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National Gallery of Art

25,727 works

Watercolor landscape of travelers with a donkey on a rocky road, a stone tower at right, and mountains under a soft sky.

View from Tivoli across the Tiber Valley at Sunset

Franz Kaisermann, 1813

Pencil and wash sketch of a ruined tower among wooded hills under a cloudy sky, with a bare tree in the foreground.

Ruins of a Fortified Tower among Wooded Hills [recto]

Friedrich Salathé, 1816/1821

Engraving of a wooded idyll with reclining figures, a goat, a peacock, and Jupiter on a cloud above.

The Golden Age

after Nicolaes de Bruyn after Abraham Bloemaert Anonymous, 1644

Etching of a rocky valley with fields, a distant village, and mountains under a sky with clouds.

The Enclosed Valley

Hercules Seghers

Two oval etched portraits of an old man in a cap and an old woman in a headscarf, set against cross-hatched backgrounds.

Heads of a Peasant Man and Woman

Adriaen Brouwer

Lithograph of a woman bending over a rocking cradle beside a sleeping cat and pitcher on a shelf, with sheet music text.

La Berceuse

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1895-1896

Engraving of a bearded saint with a halo reading an open book, leaning on a stone ledge in an arched niche.

Saint Simon

Lambert Suavius, 1545

Etching of the Marriage at Cana showing a banquet with seated guests, servants pouring wine into stone jars, and arched inter

The Marriage at Cana

Odoardo Fialetti

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a feathered hat and lace ruff holding a baton, with armor and a city view behind him.

Frederik Hendrik, Prince of Nassau-Orange

Willem Jacobsz. Delff, 1618

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in lace ruff and armor, with Latin inscriptions, dated 1633.

William Louis, Count of Nassau-Beilstein

Willem Jacobsz. Delff, 1633

Engraved oval portrait of a woman with curly hair, lace collar and pearl necklace, with an inscription below.

Catherine, Countess of Pallandt

Willem Jacobsz. Delff

Etching of Venus seated beside Cupid, who whittles a bow beneath a large tree.

Venus with Cupid Whittling His Bow

Odoardo Fialetti, 1617

Brown wash drawing of the Holy Family resting in a wooded landscape with a grazing donkey and distant town.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Carlo Antonio Tavella, 1720

Bust of Mlle. Marcelle Lender (Mlle. Marcelle Lender, en buste)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1895

Brown wash drawing of a grand classical hall with basketweave columns, a painted coffered ceiling, draped curtains and armill

Fantasy of a Great Hall with Basketweave Columns

Pietro Gonzaga, c. 1800

Brown wash drawing of a fantasy ancient capitol with symmetrical staircases, a temple facade, domed rotundas and a central co

Fantasy of an Ancient Capitol with Trophies and Grand Staircases

Pietro Gonzaga, c. 1800

Red chalk drawing of a cow and four sheep arranged in a symmetrical study on pale paper.

Four Sheep and a Cow

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, c. 1652

Red chalk print of two seated male nudes on a stone block, one seen from behind, the other looking down.

Two Male Nudes

Jean-François Janinet after Charles-Nicolas Cochin the Younger, c. 1774

Watercolor of a narrow stone-stepped street leading to a dark arched passage, with a tree and blue sky above.

A View in Subiaco

Pio Joris, 1873

Watercolor of the Piazza San Marco in Venice with a brick bell tower, arcaded buildings, strolling figures and pigeons.

The Piazza San Marco

Rudolf von Alt, 1874

Watercolor study of arching fountaingrass clumps in a meadow corner with trees and shrubs behind.

A Corner of a Meadow with Fountaingrass

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1870

Engraving of Mercury with a caduceus beside three draped women in a wooded landscape, with Latin text below.

Mercury and the Three Graces

Agostino Carracci after Jacopo Tintoretto, 1589

Sepia ink drawing of the Acropolis in Athens with the Parthenon on the hilltop above ruined arches and trees.

View of the Acropolis

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Etching of a river landscape with dense trees, a stone bridge, a horseback rider, reeds, and a cloudy sky.

Orage à la Fin du jour

Paul Huet, 1868

Sepia drawing of ruined Doric columns and stone walls of an ancient Greek temple with two small figures in the foreground.

Propylaeum

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Sepia drawing of Roman theater arches with cattle, a herder and trees in the foreground.

Theater of Herodes Atticus

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Ink and wash drawing of a ruined ancient monument with seated figures and reliefs on a rocky hill, with a man standing at rig

Monument of Philopappos

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Engraved text plate with Latin inscriptions from Roman arches in an ornamental border of scrolls and foliage, by Piranesi, 17

Text Plate

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748

Sepia drawing of a columned neoclassical university building with a horse carriage and palm trees in the foreground.

University

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Etching of the Adoration of the Magi: kneeling king before the Virgin and Child, angels above, attendants and ruins behind.

The Adoration of the Magi

Giovanni David after Scarsellino