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National Gallery of Art

14,495 works

Etching of the Virgin appearing in clouds to a kneeling monk beside a tomb with skulls and souls below.

The Madonna del Carmelo Appearing to Saint Simon Stock

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo after Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1759

Etching of a fantastical prison interior with chains, stone arches, a staircase and an inscribed title plate.

Title Plate

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published 1749/1750

Etching of a small stone monument on a canal edge, with a rowboat, overhanging trees and a distant city skyline of domes.

The Little Monument

Canaletto, c. 1735/1746

Engraved title page for Blake's Book of Job illustrations, showing winged figures on a cloud beneath decorative lettering.

Title-Page of the Engraved Illustrations to the Book of Job

William Blake, 1825

Engraving of the Virgin and Child enthroned under an arch, surrounded by angels and saints, within an ornate architectural fr

The Virgin and Child Enthroned, with Angels and Saints

after Maso Finiguerra, 1450/1470

Etching of an ox-drawn cart crossing a wooden bridge over a canal, with an arched stone building at left and bathers in the w

The Wagon Passing Over a Bridge

Canaletto, c. 1735/1746

Engraving of Job and his family kneeling and praying beneath a tree, with sheep, a crescent moon and a distant church.

Job and His Family

William Blake, 1825

Engraving of a plumed foot soldier with a pike standing beside a tree, with mountains in the distance, dated 1520.

Foot Soldier Standing by a Tree

Sebald Beham, 1520

Woodcut of a walled town where a man is executed in the square as soldiers with pikes and a crowd watch.

Execution of a Man at a Market-Place of a Town

Leonhard Beck, 1514/1516

Engraving of a running messenger approaching a seated bearded man and a woman with raised hands, beneath a tree and sheep.

The Messengers Tell Job of His Misfortunes

William Blake, 1825

Woodcut of a messenger handing a letter to a crowned king in an arched hall, with an armored knight standing behind.

A Message Concerning the White King's Marriage

Woodcut of armored horsemen with spears approaching a walled city gate, where townspeople gather on a bridge under a church s

Various Men Kneeling on a Bridge in front of a Town

Leonhard Beck, 1514/1516

Engraving by William Blake: enthroned God above angels, Satan descending in flames toward Job, his wife and servant, with an

Satan Going Forth from the Presence of the Lord

William Blake, 1825

Engraving of a nude woman holding a sword before a classical arched niche, titled Lucretia by Jacopo Francia.

Lucretia

Giacomo Francia, c. 1510

Engraving of the Nativity: Mary and Joseph kneel by the infant Christ in a manger, with angels and a shepherd beside them.

The Nativity

Ludwig Krug, 1516

Engraving of nude Satan standing over Job covered in boils, with a kneeling woman and rising sun behind.

Satan Smiting Job with Boils

William Blake, 1825

Engraving of nude women and an elderly woman in a wooded landscape, with a castle on a hill in the background.

Allegory of Envy

Cristofano Robetta

Woodcut of a dense battle with armored soldiers, pikes and banners, fallen men in the foreground and a mountain under clouds.

Battle of Cividale

Hans Leonhard Schäufelein

Engraving of a seated bearded man with a woman behind him, while robed figures raise their arms toward a bright sky above mou

Job's Comforters

William Blake, 1825

Engraving of Christ in a crown of thorns carrying a cross, surrounded by soldiers with spears and onlookers, dated 1512.

Christ Carrying the Cross

Albrecht Dürer, 1512

Etching of a kneeling man embraced by an older cloaked figure at a doorway, with onlookers and a distant landscape.

Return of the Prodigal Son

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1636

Engraving of a bearded seated man with raised arms beside two mourning figures, with a stone structure and text.

Job's Despair

William Blake, 1825

Woodcut of a radiant bearded figure with seven stars and ornate candlesticks, with a kneeling figure below.

The Vision of the Seven Candlesticks

Albrecht Dürer, probably c. 1496/1498

Etching of an old bearded man in a fur cap and dark velvet cloak, one hand resting on a chair arm.

Old Man with Beard, Fur Cap, and Velvet Cloak

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1632

Engraving of a radiant haloed figure above kneeling men gazing upward, framed by an inscribed border of text.

The Vision of Eliphaz

William Blake, 1825

Woodcut of the Lamb of God in a radiant circle, surrounded by crowned elders, angels, and kneeling figures holding palm branc

The Adoration of the Lamb

Albrecht Dürer, probably c. 1496/1498

Engraving of a forest scene with a kneeling bearded man, a turbaned seated figure, and a reclining cloaked figure.

Mahomet and the Monk Sergius

Lucas van Leyden, 1508

Engraving of Job seated among three gesturing bearded friends and his wife, with mountains behind and verses above and below.

Job Rebuked by His Friends

William Blake, 1825

Woodcut of seven angels blowing trumpets around an enthroned God, with disasters falling on a sea and landscape below.

The Seven Angels with the Trumpets

Albrecht Dürer, probably c. 1496/1498

Engraved portrait of a man in armor and lace collar within an oval laurel wreath, with a coat of arms below.

Marechal de Guebriant

Robert Nanteuil, 1655