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National Gallery of Art

25,760 works

Woodcut of a skeletal death rider with a scythe galloping past crows toward a walled city with church spires.

Auch ein Todtentanz II

Alfred Rethel, 1849

Etched architectural ornament with a central scrolled cartouche, curling foliage and a stepped pedestal base.

Architectural Motif with Three Shields

Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti, 1690

Printed German verse in blackletter type, set in two columns on aged cream paper with light staining.

Auch ein Todtentanz: Text Page

Alfred Rethel, 1849

Etching of an ornamental architectural motif with a fruit-filled vase, scrolls and drapery, by Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti.

Architectural Motif with Fruit in a Vase

Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti, 1690

Etching of a Venetian canal with a domed church, brick buildings, small boats, and figures on the shore under cloudy sky.

Imaginary View of Venice

Canaletto, 1741

Red chalk drawing of an oval fountain in a wooded garden with tall trees, seated figures, and a statue on a terrace.

The Oval Fountain in the Gardens of the Villa d'Este, Tivoli

Hubert Robert, 1760

Engraving of the Adoration of the Shepherds with the Virgin and infant Christ, shepherds, a donkey and a landscape.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Giovanni Britto after Titian, c. 1532/1533

Grey ink drawing of a hooded skeletal figure with an arrow looming over a woman with raised arms and a small cherub.

Death Stalking a Woman

Carl Gotthard Langhans

Grey wash drawing of a laurel-crowned robed man raising a bowl at an altar before veiled women and Ionic columns.

An Ancient Sacrifice

Clément Pierre Marillier, 1800

Engraving of a wounded man mourned by kneeling women beneath trees, with a hunter and dogs at right.

The Death of Adonis

Léon Davent after Luca Penni

Full-length portrait of a young man in a blue coat leaning on a ruined wall beside classical carvings and trees.

Frederick North, Later Fifth Earl of Guilford, in Rome

Hugh Douglas Hamilton, 1780

Brown wash drawing of a woman bowing her head over a nude infant on her lap, with cherub heads in the background.

The Holy Family

attributed to Ludwig Büsinck, after Abraham Bloemaert, 1620-1623

Engraved bust portrait of a young man in a plumed hat, fur-trimmed coat and ornate ring, dated 1613.

Bust of a Young Man

Christoffel van Sichem I after Jacob Matham, 1613

Etching of nude Adam and Eve exchanging fruit beneath a serpent in a tree, with a bird and goats in the landscape.

Adam and Eve

Simone Cantarini, 1640s

Bust of a Roman Woman and Statue of a Roman Man

Hubert Robert, 1754

Octagonal pencil drawing of fan-shaped plumes, berries, branches, and two roses with fern fronds on a light ground.

Pagoda Flowers and Roses

Jean-Baptiste Pillement

Pencil and pink-wash drawing of star-shaped flowers, bead chains, caterpillars and moths on an octagonal sheet.

Bamboo Flowers and Cactus

Jean-Baptiste Pillement

Pencil drawing of daisies, trumpet flowers, berry sprigs, a butterfly and a dragonfly on an octagonal sheet.

Trumpet Flowers and Daisies

Jean-Baptiste Pillement

Pencil and red chalk drawing of fanciful flowers, branches and insects on an octagonal sheet.

Fanciful Flowers and Bugs

Jean-Baptiste Pillement

Chalk drawing on tan paper showing three studies of hands, two clasped in prayer and one resting with fingers interlaced.

Three Studies of Hands Clasped in Prayer

Brown ink drawing of a rustic kiln of stacked sticks beside a fence and barrel, with two seated women and thatched cottages.

A Rustic Kiln at Vernon

Johann Georg Wille, 1761

Brown wash drawing of a thatched rustic house with a wooden barrel, firewood, and a seated woman in a bonnet.

A Rustic House in the Grand Rue at Sceaux-Les-Chartreux

Johann Georg Wille, 1766

Brown wash drawing of a rocky landscape with overgrown ruins, a path, and two seated children at lower right.

Two Children Seated near Overgrown Ruins

Johann Georg Wille, 1758

Pencil and red chalk portrait of a woman in a frilled dormeuse cap with red rosettes, against hatched background.

A Lady Wearing a Dormeuse Cap

Nicolaes Muys, 1770

Etching of the Virgin holding the Christ Child as young Saint John reaches toward him beneath a hanging drapery.

The Virgin and Child with Saint John

Simone Cantarini

Etching of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ child, with a haloed head, cherubs and clouds around them.

The Virgin and Child

Simone Cantarini

Etching of the Virgin holding the infant Christ on a ledge, with a halo, a curtain and a bird in flight above.

The Virgin and Child with a Bird

Simone Cantarini

Hand-colored engraving of a white-headed eagle diving to seize a green fish, with a smaller bird flying above.

The Bald Eagle (Falco leucocephalus)

Johann Michael Seligmann, 1743

Etching of Christ falling under a heavy cross, with a helper lifting the beam and a distant village under clouds.

The Carrying of the Cross

Simone Cantarini

Graphite drawing of a bearded saint raising his hand before kneeling figures, a child on the ground, and a crowd with classic

Saint Zenobius Resuscitating a Child

Ciro Ferri, 1665