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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Drawing of a bearded man in a feathered hat with a round medallion, rendered in graphite and red chalk on pale paper.

Portrait of a Man Wearing a Hat with a Medallion

Unknown artist, 1520/1540

Pen drawing of a standing nude man holding a round mirror, with construction lines across his torso and legs.

Male Nude Holding a Mirror [recto]

Albrecht Dürer, c. 1500

Pen and ink sketch of a standing nude man beside a hatched, maned lion on pale paper.

Male Nude with a Lion [verso]

Albrecht Dürer, c. 1500

Pen and brown ink wash drawing of a standing young man before a seated bearded elder and a crowd of turbaned onlookers.

Joseph Recounting His Dreams

Rembrandt van Rijn, early 1640s

Brown ink drawing of an archer in a horned helmet drawing a bow, with a quiver of arrows at his hip.

Archer Drawing a Bow

Follower of Pietro Perugino, c. 1505

Red chalk sketch of a crowd with spears and poles in a hilly landscape, attributed to Vittore Carpaccio.

The Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand

Vittore Carpaccio, c. 1514

Red chalk sketch of several groups of standing men, some looking upward, with a seated figure pointing at upper right.

Groups of Male Figures

Vittore Carpaccio, c. 1514

Brown ink and wash drawing of an elaborate imaginary facade with columns, scrolled ornament, relief medallions and figures.

Fantasy of a Façade with Bizarre Ornaments

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1764/1766

Pencil and chalk drawing of a woman in a white veil and headdress, facing forward within an oval border.

Portrait of a Woman [recto]

Hans Holbein the Elder, c. 1508

Philippe Mengin de Bionval

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1812

Grey wash drawing of a vast classical church interior with coffered domes, columns, clouds through an oculus, and tiny figure

Perspective View of the Interior of a Metropolitan Church

Etienne-Louis Boullée, 1780/1781

Hand-colored engraving of a commander questioning a captive under a canopy, and the captive bound to a tree before a walled c

Holofernes Interrogating Achior

Unknown artist, c. 1575

Hand-colored print of Judith addressing bearded elders in a hall, with a city gate and soldiers in the background.

Judith Goes to the Camp of Holofernes

Unknown artist, c. 1575

Hand-colored print of Mary Magdalene kneeling with a skull and open book, attended by three angels, with a church in the back

Saint Mary Magdalene Pray for Us

Unknown artist, c. 1820

Engraving of a crowned king on a throne judging two women, a soldier with a sword beside him, a child lying below.

The Judgment of Solomon

Engraved oval portrait of Sir William Trumbull in a long curled wig, with coat of arms and inscription below.

William Trumbull

George Vertue after Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1724

Engraved oval portrait of a long-haired man in an embroidered coat holding a sketchbook and pen, with coat of arms below.

Pierre Mignard

Cornelis Vermeulen after Pierre Mignard I, 1690

Oval mezzotint portrait of a man with long curly hair, white collar and dark doublet, inscribed Johan de Wit below.

Johan de Wit

Abraham Blooteling after Pieter van der Banck

Circular engraving of the muse Clio seated by books and a tree, gesturing toward a battle scene in the mountains.

Clio

Crispijn de Passe I

Etching of a cluttered kitchen with a hanging carcass, vegetables in barrels, and two figures by a hearth.

Interior of a Kitchen

David Teniers the Younger

Engraving of cats performing music around a table, watched by an owl, with a monkey playing a flute on the floor.

The Cat's Concert

Coryn Boel after David Teniers the Younger

Pen drawing of an architectural baldaquin with Corinthian columns, arched opening, dome, and flame urns on a stepped base.

Design for a Baldaquin

Unknown artist

Pen and wash architectural elevation of a tiered catafalque with a wreath medallion, urns, and swags.

Design for a Catafalque

Unknown artist

Engraving of a dark arched tomb with a nude figure entwined by a serpent and a spear-holding figure seated at right.

The Tomb of Death

Francesco Bartolozzi after Thomas Stothard

Engraving of a birth scene with a canopied bed, attendant women, a newborn infant beside a basin, and a standing figure at le

The Birth of the Virgin

Giovanni Battista Fontana

Etching of the Annunciation: a kneeling Virgin faces a winged angel beneath a dove and radiating light in an interior.

The Annunciation

Giovanni Battista Fontana

Engraving of a baptism scene with a bearded man holding an infant beside a stone basin, surrounded by onlookers and columns.

The Baptism of Christ

Giovanni Battista Fontana

Etching of an angel descending toward a sleeping man under a large tree, with travelers and a distant town in the landscape.

The Angel Appearing to Joseph

Giovanni Battista Fontana

Etching of a woman holding a child on a donkey led by a man with a staff through a wooded landscape.

The Flight into Egypt

Giovanni Battista Fontana

Pencil sketch of a figure in a griffin costume with beaked head, wings, tail and spear on tan paper.

Figure Dressed as a Griffin