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National Gallery of Art

25,727 works

Woodcut print of a bleeding bearded face with a crown of thorns, framed by a draped veil.

The Sudarium

Anthonis Sallaert

Etching of a seated cloaked man among skulls, bones, ruins and tall plants, with an inscribed tomb reading VANITAS in the for

Democritus Meditating

Johann Heinrich Schönfeld, 1654

Engraving of three men in period dress playing wind instruments, standing on grassy ground with pebbles at their feet.

Three Musicians

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1551

Engraving of a curly-haired man in a draped robe writing beside an eagle at a stone pedestal, with ruined masonry behind him.

Saint John the Evangelist

Lambert Suavius, c. 1545

Etching of a horned devil figure pouring from a vessel atop a mound, with writhing nude figures below and shadowy figures in

The Silver Devil

François Chifflart, 1865

Black and white woodcut of a wooden house among trees and flowers, with radiating sunlight lines across the sky.

Mountain House

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1917

Etching of a man in a fur hat and cloak, his raised hand near his face, rendered in dense cross-hatched lines.

Man with a Scroll

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, c. 1645/1647

Engraving of soldiers killing infants and mothers, with nude figure studies and standing men on a pedestal at right.

The Massacre of the Innocents

Hendrick Goltzius, c. 1585-1586

Watercolor of a tall waterfall down a cliff, two figures on a rock ledge, and a leaning pine in the foreground.

Cascade dessus Wasserberg (Waterfall above Wasserberg)

Caspar Wolf, c. 1774

Watercolor of a ruined arched hall framing a watermill by a stream, with a seated figure reading near the water.

Architectural Fantasy of Antique Ruins with a Watermill

Caspar Wolf, 1760s

Sepia print of a man in powdered wig and armor within an oval frame, inscribed Louis Quinze, Roy de France.

Louis Quinze, Roy de France (Louis XV)

Jean-Charles François, 1767

Grey-blue wash drawing of two classically dressed lovers embracing in an interior with draped curtains.

Embracing Lovers in Classical Dress / A Woman in Classical Dress Looking Up

after Raphael Heinrich Friedrich Füger, 1785/1790

Pencil sketch of crumbling Roman brick walls with three arched openings, overgrown foliage, and scattered rubble in the foreg

Roman Walls

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Pencil drawing of a walled garden entrance with classical gateway, figures and tall trees behind a low wall.

Entrance to a Walled Garden

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Pen and brown ink drawing of a woodland copse with tall trees, exposed roots and rocks in grass, signed and dated 1863.

A Copse of Trees

Karl Theodor Reiffenstein, 1863

Pencil drawing of a house with an arched door, tall trees, a lattice fence and a garden fountain in the foreground.

House and Trees across a Garden Wall

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Pencil drawing of a classical colonnade with fluted Corinthian columns, an entablature, and a glimpse of a balustrade beyond.

Portico of the Palazzo Nuovo, on the Campidoglio

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Pencil drawing of an arcaded loggia with a statue, a dog, and large trees in a garden setting.

Loggia and Statuary in an Italian Garden

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Pencil drawing of a balustraded terrace by a river, with a villa and tall trees behind it.

Terrace by a River with a Villa and Trees Beyond

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Brown wash drawing of Apollo and the Muses on a rocky height, with a winged horse drinking at a spring below.

Apollo and the Muses on Mount Parnassus

Johann Christoph Storer, c. 1640

Graphite sketch of an arched stone wall beside a pond with figures on top, framed by dense trees.

The Fishpond at Villa Madama

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1746

Graphite drawing of a waterfall tumbling down rocky cliffs beneath buildings on a hilltop, with sketched foliage below.

Cliffs with a Waterfall at Tivoli

Claude Thiénon

Pencil sketch of Roman rooftops with classical columns, a balustrade, tall trees and buildings with windows.

Roman Rooftops

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Black and white chalk drawing of a seated elderly man in classical drapery, gesturing with one arm, on brown paper with grid

An Elderly Man in Classical Drapery

Unknown artist, 18th century

Pencil drawing of a stone arched bridge leading to a fortified town gate with round towers and trees.

A Stone Bridge and the Fortified Entrance to a Town

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Watercolor drawing of a brown field mouse seen from above, limbs spread and tail curled, on pale paper.

A Field Mouse, from Above

Johann Rudolph Schellenberg, c. 1775

Pencil drawing of a garden fountain with stone steps and classical balustrade beneath tall trees.

Fountain of Pomona in the Gardens of the Villa d'Este, Tivoli

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Two Studies of a Woman Dressing

Félix Vallotton, 1890s

Pencil sketch of a shady pergola and stone archway in a valley, with a hillside village in the distance.

A Shady Arbor in the Valley of Gragnano

Johann Adam Klein, 1820

Engraving of a sleeping young woman in a bonnet, holding knitting needles, with a yarn basket beside her.

La tricoteuse endormie

Claude Donat Jardinier, 1765