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National Gallery of Art

25,724 works

Engraving of Venus, Bacchus and Ceres with a cupid, grapes, wheat and a cornucopia of fruit, with Latin verses below.

Sine Cerere et Baccho Friget Venus

after Abraham Bloemaert Jan Pietersz Saenredam, c. 1600

Engraving of Alexander the Great seated on a throne in a columned hall, with guards and petitioners before him.

Alexander the Great Seated in Justice

after Joachim Anthonisz Wtewael Willem Swanenburgh, 1606

Engraving of soldiers with halberds standing over a bearded man and a fallen body in a columned Roman interior.

Beheading of the Roman Judge Papinian

after Joachim Anthonisz Wtewael Willem Swanenburgh, 1606

Engraving of a woman led away by armed men in a columned courtyard while elders gesture beside a tall column.

Suzannah before Daniel

after Joachim Anthonisz Wtewael Willem Swanenburgh, 1606

Engraving of Aiolos, god of wind, standing on a shell at sea with billowing drapery, within an ornate armored frame.

Aiolos, Personification of Wind

Heinrich Ulrich

Etching of a martyrdom scene: a nude man on a gridiron over fire, a crowd, a seated ruler, and an angel descending at upper r

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

Claude Vignon, 1593-1670

Watercolor of snowy Gothic monastery ruins, with pointed arches, tracery windows, pine trees and crows on the floor.

Ruins of the Oybin Monastery in Winter

Karl Heinrich Beichling, c. 1830

Painted sketch of a cavalry officer seen from behind, in green uniform with white crossbelts and plumed shako, on orange grou

A Mounted Cavalry Officer Seen from Behind

Franz Adam, 1850s

Hand-colored print of reclining nude Venus with a white dove and rose garland against blue drapery, after Boucher.

Le Réveil de Venus (Venus Awakening)

Louis-Marin Bonnet after François Boucher, 1769

Title page with German text reading Erste Ausgabe and Exemplar No. 1 on an off-white sheet.

Dramen: VI Motive in X Blättern. Radierungen Opus IX

Max Klinger, 1883

Black chalk and white heightened drawing of classical figures and a crowd in a colonnaded interior with arches.

Brutus Condemning His Sons to Death

Gabriel François Doyen, c. 1760

Watercolor of the Rialto Bridge over a Venetian canal, with gondolas, sailing boats and palazzo facades under a blue sky.

The Rialto Bridge, Venice

William James Müller, 1835

Yellow book cover with black stylized figures holding hands, framed by bold bands, lettered Zeichnungen von Ernst Ludwig Kirc

Kirchner - Zeichnungen (Kirchner Drawings)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1925

Lithographed title page with a harp among ferns, plants and rocks beside a stream, lettered Sechs Landschaftstudien, 1829.

Sechs Landschaftstudien nach der Natur

Carl August Lebschee, 1829

Red chalk drawing of a young woman in a bonnet sewing while a small dog rests on her lap.

Young Woman Sewing with a Dog Resting on Her Lap

Johann Gottlieb Glume, 1750s(?)

Pen and ink drawing of a soldier with a sword walking beside a plumed woman with a flask, with a castle and lake behind them.

A Soldier Walking with a Camp Follower

Circle of Urs Graf I, 1523

Engraving of Vulcan and a companion hanging an iron net above a bed, with a cupid and classical columns nearby.

Vulcan Hanging an Iron Net above the Bed

after Philip Galle Hans Collaert the Younger, 1580-1628

Engraving of Judith holding a sword beside a servant who carries the severed head of Holofernes under a tent curtain.

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

after Hendrik Goltzius Christoffel van Sichem I

Engraving of a seated draped female figure holding a scepter, with a mountain landscape, hilltop town and miners in a cave.

Earth

after Dirck Barendsz Jan Sadeler I, 1587

Engraving of Neptune holding a trident while riding a sea horse through rough waves under a cloudy sky.

Water

after Dirck Barendsz Jan Sadeler I, 1587

Crayon sketch of a river landscape with green hills, a yellow shore, and two figures in a rowing boat.

Elbe Landscape Near Dresden

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1909

Red and black woodcut book cover with angular figures of men and bold title lettering for Jakob Bosshart's stories.

Jakob Bosshart: Neben der Heerstrasse (Jakob Bosshart: Near Main Street)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1922

Woodcut print of a nude woman with raised arms beside a carved figure, on a geometric patterned carpet, in black on ochre pap

Naked Girl on a Carpet (Nacktes Mädchen auf Teppich)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1924

Black and white expressive print of dark fir trees, church spires and a pale winding path, by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner.

Taunus Firs

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1916

Black and white print of a standing nude woman leaning forward against a dark interior with figures and drapery behind her.

Standing Nude in a Room

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1921

Pen and wash drawing of figures around a laden table, contrasting plain robes with fine dress and a feast.

Allegory of Poverty and Wealth

Etching of a winter scene with skaters on a frozen river, a rowboat, a distant walled city, and a farmhouse with bare trees.

Winter

Conrad Meyer, 1649

Watercolor of a hilltop village on a rocky cliff above the sea, with sailboats and travelers on a path in the foreground.

Le Château d'Eze, pres de Nice

Mathias Gabriel Lory, 1841/1843

Charcoal drawing of a man's angular face beside a seated figure in a studio with sketched paintings on the wall.

Self-Portrait in the Studio (Selbstbildnis im Atelier)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1923

Chiaroscuro print of a seated giant with a staff beside sheep, as armed men approach from a ship at left.

Ulysses and Polyphemus

after Francesco Primaticcio John Baptist Jackson