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National Gallery of Art

25,760 works

Etching of a man with a staff and a woman carrying wood past thatched cottages on a hillside under a pale sky.

Return from the Woods (Le retour du bois)

Alphonse Legros

Black and white print of a kneeling woman in a headscarf beside a stone wall and wooden post, with a bundle of cloth.

At the Foot of the Cross (Au pied de la croix)

Alphonse Legros

Charcoal drawing of an elderly man in a tricorn hat and long coat, seated on a bench and holding a walking stick.

The Old Soldier - Berncastel

Alfred Cornelius Howland, 1861

Etching of two kneeling women in headscarves beside a manger with an infant, a basket and staff on the floor.

The Manger (La creche)

Alphonse Legros

Watercolor drawing of a tall royal palm with arching green fronds and a textured grey trunk on pale paper.

Palma Real

Charles De Wolf Brownell, 1860

Etching of a boy in a hat climbing a gnarled tree, with a walking stick lying on the ground below.

Landscape with a Boy in a Tree (Paysage avec un garcon grimpe sur un arbre, dite "Le denicheur d'oiseaux")

Alphonse Legros

Watercolor of a misty river at sunrise with a rowboat, a red sailboat, steamboats and distant smokestacks.

East River, Sunrise

Charles De Wolf Brownell, 1862

Watercolor of a misty mountain ridge with evergreen trees and reddish shrubs in the foreground under a cloudy sky.

White Mountains from Fernald's Hill

Charles De Wolf Brownell, 1860

Watercolor landscape of a green meadow, wooded cliff and distant mountains under cloudy skies, dated 1860.

Humphrey's Ledge

Charles De Wolf Brownell, 1860

Watercolor birth certificate for Sarah Campion with floral borders, a flowering vase, two men and three women below.

Pa. German Birth Certificate

Edward Herbert Barnard, 1936

Pencil and wash drawing of a bull-shaped weather vane with the marking T41 and compass letters below.

Weather Vane

Edward Herbert Barnard, 1941

Etching of a small child leaning on a bearded grotesque face whose flowing beard and hair spill down a pedestal.

Small Fountain, Child Playing on the Grotesques (Petite fontaine, enfant qui joue surdes masques)

Alphonse Legros

Brown ink sketch of a tree-lined lane with tall trunks on the left and an open, grassy field stretching to a distant horizon.

Landscape with a Tree-Lined Lane

Henry Eddowes Keene, 1858

Brown ink sketch of Hever Castle with tall chimneys, a gabled roof, leaded windows and ivy on the stone walls.

Hever Castle

Henry Eddowes Keene

Hand-colored print of a man with long wavy hair in an oval frame, above a pedestal with theatrical masks and a Tartuffe scene

J. B. Poquelin de Molière

Pierre-Michel Alix after Jean-François Garnerey, 1796

Pencil and chalk drawing of a rural landscape with a distant lake, bare trees, hills, and clouds on tan paper.

Lake George

John Bunyan Bristol

Color print portrait of Voltaire in a red coat and powdered wig, framed by laurel sprays, with allegorical vignettes below.

F.M. Arouet de Voltaire

Pierre-Michel Alix after Jean-François Garnerey, 1796

Hand-colored print with oval portrait of Bonaparte above a view of troops reviewed in a palace courtyard, 1802.

Bonaparte Premier Consul de la Republique Française

Charles Francois Gabriel Levachez and Jean Duplessis-Bertaux after Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1802

Young Girl Dressing

Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema, 1889

Pencil and white chalk drawing of a waterfall below an arched viaduct and villa on a cliff at Tivoli, on blue paper.

The Waterfall at Tivoli with the Villa of Maecenas

Ludwig Thiersch, 1851

Hand-colored print of a horseback military review on a city street, with a figure in a bicorne hat leading uniformed guards p

Bonaparte Reviewing the Consular Guard (La Revue du Quintidi)

Charles Turner after John James Masquerier

Brown ink and wash drawing of three people playing cards by candlelight at a table in an elegant rococo room.

A Game of Cards

Louis Durameau, 1767

Pencil study of a woman reading while reclining on a cushion, with a cat lying nearby in an interior.

Study for "La Liseuse couchée"

Paul Ranson, 1894

Pencil sketch of leafless trees along a riverbank with reflections in the water and distant buildings.

Munich Factory

Engraving of the entombment of Christ with mourners, a rocky cliff, and three crosses on a distant hill.

The Entombment

Andrea Mantegna, c. 1470/1475

Engraved vertical ornament panel with a Nereid and two putti playing instruments at the base and winged cherubs at top.

Ornament Panel: Nereid and Two Children Playing Musical Instruments

Giovanni Pietro Birago and Zoan Andrea, c. 1505/1515

Vertical engraved ornament panel with two cupids, crossed halberds, griffins, an urn, and dense scrollwork.

Ornament Panel: Griffins and Two Cupids Crossing Halberds

Giovanni Pietro Birago and Zoan Andrea, c. 1505/1515

Pencil drawing of tall tree trunks, leafy branches and a shaded woodland path on tan paper.

Tree and Foliage

Walter Shirlaw, 1873

Charcoal sketch of a cluster of trees beside a winding stream in an open grassy field, with distant trees on the left.

Trees in a Field

Vertical engraved ornament panel with scrollwork, urns, masks, and a sea nymph flanked by two children at the base.

Ornament Panel: Nereid Ridden by Two Children

Giovanni Pietro Birago and Zoan Andrea, c. 1505/1515