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National Gallery of Art

2,569 works

Ink and wash sketch of a body laid on a platform with mourning figures around it in a dim interior.

The Laying Out of Christ

Pencil sketch on a sketchbook page of a reclining winged angel figure with loose hatched shading.

Study of an Angel in Rubens' "The Prophet Elijah"

Paul Cézanne, 1892/1895

Sketchbook page with two loose figure studies in pencil, ink and watercolor wash, one reclining and one foreshortened.

Victor Chocquet and an Angel for "The Apotheosis of Delacroix"

Paul Cézanne, 1878/1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of a beheading scene with a kneeling man, a woman holding a platter, and soldiers in plumed helmet

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

Hans Stutte, 1617

Red and black chalk drawing of robed men debating in a columned hall, with a central figure gesturing among them.

Christ among the Doctors

Engraving of the Virgin and Christ Child on clouds, with a kneeling female saint offering a palm and angels above.

Virgin and Child with Martyrs

after Pietro da Cortona, c. 1660

Watercolor of Christ among apostles and a helmeted Roman soldier, with cherubs above a walled city.

Christ with Apostles and a Roman Soldier

Ernest Zacharias Platner

Drawing of a bishop and a crowd of figures gathered around a nude man before a seated ruler under a red canopy.

Saint Martin of Tours Healing the Servant of Tetrodius

Jacob Jordaens, c. 1630

Engraving of a dead man on a stone tomb surrounded by mourners, with a cherub, dense trees and a distant city.

The Entombment

Style of Albrecht Dürer, early 17th century

Chalk drawing of a man gazing upward while holding a palm frond, with a dark cloak and white collar.

Saint Stephen

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1730s/1740s

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child, kneeling king, and standing figures before

The Adoration of the Magi

Biagio Pupini, 1525

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged armored figure with scales and sword standing over a dragon-like demon.

Saint Michael with Lucifer

Giuseppe Porta, 1556

Grey wash drawing of the Holy Family in a carpenter's shop, a man sawing wood, a boy measuring, a woman seated, and an angel

The Holy Family in the Carpenter's Shop

Charles Dominique Joseph Eisen, c. 1755

Engraving of the crowned Virgin spreading her cloak over two kneeling bearded men in robes, with clouds and a halo behind her

The Madonna Protecting Two Members of a Confraternity

Agostino Carracci, 1582

Engraving of the Holy Family: Mary seated with the sleeping Christ Child, and an elderly Joseph beside her.

The Holy Family

Agostino Carracci, 1597

Arched drawing of the Virgin's coronation surrounded by angel musicians playing organ, lute and cello, with saints and putti.

The Coronation of the Virgin with Angel Musicians and All Saints

Master J.N., c. 1590

Brown wash drawing of Saint Luke painting at an easel with a winged angel above, and four expressive heads below.

Saint Luke at His Easel and Four Expressive Heads

Jean Claude Richard de Saint-Non after Jean-Honoré Fragonard after Andrea Celesti, 1775

Graphite sketch of a seated draped female figure with faint cherubs, clouds, and a landscape sketched around her.

Seated Angel in a Landscape [recto]

Anicet Charles Gabriel Lemonnier

Pen and watercolor drawing of a stoning scene with a kneeling saint, a crowd throwing stones, and heavenly figures above.

The Stoning of Saint Stephen

Johann Georg Dieffenbrunner, 1754

Details from "The Adoration of the Magi" and "The Pool at Bethesda"

Jean Claude Richard de Saint-Non after Jean-Honoré Fragonard after Sebastiano Ricci, 1774

Brown ink and wash drawing of men carrying a golden calf above, and sleeping figures reclining below.

Worship of the Golden Calf and Christ on the Mount of Olives

Jean Claude Richard de Saint-Non after Jean-Honoré Fragonard after Jacopo Tintoretto, 1775

Engraving of ruined classical architecture with a kneeling Saint Jerome, a lion, and an open book in the foreground.

Saint Jerome in a Landscape with Ruins

Hieronymus Cock after Maerten van Heemskerck, 1552

Watercolor landscape of tall trees, a stone balustrade building, and a distant dome under a pale sky.

View of the Dome of Saint Peter's, Rome

Henri Harpignies, 1863

Théâtre Libre theatre program with color illustration of Pierrot struck by a man in green, plus handwritten verse and cast li

Chevalerie rustique; L'Amante du Christ; Marié; Les Bouchers

Adolphe Willette, 1888

The Madonna and Child with an Escaped Goldfinch

Guercino, early 1630s

Brown wash drawing of Saint Mark seated with a lion, flanked by two bishops with crosiers and two hovering putti.

Saint Mark with Two Bishops and Putti

Attributed to Jacopo Palma il Giovane, c. 1580

Brown ink and wash drawing of God the Father in clouds with outstretched arms, surrounded by angels and putti.

God the Father Standing in Clouds Surrounded by Angels and Putti

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1770s

Saint Jerome

Pietro Rotari after Antonio Balestra, 1725

Engraved religious border with God the Father above, two haloed saints at the sides, a serpent below, and an empty central pa

Border Illustration with God the Father, Two Saints, and a Serpent

Unknown artist, 1613/1646

Engraved border with robed saints, winged angels blowing trumpets, and small religious scenes around a blank central panel.

Border Illustration with Saints and Scenes from the Life of Christ

Unknown artist, 1613/1646