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National Gallery of Art

2,569 works

Etching of an octagonal domed chapel elevation above its floor plan with Italian labels.

Plan and Elevation of the Church of the Ascension

Jacques Callot, 1619

Etched plan and elevations of the Church of the Holy Nativity showing stairs, arches, a column and an altar.

Plan and Elevation of the Church of the Holy Nativity

Jacques Callot, 1619

Etched plan and cutaway view of the Holy Sepulchre church with lettered keys, staircases, vaulted crypt and cartouche.

Plan and Part of the Elevation of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre of the Madonna

Jacques Callot, 1619

Etching of the Baptism of Christ beside a river, with a walled town, large trees and distant hills under clouds.

The Baptism of Christ, Set in a Mountainous Landscape

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi ?

Hand-colored woodcut of the Madonna and Child enthroned between two saints, one a bishop, one crowned in red robes.

The Madonna and Child Enthroned, with Saints Corbinian and Sigismund

Unknown artist, 1492

Etching of a saint and angels in clouds above a cavalry battle on a plain before a walled city with domes.

Saint Prosper

Stefano Della Bella, possibly 1652

Black and white chalk drawing on blue paper of a bearded man's head turned sideways, resting on a faint platter outline.

Head of Saint John the Baptist

Francesco Marmitta, 15th century

Engraving of the Virgin Mary nursing the infant Christ while seated on a crescent moon, with radiating rays and stars.

The Madonna on the Crescent

Albrecht Dürer, 1510/1511

Pen and ink study sheet with four figures: two winged angels among clouds, a standing woman, and a seated woman in prayer.

Studies for an Annunciation [recto]

Palma il Giovane

Chiaroscuro print of the Madonna with haloed head holding the Christ Child, who reaches toward a bishop holding a crozier.

Madonna and Child with a Bishop

Andrea Andreani after Alessandro Casolani, 1591

Pen and ink drawing of the Crucifixion with three crosses, soldiers with spears in the foreground, and a distant city.

The Crucifixion

Unknown artist, c. 1520

Brown chiaroscuro woodcut of the Holy Family with two saints, a seated Virgin, an infant, an ox and a lion in a landscape.

The Holy Family with Two Saints

Antonio da Trento after Parmigianino

Brown-toned chiaroscuro print of a crowded classical martyrdom scene with a seated ruler, soldiers, and a flying angel.

The Martyrdom of Saints Peter and Paul [recto]

Antonio da Trento after Parmigianino, c. 1530

Engraving of an elderly bearded man writing at a desk with a quill, a book stand and inkwell beside him, and a lion at lower

Saint Jerome

Jacopo de' Barbari, c. 1501/1504

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a nude male figure raising one arm and holding a staff, on toned paper.

Saint John the Baptist

François Lemoyne, c. 1717

Engraving of the Holy Family: Mary holds an apple beside the infant Christ, with an older man and a column behind them.

The Holy Family

Hendrik Goltzius after Bartholomaeus Spranger, 1585

Pen and wash drawing of a nude figure with a lion, a cross and an open book among rocks and clouds.

Saint Jerome in the Wilderness

Pen and wash drawing of the Baptism of Christ with two figures at a rocky ledge, clouds with cherubs, and a tree.

The Baptism of Christ

Pen and grey wash drawing of a draped hermit on a rocky ledge before a crucifix, with a mountain and tree behind.

A Desert Hermit Adoring the Crucifix

Pen and grey wash drawing of the dead Christ draped on rocks, with two kneeling angels at right beneath a cloud and mountains

The Dead Christ with Angels

Pen and brown ink sketch of figures gathered under bare trees beside a stone bench, with a seated woman and a child.

The Madonna and Child with Saints in a Landscape (Sacra Conversazione)

Vittore Carpaccio, 1500/1510

Blue chiaroscuro print of an executioner with a raised sword above a kneeling figure, before a seated ruler and crowd.

The Martyrdom of Saints Peter and Paul

after Parmigianino Antonio da Trento, c. 1530

Watercolor of a ruined Gothic church interior with open vaults, rubble, and workers among debris below.

The Ruins of Saint Nicolai Church in Hamburg

Martin Gensler, 1871

Pen and grey wash drawing of two bearded prophets with a winged angel pointing upward behind them.

The Prophets Hosea and Jonah

Louis-Felix de La Rue after Raphael

Pen and ink landscape drawing with a hilltop castle, rocky cliffs, large trees, small figures, and clouds.

Landscape with the Baptism of Christ

Attributed to Pieter Cornelisz Kunst, c. 1530

Watercolor drawing of a dying man on a blue bed attended by two haloed figures beneath a rainbow arc of angel faces.

The Death of Saint Joseph

William Blake, 1803

Circular engraving of Saint George on horseback spearing a dragon, with a kneeling woman, a lamb, and a castle behind.

Saint George and the Dragon

Israhel van Meckenem, c. 1465/1470

Ink and wash drawing of the Holy Family with saints and a flying angel beneath dark trees.

The Holy Family with Saints [recto]

Hermann Weyer, c. 1616/1617

Pen and ink drawing of a winged angel with a staff, a young man, and a dog on a rocky landscape path.

Tobias and the Angel [verso]

Hermann Weyer, c. 1616/1617

Brown wash drawing of a bearded prophet and a sibyl beside putti within an ornate classical architectural frame.

Prophet and Sybil

Unknown artist