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National Gallery of Art

2,569 works

Engraved border with two angels holding poles with keys and a boat, rays of light above, and an empty central panel.

Border Illustration with the Ascension of Christ, Keys and Fish

Unknown artist, 1613/1646

Engraved decorative border with oval religious scenes, putti pouring into vases, and incense burners under a star, around a b

Border Illustration with Scenes from the Life of Christ and Putti Pouring Wine

Unknown artist, 1613/1646

Charcoal and white chalk study of a hooded, draped standing figure on grey paper.

Study of Ezekiel for "Frieze of Prophets"

John Singer Sargent, 1890-1892

Charcoal study on cream paper of a figure with bowed head and draped arm, loose shading and sketched outlines.

Study for "The Crucifixion and Death of Our Lord"

John Singer Sargent, 1909-1916

Brown wash drawing of a crowd gathering water from a rock, with jars, kneeling figures and a collapsed nude figure at left.

Moses Drawing Water From the Rock

Brown wash drawing of a bearded Moses pointing upward as nude figures writhe and reach toward him amid serpents.

Moses and the Brazen Serpent

Ink and wash drawing of Moses and Aaron before a seated Pharaoh, with serpents coiled on the ground and onlookers behind.

Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh, with the Rods Turned into Serpents

Pen and wash drawing of Saint Euphrosyne reclining in a habit with a chain, flanked by two hooded men and a cross.

Saint Euphrosyne

Attributed to Melchior Steidl after Abraham Bloemaert, c. 1695

Engraving of the Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and the infant Saint John, figures with halos in a shaded background.

Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and the Infant Saint John

Giovanni Antonio da Brescia, 1495

Engraving of two seated sibyls, a cherub on a pedestal, and a flying angel holding a scroll above them.

Two Sibyls and an Angel

Giovanni Antonio da Brescia, 1520

Brown wash drawing of an angel above a seated woman and child, with three studies of old men's heads below.

Hagar Consoled by an Angel (from a painting by Castiglione) and Three Heads of Old Men (from a painting by Ricci of J…

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

Saint James Major

Attributed to Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1738/1742

Brown ink drawing of a bishop saint in a mitre holding a book, with flowing robes and a faint halo.

Saint Louis of Toulouse Holding a Book

Giovanni Bellini, early 1460s

Engraved print of a bearded face with long hair and blood drops on a draped veil, above a crown of thorns and Latin inscripti

The Veil of Saint Veronica

Nicolas de Plattemontagne after Philippe de Champaigne

Grey chalk drawing of a reclining prophet and flying putti seen from below, with diagonal perspective guide lines.

Ceiling Studies of a Prophet and a Putto Seen from Below

Giulio Cesare Procaccini, 1602

Etching of Saint Mark with a winged lion, an angel and cherubs among clouds, after Giovanni Lanfranco.

Saint Mark

Jean-Honoré Fragonard after Giovanni Lanfranco, 1761/1764

Brown wash drawing of a bound man before a seated ruler on a dais, with spear-carrying soldiers and a draped canopy.

Christ before Herod

Jacopo Ligozzi, 1591

Hand-colored woodcut of the crucified Christ with the Virgin Mary and Saint John standing on either side, with Latin text bel

Christ on the Cross with the Virgin and Saint John

Hand-colored woodcut of three haloed saints in bishop's robes with croziers, heraldic shields below, and a Gothic floral bord

Saint Valentine, Saint Stephen and Saint Maximilian

Hans Burgkmair, 1498

Woodcut of Saint Luke painting the Virgin and Child beneath classical columns, with an easel and angels in the scene.

Saint Luke Painting the Portrait of the Virgin

Hans Burgkmair, 1507

Woodcut of the Holy Family with Saint Anne and Saint Joachim, a dove and angels in clouds above the figures.

The Holy Family with Saint Anne and Saint Joachim

Hans Burgkmair, 1512

The Angel of the Annunciation

Swabian School, 1480s

Color print of moored boats on a shore with a yellow walled town, bell tower, and swirling tree, by Paul Signac.

Saint Tropez

Paul Signac, 1894

Engraving of a winged angel addressing a haloed man in a room, with a chariot and horses traveling a road outside past a tree

The Angel Orders Saint Philip to Accompany the Ethiopian Eunuch

Engraving of Saint Philip baptizing a kneeling eunuch by a river, with a chariot, bridge, city and figures in the sky.

The Baptism of the Eunuch by Saint Philip

Engraving of a blinded man led by a helmeted soldier beneath a beam of light, with a fallen horse and a hilltop city behind.

The Conversion of Saint Paul

Engraving of Saint Paul in a basket lowered from a city wall at night, with a crescent moon and stars above.

Saint Paul Escapes from Damascus

Engraving of Saint Peter healing a paralyzed man seated on a canopied bed in a kitchen interior, with a woman and dog present

The Healing of Eneas by Saint Peter

Engraving of an angel addressing a seated man in an interior, with soldiers and a city street shown in the left panel.

The Angel Commands Cornelius to Fetch Saint Peter

Engraving of Saint Peter asleep on a rooftop, with a vision of animals in a sheet above a city, plus workshop and domestic sc

The Vision of Saint Peter