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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Lithograph of a striped tiger lying on grassland before a dark rocky outcrop and cloudy sky.

Study of a Tiger

Antoine-Louis Barye

Hand-colored woodcut of a seated bishop listening to a child while a winged angel stands nearby in a stone niche.

Confession

Unknown artist, 1460/1470

Engraving of an alphabet of capital letters in a panel, flanked by two nude putti and scrolling ornamental borders.

Alphabet

Heinrich Aldegrever, c. 1525/1555

Engraving of a winged nude woman reclining among piled helmets, shields, spears and armor, with a building behind.

Victory Reclining Amid Trophies

Jacopo de' Barbari, c. 1500/1503

Hand-colored woodcut of a haloed Christ figure using a compass to measure a celestial globe with sun, moon and stars.

Christ Measuring the Globe

Unknown artist, 1460/1470

Engraving of three ornamental buckle designs with foliage, bearded masks, a nude figure, and a vase, dated 1536.

Three Buckles of Girdles Side by Side

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1536

Engraving of nude winged cupids dancing in a circle on rocky ground against a dark hatched background.

Dance of the Gods of Love

Sebald Beham, after Marcantonio Raimondi, after Raphael

Hand-colored woodcut of Saint Peter with a key beside a church doorway, a companion figure holding a book at right.

Saint Peter as Founder of the Church

Unknown artist, 1460/1470

Engraved ornamental panel with acanthus scrolls, nude figures, putti and grotesque masks in the corners.

Cross Panel with Vine in Center and Tritons' Couple

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1537

Engraving of nude warriors fighting and abducting a figure, with banners reading RAPTUS and HELENAE, beside a ship's prow.

The Abduction of Helena

Sebald Beham after Barthel Beham

Hand-colored woodcut of Christ showing wounds beside Saint Peter, Mary Magdalene, and a figure with outstretched arms.

Christ Showing His Wounds to Peter, the Magdalene and the Good Thief

Unknown artist, 1480/1490

Engraved ornament strip with a curly-haired child among acanthus leaves and scrolling vines on a hatched background.

Ornament with Foliage and a Child in the Center

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1539

Engraved frieze of centaurs and satyrs embracing around scrolling foliage, with a monogram tablet at top center.

Frieze with Centaurs

Sebald Beham, 1521

Hand-colored medieval print of three crowned kings adoring the Christ child beneath a red star.

The Adoration of the Magi

Unknown artist, c. 1400/1430

Engraved frieze of a triumphal procession with a horse-drawn chariot, carrying vases, palms and standards.

Triumphal Procession

Sebald Beham after Barthel Beham, c. 1528/1530

Engraving of nude centaurs fighting, one brandishing a club and a horse skull, another drawing a bow while carrying a woman.

Battle Scene, with Castor and Pollux Abducting the Daughters of Leukippos

Sebald Beham, c. 1528/1529

Hand-colored woodcut of the Madonna and Child with four haloed saints, one holding a sword, one with a crozier.

Madonna and Child with Four Saints

Unknown artist, c. 1410/1430

Engraved ornament panel with two winged tritons blowing horns on either side of a central urn, framed by acanthus scrolls.

Ornament with a Couple of Tritons Blowing Horns

after Barthel Beham Sebald Beham, 1544

Engraving of Hercules holding a club in a lion skin as a servant offers him a torn cloth, set in a classical courtyard.

Lichas Presenting Nessus' Tunic to Hercules

Sebald Beham, 1542/1548

Hand-colored woodcut of Saint Alto, a bishop with mitre and crozier, beside a church, birds and trees, c. 1500.

Saint Alto

Unknown artist, c. 1500

Engraved ornament panel with a central eagle flanked by two winged putti among leafy scrolls on a dark hatched ground.

Ornament with Eagle and Two Genii

after Barthel Beham Sebald Beham, 1544

Engraving of Hercules carrying a huge column through an architectural courtyard with arcades and a domed building.

Hercules Carrying the Columns of Gades

Sebald Beham, 1545

Hand-colored woodcut of a priest elevating a host at an altar while a kneeling figure and a crowd witness the scene.

Miracle at Seefeld

Unknown artist, 1484

Engraved ornament panel with a winged nude female demon flanked by two griffins amid acanthus scrollwork.

Ornament with Female Demon

after Barthel Beham Sebald Beham, 1544

Engraving of Hercules lifting and choking the giant Antaeus among rocks, with a tree and a club nearby.

Hercules Killing Antaeus

Sebald Beham, 1545

Sheet of decorative gothic capital letters in three rows, with interlaced hatching and curling flourishes in dark ink.

Ornamental Alphabet

Unknown artist, 1480/1490

Engraving of putti playing with a bitch and three young dogs in front of a hatched background.

Children Playing with a Bitch and Three Young Dogs

Master of the Horse Heads

Engraving of nude Leda seated with a swan, its neck curving toward her, with a castle and trees behind.

Leda and the Swan

Sebald Beham, 1548

Hand-colored woodcut showing a crowned figure with a torch over dead children, a weeping woman at a window, and candlelit fig

Massacre of the Firstborn and Egyptian Darkness

Unknown artist, c. 1490

Etching of thatched cottages with chimneys and smoke, geese in the foreground, and a fence across an open rural field.

Les Petites Chaumières (Thatched Cottages--Small Plate)

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1878