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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Etching of an ancient temple interior with a coffered dome, Corinthian columns, a grand staircase, and robed figures.

Tempio antico

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published 1748/1749

Etching of a demolition site in old Paris, with rubble, workers, wheelbarrows and tall houses with hanging laundry behind.

Demolition for the Opening of the rue des Ecoles (Demolitions pour le percement de la rue des Ecoles)

Engraved portrait of a seated archbishop in silk robes and lace, holding a biretta, beside a desk with a quill and books.

Charles-Gaspard-Guillaume de Vintimille du Luc, Archbishop of Paris

Claude Drevet after Hyacinthe Rigaud

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a curled wig and dark robe, with an inscribed frame and coat of arms below.

Jean Delpech, Marquis de Méréville

Pierre Drevet after Nicolas de Largillierre, c. 1680-1738

Engraved oval portrait of a clergyman in a dark robe and curled wig, with a coat of arms and inscription below.

Jean Paul Bignon, Abbe du St. Quentin

Pierre Drevet after Hyacinthe Rigaud

Engraving of a kneeling friar embracing the Christ Child held by a seated Virgin, with cherubs in clouds above.

Saint Francis Adoring the Christ Child

Claude Mellan, 1650-1688

Oval engraving of Diana in a winged chariot over clouds with hounds, above a riverside town view.

The Chariot of Diana

Agostino dei Musi after Luca Penni, 1541

Head of a Man

Unknown artist, c. 1600

Pen and grey wash drawing of an ornate palace staircase with columns, arches, statues and balustrades in deep perspective.

An Elaborate Staircase in a Palace

Ink and wash drawing of many nude figures tumbling downward in a dense, swirling mass, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.

The Fall of the Rebel Angels

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1712/1715

Heads of Two Bishops

Gaetano Gandolfi, 1770s-1780s

Pen and brown ink drawing of Bacchus with an ivy wreath and Ceres with grain beside him in a shadowed cave.

Bacchus and Ceres

Jacob de Gheyn II

Brown ink drawing of a rocky wooded landscape with a nymph, cherubs, hunting dogs and a bow.

Echo and Narcissus

Gregorio de' Ferrari

Pencil and crayon drawing of a fallen tree trunk across a grassy field, with a line of trees behind it.

Felled Tree, Normandy

Georges Lacombe, 1898

Charcoal drawing on blue paper of sea waves and foam beside the curved edge of a boat hull.

The Sea Off the Edge of a Boat, Brittany

Georges Lacombe, 1894

Pen and grey wash drawing of a man pointing at a tree beside a boy with a bucket, with a village and church tower behind.

Abraham and Isaac

Attributed to Hermann Weyer

Engraved portrait of a man in dark robe and white collar inside an octagonal frame, with Latin caption below.

Omer Talon

Jean Morin after Philippe de Champaigne

Pencil and wash sketch of a seated bearded god surrounded by three female figures and an eagle in a circular composition.

Study of Jove and Three Goddesses

Attributed to Lorenzo Bartolini

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash showing draped standing women and a group of robed men in conversation.

Scenes from the Life of Saint Peter

Giulio Cesare Procaccini

Pen and brown ink sketch of a crucifixion with onlookers below and two draped standing figures before classical ruins above.

Crucifixion of Saint Peter

Giulio Cesare Procaccini

Etching of a powerful waterfall over rocky cliffs with stone buildings on the slopes and a town in the distance.

Veduta della Cascata di Tivoli

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1766

Charcoal drawing of a woman in a long skirt standing and reading an open book, seen from behind on tan paper.

Woman Reading

Black chalk drawing on tan paper of a man with tousled hair glancing sideways while holding a large sack.

A Grain Merchant

Guercino, c. 1620

Loose etched sketch of a standing young woman in a long dress and dark hat with a veil, on pale paper.

Sketch of a Young Lady in Violet (Esquisse de jeune femme a la violette)

Norbert Goeneutte

Etching of a smiling woman in a dark dress with fur collar reclining on a sofa, with a white skirt.

Smiling Woman Reclining on a Sofa (Femme souriant etendue sur un canape)

Norbert Goeneutte

Etching of the Seine river curving through a landscape with shrubs, trees, distant hills and small sailboats under open sky.

The Seine at Quilleboeuf (La Seine a Quilleboeuf)

Norbert Goeneutte, 1890

Etching of a snowy city street with a horse-drawn carriage, a woman in a fur-trimmed coat, and tall buildings under falling s

Boulevard Clichy in the Snow (Le boulevard Clichy par un temps de neige)

Norbert Goeneutte, 1876

Etching of an elderly bearded man in a cap and fur-trimmed cloak, leaning on a book in a thoughtful pose.

Old Man in Meditation, Leaning on a Book

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1645

Woodcut of the Holy Family under a large tree, with Mary holding the Christ Child beside Saint Anne and Saint Joachim.

The Holy Family with Joachim and Anne under a Tree

Albrecht Dürer, 1511

Etching of a kneeling woman surrounded by armored soldiers and crowds beneath classical columns and a torch-bearing figure.

Martyrdom of Saint Lucy

Jacques Bellange, c. 1612-1616