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National Gallery of Art

2,569 works

Sepia print of a robed saint holding a staff, with the inscription SANT ILTUD ABBAS beside the figure.

Saint Iltud

Print of Saint Patrick holding a staff and book, with yellow lettering SANT PATRIK on a dark background.

Saint Patrice

Saint Tugdual

Engraving of the Crucifixion with Christ flanked by two thieves, mourning women below, and soldiers on horseback in a landsca

The Crucifixion

Antonio Tempesta, 1612

Reddish-brown chiaroscuro print of a martyrdom, with an executioner, kneeling victim, crowd, and seated judge in classical se

The Martyrdom of Two Saints

after Parmigianino Antonio da Trento, c. 1530

Engraving of the Annunciation: an angel with a scepter faces the seated Virgin Mary beneath a dove and halo in a draped inter

The Annunciation

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1553

Engraving of the Nativity with Mary kneeling before the infant Christ, angels, shepherds and a star above the stable.

The Nativity

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1553

Pen drawing of a haloed saint reviving a fallen monk as a winged devil breaks through a stone wall above.

Saint Benedict Reviving a Monk Killed by the Devil

Hans Leonhard Schäufelein, 1505

Pen and brown ink drawing of nude figures tumbling downward beneath a winged angel standing on clouds.

The Fall of the Rebel Angels [recto]

Parmigianino, 1524

Engraving of the Holy Family with an infant Christ reaching for a goldfinch, a young John, and two elderly figures under a st

The Holy Family with the Goldfinch

Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert

Engraving of the dead Christ on a cloth, with the grieving Virgin, an angel and a follower beside him under a cloudy sky.

Virgin Supporting the Dead Christ

Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert

Engraving of the risen Christ with a banner above startled soldiers and sleeping guards at a rocky tomb, with angels in cloud

The Resurrection

Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert

Engraving of the Crucifixion with Christ center and two thieves on crosses, a skull at the base, and a distant city.

Christ Crucified between Two Thieves

Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert, 1640

Red-brown chiaroscuro woodcut of the Madonna and Child with two saints and a young infant in an interior.

Madonna and Child Accompanied by Saints

Andrea Andreani after Jacopo Ligozzi, 1585

Engraving of a seated Virgin holding the Christ Child, with an elderly woman, a boy and a lamb beside a classical column.

The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saint John

Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert

Etching of a nude bearded saint surrounded by horned and animal-headed tempting figures in dense hatched shadows.

The Temptation of Saint Anthony (Die Versuchung des heiligen Antonius)

Lovis Corinth, 1919

Black chalk drawing of a twisting nude male figure with raised arms over a faint squared grid on toned paper.

Study for a Prophet

Lattanzio Gambara, 1567

Brown ink drawing of Christ, the Virgin and Saint Roch in clouds above plague victims pleading in a city.

Plague Victims Pleading for Help from Christ, the Virgin, and Saint Roch

Lattanzio Gambara, 1567

Drawing of Christ and two angels above clouds, with a kneeling staff-bearing figure and crowds looking up before a city.

Saint Roch Interceding on Behalf of Plague Victims

Lattanzio Gambara, 1567

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated woman tenderly holding a child, with dark foliage behind them.

The Holy Family

Abraham Bloemaert

Brown ink drawing of Rome with Saint Peter's dome, a stone arched bridge over the Tiber, and the round Castel Sant' Angelo.

View of Rome with the Dome of Saint Peter's and the Castel Sant' Angelo

Giuseppe Zocchi, 1744

Etching of a couple leaning on a seawall beside a street lamp, with a town of low buildings beyond under a hazy sky.

Fisherman at Saint Ives

Anders Zorn, 1891

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of two draped standing male figures, one holding a key, in a religious composition.

Saints Peter and Paul

Cherubino Alberti

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Madonna and Child enthroned between two Saints John, with kneeling winged angels in front.

The Madonna Enthroned with Saint John the Baptist and Saint John the Evangelist

Hans von Aachen, 1589

Pen and brown ink drawing of Saint George on horseback lancing a dragon beneath a tree, by Moritz von Schwind.

Saint George and the Dragon

Moritz von Schwind, 1825

Loose ink and wash sketch of robed figures tending a body in a stone interior, mourners in the background.

The Laying Out of Christ

Head of Saint John the Baptist

Hans Baldung Grien, 1516

Brown-toned drawing with white highlights of the dead Christ mourned by women, with a ladder and cross at upper right.

The Lamentation

Hans Baldung Grien, 1515

Engraving of Saint James the Great with halo, scallop-shell hat badge, pilgrim staff, and long cloak on a tiled floor.

Saint James the Great

Israhel van Meckenem, 1470

Engraving of a haloed bearded saint in a studded mantle holding a scroll and staff on a tiled floor.

Saint James the Less

Israhel van Meckenem, 1470