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National Gallery of Art

25,727 works

Monochrome print of a nude woman on a dark creature beside a crouching figure, against a shadowy landscape.

Fin de rêve

Maurice Dumont, 1895

Woodcut of a crowned king at a city gate with spear guards, facing a group of envoys approaching along a path.

The Swiss Embassy against the Blue King

Woodcut of an elderly bearded man kneeling beside a woman in a tall headdress, with a figure on a pedestal at right.

Solomon's Idolatry

Hans Burgkmair, 1519

Reddish-brown woodcut of a winged figure beside a fallen man before ornate Renaissance architecture with arches and a skull r

The Lovers Surprised by Death

Woodcut of Bathsheba bathing at a fountain in a walled city, attended by two maidservants, with an arched gateway behind.

Bathsheba at Her Bath

Hans Burgkmair, 1519

Red chalk drawing of a seated woman, a standing man, a young woman and a child in 18th-century dress.

The Letter

Johann Eleazar Zeissig

Woodcut portrait of a laureate man in fur-trimmed robe with books, Latin scrolls, and putti, 1507.

Conrad Celtis

Hans Burgkmair, 1507

Woodcut of a double-headed imperial eagle with medallions of the arts, nine muses, and allegorical figures beneath crowns.

The Imperial Eagle

Hans Burgkmair, 1507

A Gentleman Standing with His Arms Crossed

François-André Vincent

Woodcut of a walled city under siege, with military tents, soldiers, cannons, horses and smoke in the foreground.

The Battle of Padua

Woodcut of the Holy Family with Saint Anne and Saint Joachim, a dove and angels in clouds above the figures.

The Holy Family with Saint Anne and Saint Joachim

Hans Burgkmair, 1512

The Angel of the Annunciation

Swabian School, 1480s

Circular drawing with washes of a submerged man reaching toward a fruit tree with scrolls, framed in wood with gold edge.

Tantalus

Hans Holbein the Younger, 1535/1540

Chalk drawing of a seated young woman holding a bowl, draped in gray and red cloth beside a stone ledge.

Young Woman with a Bowl, Seated Outdoors

Johann Justin Preissler, 1733

Brown ink drawing of an ancient forum with arcaded porticos, stone lions, staircases, and statues along the rooftops.

An Ancient Forum with Porticos

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1742/1743

Watercolor of Ceres on a chariot pulled by two winged dragons through clouds, holding a sickle and wheat.

Carro di Cerere (Chariot of Ceres)

Pietro de Angelis

Tall narrow ornamental drawing with urns, scrolling foliage, and two helmeted figures at the base.

Two Children Wearing Helmets

Giovanni Pietro Birago, 1505

Vertical engraved ornamental frieze with scrolling foliage, urns, putti, and a nereid with a serpent tail at the base.

Nereid Ridden by Two Children

Giovanni Pietro Birago, 1505

Oval brown wash drawing of a reclining nude youth and a seated draped woman with a dog beneath trees.

Diana and Endymion

Attributed to Frans Floris I, c. 1560

Vertical engraved ornament panel with scrollwork, a putto, a triton, a child with torch, and armor motifs.

Ornament Panel: Triton Ridden by a Child

Giovanni Pietro Birago, 1505

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a dim studio with a glowing oil lamp, a cluttered table, jugs, and a figure resting behind.

The Artist's Studio

Melchior Lechter, 1885

Tall engraved ornament panel with a central urn, scrolling foliage, armor, and two putti at the base.

Ornament Panel: Two Children Wearing Helmets

Giovanni Pietro Birago, 1505

Tall engraved ornament panel with scrolling foliage, a central urn, and four playing children at the base.

Ornament Panel: Four Children Playing

Giovanni Pietro Birago, 1505

Vertical ornament panel with a seated satyr holding a violin, embracing putti, a vase, and scrolling foliage.

Ornament Panel: Satyr Holding a Violin

Giovanni Pietro Birago, 1505

Red chalk drawing of a dromedary camel lying on the ground, head turned left, with diagonal hatching in the background.

A Dromedary Camel

Johann Elias Ridinger, 1750s

Vertical engraved ornament panel with scrolling foliage, urns, putti, and a nereid playing a lute at the base.

Ornament Panel: Nereid and Two Children Playing Musical Instruments

Giovanni Pietro Birago, 1505

Vertical engraved ornament panel with two cupids, crossed halberds, a central urn, and griffins at the base.

Ornament Panel: Griffins and Two Cupids Crossing Halberds

Giovanni Pietro Birago, 1505

Vertical engraved ornament panel with scrolling foliage, urns, and a nereid with two children riding sea creatures at the bas

Ornament Panel: Nereid Ridden by Two Children

Giovanni Pietro Birago, 1505

Vertical ornament panel with engraved scrollwork, classical urns, serpents, and small nude putti.

Ornament Panel: Three Children Blowing Horns

Giovanni Pietro Birago, 1505

Engraved vertical ornament panel with two putti, stacked urns, acanthus scrolls, and sphinx figures at the base.

Ornament Panel: Two Sphinxes and Two Children Holding Palms

Giovanni Pietro Birago, 1505