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National Gallery of Art

25,760 works

Gravure en Taille-douce: pl. III

Antonio Baratti, 1771

Etching of a stone building with an arched gateway at a river, with boats, fishermen and a distant town under a sunrise.

The Watermill

Jacques Callot, probably c. 1630

Engraved plate with female head studies, arm and hand anatomy diagrams, and a muscular man wielding a club.

Gravure en Taille-Douce: pl. IV

Antonio Baratti, 1771

Etching of a large twin rock rising from the sea with buildings on top, boats offshore and a shore camp at right.

The Large Rock

Jacques Callot, probably c. 1630

Etching of soldiers escorting a man carrying a heavy cross through a crowd, with a hill of onlookers behind and kneeling wome

The Carrying of the Cross

Jacques Callot, c. 1618

Engraved plate of etching tools and steps, with a sample landscape of trees, figures and a cow.

Gravure, Maniere de faire mordre à l'eau-forte: pl. V

Antonio Baratti, 1771

Engraved plate of mezzotint tools, grid diagrams, and a shaded sphere, captioned Gravure en Maniere Noire.

Gravure en Maniere Noire: pl. VII

Antonio Baratti, 1771

Engraved plate showing crayon-manner engraving tools, tonal texture samples, and two detailed studies of human ears.

Gravure en Maniere de Crayon: pl. VIII

Antonio Baratti, 1771

Engraved plate showing numbered wood engraving tools such as gravers, chisels, a press, and a roller, labeled Gravure en Bois

Gravure en Bois, Outils: pl. II

Antonio Baratti, 1771

Engraved plate of numbered wood engraving techniques with geometric patterns, carved ornament and an architectural vignette.

Gravure en Bois, Principes: pl. III

Antonio Baratti, 1771

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded older man in a ruff collar, framed by ornate scrollwork and a Latin inscription.

Donato Dell' Antella

Jacques Callot, 1619

Engraving of a seated draped woman beside a classical urn in a shadowy rocky cave, rendered in fine hatched lines.

Venus

Johann Jakob Thurneysen, 1678

Engraved oval portrait of Cosimo II de' Medici in a ruff collar, flanked by two helmeted putti and an ornate frame.

Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany

Jacques Callot, 1621

Engraving of an armored rider on a rearing horse, with a battle scene and hilltop town behind him and verse below.

Louis de Lorraine, Prince of Phalsbourg

Jacques Callot, c. 1621/1623

Engraving of a heraldic shield and crown flanked by two women with laurel and palm, with French verse below.

Frontispiece for "The Combat at the Barrier"

Jacques Callot, 1627

Etching of a ceremonial procession with torchbearers, drummers, ornate carriages and clouds with figures in the sky.

Entry of the Prince of Pfaltzbourg

Jacques Callot, 1627

Etching of a ceremonial procession with plumed soldiers, drummers and flute players, by Jacques Callot, 1627.

Entry of M. de Macey

Jacques Callot, 1627

Etching of armored men with spears on a sea monster beside a lute player on another monster, with ships on the horizon.

Entry of Mm. de Vroncourt, Tyllon, and Marimont

Jacques Callot, 1627

Etching of a dragon, armed figures on rocks, and a procession of demons and winged creatures under smoky skies.

Entry of M. de Couvonge and M. de Chalabre

Jacques Callot, 1627

Etching of a fantastical procession with soldiers riding a griffin and a dragon, a swan-drawn cart, and ornate chariots.

Entry of Monseigneur Henry de Lorraine, Marquis de Moy, under the Name of Pirandre

Jacques Callot, 1627

Etching of a festival procession with a sun chariot, fountain stage, rocky forge, and costumed figures pulling a decorated fl

Entry of His Highness, Representing the Sun

Jacques Callot, 1627

Etching of two duelists fighting across a barrier in a grand hall, with lancers, spectators in galleries, and a coffered ceil

Combat at the Barrier

Jacques Callot, 1627

Engraving of a crowd of figures in feathered hats gathered before a brick building dated 1608, with a village behind.

Procession of Feasting Lepers

Claes Janszoon Visscher II, 1608

Engraved half-length portrait of a bearded man in a buttoned doublet and lace ruff, hands folded, with name inscription below

Willem Hondius

Willem Hondius, 1626

Etching of thatched farmhouses, a bleaching field with figures at work, fences, chickens and birds under a cloudy sky.

Blekerye aededuyne gelegen (Farms and Bleaching-Fields)

Claes Janszoon Visscher II, 1611

Etching of Saint Jerome reading a book beside a lion, with a skull in the foreground and a rocky landscape behind.

Saint Jerome Reading

Jusepe de Ribera, 1624

Etched panorama of a cavalry battle in a valley below hilltop towns, framed by military trophies and an oval portrait.

The Combat of Avigliana

Jacques Callot, in or after 1631

Etching of a village by a pond with a church spire, arched bridge, and two people in a rowboat at left.

Pond and a Village

Claes Janszoon Visscher II, 1612

Etching of a curving country road past a field, with thatched farm buildings, tall trees and small figures in the foreground.

Road along a Field

Claes Janszoon Visscher II, 1612

Etching of a busy river scene with boats, crowds on the quay, medieval towers and a long palace facade.

View of the Louvre

Jacques Callot, 1629