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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Pen and grey wash drawing of a ruined amphitheater with arched openings, stone walls, and overgrown vegetation.

The Ruins of an Ancient Amphitheater

Gaspar van Wittel, 1701

Engraving of the Virgin and Child with shepherds and villagers in a rustic interior, one man offering a bowl.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Ignatius Cornelis Marinus after Jacob Jordaens, c.1638

Pen and ink figure studies on paper with red chalk sketches of seated and standing men, one a small nude.

Figures from the Farnese Palace and from Life

Gaspar van Wittel, 1710

Engraving of a woman with a torch by an altar, two nude men before her, armed attendants and classical columns behind.

Iphigenia Recognizing Her Brother

Agostino Veneziano

Brown wash drawing of the Madonna and Child enthroned, with a kneeling saint, a bishop, and cherubs on clouds.

The Madonna and Child Enthroned, Adored by Two Saints

Giuseppe Nicola Nasini, 1709

Brown ink drawing of a bacchanal with reclining revelers, putti, a satyr and goat beneath windblown pine trees.

A Bacchanal

Giuseppe Nicola Nasini, 1700

Brown ink drawing of a bird with spread wings perched on a curved branch with fruit, by Andrea Mantegna.

A Bird Perched on a Branch with Fruit

Andrea Mantegna, 1460s (?)

Red chalk sketch of a standing man in a turban and loose coat holding a cane, with small study fragments on the right.

A Comic Actor Dressed as a Gentleman [recto]

Jean-Baptiste Pater, 1729

Etching of a massive round tower with winding stairs, balconies, arches, and tiny figures on walkways.

The Round Tower

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published 1749/1750

Etching of a stone archway framing a view of arcades, an obelisk, and small figures in a distant plaza.

The Grand Piazza

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published 1749/1750

Etching of tall arches, stairways and smoke rising among small figures in a dense imaginary city.

The Smoking Fire

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published 1749/1750

Etching of a vast vaulted staircase with arches, balustrades, two plumed trophy sculptures, and small figures below.

The Staircase with Trophies

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published 1749/1750

Etching of a huge curved wheel above stacked stone blocks and ruins, with tiny figures working on the machinery.

The Giant Wheel

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published 1749/1750

Etching of vast vaulted hall with prisoners on a railed platform beside a suspended chain and hook, by Piranesi.

Prisoners on a Projecting Platform

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published 1749/1750

Etching of massive vaulted arches with a shell ornament at left and small figures on a stone walkway beneath a lantern.

The Arch with a Shell Ornament

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published 1749/1750

Etching of a vast vaulted stone interior with arches, a staircase, workmen, and a wooden sawhorse scaffold at right.

The Sawhorse

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published 1749/1750

Etching of a stone well, staircase, timber hoist and chains among crumbling architecture, with small figures on the steps.

The Well

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published 1749/1750

Etching of a vaulted interior with a stone pier, lion-head rings, hanging chains and a lamp atop a tall pedestal.

The Pier with a Lamp

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published 1749/1750

Etching of a vast vaulted stone interior with hanging chains, lanterns, a staircase, and two small figures walking in front.

The Pier with Chains

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published 1749/1750

Engraving of an academy drawing contest with a laurel-crowned woman seated among students and older spectators, figure studie

Concours pour le Prix de l'Etude des Têtes et de l'Expression (Contest for the Prize for the Study of Heads and Expre…

Jean-Jacques Flipart after Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, 1763

Etching of the Adoration of the Shepherds showing the Virgin with the infant Christ and shepherds in an interior.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Parmigianino, c. 1527

Engraving of figures in traditional dress dancing in a hand-linked circle beneath trees, with a distant town on the horizon.

A Native Dance

William Hogarth, published 1723

Engraving of a mosque interior with whirling dervishes in long skirts, kneeling figures, and spectators on a balcony.

The Inside of a Mosque

William Hogarth, published 1723

Engraved interior of a seraglio with women dancing, seated figures on platforms, attendants, and ornate windows.

The Seraglio

William Hogarth, published 1723

Woodcut of Saint Jerome kneeling in prayer before a crucifix in a cave, with a lion beside him and rocky cliffs above.

Saint Jerome in a Cave

Albrecht Altdorfer, 1515

Soft brown twilight print of a faint female figure standing in a misty landscape beneath a glowing cloud bank.

Twilight (Le Crépuscule)

Charles-Philippe Blache, 1894

Brown chiaroscuro print of the Entombment of Christ with mourning figures, a haloed body, and a rocky tomb setting.

The Entombment

Andrea Andreani after Raffaello Motta, 1585

Engraved print of a woman in a lace gown reclining on a couch with roses, beside a patterned curtain and potted plant.

Untitled (Girl on a Couch)

Frederick W. Freer, 1888

Etching of a seated, long-haired man reaching toward leaves beside a tree, with a lamb at his feet.

Saint John the Baptist

Palma il Giovane

Engraving of Saint Andrew, a bearded elderly man in flowing drapery, raised arm, set against radiating light lines.

Saint Andrew

Bartolomeo Passarotti