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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Etching of mounted soldiers watching a battle with archers and infantry below a walled city on a rocky hill.

Battle Scene with Cavalry Observing from a Hill

Antonio Tempesta

Etching of a battle with two armored riders on rearing horses fighting in front of a walled city and advancing troops.

Battle Scene with Two Horses Attacking Each Other

Antonio Tempesta

Pen and wash drawing of the Man of Sorrows with Mary, John, angels and cherubs in a landscape.

Mary and John before the Man of Sorrows

Hans von Kulmbach, 1514

Etched print of armored cavalry charging over trampled soldiers and shields in a crowded battle scene.

Cavalry Charge with Soldiers and Horses Trampled

Antonio Tempesta

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded standing apostle holding a book, with draped robes and bare feet on reddish paper.

A Standing Apostle Holding a Book

Hans von Kulmbach, 1510

Engraving of a battle with armored cavalry on horses and spear-carrying infantry, with fallen horse and figure in foreground.

Battle between Cavalry and Infantry

Antonio Tempesta

Etching of a cavalry charge with armored riders, lances and shields, horses falling in the foreground, and soldiers fleeing a

Cavalry Attack with Soldiers Fleeing

Antonio Tempesta

Engraving of soldiers storming a walled city with ladders as defenders fight from circular towers under a large banner.

The Taking of Cartagena

Georg Pencz after Giulio Romano

Reddish-brown print of men lowering Christ's body from a cross while mourning figures kneel below on a hillside.

The Descent from the Cross

Ugo da Carpi after Raphael

Engraving of an angel with a figure beside a vision of a grand city of palaces and towers, with ships on a river at right.

The Angel Shows Saint John the New Jerusalem

Jean Duvet, 1546/1556

Engraving of robed men reacting in a stone temple as a winged figure glows above a pedestal, with fallen figures in the foreg

The Ark of the Lord in the Temple of Dagon

Battista Franco Veneziano

Etched print of a 17th-century council chamber with seated councillors at a table and standing figures beneath a canopy.

Charles II with His Council

Unknown artist, published 1660

Engraving of a marble vase with classical figures in the Medici Gardens, with a seated boy, cypresses and an obelisk.

The Vase of the Medici

Stefano Della Bella, 1656

Etching of a classical temple with columns on the right, cattle and herders in a field, and ruins beyond.

Temple of Antonius and the Campo Vaccino

Stefano Della Bella, 1656

Etching of the Arch of Constantine with ruins behind it, grazing sheep and cattle, and a standing shepherd in the field.

Arch of Constantine

Stefano Della Bella, 1656

Etching of ruined Corinthian columns of the Temple of Concord with figures and children in the foreground and Roman buildings

Temple of Concord and Roman Forum

Stefano Della Bella, 1656

Etching of two riders on horseback passing a herd of sheep and goats beneath a large tree on a rocky hillside.

Two Riders Passing Near a Herd of Animals

Stefano Della Bella, 1656

Etching of a peasant woman on horseback with a child beside a large tree, cattle, and a shepherd with sheep in the distance.

Peasant Woman on Horseback with a Child in Her Arms

Stefano Della Bella, 1656

Three Lion Heads

Stefano Della Bella, probably 1649

Mezzotint of a woman in a pale silk gown holding a flower wreath beside trees, with a cloudy sky and garden path.

Jane (Fleming), Countess of Harrington

Valentine Green after Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1780

Hand-colored 1789 print of a formal dining room scene with a man in blue greeting another man as seated diners watch.

L'agriculture consideree, le Comte de Veaux

Jean-Baptiste Morret after Antoine-François Sergent, 1789

Lithograph of a turbaned man resting against a rock beside a saddled horse, with palm trees and a city in the distance.

A Mameluck Resting

Engraving of the Madonna and Child in a Gothic arch with a kneeling abbot and scroll, framed by ornate foliate border.

The Madonna and Child with the Abbot Ludwig von Churchwalden

Wolfgang The Goldsmith after Master E.S., 1477

Pen and ink sketches of a hooded figure, a standing nude, a reclining draped figure, and faint pencil head studies on tan pap

Studies for Christopher Columbus

Eugène Delacroix

Two Camel Heads [recto]

Stefano Della Bella, probably 1649

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a standing man in a long wig and fur-trimmed robe, leaning on a ledge.

A Venetian Procurator of San Marco [recto]

Alessandro Longhi or Pietro Longhi

Print of a young man in a velvet hat leaning over a chair back, looking over his shoulder toward the viewer.

Self-Portrait

Wallerant Vaillant

Brown wash drawing of mounted hunters with spears chasing a lion beside a large tree, with faint grid lines.

The Lion Hunt

Vicencio Carducho

David with the Head of Goliath

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, c. 1655

Pen and brown ink drawing of a bearded tempter offering a stone to a seated long-haired figure beneath a rocky cave.

The Temptation of Christ in the Desert

Felipe Gomez de Valencia, probably 1676