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National Gallery of Art

25,760 works

Etching of a wooden post with a lantern and ladder, two figures conversing beside trees and an arched wall.

The Post

Pen and wash drawing of soldiers on horseback with trumpets and foot soldiers carrying a head on poles before a distant city.

The Triumph of David

Style of Jan Luyken, c. 1700

Oval brown ink and wash drawing of a nude woman with a wreath, a child, a centaur, and a bust on a pedestal under laurel.

Antique Subject

Style of Angelica Kauffmann

Pen drawing on parchment of Gothic architectural motifs, with columns and pointed tracery patterns in dark ink.

Standing Youth with a Branch

Unknown artist, c. 1325

Pen drawing with red accents of a seated woman with flowers in her hair, framed by stylized leafy foliage.

Seated Girl with a Dog

Unknown artist, c. 1325

Pen and ink drawing of a seated nude warrior with a sword, skull, lion, and classical ruins, by Maerten van Heemskerck.

Simeon the Patriarch

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1549

Pencil sketch of a cloaked man on a ship deck raising his hand toward a large star-crowned face above him.

Napoleon Views His Rising Star

Grey wash drawing of a market scene with a seated woman, a barrel, wooden wheels, figures in hats, and a bird on the ground.

Market Scene

Unknown artist, 17th century

Red and black chalk drawing of winged angels, putti and a harp among clouds, by Federico Zuccaro.

Angels and Putti in the Clouds

Federico Zuccaro, 1566

Brown ink and wash drawing of Christ in a triumphal chariot pulled by a lion, with kneeling figures, clergy and a crowd.

The Triumph of Christ

attributed to Bartolomeo Roverio

Engraving of a bearded man in a cap seated beside sculpted nude figures, with an inset window showing statues.

Baccio Bandinelli

after Baccio Bandinelli Nicolò della Casa, c. 1544

Etched landscape of two laden mules on a path by a stream, with rocky cliffs, tall trees and a distant mountain.

The Two Hinnies

Engraved oval portrait of Louis XV of France in wig and lace jabot, with a crowned fleur-de-lis coat of arms below.

Louis XV, King of France

Antoine Benoist, 1741

Etched frontispiece with a cartouche holding a Latin title, flanked by a winged figure and a coiled serpent.

Frontispiece

Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti, 1690

Etching of a large spreading tree beside a rocky cliff, with travelers and horses on a path and distant hills.

The Large Tree

Etching of an ox-cart and travelers on a wooded road below a rocky cliff, with a distant town and boats by the sea.

The Ox-Cart: View between Ancona and Sinigaglia

Etched ornamental cartouche with scrolls and shell motifs framing a small landscape with buildings and trees.

Architectural Motif with a Landscape

Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti, 1690

Etching of an ornate architectural niche with scrolls and a carved bust of a woman with flowing hair and drapery.

Architectural Motif with a Bust

Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti, 1690

Etched architectural ornament with a central shield, two oval figure medallions, scrolls, and an arched niche below.

Architectural Motif with Three Shields, Two with Figures

Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti, 1690

Title page of a gothic-lettered 19th-century print, Auch ein Todtentanz, by Alfred Rethel, with verse and publisher details.

Auch ein Todtentanz: Title Page

Alfred Rethel, 1849

Woodcut of a skeleton holding scales above a tavern table, with a crowd, a horse, and a sign reading Freiheit Gleichheit Brüd

Auch ein Todtentanz III

Alfred Rethel, 1849

Etching of an ornamental architectural motif with a woman's bust in an oval cartouche, flanked by flaming urns and scrolls.

Architectural Motif with Bust and Two Lamps

Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti, 1690

Etched architectural ornament with a central drape bearing a fruit cluster, flanked by scrolled brackets and garlands.

Architectural Motif with a Drape with Fruit

Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti, 1690

Woodcut print of a skeleton Death figure with allegorical women, a horse, scales and hooded figures, with German verses below

Auch ein Todtentanz I

Alfred Rethel, 1849

Woodcut of a skeleton holding a flag atop a barricade among fallen revolutionaries, with smoke and German verse below.

Auch ein Todtentanz V

Alfred Rethel, 1849

Etched architectural ornament with scrolled volutes, a central vase with leaves, and a fluted base on a plain background.

Architectural Motif with a Vase

Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti, 1690

Woodcut by Alfred Rethel, 1849: a skeleton Death rides a white horse over fallen bodies in a city street with soldiers and a

Auch ein Todtentanz VI

Alfred Rethel, 1849

Etching of an architectural ornament with a spread-winged bird on a pediment, flanked by fruit urns and a scrolled cartouche.

Architectural Motif with a Bird

Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti, 1690

Woodcut print of a man raising a sword labeled Volks Justiz above a crowd and fallen bodies in a city street.

Auch ein Todtentanz IV

Alfred Rethel, 1849

Engraved print of an ornate architectural motif with a pediment, scrolled cartouche and carved consoles on pale paper.

Architectural Motif with a Figure

Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti, 1690