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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Engraving of a seated woman with a floral headdress as a man reaches through a window with a stick in an elegant room.

L'amour frivole

Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet

Engraved oval portrait of a woman with curled powdered hair and lace collar within a ribbed oval frame.

Madame du Barry

Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet, 1750

Engraved portrait of two children with a white goat under an oak tree, one holding a basket of fruit.

Le Comte d'Artois as an enfant with Mlle. Clotide

Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet, 1767

Engraving of a woman leaning in distress while a cloaked man gestures near a large tree and cottage in a village.

Le Devin du Village (Colette Weeping)

Pietro Antonio Martini, 1779

Engraving of a thatched hut where feathered native figures confront a European in a plumed hat while armed men stand nearby.

La découverte du nouveau monde

Pietro Antonio Martini

Engraving of elegantly dressed figures dancing in a wooded landscape, with a coat of arms and inscription below.

Ballet at the Opera

Pierre François Basan, 1761

Pencil sketch of a stone archway, ruined stairs, a wooden shed and a small figure in a street, dated 1832.

Ruined Stairs at Neuss

Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, 1832

Brown ink and wash drawing of a beheading scene with a kneeling man, a woman holding a platter, and soldiers in plumed helmet

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

Hans Stutte, 1617

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a stream winding through a gnarled ancient forest toward distant hills.

Stream through an Ancient Forest

Large engraved print of a multi-tiered triumphal arch with a central gateway, narrative panels and heraldic shields.

The Triumphal Arch of Maximilian

Albrecht Dürer, 1515 (1799 edition)

Brown ink drawing of a carved galley with a woman and armed men, a bearded figure pointing, and a sea nymph in the waves.

The Abduction of Helen of Troy

Charcoal drawing of workers repairing a large dome with scaffolding, ropes and arched openings around a courtyard.

Repairing a Dome

Attributed to François-Marius Granet, c. 1810

Red and black chalk drawing of robed men debating in a columned hall, with a central figure gesturing among them.

Christ among the Doctors

Drawing of a seated monk with outstretched arms, draped robe, in red and black chalk with white highlights on blue paper.

A Monk Seated with Arms Outstretched [Study for the Virgin in the _Vision of Blessed Felice da Cantalice_]

Fra Semplice da Verona, 1625

Pen and wash drawing of the Virgin crowned by a bishop and a robed figure amid clouds, angels and cherubs.

The Assumption and Coronation of the Virgin

Matthäus Gundelach, 1615

Engraved oval portrait of a woman in a jeweled headdress and lace ruff, framed by the name Louise de Lorraine.

Louise de Lorraine

Thomas de Leu after François Quesnel

Engraved oval portrait of an elderly bearded man in a cap and fur-collared robe, with Latin inscription around the frame.

Gentien Hervet, Canon of Reims

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in armor with curly hair, with French verse inscription below.

Charles de Gontaut, Duke of Biron

Louis XVI, Henri IV, and Louis XII

Augustin de Saint-Aubin after Piat Joseph Sauvage

Engraving of a man in 18th-century dress writing at a desk by an open window with trees and clouds beyond.

M. Lambert

Jean-Baptiste Delafosse, after Louis de Carrogis, called Carmontelle, c. 1761

Engraved portrait of a seated man in a wig reading a book beside a column, with a river and bridge in the background.

Daniel-Charles Trudaine

Unknown artist, c. 1761

Jean-Baptiste-François Durey de Meinières

Jean-Baptiste Delafosse, after Louis de Carrogis, called Carmontelle, c. 1760

Engraved portrait of a man with curly hair and a draped cloak, gesturing with one hand, labeled Sebastiano Ricci Pittore.

Sebastiano Ricci

Pier Antonio Pazzi after Giovanni Domenico Campiglia

Engraving of the Virgin and Christ Child on clouds, with a kneeling female saint offering a palm and angels above.

Virgin and Child with Martyrs

after Pietro da Cortona, c. 1660

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in armor and laurel wreath, with a royal coat of arms and French verse below.

Henri IV, King of France

Pierre Landry, 1662

Engraved portrait of a seated man beside an open book and a table, with an inscription naming René Descartes.

René Descartes

Unknown artist

Engraved oval portrait of a woman in a dark veil and habit holding a rosary, with a castle landscape behind her.

Isabelle Claire Eugénie

Balthazar Moncornet

Oval engraved portrait of a woman with curled hair, dark hat and white collar, labelled Christine de France.

Christine of France

Balthazar Moncornet

Engraved oval portrait of Anne of Austria with curled hair, lace collar, and fleur-de-lis drapery behind her.

Anne of Austria

Balthazar Moncornet

Oval engraved portrait of a man with curly shoulder-length hair, white collar and dark doublet, crosshatched background.

Armand de Bourbon

Balthasar Moncornet after Luggert van Anse