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National Gallery of Art

1,161 works

Black and white print of a bishop with crozier beside a swan, with a heraldic shield and flowers in the lower landscape.

Saint Hugo of Lincoln (or Saint Hugo of Avalon)

Unknown artist, probably 1460/1480

Engraving in a circle of a seated peasant man holding a winged shield, with two birds and a plant sprig nearby.

Shield with Wings, Held by Peasant

Martin Schongauer, c. 1480/1490

Engraving of Jupiter seated with a scepter, Venus gesturing to him, Mercury at left, and an eagle and cherub below.

Venus se plaint a Jupiter de la tempete que Junon a excitee contre Enee

Henri Simon Thomassin

Woodcut-style print of Saint Bruno with a halo, holding a palm frond and book, with a scroll and shield.

Saint Bruno

Unknown artist, probably 1460/1480

Engraving of a hairy wild man with a leafy wreath and club beside a shield bearing a greyhound, in a circular frame.

Wild Man Holding a Shield with a Greyhound

Martin Schongauer, c. 1480/1490

Pen and brown ink drawing of two figures in masquerade costumes, one with a globe-like body and one with a plumed helmet.

Two Men in Masquerade Costumes: The Earth and a Parade Helmet

Stefano Della Bella, 1645

Woodcut print of a standing bishop-like saint with halo and mitre, with a column of stars and a kneeling figure below.

Saint Hugo of Grenoble

Unknown artist, probably 1460/1480

Engraving of a bearded wild man with leafy crown holding a shield with a stag, in a circular frame with mountains.

Shield with Stag, Held by Wild Man

Martin Schongauer, c. 1480/1490

Black lithograph of a man in a beret and bow tie beside an easel, with loose hatched strokes on cream paper.

Self-Portrait

Paul Cézanne, 1899

Hand-colored print of a haloed female saint in a grey hooded robe holding a small book, within a yellow decorative border.

Saint Catherine of Siena, or Saint Clare of Assisi

Unknown artist, c. 1460/1470

Engraving of a hairy wild man holding two shields, one with a leaping rabbit and one with a moor's head, in a circular frame.

Shields with Rabbit and Moor's Head, Held by Wild Man

Martin Schongauer, c. 1480/1490

Soft colored crayon portrait of a woman with long dark hair framed by stylized plants, by Edmond Aman-Jean.

Mlle Moréno de la Comédie-Française

Edmond Aman-Jean, 1897

Woodcut of the Christ Child holding a cross-topped globe in a sunburst circle, with four angels and blackletter text in the c

Divine Infant with the Globe in a Circle with Four Angels

Unknown artist, probably c. 1500

Etching of a hooded peasant resting on a sill inside a dark wooden window opening, lines modeling light and shadow.

The Peasant in a Window

Cornelis Pietersz Bega

Pencil drawing of a tree of life with robed Franciscan friars below and the Holy Trinity with a dove above.

The Holy Trinity in the Tree of Life Adored by Franciscans

Jacques Callot, 1625

Circular print of a haloed woman mourning a nude haloed man across her lap, with radiating light and a rocky landscape behind

Lamentation for Christ

Hans Baldung Grien, c. 1512

Engraving of a horned satyr playing a lute beside a tree, with a reclining woman nursing an infant in the foreground.

Satyr's Family

Jacopo de' Barbari, c. 1503/1504

Red chalk head study of a young man looking upward with wavy hair, drawn on paper with a red-ruled border.

Head Study of a Young Man Looking Upward

Dirck Helmbreker, 1660

Woodcut of richly dressed men and a woman at a table with cards and food, two men raising swords, titled Ecclesia Antichristi

Ecclesia Antichristi

Sebald Beham, 1530

Monochrome drawing of a figure reaching out among tall forest trees, with thorny branches and flowers framing the scene.

Tannhäuser

Aubrey Beardsley

Circular engraving of figures resting in a lush forest with peacock, turkey, goat and eagle, with cherubs and text cartouches

The Golden Age

Johann Theodor de Bry

Bookplate with a divided gold and black heraldic shield bearing antler forms, flanked by initials D and F and leafy foliage.

Bookplate of Dominicus Frauenfelder

Unknown artist, c. 1500

Lithograph of a crowded Rouen street with timber-framed houses, a domed church tower, and townspeople with a handcart.

Rue du gros-horloge, Rouen

Richard Parkes Bonington, 1824

Engraved title page with a laurel-crowned bust on a pedestal, a coat of arms, and Latin dedicatory text below.

The Triumph of Julius Caesar: Title Page

Andrea Andreani, 1599

Oval engraving of the Descent of the Holy Spirit, with a dove above rays of light and draped apostles gathered below an arch.

The Descent of the Holy Spirit

Domenico Campagnola, 1518

Woodcut portrait of a bearded man with a book, beside a crucifix with INRI sign and a rose emblem.

Martin Luther, Half-Length to the Left with a Book in his Hands

after Lucas Cranach the Younger

Print of a crowded Roman triumphal procession with soldiers, robed figures, an eagle standard and a barred window in a stone

The Triumph of Julius Caesar

Andrea Andreani, 1599

Engraving of a beheading scene with a kneeling woman, an executioner, a crowd, and a dog in an arched interior.

Beheading of Saint Catherine

Domenico Campagnola, 1517

Hand-colored lithograph of a uniformed soldier leaning on a wall, looking at a downcast boy, with busts and a building behind

Dieu ai-je aimé cet être la

Honoré Daumier, 1831

Pen and ink drawing of the Baptism of Christ with a nude Christ, a bearded baptizer, and onlookers in a landscape.

The Baptism of Christ

Pietro Perugino, 1475