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National Gallery of Art

25,727 works

Engraved portrait of Pope Urban VIII in a papal skullcap and vestments, with a beard, against hatched background.

Pope Urban VIII

Ottavio Mario Leoni, 1625

Engraved portrait of a man with mustache and lace collar in an octagonal frame, inscribed with Bernini and Leoni.

Gianlorenzo Bernini

Ottavio Mario Leoni, 1625

Pencil drawing of large oak trees beside a dirt road leading to a ruined stone tower on the Appian Way.

Oaks along the Appian Way near Albano

Jean-Paul Flandrin, 1834

Collage of hand-coloured engravings with an oval portrait, a rider, playing cards and a cartouche titled The Eye Deceived.

The Eye Deceived

Sutton Nicholls, c. 1705

Engraved cartoon of a dragon coiled around a decorated vase showing a flag, opium and business scenes, holding a New Treaty s

A Diplomatic (Chinese) Design Presented to U.S.

Thomas Nast, 1881

Engraving of a crowned skeleton awarding a medal to the wreathed figure of Bacchus in a dim courtroom crowded with onlookers.

King Death's Distribution of Prizes. Bacchus Takes the First Premium

Thomas Nast, 1870

Etched title page with a winged figure on a column, falling figures in a starry sky, and a central title cartouche reading DR

Title Page

Max Klinger, 1883

Etching of an ornate terrace with a leaning woman, a sprawled man on steps, a stone urn, and birds in a dark sky.

In Flagranti

Max Klinger, 1883

Watercolor of a rocky beach at low tide with layered cliffs, a moored boat, and distant sailboats under cloudy sky.

The Rocky Beach and Cliffs at Fécamp

Edward William Cooke, mid-1830s

Etching of classical ruins framed by a large arch, with Corinthian columns, a carved sarcophagus, a statue and small figures.

Ancient Forum Seen Beneath an Arch

Pierre Moreau, c. 1750

Brown ink drawing of an empty cartouche framed by a curtain, two female figures, theater mask garlands and an eagle with armo

A Cartouche with Theater Masks

Pierre Philippe Choffard

Monochrome drawing of a rider and dog beside a still pond with rocky banks, trees, and a bird in the sky.

A Rider by a Mountain Pond at Sunset

Adolphe Appian, 1870s

Etching of a helmeted warrior walking beside a veiled older woman holding a leafy branch near a stone pillar.

Aeneas and the Sibyl

Gérard de Lairesse, c. 1670

Etching of a gnarled ancient tree beside a stream and smaller trees, with a flat meadow stretching to the horizon.

Landscape with a Stream and an Ancient Tree

Adriaen Hendriksz. Verboom, 1660s(?)

Print from Drawing Book

Luca Ciamberlano, c. 1610/1620

Engraving of a bearded saint in a hooded habit, gazing upward with hands on his chest, haloed by radiating light lines.

Saint Francis of Assisi

Attributed to Luca Ciamberlano, c. 1610/1620

Book cover with a large pink and red stylized flower over a dense blue-green leafy vine pattern.

The Golden Legend: the Golden Legend of Master William Caxton done anew (volume 1)

William Morris, Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, and Jacobus de Voragine, 1892

Engraving of a crowded banquet hall with musicians, dancing couple, feasting guests, and a nude statue in a niche.

A Pleasure House

after Joos van Winghe Jan Sadeler I, 1588

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a youth with wavy hair turned three-quarter view on tan paper.

Portrait of a Youth

Vincenzo Gemito, 1923

Fishermen haul nets from boats on calm water at sunrise, with sailboats and distant hills in the background.

Tuna Fishing at Sunrise off the Coast near Marseilles

Félix Ziem, 1860s

Engraved landscape of fishermen with rods beside a river, a watermill, tall trees, a canoe and ducks, with a distant village.

Fishermen by an Island Watermill

Aegidius Sadeler II after Pieter Stevens, 1610/1615

Etching of an angel pointing from clouds toward a sleeping man in bed within an oval frame.

The Dream of Saint Joseph

after Pierre-Hubert Subleyras Anonymous, c. 1730?

Etching of the Annunciation: an angel with a lily and the Virgin at a prie-dieu beneath a descending dove in clouds.

The Annunciation

after Pierre-Hubert Subleyras Anonymous, c. 1730

Daumier lithograph of a seated painter at an easel watched by a top-hatted man and a bonnet-wearing woman with a cane.

Monsieur dessine un paysage

Honoré Daumier, 1846

Engraving of gnarled ancient trees beside a watermill, with travelers and a dog in the foreground and a distant river valley.

Ancient Trees by a Mountain Watermill

Aegidius Sadeler II after Pieter Stevens, 1600/1615

Engraving of gondolas on a river beside a palace, with figures on the embankment and trees framing the scene.

Gondolas on a River by a Palace

Aegidius Sadeler II after Pieter Stevens, 1600/1615

Engraving of fishermen with lanterns and boats on a river beneath arched fortified bridges and trees, with a distant town.

Night Fishing near Fortified Bridges

Aegidius Sadeler II after Pieter Stevens, 1600/1615

Engraved riverscape with fishermen in boats, a watermill, a tower, and figures on the bank under a cloudy sky.

Riverscape with Fishermen by a Fortified Town

Aegidius Sadeler II after Pieter Stevens, 1600/1615

Pen and ink sketch of a young woman reclining on a chaise longue, dressed in flowing garments, by Domenico Morelli.

The Artist's Daughter Eleonora Reclining on a Chaise-Longue

Domenico Morelli, 1879

Watercolor landscape of a sunlit village church above a lake, with mountains rising behind and figures on a winding road.

A Summer Evening at the Lago Maggiore

Salomon Corrodi, 1845