New: Artnap New Tab for Chrome. A museum painting in every new tab. Add to Chrome

National Gallery of Art

25,760 works

Etching of burdock leaves, wildflowers and a slender tree trunk in a dense woodland undergrowth.

Burdock in Bloom

Eugène Bléry, 1858

Print of Saint Francis of Assisi leaning on a cross beside a skull, with hatched shading and a hooded robe.

Saint Francis of Assisi

after Alessandro Casolani Andrea Andreani, 1591

Charlotte, Lady Watkin Williams-Wynn

Daniel Gardner, c. 1775

Woodcut print of peasants and a trumpet player on a wooden cart beside a horse, dog and tall conifer trees on a road.

Peasants with a Cart

Hans Burgkmair, 1516/1518 (published 1522, printed 1777 or 1796)

Woodcut of five armored men with plumed helmets walking in a row, each carrying a long lance over the shoulder.

Five Tilters on Foot

Hans Burgkmair, 1516/1518 (published 1522, printed 1777 or 1796)

Watercolor of a winding river through meadows, lined with willows, under a cloudy sky with a distant church spire.

River Landscape near St. Ives, Huntingdonshire

William Fraser Garden, 1897

Pen and ink sketch of a young woman asleep, head tilted in a wide hat and fur-collared coat, signed P. Vetri.

Young Woman Asleep

Paolo Vetri, 1870s

Watercolor of yellow narcissus flowers in an ornate blue and cream vase set within a brown arched niche.

Narcissus in a Blue and White Vase

Edward Poynter, 1864

Charcoal sketch of a reclining nude male figure with one arm raised, drawn on tan paper.

Falling Male Nude [verso]

John Singer Sargent, 1918-1919

Charcoal and wash study of a nude male figure with raised arms and bowed head, with ink wash sketches at right.

Study of the Figure and Head of Christ in "Christ on the Cross and Mary Magdalene"

Mosè Bianchi, c. 1879

Engraving of a white wild bull with curved horns standing in a wooded clearing with trees and distant cattle.

The Wild Bull of Chillingham

Thomas Bewick, 1789

Engraving of a thin horse standing by a broken tree stump near a stone wall, with cottages and hills beyond under a cloudy sk

Waiting for Death

Thomas Bewick, 1828

Watercolor of a gondola on a Venetian canal beside ornate palace facades, with sailing boats and a blue sky.

A Gondola on the Grand Canal, Venice

William Callow, 1866

Etched portrait of a bearded man in a tall white turban and fur-trimmed robe, with an inscription below naming him Mahomet, a

Mahomet, a Turkish Merchant

Thomas Worlidge, c. 1741

Etching of grotesque hybrid sea monsters with a coiling serpent in churning water under a cloudy sky.

Revengeful Monsters

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1780

Beatrice

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1775/1776

Grey paper drawing in chalk of a bearded God the Father above draped angels on clouds.

The Immaculate Conception with God the Father and Angels

Francesco Mancini, 1739

Fan-shaped painting of yellow poppies and red flowers with green leaves on a grey-blue ground.

Fan with Poppies

Henri Charles Guérard, c. 1890

Engraved cutaway view of a domed Roman baptistry interior with columns, arches, and a central font.

Balnei Laterani [The Lateran Baptistry]

published by Antonio Lafreri Anonymous, 1544/1572

Engraved ground plan of Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome with hatched walls, circular chapels and a Latin inscription.

Ichnographia Templi Divi Petri [Plan of Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome]

after Michelangelo Étienne Dupérac, 1569

Engraved print of a tiered funerary monument with reclining sculpted figures in niches, flanked by flaming urn finials.

The Tomb of Julius II

Unknown artist, 1554

Engraved perspective of a Roman piazza with an oval pavement, equestrian statue, flanking palaces and a central staircase.

Capitolii Sciographia [View of the Roman Capitol]

after Michelangelo Étienne Dupérac, 1569

Engraving of a ceremonial hall with a crowd of robed figures facing a dais and throne, guards in the foreground, and a coat o

The Coronation of Cosimo I de' Medici

Etienne Dupérac, c. 1570

Engraving of Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome with a bridge lined by statues, boats on the river, and a Latin inscription at upper

Castello S. Angelo di Roma [Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome]

Nicolas Béatrizet, 1560-1565

Engraved plan of a long courtyard with colonnades, a stepped staircase and a semicircular exedra, with printed text in the ce

Plan of the Cortile Belvedere

published by Antonio Lafreri Anonymous, 1565

Engraved view of the Roman Capitol with an equestrian statue in a piazza, a palazzo facade, and a colonnade on the right.

The Roman Capitol

Attributed to Nicolaus Beatrizet, c. 1560

Engraved view of a Renaissance palazzo courtyard with tiered arcades, columns, windows, and two statues.

Section of the Courtyard of Palazzo Farnese

published by Antonio Lafreri Anonymous, 1560

Engraved print of a Renaissance palazzo facade with an arched rusticated ground floor and pilastered upper story, with a Lati

Palazzo Alberini

Unknown artist, 1544-1555

Engraved elevation of a Roman palazzo with rusticated ground floor, pedimented central doorway, and arched upper windows.

Palazzo Maccarani Stati in Sant'Eustachio

published by Antonio Lafreri Anonymous, 1549

Engraved architectural elevation of a Roman palace facade with rusticated arches, paired columns, and pedimented windows.

The Palace of Raphael (Palazzo Caprini)

after Donato Bramante Anonymous, 1549