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National Gallery of Art

25,734 works

Ink and wash elevation of a baroque church facade split into two design alternatives, with statues, urns and a cross.

Elevation for a Church Facade, with Alternatives

Piedmontese 18th Century, first half 18th century

Hand-colored engraving of a loggerhead sea turtle swimming above rippled water, with a rock at lower right.

The Logger-head Turtle (Testudo Cavanna)

Mark Catesby, 1731

Ink plan of a domed central building with three curved wings of labeled rooms, drawn in French, with a scale bar.

Ground Plan for an Academy of the Fine Arts

Unknown artist, 1750/1790

Hand-colored print of a dark brown coach-whip snake knotted across the page above a green branch with a red flower.

The Coach-Whip Snake (Coluber flagellum)

Mark Catesby, 1731

Hand-colored engraving of a red and white banded snake coiling around a plant with green leaves and a bulb.

The Corn Snake (Coluber fulvius?)

Mark Catesby, 1731

Pen and ink drawing of a timber-roofed barn interior with a staircase, stone arches, and a view of a rural gate and cottages.

Interior of a Barn Built on Ancient Ruins

Hand-colored engraving of a spiny iguana climbing a branch with green leaves and a large green fruit.

The Guana (Lacerta Iguana)

Mark Catesby, 1731

Hand-colored engraving of a brown lizard on a green plant stem with yellow and white flowers and exposed roots.

The Lyon Lizard (Lacerta 6-lineata)

Mark Catesby, 1731

Hand-colored print of a dark snake with a yellow belly beside a pink coneflower with green leaves, by Mark Catesby, 1731.

The Glass Snake (Anguis ventralis)

Mark Catesby, 1731

Charcoal sketch of a seated figure in a cap and loose jacket, head bowed, arms resting on knees, on tan paper.

Study of a Jockey

Edgar Degas, c. 1884

Hand-colored print of a dark purple martin perched beside ivy vines with red berries and a thatched roof.

The Purple Martin (Hirundo purpurea)

Mark Catesby, 1731

Pastel and charcoal drawing of two studies of a seated jockey in a helmet, with curved motion lines on brown paper.

Two Studies of a Jockey

Edgar Degas, c. 1884

Hand-colored engraving of a white-headed eagle diving toward a fish, with a smaller flying eagle and an enlarged head outline

The Bald Eagle (Falco leucocephalus)

Mark Catesby, 1731

Study of a Jockey (M. de Broutelles)

Edgar Degas, c. 1884

Hand-colored engraving of a brown booby on a rock by the sea, with a sailing ship and a head study inset.

The Booby (Pelecanus Sula)

Mark Catesby, 1731

Lithograph of a ruined Gothic church interior with arches, a tomb monument, two standing figures, and trees visible through a

Ruine Frauenkirch mit dem Grabmale der Genoveva und des Pfalzgrafen Siegfried (Ruins of the Church of Our Lady with t…

Domenico Quaglio the Younger, 1821

Hand-colored print of a black skimmer bird with an open orange and black bill, standing on a sandy mound.

The Cutwater (Rhynchops nigra)

Mark Catesby, 1731

Engraving of an ornate column topped by a many-breasted female figure, with stags, a griffin, unicorns and winged figures.

A Grotesque with Diana of Ephesus and Diverse Animals

Master AP, 1555

Hand-colored engraving of a red-clawed crab beside a branching yellow coral on a cream background.

The Red Clawed Crab (Cancer erythropus)

Mark Catesby, 1731

Engraved print of a bearded face with long hair and blood drops on a draped veil, above a crown of thorns and Latin inscripti

The Veil of Saint Veronica

Nicolas de Plattemontagne after Philippe de Champaigne

Grey wash landscape of a valley with trees, a distant lake, rolling hills and a rocky outcrop on the right.

The Head of Ullswater

Edward Dayes, 1790s

Hand-colored engraving of a green gar fish beneath a branch with yellow flowers, green leaves, and berries.

The Green Gar Fish (Esox osseus)

Mark Catesby, 1731

Grey chalk drawing of a reclining prophet and flying putti seen from below, with diagonal perspective guide lines.

Ceiling Studies of a Prophet and a Putto Seen from Below

Giulio Cesare Procaccini, 1602

Pen and grey wash drawing of three draped women standing in a row, one holding a covered cup and another a jar.

The Three Marys

Johann Willinges, 1590

Fan-shaped print of a ballerina in a tutu facing a bearded man in a top hat, with another man behind them, in warm orange ton

Fan

Jean-Louis Forain, 1903

Brown ink and wash drawing of several gondolas with gondoliers poling across water.

Gondolas

Attributed to Francesco Guardi

Etching of two kneeling pilgrims before a rough wall, one with a raised arm and a crutch on the ground.

Lourdes, Imploring before the Grotto (fourth plate)

Jean-Louis Forain, 1912

Brown wash drawing of a nude man holding a torch and a flaming orb, with a dog, tree, and small crowd behind him.

Ignis

Hendrick Goltzius, c. 1586

Etching of two figures bending over a stretcher-bound paralytic, with faint sketched figures in the background.

Lourdes, the Paralytic (second plate)

Jean-Louis Forain, 1912

Pen and brown ink drawing of a standing nude figure with draped cloth, beside a cat, a pig, and a pedestal.

Allegorical Figure with a Cat and a Pig

Jacopo di Giovanni di Francesco, c. 1530