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National Gallery of Art

2,569 works

Engraving of a kneeling man before a bearded figure in a columned hall, with soldiers and a dove of the Holy Spirit above.

Cornelius Worshipping Saint Peter

Engraving of an executioner beheading a kneeling man before a crowd with mounted soldiers and children in a city square.

Beheading of Saint James

Engraving of Saint Peter led by an angel past sleeping guards in a prison corridor, with Latin inscription below.

Saint Peter Delivered from Prison by an Angel

Engraving of bearded men in robes debating before a colonnaded building with statues, with children and a fountain square beh

Saint Paul Disputes the Sorcerer

Engraving of Saint Paul with a halo healing a seated lame man before a crowd, with classical columns and a city behind.

Saint Paul Heals the Lame Man at Lystra

Engraving of a bearded man seated among veiled women by a river, with a city, palm tree and crowd in the background.

Saint Paul Speaks to the Women of Philippi by a River

Engraving of a jailer with a drawn sword at a prison door, with two kneeling bearded men in the cell behind bars.

The Jailer about to Kill Himself, Converted by Saint Paul

Engraving of Saint Paul driving out evil spirits, with a crowd reacting, a sick person in bed, and books burning in a fire.

Saint Paul Driving Out Evil Spirits

Studies of a Left Arm, a Young Woman, a Madonna and Child, a Face in Profile, and Nude Figures

Bartolomeo Passarotti

Pen drawing of God the Father enthroned with Christ and crowned Mary below, a dove above, and German inscription scrolls.

Christ and Mary Interceding with God the Father

Unknown artist, c. 1485

Brown wash drawing of robed clergy in a church interior, with a kneeling figure before a pedimented altar niche.

Saint Vincent Ferrer Taking His Vestments

Cigoli, 1580

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded standing apostle in a draped cloak holding a book, on a tan-toned sheet.

A Standing Apostle Holding a Book

Hans von Kulmbach, c. 1510 or before

Brown wash drawing of a rider falling from his horse under a shaft of heavenly light, with soldiers and horses around him.

The Conversion of Saint Paul

Abraham van Diepenbeeck after Peter Paul Rubens, 1640s

Black chalk drawing on brown paper of a nude winged angel in flight with arms raised, plus studies of hands.

An Angel in Flight

Jacopo da Empoli, c. 1594

Engraving of the Annunciation: a winged angel kneels with a lily staff before the Virgin Mary, with a dove above.

The Annunciation

Lucas van Leyden, c. 1516

Etching of Lucifer and demons fleeing from Saint Michael, who hovers above with a spear amid clouds over a city.

Lucifer and Demons Fleeing Saint Michael

Etching of a kneeling figure before a crowned king, with soldiers marching past a city gate and classical columns.

Jereo Before the King of the Huns for the Liberation of Saint Ursula

Etching of a colonnade with dancing figures in plumed hats below and a crowned saint among clouds in the sky.

The Triumph of Saint Ursula in Heaven and the Roman Conquerors

Woodcut of the crowned Virgin holding the infant Christ, surrounded by clouds and angels, with a kneeling donor at right.

Madonna and Child

Hans Baldung Grien, 1515/1517

Etching of the Holy Family: Mary, Joseph with a palm frond, and the infant Christ on a stone ledge beside a column.

The Holy Family

Laurent de La Hyre, 1639

Pencil drawing of a seated angel gazing upward with draped robes and cloud forms behind, on pale paper.

Angel from the Assumption [recto]

Augustin Pajou after Charles Mellin, 1752/1756

Brown wash drawing of the Flagellation of Christ with scourgers, demons, and angels above in an arched frame.

The Flagellation of Christ

Claudio Ridolfi, 1619

Engraved print of the Virgin and Child with Saint Catherine, a bearded saint, and a child with a scroll before classical colu

Madonna and Child with Saint Catherine

Giovanni Gallo after Marco Pino

Woodcut of mourners grieving over a nude dead man in a landscape with trees and hills.

The Lamentation

Hans Baldung Grien, 1510

Chiaroscuro woodcut of the Virgin Mary in prayer beside the haloed infant Christ, with an angel above.

Madonna and Child

Andrea Andreani after Francesco Vanni, 1591/93

Lithograph caricature of soldiers and a barefoot woman in white, with a man raising a whip, parodying a van Dyck painting.

...alors, il s'approcha d'elle: Parody of van Dyck's Betrayal of Christ

Unknown artist, 1832

Satirical lithograph of a blindfolded man in a coat rising on clouds with winged figures and a constitution scroll.

Ascension du Constitutionnel

Unknown artist, 1830/1835

Engraving of the Virgin Mary on a crescent moon holding the Christ Child, with angels, a star halo and Latin text below.

The Virgin and Child on the Crescent

Helias van den Bossche after Abraham Bloemaert, 1607

Pen and wash drawing of a friar in a robe gazing up at a crucifix in the clouds, with a church on a distant hill.

The Stigmatization of Saint Francis

Johann Matthias Kager, 1607

Brown ink and wash drawing of soldiers working around a cross beneath a cloudy sky, by Albrecht Altdorfer.

Christ Nailed to the Cross

Albrecht Altdorfer, c. 1512