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National Gallery of Art

2,569 works

Engraving of Ecce Homo: crowned Christ before Pilate while a crowd of bearded men gestures, with German verse below.

Ecce Homo, and the Jews Deny Christ

Augustin Hirschvogel, 1548

Etching of Christ carrying the cross past mounted soldiers and weeping women, with crosses on a hill in the background.

Christ Carrying the Cross

Augustin Hirschvogel, 1547

Engraving of the crucifixion with soldiers, a veiled mourning figure, and a distant town, with German verse below.

Christ is Given Vinegar to Drink

Augustin Hirschvogel, 1547

Engraving of the crucified Christ with a soldier piercing his side with a lance, mourners at right, German verse below.

Christ is Pierced with the Lance

Augustin Hirschvogel, 1547

Etching of the risen Christ standing on a tomb with a banner while soldiers sleep around him, with German verse below.

The Resurrection

Augustin Hirschvogel

Etching of a wooden cross in a grassy landscape with a town of spired buildings and hills, with German verse below.

The Cross of Christ

Augustin Hirschvogel, 1548

Engraved dedication page with a central tree of names, a risen Christ, two angels, and the inscription Ich bin die Auferstehu

Dedication: Ich bin die Auferstehung und das Leben (I am the resurrection and the life)

Ferdinand Olivier, 1823

Circular print of Christ's betrayal, with soldiers with swords and lanterns seizing a robed figure beside a tree.

The Betrayal of Christ

Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen, 1512

Circular print of Christ led away by armed soldiers with torches, rendered in dense black hatching on pale paper.

Christ Led Away After His Arrest

Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen, 1512

Circular woodcut of a kneeling bearded figure mocked by armored men in an arched stone interior, with a seated judge behind.

The Mocking of Christ and Christ Before Caiaphas

Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen, 1513

Circular print of Christ bound to a column and whipped by soldiers while a crowd watches from a platform at left.

The Flagellation of Christ and Christ Before Pilate

Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen, 1514

Circular woodcut of Christ crowned with thorns, surrounded by soldiers and a crowd in an interior with a wooden bench.

Christ Crowned with Thorns

Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen, 1511

Circular print of Christ carrying the cross, surrounded by soldiers, a jeering crowd, and mourning women beneath a tree.

Christ Carrying the Cross

Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen, 1514

Circular woodcut of the Crucifixion with Christ on the cross, mourners at the base, and a crowd of soldiers and horsemen.

The Crucifixion

Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen, 1514

Circular print of Christ's lamentation and entombment with mourners, crosses in background, and a kneeling woman in foregroun

The Lamentation and Entombment

Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen, 1514

Circular woodcut of the risen Christ with banner, surrounded by startled soldiers and rays of light, with women walking in th

The Resurrection and the Holy Women on Their Way to Christ's Sepulchre

Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen, 1514

Woodcut of Saint Augustine in mitre and halo writing at a desk in an arched interior, with a small attendant seated below.

Saint Augustine

Hans Springinklee, 1518

Engraving of the crowned Virgin holding the Christ child on a crescent, with four angels supporting her against a dark backgr

The Madonna and Child on the Crescent Supported by Four Angels

Israhel van Meckenem, c. 1490/1500

Lithograph of a man's face with a sorrowful gaze and spiky, radiating dark strokes around the head against a shadowed backgro

Christ

Odilon Redon, 1887

Etching of a kneeling pope and armored soldier gazing up at angels and the Virgin lifting souls from flames below.

Saint Gregoire I Delivering Souls from Purgatory

Francesco Fontebasso, 1744

Etching of angels lifting souls from purgatory toward the Virgin and Child while kneeling figures pray in the foreground.

Pope Gregory the Great and Saint Vitale Interceding for the Souls in Purgatory

Francesco Fontebasso, 1731

Engraving of the Madonna and Child with angels above and saints gathered around a column and stone ledge below, with a dog.

The Madonna and Child with Two Angels and Saints Scholastica, Benedict, Roch, Peter, Paul and Jerome

Francesco Fontebasso, 1740

Blue-toned rococo drawing of the Virgin and Child with two saints, cherubs and an ornate cartouche.

An Elaborate Rococo Setting with the Virgin and Child and Saints Defeating Evil, Heresy, and Profane Love

Vitus Felix Rigl, 1760

Engraved frontispiece map of the Holy Land with compass rose, sea serpent, and two robed figures flanking the map.

Frontispiece to Complaint of the False Prophets, by John de La Marche

John Droeshout, 1641

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in academic cap and ruff holding a book, with Latin inscription around the frame.

William Whitaker, Master of Saint John's College, Cambridge

Etching of a bearded hermit saint kneeling by an open book, rosary, and cross amid dense foliage.

A Hermit Saint

Karel František Tepper

Charcoal drawing of an angel with a tilted head, wavy hair, patterned collar and double halo on tan paper, dated 1915.

Angel

Vítězslav Karel Mašek, 1915

Engraving of the Birth of Saint John the Baptist showing a classical interior with attendants, a bed, columns and a city view

The Birth of Saint John the Baptist

Giulio Bonasone

Engraving of a haloed bearded saint writing in a book beside a winged lion, with books and an inkwell in an interior.

Saint Mark Writing His Gospels

Giulio Bonasone after Perino del Vaga

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a dark collared coat holding a quill over a page, with two coats of arms above.

Samuel Clarke, Minister of Saint Benet Fink, Biographer

John Dunstall, published 1675