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National Gallery of Art

25,727 works

Engraving of Juno in a chariot above Oceanus with a trident and a reclining nude Tethys among sea monsters.

Juno Complaining to Oceanus and Tethys about Callisto

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius, c. 1589

Engraving of a reclining nude woman and companion in a landscape with birds, a coast, sailing boats and a distant smoking hil

Apollo and Coronis

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1589

Engraving of Mercury raising a sword over sleeping Argus under a tree, with a cow and dog beside them.

Landscape with Mercury Raising His Sword to Kill a Sleeping Argus

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1589

Engraving of a nude armored warrior with a sword beside cannon and drums, laborers digging, a burning town, and Justice with

The Age of Iron

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1589

Engraving of Neptune with a trident among nude figures pouring water from jars, with mountains and a waterfall behind.

Neptune Plotting the Destruction of Man

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1589

Engraving of Deucalion and Pyrra throwing stones behind them on a rocky shore beside a domed temple and sea.

Deucalion and Pyrra Repeopling the Earth

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1589

Engraving of Daphne transforming into a laurel as Apollo pursues her across a mountain landscape, with Cupid flying above.

Daphne Changed into a Laurel Tree

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1589

Engraving of Jupiter and Io: a bearded man embraces a nude woman in a shadowy grove while a heifer appears at left.

Jupiter and Io

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1589

Engraving of Phaeton approaching the enthroned sun god in a columned palace, with attendants and a lion in the foreground.

Phaeton Asking for the Chariot

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1590

Engraving of a bearded figure standing on a swirling sphere amid clouds and flames, with Latin verses below.

Chaos: The Untangling of Chaos, or the Creation of the Elements

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1589

Engraving of Pan pursuing the nymph Syrinx among reeds by a river, with a reclining river god in the foreground.

Pan and Syrinx

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1589

Engraving of nude figures in a lush forest with Jupiter on a cloud above, a goat, and a sun face in the sky.

The Golden Age

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius, c. 1589

Engraving of muscular giants attacking the heavens while armed gods hurl thunderbolts from the clouds above.

The Giants Climbing the Heavens

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius, c. 1589

Red chalk drawing of robed figures burying the dead beside a stone tomb, framed by trees and classical architecture.

Tobit Burying the Dead

after Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione Antoine Watteau, c. 1710

Etching of two dogs fighting over a piece of meat in a field, with trees at right and a distant village spire at left.

The Disputed Meat (La viande disputé)

Jan le Ducq, 1661

Etching of a ewe standing over a nursing lamb, with another lamb resting in the grass at left.

Ewe Nursing Her Lamb

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem

Etching of three sheep and a lamb resting in a grassy pastoral landscape with rocks in the foreground.

Three Sheep and a Lamb

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem

Pencil drawing of a seated woman in a lace-trimmed gown and wide hat, playing a cittern and gazing upward.

Woman Playing a Cittern

Nathaniel Dance-Holland, c. 1770

Brown wash drawing of a seated woman with a child under a tree, a kneeling man, a grazing donkey, and a river landscape.

Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Hans Rottenhammer, 1596/1598

Misty watercolor woodland with slender trees, a dirt path, and a bright opening of light through green foliage.

June

Roswell Morse Shurtleff, c.1910

Pen and wash drawing of a symmetrical baroque fountain facade with arches, obelisks, statues, and a horse-topped urn.

Study for "The Seconda Macchina for the Chinea of 1754: An Allegory of Waterworks"

Paolo Posi, 1754

Pen drawing of an octagonal tower with a flag and statues, flanked by pedestal figures, a fountain and a column.

Study for "The Seconda Macchina for the Chinea of 1753: The Quarters of the Royal Militia"

Paolo Posi, 1753

Brown ink drawing of a vaulted hall with classical columns, statues, and a smoking altar at the far end.

A Monumental Vaulted Hall with a Smoking Altar

Luigi Tasca, 1813/1814

Watercolor of a tall rock pillar beside turbulent river rapids and boulders, with hazy canyon cliffs under a pale sky.

Tower at Tower Falls, Yellowstone

Thomas Moran, 1872

Engraved oval portrait of an elderly bearded man in a ruff collar, with Latin inscriptions around the border.

Portrait of Dirck Volckertcz. Coornhert

Hendrick Goltzius, 1591

Etching of an arcadian landscape with large oaks, a willow, a pond, a classical temple, and a satyr family with a sheep.

Arcadian Landscape with a Satyr Family

Carl Wilhelm Kolbe, 1759-1835

Pen and wash drawing of Mercury with winged helmet embracing Psyche, standing on a stone pedestal.

Mercury Abducting Psyche

after Jan Muller Michael Philip I, 1652

Etching of Christ embracing the Virgin Mary before a stone arch, with grieving onlookers, a kneeling woman and a dog in front

The Virgin Mary Taking Leave of Christ

Daniel Hopfer, c. 1520

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a flat cap and fur-trimmed cloak, with Latin inscriptions above and below.

Leopold Dick

Hieronymus Hopfer, c. 1525/1550

Lithograph of four men's heads in varied poses, several wearing round spectacles, signed L. Boilly 1832.

Self-Portrait

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1832