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National Gallery of Art

2,569 works

Etching of a haloed figure led by soldiers through a city square before robed officials, with a tower and SPQR banner.

Christ before Caiaphas

Jacques Callot, c. 1624/1625

Etching of Christ carrying the cross past mounted soldiers, a banner, and a crowd before a city gate and ruined tower.

Christ Carrying the Cross

Jacques Callot, c. 1624/1625

Etching of the Crucifixion with Christ centered on a cross, two thieves at the sides, soldiers, and mourning women below.

The Crucifixion

Jacques Callot, c. 1624/1625

Pen and wash title page design with a haloed central figure, Moses with tablets, a saint with keys, and angels.

Title Page for a Bible

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Madonna and Christ child with a kneeling saint and studies of bearded heads.

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine

Anthony van Dyck, 1618

Woodcut of the Virgin and Child with a kneeling man in fur-trimmed robes, a castle and landscape behind them.

The Virgin and Child Adored by Frederic the Wise of Saxony

Lucas Cranach the Elder

Bearded priest kneels at an altar gazing up at a blue-winged angel pointing from a gothic interior with gold border.

The Annunciation to Zacharias

Unknown artist, c. 1400

Medieval painting of a haloed female saint in red mantle and green gown holding a palm, within a blue arch and gold border.

Saint Susanna

Matteo di ser Cambio di Bettolo, c. 1385

Medieval manuscript page with a column of Latin names in gothic script, each with red and blue decorated initials.

Saint James

Matteo di ser Cambio di Bettolo, c. 1385

Engraved ornamental jewelry design with a tall hyacinth-shaped spike, scrollwork, two birds, fruit baskets and winged heads.

Hyacinth-Shaped Brooch with Birds at Top and Devil's- and Angel's-Head at Bottom

Daniel Mignot, 1596

Engraving of Saint Jerome writing at a desk in a study, with a sleeping lion and dog in the foreground.

Saint Jerome in His Study

Albrecht Dürer, 1514

Engraving of the Virgin seated with the Christ child, a bird and a chained monkey, before a river landscape with a timber-fra

The Virgin and Child with the Monkey

Albrecht Dürer, c. 1498

Engraved portrait of an elderly bearded man in a cap, head bowed, with finely hatched shading.

Head of an Apostle with Beard and Cap

Aegidius Sadeler, 1597

Engraving of the Entombment of Christ with mourners, a crown of thorns and nails in the foreground, and crosses on a hill.

The Entombment

Aegidius Sadeler

Engraving of a crowned saint with an open book and sword, beside a spiked wheel, in a landscape with a half-timbered house.

Saint Catherine

Master MZ, c. 1500

Medieval painted Crucifixion with Christ on the cross flanked by a grieving Virgin in blue and a saint in green.

The Crucifixion

Unknown artist, c. 1430

Painted drawing of an enthroned haloed saint holding a book, with attendant figures in arched bays and decorative borders.

Saint Augustine

after Anonymous Anonymous, 19th century

Illuminated page of the Nativity with angels, shepherds, sheep, and a gold-leaf border, in red, blue, and gold.

The Nativity with the Annunciation to the Shepherds

Master of the Dominican Effigies, c. 1340

Illuminated manuscript initial showing a seated bearded saint in a papal tiara holding a key, on gold ground with blue and re

Saint Peter Enthroned

Lippo Vanni, 1345/1350

Manuscript fragment with square chant notes on red staff lines, black gothic text, and a cut-out decorative border.

Saint Maurice and the Theban Legion

Unknown artist, third quarter 15th century

Woodcut of mourners holding the dead Christ across a lap, with a ladder, cross, nails and jar in the foreground.

Lamentation for Christ

Hans Baldung Grien, 1515/1517

Etching of a haloed young Jesus holding a cross staff, with a dragon at his feet and a skull and books on a table.

The Young Jesus

Jacques Callot, 1620

Etching of robed figures with halos in a colonnaded hall, one kneeling to wash another's feet beside a basin and ewer.

Christ Washing the Apostles' Feet

Jacques Callot, c. 1618

Etching of a haloed bishop preaching to a crowd under large trees, with soldiers at the sides and a village in the distance.

Saint Amond

Jacques Callot, 1621

Etching of a rocky landscape filled with demons, grotesque creatures, and mounted riders, after Jacques Callot.

The Temptation of Saint Anthony [first version]

Jacques Callot, c. 1617, printed later

Woodcut of the Crucifixion with Christ on a cross at right, two mourners below, rays of light and clouds in the sky.

The Crucifixion

Engraving of two bearded men seated in a landscape, one holding an open book and the other gesturing, with a sword at their f

Saints Peter and Paul Seated in a Landscape

Lucas van Leyden, 1527

Engraving of the Lamentation: mourners hold the dead Christ beneath a cross, with a skull and crown of thorns in the foregrou

The Lamentation

Master BM, c. 1480/1490

Engraving of the Virgin and Christ Child with Joseph and Magi bearing gifts inside a wooden shelter.

The Adoration of the Magi

Master E. S., c. 1460/1465

Woodcut of two haloed saints, one with a pilgrim staff and one holding an arrow, in an arcade with mountains behind.

Saint Roch and Saint Sebastian

Hans Leonhard Schäufelein, 1510