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National Gallery of Art

25,760 works

Brown ink and wash drawing of a river with sailboats, jetties, windmills and a town skyline under a pale sky.

View over the Amstel from the Rampart

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1646/1650

Woodcut of a skeletal death figure bent forward, carrying a coffin on its shoulder against a dark background.

Death with a Coffin

Christian Rohlfs, c. 1917

Engraving of a woman in a gown holding a helmet, with a winged Cupid behind her and a Latin caption below.

Achilles as Pyrrha with Cupid

Jan Thomas after Sir Anthony Van Dyck, 1659

Pencil sketch of a rider on a galloping horse in a circus ring, with dogs below and buildings and a tent at the sides.

Sheet of Sketches

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, c. 1881

Watercolor drawing of a blue crewel embroidered purse with red flowers, green leaves and curving stems on a scalloped edge.

Crewel Purse

Eleanor Alexander, 1939

Engraving of a winter scene with skaters and a horse-drawn sledge on a frozen canal beside a brick tower.

January

Jan van de Velde II

Engraved winter scene of a sailing boat in rough sea beside a walled town, with bare trees and figures on the shore.

February

Jan van de Velde II

Watercolor drawing of an open purse with pink lining and blue panel embroidered with flowers and an inscription band.

Purse

Eleanor Alexander, 1935

Engraving of a windswept winter road with bare trees, a farmhouse, a ploughing farmer with an ox, and travelers on the path.

March

Jan van de Velde II

Engraved landscape of a river with a church tower, houses, boats, and elegantly dressed figures walking on a path.

May

Jan van de Velde II

Engraved landscape of a village, shepherds with sheep and a cow, a wooden bridge and windmill, labeled June.

June

Jan van de Velde II

Engraved landscape of harvest workers, a river with a boat and haystack, a church spire and windmill, titled July.

July

Jan van de Velde II

Engraving of a church with a brick tower, harvest workers in a field, travelers with a horse, and a large tree.

August

Jan van de Velde II

Engraving of an October landscape with a castle on rocks, workers harvesting grapes, boats on a river, and hills beyond.

October

Jan van de Velde II

Engraving of a village scene in November with pigs, farmhouses, bare trees, moored boats, and a distant church tower.

November

Jan van de Velde II

Engraved print of a tiered fountain topped by Neptune with a trident, cherubs, dolphins, and a Medusa head.

Fountain with Statue of Neptune

Zoan Andrea, c. 1480/1485

Colour print of a man in a blue coat, white cravat and powdered wig, wearing a silver star of an order.

Louis XV

Jakob Christoffel Le Blon after Nicholas Blakey, 1739

Perversite (Perversity)

Odilon Redon, 1891

Grey wash drawing in four arched panels showing medieval scenes of figures, a walled town, an execution and a bedchamber.

Four Scenes from the Legends of Judas and Pilate

Georges Hurtrel, in or before 1870

Grey-toned drawing of four framed scenes from Christ's life, including a figure riding a donkey among a crowd, with gold bord

Four Scenes from the Life of Christ

Georges Hurtrel, in or before 1870

Woodcut with a zodiac wheel around a castle town, a woman pouring water at left and an armored knight at right.

Mars and Venus

Unknown artist

Woodcut by Georg Pencz showing artisans and a city street beneath an arch with Mercury and astrological figures above.

Mercury

Georg Pencz, 1531

Etching of the Madonna spinning with an angel holding a distaff, a sleeping figure in a draped bed, and a window.

The Madonna Spinning

Jacques Bellange, c. 1612-1616

Pencil portrait of a smiling man in a powdered wig and cravat, set within a decorative oval frame with garlands.

Johann Gottfried von Herder

Johann Friedrich Bierlein, 1786

Pencil portrait of a woman in a lace bonnet and ruffled shawl within an oval floral garland frame.

Frau Gottfried von Herder

Johann Friedrich Bierlein, probably 1786

Etching of a shadowy forest brook flowing between rocks, with tall trees arching overhead.

The Brook in the Woods

Rodolphe Bresdin, 1880

Pen and brown ink landscape of shepherds with dogs driving a wolf past sheep, with a castle and village on a hill behind.

Landscape with Shepherds Driving Away a Wolf

Domenico Campagnola, c. 1540

Woodcut of two reformers giving communion to kneeling princes in a stone hall, with a crucifix above a fountain.

The Reformers Luther and Hus Giving Communion to the Princes of the House of Saxony

Lucas Cranach the Elder

Woodcut of nude Venus standing on clouds beside winged Cupid drawing a bow, with a castle and landscape behind.

Venus and Cupid

Lucas Cranach the Elder, dated 1506 (probably executed c. 1509)

Lithograph of a man in a top hat hunched against snow beneath a Mont de Piété pawnshop sign on a city street.

Un Monsieur au dessous de ses affaires

Honoré Daumier, 1841