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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Pencil sketch of cattle walking across a field, with a small herder figure raising an arm above the herd.

Cattle

Thomas Rowlandson

Pen and wash drawing of a veiled figure in a long robe gazing upward with clasped hands in prayer.

Antique Figure

Thomas Rowlandson, 1821

Pale watercolor study of a birch tree beside a curving path, with feathery trees fading into mist on the right.

Tree Study

John Ruskin, mid-1850s

Etched portrait of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat, seen three-quarters, with dense hatched shading.

Self-Portrait

Wilhelm Unger, c. 1880

Watercolor of a river landscape with a ruined castle on a hill, a rocky cliff, and figures in a boat.

River Landscape with a Castle

Robert Adam, 1780s

Pen and ink drawing of the Crucifixion with three crosses, soldiers with spears in the foreground, and a distant city.

The Crucifixion

Unknown artist, c. 1520

Brown and tan print of a nude Bacchus holding a wine goblet and grapes, wearing a leaf wreath, with a scorpio zodiac sign abo

Bacchus

Hendrick Goltzius, c. 1595

Etching of a village with a church steeple, thatched cottages, a horse and cart, walkers on a road, and trees under a cloudy

Hesbeen

Roelant Roghman

Print of rocky cliffs above a grassy valley, with cattle and two figures beside a tall tree on the right.

An der Haidnaab

Max Josef Wagenbauer, 1806

Lithograph of a forest ravine with a waterfall, rocky cliffs, and two figures standing on a boulder.

Waldstrom bey Teissnach

Max Josef Wagenbauer, c. 1810

Pencil and wash sketch of white cliffs and a bay, with a cable rising to a clifftop telegraph house and tents.

The Laying of the Atlantic Cable at Foilhommerum Bay, Ireland

Unknown artist, 1865

Lithograph of a woman in ornate robes raising her hand to a bird, with the title Spread Thy Wings and Away above.

Spread Thy Wings and Away!

Etching of Amsterdam's Koningsplein with a large tree, canal, Munt tower and gabled houses, with people and a dog in the stre

Gezicht van't Koningsplein naar de Reguliers of Munts-Tooren, Te Amsterdam

Paulus van Liender after Jan de Beyer, 1760

Engraving of mythological women in an interior, a winged figure above, a flaming torch and spotted dogs at left.

The Daughters of Minyas

Jean Lepautre, published 1676

Etching of a woman in classical dress pointing toward a spider on a web in an interior with a bed and window.

Minerva Changing Arachne into a Spider

Jean Lepautre, published 1676

Etching of Amphion seated on a ledge playing a lyre, with ruined walls, an obelisk, and a city in the distance.

Amphion

Jean Lepautre, published 1676

Engraving of three mythological figures in a wooded landscape, one playing a pipe, within a laurel-leaf border.

Midas with Apollo and Pan

Jean Lepautre, published 1676

Engraving of a billowing funeral pyre with birds circling in smoke, a winged figure on a cloud, and a distant city.

Funeral Pyre of Memnon

Jean Lepautre, published 1676

Etching of a fallen man in rocky terrain facing a rearing sea monster, with a broken wheel nearby and a leafy border.

Hippolytus and the Sea Monster

Jean Lepautre, published 1676

Le Grand-Conde

Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1800

Buffon

Augustin de Saint-Aubin after Piat Joseph Sauvage, 1798

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a curled wig and white cravat, labeled J. Racine, within a ruled border.

Jean Racine

Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1806

Pen and brown ink drawing of Death with a scythe approaching a kneeling woodman beneath a large tree, with ruins in the dista

Death and the Woodman in a Coastal Landscape with Ruins

Ercole Bazicaluva

Brown chiaroscuro woodcut of the Holy Family with two saints, a seated Virgin, an infant, an ox and a lion in a landscape.

The Holy Family with Two Saints

Antonio da Trento after Parmigianino

Brown-toned chiaroscuro print of a crowded classical martyrdom scene with a seated ruler, soldiers, and a flying angel.

The Martyrdom of Saints Peter and Paul [recto]

Antonio da Trento after Parmigianino, c. 1530

Pen and wash drawing of a woman in a bonnet leaning on a ledge beside starched linen, a birdcage, and a vine.

Nancy Cock - Clear Starcher

Thomas Rowlandson, c. 1815

Pencil drawing of a grand multi-story palace facade across a square with carriages and small figures in the foreground.

Palazzo della Consultà

Francesco Piranesi

Louis-Rene de Caradeuc de la Chalotais

Pierre Etienne Moitte after Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, 1764

Guillaume Coustou

Augustin de Saint-Aubin after Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, 1770

Charles Duclos

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, 1763