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National Gallery of Art

14,495 works

Hand-colored print of a man kissing a reclining woman on a green canopy bed, with a letter and inkwell nearby.

Valmont and Emilie

Romain Girard after Nicolas Lavreince, 1788

Engraving of a woman's skirts blown by wind beside a man in a tricorn hat, a dog, a cherub, and a waterfall in a rocky grotto

Le coup de vent (The Gust of Wind)

Abraham Girardet after Antoine Lebel, 1785

Engraving of a 18th-century interior with two women and a boy beside a birdcage, with a small dog and an emblematic vignette

La cage symbolique (The Symbolic Cage)

Etienne Fessard after Charles Lepeintre, 1738

Engraving of a seated woman in a satin gown while a man serenades her with a guitar through a window.

L'amour a l'espagnole

Augustin de Saint-Aubin and Noël Pruneau after Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, 1783

Etching of a rustic cabin interior with a seated nude woman, attendants with draped cloth, and a woman at a table.

Le lever de la mariée russe (Custom of the Russians after the Marriage Ceremony and before the Wedding Feast)

Augustin de Saint-Aubin after Jean-Baptiste Le Prince

Hand-colored print of a man in a red coat leaning toward a seated woman in a blue-draped canopied bed interior.

Le retour a la vertu

Joseph de Longueil

Engraving of a woman in a plumed hat leaning on a ledge by a plant, with a second woman peering from behind a curtain.

Par ici

Jacques-Louis Copia after Jean-Baptiste Mallet

Engraving of Venus and Adonis kissing on a bed beneath curtains, with three cherubs pulling back the drapery above.

Venus et Adonis

Gérard Vidal after Charles Monnet

Engraved title page with an ornamental border, winged allegorical figures, cherubs and couples by a fountain under the title

La cinquantaine

Jean-Michel Moreau, 1771

Engraving of a seated woman in a plumed hat at an open window, while another woman peeks from behind a curtain.

Chit chit

Jacques-Louis Copia after Jean-Baptiste Mallet

Engraving of a nude woman on a canopy bed with a turbaned man beside her and another man near a smoking incense burner.

Le roi d'Ethiopie

Gérard Vidal after Charles Monnet

Engraving of a man pushing a woman on a flower-garlanded swing in a wooded landscape, with a small dog below.

On y court plus d'un danger

Louis Germain and Charles Emmanuel Patas after Louis Gabriel Moreau

Engraving of a seated couple in a rococo bedroom, the man adjusting his garter while the woman leans in, inside an oval flora

La jarretière

François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1776

Au moins soyez discret (At Least Be Discreet!)

Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1789

Engraving of a woodland scene with a seated woman and standing man beside a stream, a jug, and a hat.

Le villageois entreprenant

Louis Germain and Charles Emmanuel Patas after Louis Gabriel Moreau

Engraving of a man and woman in an elegant interior, she pulling back a curtain, within an ornate oval frame with floral garl

L'indiscret

François Marie Isidore Queverdo

Engraved oval portrait of a young man in a waistcoat with a rose, fingers raised to his lips, with a cherub medallion below.

Comptez sur mes sermens (You May Count on Me!)

Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1789

Hand-coloured portrait print of a young woman with curly hair and a white headscarf, in an oval frame with a name cartouche.

Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte, Duchess of Angoulême

Christian von Mechel after Antoine-François Sergent, 1795

Engraved print of a seated woman with a tall hairstyle and a snake, in an oval wooded vignette with floral frame.

Le danger des bosquets

Pierre Adrien Le Beau after Nicolas Tanché

Louise Emilie Baronne de ***

Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1779

Oval print portrait of a woman with curled powdered hair, white ruffled dress and pink sash against a dark background.

Frederica Sophia Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange Nassau

Charles-Melchior Descourtis after Friedrich Tischbein, 1791

Engraved oval portrait of a seated woman in a flowered hat beside a birdcage, framed by roses and a dedication plaque.

Le desirs naissants

Pierre Adrien Le Beau after Nicolas Tanché

Adrienne Sophie Marquise de ***

Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1779

Hand-colored print of a garden with a man in a blue coat, two women, a stone statue, a tree, and ruined arches.

La statue du dieu Pan (Statue of the God Pan)

after Henri Nicolas van Gorp

Hand-coloured stipple portrait of a young man in a red coat and blue sash within an oval, labelled Louis Auguste, Dauphin de

Louis-Auguste, Dauphin de France

Louis-Marin Bonnet after Louis Michel Van Loo, 1770

Engraving of two seated women and a standing man in a garden beside a classical statue on a pedestal among trees.

La soiree du Palais Royal

Jean Gabriel Caquet after François-André Vincent

Engraved oval portrait of J.J. Rousseau in a powdered wig and coat, with a caption plaque reading J.J. Rousseau below.

Frontispiece: J.J. Rousseau

Augustin de Saint-Aubin after Maurice-Quentin de La Tour, 1777

Engraving of a helmeted warrior goddess with a spear guiding two women away from cupids near a classical rotunda.

Frontispiece: Aidé de la sagesse, on se sauve de l'amour dans les bras de la raison

Antoine-Jean Duclos after Jean-Michel Moreau, 1777

Engraving of a couple embracing in a garden by a column, with a second woman looking on at right.

Sans rien comprendre à ce mystère

Noël Le Mire after Jean-Michel Moreau, 1773

Engraving of a seated man at a table with candlesticks while a standing man in a tricorn hat gestures toward him.

Ah! Jeune homme à ton bienfaiteur

Nicolas Delaunay after Jean-Michel Moreau, 1774