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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Engraved interior scene of women in 18th-century gowns and feathered hats preparing in a dim room with a kneeling man.

The Preparations for the Ballet

Salvatore Tresca after Nicolas Lavreince, 1782

Engraving of an elegant 18th-century salon concert with musicians, seated listeners, and classical statues under a domed ceil

L'assemblee au concert

Francois-Nicolas-Barthelemy Dequevauviller after Nicolas Lavreince, 1784

Engraved theatre scene of costumed performers around a bust on a pedestal, with audiences in boxes and the pit below.

Couronnement de Voltaire (The Crowning of Voltaire)

Charles-Etienne Gaucher after Jean-Michel Moreau, 1782

Engraving of women attending to a seated woman at a vanity table in an ornate rococo interior, dated 1743.

Le desir de plaire

Louis de Surugue de Surgis after Jean-Baptiste Joseph Pater, 1743

Engraved salon scene with elegantly dressed figures conversing beneath a chandelier, classical columns, and ceiling cherubs.

L'assemblee au salon

Francois-Nicolas-Barthelemy Dequevauviller after Nicolas Lavreince, 1783

Engraving of two women in a draped bedchamber, one reclining on a daybed and one seated reading a letter, within an oval laur

Nouvelles du bien-aimè

François Marie Isidore Queverdo

Engraving of women attending a nude woman bathing in a basin in a paneled interior, with a dressing table and window.

Les plaisir de l'ete

Louis de Surugue de Surgis after Jean-Baptiste Joseph Pater, 1744

Engraving of women dressing in an attic bedroom with a canopy bed, a dressing table, hat boxes, and a young boy.

Le lever des ouvrieres en modes

Francois-Nicolas-Barthelemy Dequevauviller after Nicolas Lavreince, 1784

Engraving of an 18th-century ballroom with dancing couples in formal dress beneath crystal chandeliers and draped curtains.

Le bal pare

Antoine-Jean Duclos after Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1774

Colored print of two women in a period interior, one holding an infant toward a seated woman in a plumed hat.

Le dejeuner de Fanfan

Jean-Baptiste Mallet after Henri Nicolas van Gorp

Engraved interior of a crowded attic bedchamber with canopy beds and young women working by candlelight.

Le coucher des ouvrieres en modes

Francois-Nicolas-Barthelemy Dequevauviller after Nicolas Lavreince, 1788

Engraving of an elegant 18th-century salon concert with seated audience, harpsichord, harp, violinists, and classical columns

Le concert

Antoine-Jean Duclos after Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1774

Etching of Venetian palaces with arched windows and balconies on a canal, with gondolas floating in the water.

The Palaces

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Engraving of Saint George on horseback lancing a dragon while a kneeling woman watches from a rock at upper right.

Saint George

Martin Schongauer, c. 1480/1490

Woodcut of three haloed saints holding books under arches and columns, with small landscape scenes and angels in the side nic

Christ and His Disciples I

after Martin Schongauer Anonymous

Etching of a dark archway with overhanging trees, men seated at a table at right, and a woman with a child at left.

The Traghetto, No.II

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Pen drawing of two apprentices fighting in a room, one striking with a stick, beside a tripod stand and shoes on the floor.

Apprentices Fighting

Martin Schongauer, probably c. 1480

Woodcut of three haloed bearded figures in arched niches, one holding a key and book, within an ornate architectural frame.

Christ and His Disciples II

after Martin Schongauer Anonymous

Etching of a Venetian waterfront with figures on the quay, moored boats, a gondola on the water, and distant palazzo facades.

The Riva, No.I

James McNeill Whistler, 1879/1880

Engraving of two adult wild boars and several piglets on the ground, rendered in fine parallel hatching.

Family of Pigs

Martin Schongauer, c. 1480/1490

Woodcut of three haloed robed saints standing in arched niches within ornate architecture, the center holding a chalice.

Christ and His Disciples III

after Martin Schongauer Anonymous

Etching of an arched passage opening onto a quay with small boats, figures, and hanging laundry beside a canal.

San Biagio

James McNeill Whistler, 1879/1880

Engraved ornament of scrolling foliage, interlaced tendrils and hop vines with cones and leaves on a pale ground.

Ornament with Hop Vine

Martin Schongauer, c. 1480/1490

Woodcut of three haloed robed figures in arched niches with columns, candles and small background figures.

Christ and His Disciples IV

after Martin Schongauer Anonymous

Etching of masted boats moored in a lagoon with a church tower and waterfront buildings on the horizon.

San Giorgio

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Engraved double portrait of a man and a woman in tall headdresses against a patterned background, c. 1490.

Double Portrait of Israhel van Meckenem and His Wife Ida

Israhel van Meckenem, c. 1490

Woodcut of three arched niches with haloed saints holding a halberd and a sword, plus figures on a path under clouds.

Christ and His Disciples V

after Martin Schongauer Anonymous

Etching of a Venetian waterfront with pedestrians, gondolas, moored boats, and palazzo facades along the canal.

The Riva, No.II

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Engraving of richly dressed courtiers dancing around a pedestal with three musicians, with a banquet scene at right.

The Dance at the Court of Herod

Israhel van Meckenem, c. 1500

Engraving of elegantly dressed couples dancing in a tiled hall with musicians on a balcony and card players at a table.

The Ball

Master MZ, 1500