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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Pen and ink sketch of The Last Supper showing apostles seated at a long table in an interior setting.

The Last Supper

Vincenzo Tamagni, 1515

Watercolor plate of crows, a jackdaw and other perched birds around a gnarled tree with mistletoe, with Latin inscriptions.

Animalia Volatilia et Amphibia (Aier): Plate LXI

Joris Hoefnagel, 1575

Oval miniature of eight numbered birds on rocks and a branch with dark berries, with Latin text above and below.

Animalia Volatilia et Amphibia (Aier): Plate LXII

Joris Hoefnagel, 1575

Watercolor plate of six birds on a bare branch and rock beside water, with a Latin inscription above, by Joris Hoefnagel.

Animalia Volatilia et Amphibia (Aier): Plate LXIII

Joris Hoefnagel, 1575

Painting of two partridges on grass, songbirds on branches, and gourds in an oval border, with red Latin text above.

Animalia Volatilia et Amphibia (Aier): Plate LXIV

Joris Hoefnagel, 1575

Four birds on grassy ground beside a tree stump, with a hazel branch and juniper shrub in an oval painted frame.

Animalia Volatilia et Amphibia (Aier): Plate LXV

Joris Hoefnagel, 1575

Watercolor plate of pigeons and doves on a branch and rooftop, with Latin inscriptions and a leafy sprig at left.

Animalia Volatilia et Amphibia (Aier): Plate LXVI

Joris Hoefnagel, 1575

Watercolor plate by Joris Hoefnagel showing two pigeons on a branch with red apples, a striped gourd and small birds, with La

Animalia Volatilia et Amphibia (Aier): Plate LXVII

Joris Hoefnagel, 1575

Watercolor plate of numbered swallows and a grey pigeon on a bare tree and wooden perches, with Latin inscriptions.

Animalia Volatilia et Amphibia (Aier): Plate LXVIII

Joris Hoefnagel, 1575

Four hawks and falcons perched among wheat and grasses in an oval frame, with red Latin verse above.

Animalia Volatilia et Amphibia (Aier): Plate VI

Joris Hoefnagel, 1575

Hoefnagel plate of nine numbered birds on branches and stumps, including a black crested bird and a woodpecker on a brick wal

Animalia Volatilia et Amphibia (Aier): Plate LXIX

Joris Hoefnagel, 1575

Four numbered hawks perched on a wooden rail beside a yellow flowering plant, painted in watercolor within an oval gold borde

Animalia Volatilia et Amphibia (Aier): Plate VII

Joris Hoefnagel, 1575

Hoefnagel plate showing a vulture, a hawk and a buzzard on branches inside a gold oval, with Latin inscriptions.

Animalia Volatilia et Amphibia (Aier): Plate VIII

Joris Hoefnagel, 1575

Watercolor plate of numbered fish swimming in an oval of blue water, including a spotted red-finned fish and a dark spiny fis

Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate XXIV

Joris Hoefnagel, 1575

Twelve numbered fish in varied colors swim in blue water inside a gold oval border, with Latin text above.

Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate XXV

Joris Hoefnagel, 1575

Watercolor plate of ten numbered fish in pink, brown, blue and green swimming over pale blue water within an oval border.

Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate XXVI

Joris Hoefnagel, 1575

Watercolor plate of numbered fish species swimming in pale blue water inside a gold oval border, with a Latin inscription abo

Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate XXVII

Joris Hoefnagel, 1575

Watercolor of colorful fish swimming in blue water inside a gold oval border, with a Latin caption above.

Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate XXVIII

Joris Hoefnagel, 1575

Watercolor plate of a whale, sturgeon, shark and smaller fish swimming in an oval frame over rippling blue water.

Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate II

Joris Hoefnagel, 1575

Watercolor plate of six stingrays and skates swimming over a blue sea, drawn from above, with Roman numeral XXIX.

Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate XXIX

Joris Hoefnagel, 1575

Watercolor plate of four rays and flatfish swimming on blue water inside a gold oval border, numbered XXX.

Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate XXX

Joris Hoefnagel, 1575

Five flatfish swim over blue waves above a sandy seabed with shells, painted in watercolor on a numbered page.

Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate XXXI

Joris Hoefnagel, 1575

Watercolor drawing of flatfish, a ray and shells on a sandy seafloor within an oval border, from a 1575 natural history plate

Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate XXXII

Joris Hoefnagel, 1575

Watercolor plate of twelve numbered fish, mostly flatfish, swimming over blue water inside a gold oval border.

Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate XXXIII

Joris Hoefnagel, 1575

Pencil sketch of a man raising a flail in a barn while a second man stands in shadow and a dog lies on the floor.

Man Flailing

Felix Octavius Carr Darley, 1850

Brown wash drawing of a dying man in bed in a log cabin, with a kneeling woman and mourning family members nearby.

The Squatter's Death

Felix Octavius Carr Darley, 1859

Watercolor of a Roman street under an arch with donkeys, a reclining dog, and a fountain with a sculpted figure.

Bernini Fountain, Rome [recto]

Felix Octavius Carr Darley, 1867

Brown wash drawing of warriors in feathered headdresses dancing around a fire with raised tomahawks and tipis behind them.

The Scalp-Dance of the Sioux

Felix Octavius Carr Darley, 1842

Pencil drawing of a woman in a patterned robe reclining beside a hookah and tea table in an ornate interior.

A Middle Eastern Woman Reclining in an Exotic Setting

Édouard de Beaumont, 1844

Pen and brown ink sketch of a hilltop town above a rocky ravine, framed by bare trees, with handwritten notes.

View of Ceriana

Edward Lear, 1870