hippolyte Lalaisse, c. 1830

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a blue patterned robe holding a folding fan before a bamboo lattice backdrop.

Kabuki Actor with a Fan

Utagawa Kunisada, 1820s -1840s

Engraved portrait of a seated woman in a wide-brimmed hat working a spinning wheel, with a French verse below.

Madame Arlon Spinning Silk

after Jacques-Andre-Joseph-Camelot Aved Jean-Joseph Balechou, 1739

Graphite and white chalk drawing on blue paper of a hooded figure in a flowing cloak, arm extended, mid-stride.

An Arab Rider on Camelback

François Hippolyte Lalaisse, c. 1840

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a cluster of chrysanthemum blossoms with curling petals on grey paper.

Chrysanthemums

Claude Emile Schuffenecker, 1890s?

Watercolor botanical study of blue Gladiolus ringens flowers on a tall stem with pencil dissections of petals and stamen belo

Gladiolus ringens

Pierre-Joseph Redouté, 1802/1816

Watercolor of a white Narcissus calathinus plant with bulb, leaves, and botanical dissections of flower and seeds.

Narcissus calathinus

Pierre-Joseph Redouté, 1802/1816

Watercolor botanical study of Diasia iridifolia with bulbs, narrow leaves, arching stem and star-shaped flowers.

Diasia iridifolia

Pierre-Joseph Redouté, 1802/1816

Watercolor of a yellow iris with tall green leaves, with numbered pencil dissections of its floral parts below.

Iris curtopetala

Pierre-Joseph Redouté, 1802/1816

Woodcut print of a standing nude woman wearing a necklace, surrounded by stylized leaves and angular marks on tan paper.

Nude with Jewelry

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1906

Standing Nude with a Patterned Robe

Egon Schiele, 1917

Pen and wash drawing on blue paper of an angel above a veiled Virgin with downcast eyes and flowing drapery.

The Virgin Crowned by an Angel

Circle of Federico Barocci, after 1575