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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Engraving of a woman holding a mirror as a man in a feathered hat leans beside her, with a cat and a Latin verse below.

Sight

Engraving of a woman in a ruff collar playing a harpsichord, with a man behind her, a stag's head and a Latin inscription bel

Hearing

Engraving of a man smelling a flower beside a woman with a pearl necklace, with roses and a vase of flowers.

Smell

Engraving of a man and woman seated together, the man lifting fruit to his mouth, with a goblet, grapes and a monkey nearby.

Taste

Engraving of an embracing couple on a cushion, with a turtle beside them and a Latin inscription below.

Touch

Daumier lithograph of a woman gesturing at music scores and trumpets as a man in a top hat looks on, with a child below.

Monsieur... voici ce que nous donnons... en prime...

Honoré Daumier, 1845

Engraving of a man picking grapes beside a goat and a woman carrying a fruit basket, with vegetables on the ground.

Autumn

Jan Saenredam, 1601

Wood engraving of Austro-Prussian horsemen and a cannon entering a city gate as a crowd of townspeople gathers and cheers.

Les troupes Austro-Prussiennes entrant a Hambourg ... [top half]

Charles Maurand after Godefroy Durand, published 1864

Engraving of a fashionably dressed couple walking arm in arm in a winter landscape with a small dog and bare trees.

Winter

Jan Saenredam, 1601

Engraving of passengers seated and standing inside an omnibus, with a woman holding a baby and men in top hats.

Interieur d'un omnibus [bottom half]

Charles Maurand after Honoré Daumier, published 1864

Engraving of two children with a basket of fruit beside a tree, lambs and a goat, and cherubs in the sky.

Spring

Jan Saenredam, 1601

Four sullen men in top hats and heavy coats crowd a railway carriage, one gazing out a window at a snowy view.

Train de plaisir

Charles Maurand after Honoré Daumier, 1862

Engraving of a wheat-crowned woman with a horse and a woman leading a cow, with cupids and harvesters in the background.

Summer

Jan Saenredam, 1601

Engraved architectural portrait of a bearded man in a ruff, flanked by allegorical figures, putti and painter's tools.

Hans van Aachen

Jan Saenredam, 1601

Pen and wash drawing of a woodland pond with tall trees, a seated fisherman at the water's edge, and birds in the sky.

Woodland Pond with a Fisherman

Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech, c. 1617

Pen and brown ink drawing of a large tree over a path, with a tent and sleeping figures at lower left and hills beyond.

Landscape with Sleeping Peasants

Jacob de Gheyn II, c. 1605

Engraving of an artist at an easel drawing a kneeling nude woman, with a cherub, a cat, and scientific instruments.

Artist Painting a Nude Woman: Allegory of Visual Perception

Jan Saenredam, 1616

Engraving of a nude man under a tree surrounded by cattle, deer, sheep, birds and other animals in a landscape.

Adam Naming the Animals

Jan Saenredam, 1604

Engraving of nude Adam and Eve beside a fruit-laden tree, with a bird perched at its base and a forest landscape behind.

Adam and Eve before the Tree of Knowledge

Jan Saenredam, 1604

Pencil sketch of a seated woman working at a lace-making frame with a spoked wheel, with a handwritten note beside her.

Venetian Lace Making

William Merritt Chase, 1849-1916

Engraving of Adam and Eve beneath a tree, with a serpent offering fruit, a turkey and cat at right, and Latin text below.

Temptation of Man

Jan Saenredam, 1604

Pencil sketch of a busy city street with carriages, pedestrians, tall buildings and a church spire in the distance.

Fifth Avenue Building from Grace Church

Engraving of Adam and Eve cast out of Eden by an angel descending from clouds, with a serpent and oak trees in the foreground

Expulsion from Eden

Jan Saenredam, 1604

Pencil sketch of a weathered shack, rowboats and a pole on a sandy shore, with sailboats on distant water.

Fishing Boats and Shack

Engraving of a man digging with a spade while a woman spins beside a child, a cow and a dog, under a large oak tree.

Adam and Eve Working

Jan Saenredam, 1604

Pencil and chalk drawing of a rocky Maine coast with breaking waves, cliffs, and evergreen trees under a pale sky.

Maine Coast

Aaron Draper Shattuck, 1861

Engraving of Adam and Eve mourning over Abel's body under a large tree, with smoke rising from an altar in the distance.

Adam and Eve Lamenting over the Corpse of Abel

Jan Saenredam, 1604

Engraving on blue paper of a chariot in the clouds above draped women and a tall arched tower in a classical landscape.

An Omen of Augustus's Future Greatness

after Giulio Romano Giulio Bonasone, 1531-1576

Engraving of reclining Venus with Cupid holding an arrow, two doves, and a chariot in clouds within an oval frame.

Venus and Cupid

Jan Saenredam, 1596

Etching of the Virgin Mary with the Christ child stepping on a serpent beside a classical column and landscape.

Virgin and Child Trampling on Sin

Sébastien Bourdon, 1640s