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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Watercolor of Christ among apostles and a helmeted Roman soldier, with cherubs above a walled city.

Christ with Apostles and a Roman Soldier

Ernest Zacharias Platner

Two sheets of pen and pencil sketches showing studies of a child's head and a seated figure, with handwritten notes.

Seated Figure and a Cow; Three Studies of a Child's Head

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Engraving of the Judgment of Paris: three nude goddesses before a shepherd in a wooded landscape with Mercury and Cupid.

The Judgment of Paris

Jean Mignon after Luca Penni

Engraving of Hercules in a lion skin facing a coiled many-headed hydra beside a tree.

Hercules and the Hydra

Battista d'Agnolo, 1552

Lithograph of three harnessed horses led by a man with a whip through a brick archway onto a cobbled street.

Adelphi Wharf

Théodore Géricault, 1821

Charcoal drawing of leaning trees over a riverbank with water reflections and distant hills, by Henri-Joseph Harpignies.

Landscape

Henri Harpignies, 1911

Circular engraving of an old personified Winter holding a smoking brazier, with a frozen river and town below.

Winter

Jacob Matham after Hendrik Goltzius, 1589

Etching of a seated couple outside a thatched hut, with a standing man leaning on a staff and a bird on the roof.

The Marriage of Angelica and Medoro

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Drawing of a bishop and a crowd of figures gathered around a nude man before a seated ruler under a red canopy.

Saint Martin of Tours Healing the Servant of Tetrodius

Jacob Jordaens, c. 1630

Brown ink and wash drawing of a figure on a cloud, seen from below, with one arm raised and loose drapery.

A Woman Seated on a Cloud, Seen from Below

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750s

Brown chiaroscuro print of Christ carrying the cross, crowned with thorns, surrounded by soldiers and mourning women.

The Bearing of the Cross

Andrea Andreani after Alessandro Casolani, 1580s

Engraving of a skull on sheet music with a candlestick, flowers, books and floating bubbles, a vanitas still life.

Vanitas

Unknown artist

Woodcut of a woman in a robe holding a severed head by the hair, with an attendant beside her, in brown tones.

Judith and Holofernes

Ludwig Büsinck after Georges Lallemand, 1620-1640

Mlle. Etienne-Goconde-Cunégonde-Bécassine

Honoré Daumier, 1834

Etched stage design with curtains, clouds, and rows of dancing figures in costume across several tiers.

Sesta Scena di Tutto Cielo

Stefano Della Bella after Alfonso Parigi II, 1637

Pen and brown ink drawing of a river landscape with trees along a winding riverbank and distant hills.

River Landscape

Unknown artist

Pencil sketch of three ragged figures on tan paper, with handwritten signatures beneath them.

Three Hobos on the Artist's Signature

Adolph Menzel, 1887

Charcoal sketch on grey paper of a seated, leafy-crowned male figure with one arm raised, draped in an animal skin.

Bacchus

Unknown artist

Etching of a village along a canal with windmills and a flat landscape stretching to the horizon.

Village beside a Canal

Johannes Ruisscher, second half 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of two seated women leaning together, with sketched foliage and a small head in the margins.

Two Seated Women

Pellegrino Tibaldi

Etching of a wooded landscape with tall trees, two walking figures, a small bridge over a stream, and a wooden fence.

Wooded Landscape with a Bridge

Anthonie Waterloo

Engraving of a dead man on a stone tomb surrounded by mourners, with a cherub, dense trees and a distant city.

The Entombment

Style of Albrecht Dürer, early 17th century

Woodcut in black and blue showing two children with a lamb beside a leafy tree and a stone block dated 1725.

Two Children Petting a Lamb

Anton Maria Zanetti I, 1725

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a seated warrior with a round rosette shield on blue-grey paper.

Seated Warrior Holding a Sword and Shield [recto]

Giacomo Cavedone, c. 1612

Charcoal drawing of two clasped hands with forearms on grey paper, white highlights on the knuckles.

Clasped Hands [verso]

Giacomo Cavedone, c. 1612

Etching of a bearded older man in a feathered turban and fur-trimmed robe, holding a walking stick and a cup.

The Persian

Georg Friedrich Schmidt, 1756

Watercolor ceiling design with a central medallion of cherubs and figures, surrounded by ornate pastel panels and borders.

An Ornate Ceiling with an Allegory of Spring

Giacomo Quarenghi, 1790/1815

Engraved portrait of a bewigged man with a sash and star badge, beside a putto holding a book, in a stone niche.

Samuel Liber Baro de Cocceji

Georg Friedrich Schmidt, 1751

Watercolor drawing of a rustic watermill with a Gothic brick ruin, figures, dogs, and a distant church spire.

Rustic Watermill in a Gothic Ruin

Hendrik de Meyer II, 1778

Engraving of a stone prison room with two men at a desk and four women in period dress, one standing and three seated.

La malheureuse famille Calas (The Unfortunate Calas Family)

Jean-Baptiste Delafosse, 1765