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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Pen and blue wash drawing of men carrying grapes past a tent, with cherubs and angels in clouds above.

The Spies Returning from Canaan

Giacinto Calandrucci, 1690s(?)

Grey cloth-bound album cover with gold ALBUM lettering and gilt corner ornaments, with brown cords on the edges.

Souvenir Album with Views of Naples, Southern Italy, and Sicily

Antonio Senape, 1848

Watercolor of a white cascade tumbling through a shadowed rocky mountain gorge with green foliage on the cliffs.

A Cascade in the Mountains

Henri Harpignies, 1870s

Black chalk and white heightened studies of the Virgin and Child and other figures on blue-grey paper.

Studies for the Virgin and Child (recto)

Camillo Boccaccino, c. 1532

Grey wash drawing of a cavalry and infantry battle along a river, with fallen horses and soldiers and a sunburst sky.

Battle by a River

Dirk Langendijk, 1780

Etching of a reclining figure with a boar, hound, cauldron and winged putti pouring water in a cloudy sky.

Allegory of Winter with Diana the Huntress

Johann Georg Bergmüller, c. 1750

Watercolor of a Milan street with the white Gothic spires of the Duomo rising above rooftops and busy pedestrians below.

The Duomo in Milan from a Side Street

William Wyld, c. 1834

Black-and-white print of nude women dancing in angular poses around a large black shadow shape in the center.

Nudes Dancing around a Shadow

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1936

Bound volume with red leather spine and brown, red and white marbled paper cover, worn at the corners.

Le Nouvel Opéra de Paris: Sculpture Ornementale (The New Paris Opera: Ornamental Sculpture)

Louis-Émile Durandelle, 1875

Pen and ink drawing with studies of robed saints, a Virgin and Child, and reclining draped figures on pale paper.

Saint Christopher, Saint John the Baptist, the Virgin and Child, and Christ Blessing (recto)

after Martin Schongauer Master of the Drapery Studies, 1485/1495

Pencil portrait drawing of a seated woman in a lace bonnet and collar, in a carved wooden armchair, with a decorative border.

Pauline, the Wife of the Artist

Julius Hübner, 1842

Woodcut portrait of a man in a broad hat and ornate collar, framed by columns, griffins and a coat of arms.

Emperor Maximilian I

Hans Weiditz, II, after Albrecht Dürer, 1519

Engraved allegorical print with draped figures, putti, a seated king, and a framed inset scene with fleur-de-lis shield.

France Crowned with Victory by Louis XIV

François-Alexandre Verdier, 1690s(?)

Engraved title page with a winged woman holding a crown and a winged putto blowing a trumpet above printed text.

Title Page

after Simon Vouet Michel Dorigny, 1647

Brown leather book cover with gilt border lines and ornamented corners, showing a tooled spine with raised bands.

Le vite de pittori, scoltori, et architetti Genovesi

Domenico Piola, Georges Tasnière, Raffaele Soprani, 1674

Grey wash drawing of three men startled by an owl flying from a lectern in a room, framed by an ornamental border.

Le Lutrin: A Night Scene with Boirude, Brontin, and L'Amour Surprised by an Owl Flying Out of a Lectern

Bernard Picart, c. 1718

Fan-shaped print with concentric bands of classical figures processing toward a seated figure, bordered by flowers and medall

A Fan with Classical Figures Processing to Apollo

Unknown artist, c. 1795

Cloth portfolio cover titled Max Klinger's Radierungen zu Apulejus' Märchen Amor und Psyche with a list of vignettes.

Amor und Psyche [Opus Vb]

Max Klinger, 1880, this edition printed 1893/1907

Watercolor of a gnarled ancient tree beside a path, with a small boy standing at its base under a pale sky.

Ancient Trees in the Roman Campagna

Giovanni Costa, 1850s

Watercolor of a dark rocky grotto interior with light breaking through openings in the stone walls.

Grotto Interior

David Cox, c. 1850

Pastel portrait of a smiling young woman in a lace cap, pearl earrings and choker, against a dark background.

An Elegant Young Lady with a Lace Cap

Pietro Rotari, 1750/1756

Pen and brown wash drawing of a crowd worshipping a golden calf on a pedestal beneath a mountain with a figure above.

The Adoration of the Golden Calf

Hans Rottenhammer, 1595/1596

Brown monochrome drawing of a monk walking a moonlit path beside a large tree, with a palace and spire on the right.

Moonlit Landscape with a Monk Walking near a Palace

Julius Albert Elsasser, 1852

Satirical lithograph of personified planets seated on clouds, one with a flute and one with a telescope, awaiting a comet.

Les planetes étant elles-mêmes

Honoré Daumier, 1857

Lithograph of two women, one lifting her skirt to show goods hidden in a large crinoline, with a bottle and bread at left.

De l'utilité de la crinoline pour frauder l'octroi

Honoré Daumier, 1857

Daumier lithograph of two elderly women in bonnets, one holding up a printed page while the other listens with clasped hands.

Oh! Mamechaboulard ... qu'est-ce qu'y va ... arriver ...

Honoré Daumier, 1858

Daumier lithograph of a woman reading a script beside a toppled table and ladder, with a fallen child on the floor.

Toute entière a l'etude de son role ...

Honoré Daumier, 1858

Daumier lithograph of a muscular man flexing his biceps beside a thin man and an elderly man in a bathhouse.

N'allant aux bains froids que ...

Honoré Daumier, 1865

Daumier lithograph of a couple seated on a huge crinoline skirt while three hens peck at its hem in a rural setting.

Une erreur excusable

Honoré Daumier, 1857

Daumier lithograph: caricatured deputies shouting in an assembly above, and two men gesturing in a curtained corridor below.

Ce qu'on voit a peu près tous les jours

Honoré Daumier, 1850