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National Gallery of Art

2,569 works

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

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

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

Etching of the infant Saint John seated with a lamb and reed staff in an outdoor landscape, by Simone Cantarini, 1612.

The Infant Saint John

Simone Cantarini

Etching of Saint Sebastian, a seated nude man pierced by arrows beside a tree, with a cherub holding a palm above.

Saint Sebastian

Simone Cantarini, 1640s

Etching of Saint Anthony of Padua holding the Christ Child, surrounded by cherubs and angels in clouds, with a book at his fe

The Large Saint Anthony of Padua

Simone Cantarini

Pen and brown ink drawing with red chalk of figures lowering Christ's body from the cross using ladders.

The Deposition

Thomas Blanchet, 1670

Pen and ink drawing of a robed saint holding the Christ Child, with a balustrade and column behind them.

Saint Anthony of Padua Holding the Christ Child

Simone Cantarini, 1640s

Etching of a robed saint lifting a writhing man as a kneeling woman and onlookers watch under trees.

Saint Benedict Healing the Possessed

Simone Cantarini after Lodovico Carracci

Etching of a winged guardian angel pointing upward while leading a barefoot child across a rocky landscape.

The Guardian Angel

Simone Cantarini

Etching of the Virgin seated under a tree with the Christ Child, John the Baptist and a lamb in a landscape.

The Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist

Giulio Carpioni

Etching of the Virgin nursing the infant Christ beside an aged Saint Joseph, with angels and a column above.

The Holy Family by a Column

Bartolomeo Biscaino, c. 1655

Woodcut of a saint kneeling before an enthroned God and crowned elders in clouds, with a castle and forest below.

Saint John before God and the Elders

Albrecht Dürer, probably c. 1496/1498

Pen and ink drawing of a martyrdom scene with soldiers, a mounted rider, a hilltop group, and a distant town.

The Martyrdom of Saint Alexander of Bergamo

Lorenzo Lotto, c. 1524

Brown ink drawing of God the Father on clouds with angels playing harp and lute and putti below.

God the Father and Angels on Clouds

Raffaello Motta

Engraving of the Annunciation: an angel with a lily descends toward the Virgin seated at a lectern beneath a dove in radiant

The Annunciation

Adriaan de Weerdt, 1573

Engraving of two infant boys playing with a lamb beside a tree trunk, with a landscape of trees and hills behind them.

The Infant Christ and Saint John Playing with the Lamb

Christoffel Jegher after Sir Peter Paul Rubens, 1632-1636

Brown ink and wash drawing of Saint Lawrence on a grill surrounded by executioners and crowds, with angels above in an arched

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

Luca Cambiaso, 1581

Pen and wash drawing of a nude saint on a gridiron over flames, with an angel descending above a crowd and a horse.

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

Daniel Seiter, 1685

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling friar holding the Christ child, with putti and clouds above in radiating light.

Saint Anthony of Padua

Engraving of winged Saint Michael with sword and banner standing over defeated horned devils on the ground.

Saint Michael Defeating the Devils

Master E. S., 1467

Head of Saint Francis

Guido Reni, before c. 1632

Pen and ink drawing of mourners lowering a body into a rocky tomb, with three crosses on a distant hill.

The Entombment

Albrecht Dürer, 1504

Pen and ink drawing of Saint Sebastian, bound beside a willow tree in a forest landscape, dated 1509.

Saint Sebastian

Wolf Huber, possibly 1509

Pen and white heightening drawing on blue paper of two draped standing figures, one gesturing and one with curly hair.

The Virgin and Saint John

after Hans Baldung Grien, c. 1600

Pen and brown ink sketch of a winged angel in flowing drapery, with faint figure studies on the right side of the sheet.

The Angel of the Annunciation [recto]

Fra' Bartolomeo, 1500/1504

Engraving of a kneeling man before a floating haloed figure holding keys, surrounded by tall candlesticks and clouds.

Saint John Sees the Seven Golden Candlesticks

Jean Duvet, 1546

Engraving of a winged angel with a sword among armored soldiers, horsemen, and crowds beneath an arched heavenly scene.

The Angel Sounding the Sixth Trumpet

Jean Duvet, 1546