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National Gallery of Art

2,569 works

Black chalk drawing of a standing saint in a long robe holding a book and a palm frond on tan paper.

A Standing Saint Holding a Book and a Palm Frond

Unknown artist

Red chalk drawing of a bearded standing man in a draped robe, gazing upward beside a diagonal cross form.

Saint Andrew

Unknown artist, 1625/1650

Pen and ink sketch sheet with apostle studies, a flying angel, and an Adoration of the Shepherds composition.

Studies of an Apostle Guided by an Angel and the Adoration of the Shepherds

Agostino Masucci, 1720/1750

Pen and ink sheet with an ascension scene in an oval, surrounded by studies of winged and nude figures and a pilaster.

An Ascension and Other Studies

Watercolor stage design with red drapes, columns, and an equestrian Saint George slaying a dragon at center.

Stage Set with a Statue Of Saint George Slaying the Dragon

Pen and wash drawing of a crowd stoning a kneeling saint beneath a cloud of angels and cherubs.

The Stoning of Saint Stephen

Joseph François Parrocel

Pen and brown ink study of robed figures and a bearded head among clouds, with a figure in the sky above.

Studies for a Biblical Scene with God the Father Appearing to a Bearded Male Figure

Unknown artist, mid-17th Century

Ink and wash drawing of a kneeling friar gazing up at a floating Christ Child among clouds and cherubs.

The Christ Child Appearing to Saint Francis

Unknown artist

Red chalk drawing of a bearded saint with a crozier and book in an arched niche, with a reclining cherub at lower right.

A Sculpture of Saint Benedict in a Niche

Jakob Frey, 1735

Pen and brown ink drawing of an architectural baldachin with columns framing an Annunciation scene with angels and clouds.

A Baldachin with a Painting of the Annunciation

Circle of Andrea Pozzo, c. 1708 or later

Pen and ink drawing of a martyrdom scene with figures attending a reclining man on a table and a winged figure above.

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

Ludovico Carracci

Pen and brown ink sketch with wash of several muscular male figures in dynamic poses, with arms outstretched.

Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple

Attributed to Ludovico Cardi called Cigoli

Medieval manuscript leaf with two columns of Latin text, a tall gilded initial, and a small figure in a historiated initial.

Manuscript Leaf from a Bible (Deuteronomy)

Unknown artist, c. 1240

Sepia drawing of the Holy Family with God the Father and angels in clouds above, a bearded man holding a flowering staff.

The Holy Family with God the Father

Gaetano Gandolfi, 1770s-1780s

Pen and wash drawing of an old stone house with Gothic windows, an awning, and figures in period dress on the street.

An Old House in the Rue Saint Jean at Caen, Normandy

John Sell Cotman, 1817

Pen and grey wash drawing of a bishop saint with mitre, crosier, halo and a book with three gold spheres.

Saint Nicholas (verso)

Circle of Hans Heinrich Wägmann, 1600/1620

Circular engraving of the Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and young John the Baptist beneath a tree, with a lamb.

The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and Saint John the Baptist

Workshop of Jacob Matham, after Hendrik Goltzius, 1600/1620

Watercolor and ink sketch of a rocky calanque with colorful cliffs, trees and reflections on the water by Paul Signac.

The Calanque at Saint Tropez

Paul Signac, 1906

Engraving of Saint Catherine's martyrdom with turbaned men, kneeling women, angels in clouds, and a castle in the background.

The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine

Master MZ, c. 1500

Black woodcut print of a raised crucified figure flanked by clustered mourning figures in angular, stylized forms on cream pa

Crucifixion I

Wilhelm Morgner, 1913

Black woodcut of a crowd of stylized figures pressing around a central form on cream paper, by Wilhelm Morgner, 1913.

Christ before the High Council

Wilhelm Morgner, 1913

Black and cream woodcut of three crowned robed figures bearing gifts beneath a radiating star, with bold angular lines.

The Magi

Christian Rohlfs, c. 1910

Engraving of Moses raising a serpent staff as figures writhe and are bitten by snakes beneath stormy clouds.

Moses and the Brazen Serpent

after Sir Peter Paul Rubens Boëtius Adams Bolswert, 1580-1633

Engraving of the Entombment: men lower a nude body onto a stone tomb as two grieving women stand at left.

The Entombment

Battista d'Agnolo, 1515-1573

Sepia engraving of the Virgin and Child in clouds with angels and a dove, above six saints including a nude martyr.

The Virgin and Child in the Clouds with Six Saints

after Titian John Baptist Jackson, 1742

Engraving of the Holy Family with a lamb-carrying boy and two angels, one playing a harp, dated 1605.

The Holy Family and Two Angels

after Bartholomaeus Spranger Lucas Kilian, 1605

Hand-colored woodcut of a kneeling man in red robes before a flaming bush, with sheep, a serpent, and a walled city behind.

Moses and the Burning Bush

Unknown artist, c. 1500

Engraving of an angel announcing to shepherds with a cow, sheep and sleeping man, with cherubs in clouds above.

Annunciation to the Shepherds

after Abraham Bloemaert Jan Pietersz Saenredam, 1599

Etching of a martyrdom scene: a nude man on a gridiron over fire, a crowd, a seated ruler, and an angel descending at upper r

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

Claude Vignon, 1593-1670

Brown wash drawing of God the Father seated on clouds with two angels and quick leg studies below.

God the Father with Angels

Unknown artist, 17th century