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National Gallery of Art

25,760 works

Etching of anthropomorphic butterflies carrying a wounded moth on a pole, with a parasol-holding insect above and the title L

Le Damier

Charles Germain de Saint-Aubin, 1756

Cubist still life drawing of a bottle and wine glass on a table, rendered in graphite and white chalk on brown paper.

Still Life

Roger de La Fresnaye, probably 1920

Etching of two butterfly-winged figures playing checkers at a pedestal table, with a rococo scroll and glasses below.

Le Blesse

Charles Germain de Saint-Aubin, 1756

Engraving of Adam and Eve seated nude beneath a tree, Eve holding an apple as a serpent coils in the branches above.

The Fall of Man

Lucas van Leyden, in or before 1508

Etching of two large winged insects pushing a small cart across an ornamental leafy ledge, titled La Brouette.

La Brouette

Charles Germain de Saint-Aubin, 1756

Engraved title page with an obelisk, large butterflies, flowers, garlands, and small ships around the words Essay de Papillon

Titre

Charles Germain de Saint-Aubin, 1756

Etching of two insect-like performers on a stage beneath an ornate floral arch with butterflies, titled Théâtre Italien.

Théâtre Italien

Charles Germain de Saint-Aubin, 1756

Etching of butterfly-winged dancers and musicians on a stage under a rococo frame, with the title Ballet Champêtre in a carto

Ballet Champêtre

Charles Germain de Saint-Aubin, 1756

Lithograph of a dark horse with a saddle cloth held by a groom, a seated jockey, and riders in the misty background.

Horse before the Race

Célestin François Nanteuil

Etching of two winged insect figures dueling with swords on a rococo table, framed by ornate scrollwork and foliage.

Le Duel

Charles Germain de Saint-Aubin, 1756

Etched rococo title page with two winged insect figures on a stage under a spider web, with the words Théâtre François.

Théâtre Français

Charles Germain de Saint-Aubin, 1756

Etching of winged insect-like figures at a draped dressing table in a rococo interior, with a folding screen and garlands.

La Toilette

Charles Germain de Saint-Aubin, 1756

Etching of a winged butterfly figure seated on a turtle within an oval rococo scrolled frame.

Le Papillon et la Tortue (The Butterfly and the Turtle)

Charles Germain de Saint-Aubin, 1756

Etching of a rocky gorge with horsemen crossing a shallow ford beneath billowing clouds.

Le Gue (The Ford)

Odilon Redon, 1865

Pen drawing of a standing man in a fur-trimmed coat and curled wig, one arm outstretched, on open ground.

Voltaire

Jean Huber, 1778

Etching of a dark landscape with billowing clouds, trees on a hillside, and a small galloping horseman in the foreground.

Cavalier Galopant (Galloping Horseman)

Odilon Redon, 1866

Etching of a dense cluster of trees and rocks on open ground under a hatched, cloudy sky.

Vue du Plateau de Bellecroix

Théodore Rousseau, 1848-1849

Engraving of a standing Madonna with flowing drapery and a book, beside a tall lily in a vase.

The Madonna

Martin Schongauer, c. 1490/1491

Pen and brown ink sheet with many studies of standing, kneeling and reclining figures by Perino del Vaga.

Figure Studies [recto]

Perino del Vaga

Pen and ink drawing of an altarpiece with the Madonna and Child flanked by two saints within a classical architectural frame.

Altarpiece of the Madonna and Child with Saints, in Its Architectural Setting

Perino del Vaga, 1528

Brown ink and wash drawing of an armored figure gesturing at ornate classical altars before a crowd of onlookers.

Alexander Consecrating the Altars for the Twelve Olympian Gods

Perino del Vaga, 1545

Engraving of the Virgin and Christ Child in an ornate niche, with a kneeling haloed monk before a decorated arch and landscap

The Vision of Saint Bernard

Dirk Jacobsz. Vellert, 1524

Chalk drawing of a bearded prophet turning toward an angel at upper left, with an open book on a ledge.

A Prophet Addressed by an Angel

Sebastiano del Piombo, 1517

Engraved fleuron showing a winged putto pointing upward among clouds, flowers, doves and butterflies.

Fleuron for the Title Pages

Pierre Philippe Choffard, 1795

Etching of two men in plumed hats and a seated woman in an ornate interior with patterned floor and draped curtain.

Joconde: Le depart

after Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier I

Engraving of a canopied bed with a nude woman sitting up as a servant pulls back the sheet, beside a white pitcher.

Joconde: Le lit

Charles Louis Lingée after Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Etching of a Gothic church gateway with an inscribed plaque, two workers beside a hand cart, and figures in the passage beyon

Saint Bartholomew the Great, Smithfield

Hedley Fitton, 1909

Etched line portrait of a woman with bobbed hair and fur collar, surrounded by jagged radiating strokes.

Madchen (Girl)

Walter Gramatté, 1921

Engraving of two standing men and a kneeling woman in an arched interior with a window, desk and draped bed.

Joconde: Le pardon

Philippe Triere after Jean-Baptiste Mallet

Etching of a figure falling head-first with outstretched arms, surrounded by starburst marks and crosshatched shadows.

The Fall into Infinity

Walter Gramatté, 1918