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National Gallery of Art

14,495 works

Engraving of a gaunt winged figure leaning over a sleeping man on a bed beneath drapery, with a lamp on a table nearby.

La Famine par l'ordre de Cérès vient répandre son venin sur Eresicthon, tandis qu'il dormoit

Louis Binet after Jean-Michel Moreau, published 1767/1771

Drawing of Venus embracing Adonis on clouds with cupids above, in grey and white chalk by François Boucher, 1767.

Venus appuyee sur son cher Adonis ...

François Boucher, 1767

Oval engraved portrait of a balding man with a mustache, lace collar and Maltese cross, inscribed Thomas Stilianus.

Thomas Stilianus

Ottavio Mario Leoni, 1625

Grey wash drawing of a woman on altar steps, a priest with a knife, soldiers, and a goddess with a deer in clouds.

The Sacrifice of Iphigenia

Jean-Michel Moreau, 1769

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling man reaching toward a woman under a garlanded garden arch with a balustrade behind.

Le Mari sylphe

Hubert François Gravelot, 1765

Engraved portrait of a bearded man with a lace collar inside an octagonal frame, labeled Simon Vouet, 1625.

Simon Vouet

Ottavio Mario Leoni, 1625

Red and white chalk drawing of a seated woman in a pink lace-trimmed gown and powdered hairstyle, 1778.

Yes or No

Jean-Michel Moreau, 1778

Pen and wash drawing of a library interior with a couple at a doorway and a seated man studying a framed picture.

Le Connoisseur

Hubert François Gravelot, 1765

Etching of two women and two men picnicking in a wooded glade beside a large tree, with a dog by a pond.

La colation

Jean Moyreau after Antoine Watteau, c. 1729

Dark leather book cover with gold tooled border, central crown and fleur-de-lis emblem, and classical column motifs.

Album of Portraits of Queen Marie-Antoinette

Various Artists, volume assembled between 1815 and 1942

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a powdered wig and lace jabot, labeled F. Boucher, in a decorative frame.

Francois Boucher

Engraved oval portrait of Laurent Cars in a powdered wig and period coat, with an inscribed cartouche below.

Laurent Cars

Simon Charles Miger after Jean-Baptiste Perronneau

Hand-colored engraving of a couple embracing in a tavern kitchen while a fiddler and onlookers watch.

Histoire de Manon Lescaut (volume I)

Antoine-Francois Prévost and Louis-Joseph Lefevre and Various Artists, published 1797

Grey wash drawing of a couple embracing by a fireplace while servants watch, with a dog on the floor and a caption below.

Nous n'avons pas le patience d'attendre que nous fussions seuls

Louis-Joseph Lefevre, published 1797

Engraved portrait of a man with curly hair in a fur-trimmed coat, holding a brush beside a drawing board, with French verse b

Figures de différents caractères, de Paysages, et d'Etudes dessinées d'après nature par Antoine Watteau (volume I)

Various Artists after Antoine Watteau, c. 1726

Engraving of an elegant interior with a man reading at a tea table, a woman seated beside him, a servant pouring tea, and a d

Le dejeuner anglais

Gérard Vidal after Nicolas Lavreince

Engraved interior with a reclining woman on a daybed under draped canopy and a seated man watching her nearby.

Le roman dangereux

Isidore-Stanislas Helman after Nicolas Lavreince, 1781

Engraving of a seated woman in a gown with a small dog, beneath a cupid medallion in a richly furnished interior.

La Consolation de l'absence

Nicolas Delaunay after Nicolas Lavreince, 1785

Engraving of an interrupted lesson: a seated man, a woman in a plumed hat, a standing woman, and a boy with a drum in a panel

La lecon interrompue

Gérard Vidal after Nicolas Lavreince

Engraving of two women seated in a wooded pastoral scene with sheep, a dog, and a stone lion sculpture.

Les deux confidantes

Jean Ouvrier after François Boucher, 1761

Engraving of Venus reclining by a stream with two cupids, one with a flower basket, beneath a large tree.

Venus et les amours

René Gaillard after François Boucher

Engraving of a couple embracing at a writing table while a woman in a gown watches from the left in an 18th-century room.

Les moeurs du temps

Pierre-Charles Ingouf after Sigmund Freudenberger

Engraving of a seated woman in a bonnet sewing at a small table beside a curtain, within an ornate border.

Le Bon Exemple

Juste Chevillet after Jean-Gaspard Heilmann, 1762

Engraving of a kneeling man kissing a woman's hand beside classical columns, with a cupid statue and garden behind.

La Declaration

Charles-Clement Bervic after Louis Rolland Trinquesse

Engraving of a reclining man with cherubs and a woman on clouds above, a helmet and sword at his side, and two dogs below.

Le Songe d'Amour (Love's Dream)

Nicolas François Regnault after Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1785

Engraved portrait of a seated woman in a lace bonnet spinning thread at a wheel beside a fireplace.

Mademoiselle Sa Soeur

Juste Chevillet after Jean-Gaspard Heilmann, 1762

Engraving of two courting couples in a garden with classical columns, a cupid, and a nude statue beside a tree.

Le Serment

Charles-Clement Bervic after Louis Rolland Trinquesse

Engraving of a woman writing beside a tree with a spaniel on a bench, with dedication text and coat of arms below.

Le Chiffre d'amour

Nicolas Delaunay after Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1786

Engraving of a woman on a swing among trees, with a young man and a cupid below beside a basket of flowers.

La Bascule

Jacques-Firmin Beauvarlet after Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1760

Engraving of a man embracing a woman holding a rose in a bedroom with a canopy bed and scattered clothing.

La Rose mal defendue (The Poorly Defended Rose)

Philibert-Louis Debucourt, 1791