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National Gallery of Art

25,727 works

Engraving of nude smiths hammering at an anvil in a vaulted forge, with cherubs gathering arrows in the foreground.

Vulcan and Cyclops Forging Cupid's Arrows

after Francesco Primaticcio Master FG, 1540s

Engraving of the nude figure Icarus falling through a sunlit sky above a sea, with a winged figure and rocky coast below.

Icarus

Hendrick Goltzius after Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem, 1588

Engraving of soldiers slaying infants in a colonnaded courtyard while mothers cry out and grieve on the steps and floor.

The Massacre of the Innocents

Nicolaus Beatrizet, after Marco Dente, after Baccio Bandinelli, 1540s(?)

Watercolor of leaning trees arching over a green river with reflections and a cow on the bank.

Trees over the River Frome at Stapleton

James Jackson Curnock, 1862

Pencil sketch of a bearded, haloed figure standing beside seated figures at a table in an interior.

Christ at Emmaus

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1902

Masked revelers in carnival costumes boarding gondolas before a Venetian palazzo, with a campanile in the distance.

Masqueraders Boarding Gondolas before a Venetian Palazzo

Eugène Lami, 1869

Red chalk drawing of Christ cleansing a temple, with merchants fleeing across steps and cherubs in clouds above.

Christ Cleansing the Temple (after Luca Giordano)

Jean-Robert Ango after Luca Giordano, 1760s

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a bare-chested man in a top hat seated on a mound, holding reins, on tan paper.

Satan Rides and Drives the World

Francesco Paolo Michetti, 1882

Engraving of Moses holding the Ten Commandments tablets before a radiant divine figure, with priests and worshippers at an al

Biblia Ectypa (Pictorial Bible)

Johann Christoph Weigel, Elias Christoph Heiss, after Johann Jakob von Sandrart, 1695

Etching of a horse at a wooden post with a seated man in a hat, set in a hilly landscape.

A Pissing Horse Bound to a Post

Dirk Stoop, 1651

Etching of a man in a broad hat leading a saddled horse past a stone building, with a dog and a second horse nearby.

A Pissing Horse Held by a Man

Dirk Stoop, 1651

Red chalk drawing of a nude infant holding a staff beside a lamb, seated on draped cloth against a grey-tinted background.

Saint John the Baptist as an Infant

Joseph Wolfgang Xavier Klauber, 1770s(?)

Pen and wash drawing of a walled town with church spires above rooftops, flat fields and hills in the distance.

Beaulne (Beaune)

Jan Peeters, c. 1650

Watercolor landscape of a valley at dawn with grazing sheep, a winding river, and hills under a dramatic sky.

Dawn in the Valley

William Turner, 1832

Drawing of a tiered fountain with three nude nymphs reaching upward among sea creatures, in black and white chalk on tan pape

A Fountain with Three Nereids

Joseph François Parrocel, 1740s(?)

Charcoal drawing of a wooded pond with a stone arched sluice, and a fisherman standing in a rowboat fishing.

Wooded Pond by the Ancient Sluice of Levaux near Vienne

Adolphe Appian, 1861

Sketch of a bearded man standing near seated women in dark dresses with red accents, with a dog at left, on tan paper.

Conversation on the Beach

Eugène-Louis Boudin, 1865

Children gather yellow flowers in a sandy dune garden under a pale sky, with a wheelbarrow and watering can nearby.

Gathering Flowers, Shinnecock, Long Island

William Merritt Chase, c. 1897

Charcoal sketch on brown paper of a man reaching among tree branches while pruning, seen from behind.

Man Pruning a Tree

Red chalk sketch of a reclining dog with its head resting at lower right, drawn in loose feathery strokes.

A Dog

Circle of Jean-Baptiste Greuze, c. 1760

Watercolor of girls in hats picking berries on a grassy coast near rocks, with blue sea in the distance.

Berry Pickers

Winslow Homer, 1873

Watercolor of a man with a rake walking past a red brick house while a woman watches from an upper window.

In the Garden (Rustic Courtship)

Winslow Homer, 1874

Winslow Homer drawing of a man in a pith helmet beside a rowboat, looking out over calm water on a pebbled shore.

Looking Out

Winslow Homer, 1875

Watercolor of a barefoot boy in a blue shirt and hat fishing from a raft on a river, with trees behind him.

Boy on a Raft

Winslow Homer, 1879

Drawing of a woman in a ruffled dress holding a rope on a sailboat's deck, with billowing sails and another boat nearby.

Yachting Girl

Winslow Homer, 1880

Watercolor of four fishwives with baskets walking across a wet beach toward distant sailboats under a pale sky.

Four Fishwives on the Beach

Winslow Homer, 1881

Pissarro drawing of two children at a table by a window, one reading, with a bottle and pitcher beside them.

The Children

Camille Pissarro, 1880

Pencil sketch of a country driveway lined with a broad tree and tall pines, with distant rooftops on the horizon.

The Driveway

Camille Pissarro, 1895

Chalk drawing on tan paper of a fountain with three tritons on a rock base, one blowing a conch shell trumpet.

A Fountain with Three Tritons

Joseph François Parrocel, 1740s(?)

Circular drawing of three nude women before a seated man with a cupid at lower center, in brown ink and white heightening.

The Judgment of Paris

Unknown artist, c. 1600