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National Gallery of Art

25,760 works

Etching of an old dock-yard at dusk with a crane, stacked crates, and many ship masts across the harbor water.

Un Vieux Chantier à Rochester (The Old Dock-yard at Rochester)

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Engraving of the Virgin and Christ Child in a rocky grotto with cherubs and two bearded figures in the foreground.

The Adoration of the Magi (Virgin in the Grotto)

Workshop of Andrea Mantegna, c. 1500

Black-and-white print of a plumed knight on a rearing horse surrounded by ornamental arabesque scrollwork and flowers.

Arabesque with Knight

Unknown artist

Two Peasants

Workshop of Andrea Mantegna, 1490s

Engraving of a bearded man in plumed cap and fluted armor holding a staff, with an Italian inscription at upper left.

"El Gran Capitanio"

Unknown artist, c. 1516/1520

Engraving of two seated women facing each other, a figure with a wreath walking behind them, and a castle and boats in the di

Two Allegorical Figures (Roma and Liberty?)

Portrait of Petrarch

Unknown artist, first half 16th century

Engraving of Saint Jerome reading in his study with a lion at his feet, books and a crucifix around him.

Saint Jerome in His Study

Giovanni Antonio da Brescia, c. 1510

Engraving of Saint Jerome kneeling in a cave beside a crucifix, with two lions, a stag, and two ships in a harbor.

Saint Jerome in Penitence, with Two Ships in a Harbor

Unknown artist, c. 1480/1500

Engraving of Saint Jerome kneeling in penitence beside a lion, with a crucifix and distant city in a rocky landscape.

Saint Jerome in Penitence

Unknown artist, c. 1500/1515

Engraving of The Last Judgment: enthroned Christ above angels and saints, with the blessed left and the damned and devils rig

The Last Judgment

Francesco di Lorenzo Rosselli after Fra Angelico, c. 1480/1490

Three horizontal bands of engraved scenes showing winter, vineyard, and garden labour with German verse cartouches.

Three Months

Franz Brun, 1584

Engraving of Saint Jerome with halo beside a skull, lion, and open book, set among ruined arches and a distant town.

Saint Jerome

Unknown artist, c. 1510

Engraved ornament design of a large goblet with a female face, scrollwork, two birds on the stem, and a masked base.

Ornament - Large Goblet

Unknown artist

Brown ink and wash landscape drawing of a winding road, large trees, a hilltop building, and two figures at a well.

At the Dram Well

Unknown artist, 17th century

Engraving of draped women with water jugs and a young man drinking beside a wooden pergola and trees.

Young Man Drinking Water (Rebecca and Eliezer?)

after Francesco Primaticcio Anonymous

Monochrome drawing of a figure reaching out among tall forest trees, with thorny branches and flowers framing the scene.

Tannhäuser

Aubrey Beardsley

Etching of cattle, goats and sheep at a stream beside a ruined stone wall, with a seated woman and a shepherd with a staff.

Cow Drinking

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, 1680

Print of a bearded older man in a draped hood, with a shadowy creature's face at the left edge, against a dark background.

Saint Mark

Jodocus Bickart, 1660-1684

Etching of a bearded elderly man in a turban seated at a table with a globe, books and candle in a dim interior.

The Astrologer

Engraved portrait of a bearded man with curly hair in a stepped frame, with a coat of arms and the name Lucas Cranach below.

Lucas Cranach

Johann Martin Bernigeroth, 1761

Woodcut of a haloed man receiving a coin from a figure in a fur-trimmed robe, with onlookers in an arched interior.

The Tribute Money

Lucas van Leyden, c. 1523

Grey-toned drawing of the Pentecost, with the Virgin Mary and apostles in prayer beneath a radiant dove of the Holy Spirit.

Pentecost [recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1600

Grey wash drawing of a kneeling woman reaching toward a man in a plumed hat beside a fence under a stormy sky.

Noli Me Tangere [verso]

Unknown artist, c. 1600

Grey wash drawing of a bearded man seated among lions in an arched hall, with skulls and bones on the floor.

Daniel in the Lions' Den [recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1600

Grey wash drawing of Christ at a well speaking with a seated woman holding a jug, with a town in the distance.

Christ and the Woman of Samaria [verso]

Unknown artist, c. 1600

Etching of mounted lancers chasing a charging bull across an open plain, with a figure on foot and a fallen rider.

Modo con que los antiguos Espanoles cazaban los toros a caballo en el campo (The Way in which the Ancient Spaniards H…

Francisco Goya, in or before 1816

Etching of two men with long lances attacking a charging bull in an open field under a cloudy sky.

Otro modo de cazar a pie (Another Way of Hunting on Foot)

Francisco Goya, in or before 1816

Etching of turbaned riders spearing a charging bull in an arena while a horse rears and a rider lies fallen.

Los moros establecidos en Espana, prescindiendo de las supersticiones de su Alcoran, adoptaron esta caza y arte, y la…

Francisco Goya, in or before 1816

Etching of a bull charging a matador with a cape in an arena, with a seated man and a standing figure in the background.

Capean otro encerrado (They Play Another with the Cape in an Enclosure)

Francisco Goya, in or before 1816

Etching of a turbaned mounted rider lancing a charging bull in an arena, with a horse leaping beside it.

El animoso moro Gazul es el primero que lanceo toros en regla (The Spirited Moor Gazul is the First to Spear Bulls Ac…

Francisco Goya, in or before 1816

Etching of two figures in white robes and turbans capeing a charging bull in an arena, numbered 6 in the corner.

Los Moros hacen otro capeo en plaza con su albornoz (The Moors Make a Different Play in the Ring Calling the Bull wit…

Francisco Goya, in or before 1816

Etching of a bullfighter with a cape and a feathered banderilla facing a bull in an arena, with spectators above.

Origen de los arpones o banderillas (Origin of the Harpoons or Banderillas)

Francisco Goya, in or before 1816

Etching of a bull tossing a man in a turban in a bullring while a fighter waves a cloth and onlookers watch.

Cogida de un moro estando en la plaza (A Moor Caught by the Bull in the Ring)

Francisco Goya, in or before 1816

Etching of a plumed knight grappling a fallen bull beside his horse in a bullring arena.

Un caballero espanol mata un toro despues de haber perdido el caballo (A Spanish Knight Kills the Bull after Having L…

Francisco Goya, in or before 1816

Etching of a plumed rider on horseback lancing a charging bull in an arena, with a shadowed background.

Carlos V. lanceando un toro en la plaza de Valladolid (Charles V Spearing a Bull in the Ring at Valladolid)

Francisco Goya, in or before 1816

Etching of a mounted rider in a plumed hat spearing a charging bull in an arena.

El Cid Campeador lanceando otro toro (The Cid Campeador Spearing Another Bull)

Francisco Goya, in or before 1816

Etching of a black bull attacked by armed men with lances while a fallen man lies on the ground in an arena.

Desjarrete de la canalla con lanzas, medias-lunas, banderillas y otras armas (The Rabble Hamstring the Bull with Lanc…

Francisco Goya, in or before 1816

Etching of a plumed horseman on horseback facing a charging bull in a bullring, with spectators in the stands above.

Un caballero espanol en plaza quebrando rejoncillos sin auxilio de los chulos (A Spanish Mounted Knight in the Ring B…

Francisco Goya, in or before 1816

Etching of a bullfighter in a dark cape evading a charging bull in an arena, with spectators sketched above.

El diestrisimo estudiante de Falces, embozadoburla al toro con sus quiebros (The Very Skillful Student of Falces, Wra…

Francisco Goya, in or before 1816

Etching of a bullfighter leaning in to place banderillas on a charging bull in an arena.

El famoso Martincho poniendo banderillas al quiebro (The Famous Martincho Places the Banderillas Playing the Bull wit…

Francisco Goya, in or before 1816

Etching of a man wrestling a bull by its horns while two spectators watch from the right in a dark, open arena.

El mismo vuelca un toro en la plaza de Madrid (The Same Man Throws a Bull in the Ring at Madrid)

Francisco Goya, in or before 1816

Etching of a bull in an arena with lancers and donkeys, one donkey tossed in the air, by Francisco Goya.

Palenque de los moros hecho con burros para defenderse del toro embolado (The Moors Use Donkeys as a Barrier to Defen…

Francisco Goya, in or before 1816

Etching of a seated matador holding a cape toward a charging bull while spectators watch from the bullring stands.

Temeridad de martincho en la plaza de Zaragoza (The Daring of Martincho in the Ring a t Saragossa)

Francisco Goya, in or before 1816

Etching of a bull charging at a man leaping onto a draped table in a bullring, with spectators watching nearby.

Otra locura suya en la misma plaza (Another Madness of His in the Same Ring)

Francisco Goya, in or before 1816

Etching of an acrobat vaulting with a pole over a charging bull as spectators watch from the arena stands.

Ligereza y atrevimiento de Juanito Apinani en la de Madrid (The Agility and Audacityof Juanito Apinani in the Ring at…

Francisco Goya, in or before 1816

Etching of a bull standing among panicked spectators scrambling over a wooden barrier in a bullring.

Desgracias acaecidas en el tendido de la plaza de Madrid, y muerte del alcalde de Tor rejon (Dreadful events in the F…

Francisco Goya, in or before 1816

Etching of a mounted rider with a lance facing a charging bull in an arena, with spectators along the top.

Valor varonil de la celebre Pajuelera en la de Zaragoza (Manly Courage of the Celebrated Pajuelera in the Ring at Sar…

Francisco Goya, in or before 1816

Etching of a mounted bullfighter striking a bull in an arena while spectators watch from the stands behind the barrier.

Mariano Ceballos, alias el Indio, mata el toro desde su caballo (Mariano Ceballos, Alias the Indian, Kills the Bull f…

Francisco Goya, in or before 1816

Etching of a mounted rider on a dark horse facing a charging bull in an arena, holding a short spear.

El mismo Ceballos montado sobre otro toro quiebra rejones en la plaza de Madrid (The Same Ceballos Mounted on Another…

Francisco Goya, in or before 1816

Etching of a bull attacked by dogs in an arena while a plumed horseback rider watches from the right.

Echan perros al toro (They Loose Dogs on the Bull)

Francisco Goya, in or before 1816

Etching of a bull charging over a fallen picador and horse in a bullring, with a cape-holding figure and spectators in the st

Caida de un picador de su caballo debajo del toro (A Picador is Unhorsed and Falls under the Bull)

Francisco Goya, in or before 1816

Etching of a mounted picador with a lance facing a bull in a bullring, with another horseman and a fallen horse behind.

El celebre Fernando del Toro, barilarguero, obligando a la fiera con su garrocha (The celebrated Picador, Fernando de…

Francisco Goya, in or before 1816

Etching of a picador on horseback lancing a bull in a bullring while a cape-holding bullfighter and spectators look on.

El esforzado Rendon picando un toro, de cuya suerte murio en plaza de Madrid (The Forceful Rendon Stabs a Bull with t…

Francisco Goya, in or before 1816

Etching of a matador making a close pass as a bull charges in a bullring, with mounted horsemen and spectators behind.

Pepe Illo haciendo el recorte al toro (Pepe Illo Making the Pass of the "Recorte")

Francisco Goya, in or before 1816

Etching of a matador with cape and sword facing a bull in a bullring, spectators watching from the stands above.

Pedro Romero matando a toro parado (Pedro Romero Killing the Halted Bull)

Francisco Goya, in or before 1816

Etching of a bull in a bullring with a matador holding lit banderillas, mounted picadors and spectators nearby.

Banderillas de fuego (Banderillas with Firecrackers)

Francisco Goya, in or before 1816

Etching of a bull charging in a bullring, tossing a horse and rider as picadors and attendants scramble nearby.

Dos grupos de picadores arrollados de seguida por un solo toro (Two Teams of Picadors Thrown One after the Other by a…

Francisco Goya, in or before 1816

Etching of a bull goring a fallen bullfighter in an arena while a matador with a cape and spectators look on.

La desgraciada muerte de Pepe Illo en la plaza de Madrid (The Unlucky Death of Pepe Illo in the Ring at Madrid)

Francisco Goya, in or before 1816

Engraved interior with a man reading at a tea table, a standing woman, and a seated young woman beside a window.

Canto IV, Verse 328

William Blake after Mary Ann Flaxman, 1803

Ink and grey wash drawing of a robed bearded figure with arms raised, surrounded by reclining nude figures reaching upward.

Moses Staying the Plague (?) [recto]

William Blake, c. 1780/1785

Pen and ink drawing of three standing male figures, one bearded and robed, one with a raised arm, and one nude youth at right

"And Saul Said unto David, Go, and the Lord be with Thee" [recto]

William Blake, c. 1780/1785

Pen and grey wash drawing of several men seated in a circle around a central standing figure holding a cane.

Group of Men Seated in a Circle [recto]

William Blake, c. 1780/1785

Pencil sketch of ghostly figures near a tomb under a crescent moon, with loose, unfinished lines on tan paper.

A Resurrection Scene (The Gambols of Ghosts) [recto]

William Blake, 1805/1808