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National Gallery of Art

25,670 works

Engraved title page with two seated classical male figures, a lyre, a caduceus, and a coat of arms beneath a tree.

Title Page for Philomathi Musae Juveniles

after Sir Peter Paul Rubens Anonymous, 1654

Engraved title vignette with a hen on eggs in a nest, an owl, a rooster, helmeted heads, and a caduceus.

Vignette for the Title Page of Martinus Bonacina, Opera Omnia

Cornelis Galle I after Sir Peter Paul Rubens, 1632

Vignette for the Title Page of C. Peregrino, Principes Hollandiae et Zelandiae

Christoffel Jegher after Sir Peter Paul Rubens, 1632

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a young girl asleep on a pillow, wearing a flower crown and white nightgown.

A Girl on Her Deathbed with a Crown of Flowers

Eduard Julius Friedrich Bendemann, 1882

Etching of a farmhouse with a shepherd leading sheep and a cow across a yard, with trees and birds in the sky.

Une Ferme

François Liénard

Sepia wash landscape of snowy mountains, a river town, boats and figures on a shore, and cypress trees on a rocky bank.

Mountain Landscape

Maria Katharina Prestel, 1782

Sepia print of a draped woman striking a muscular man entwined with a serpent on a cloud.

Virtue Overcoming Vice

Maria Katharina Prestel, 1781

Sepia print of a rustic interior with a man holding a jug, figures tending a reclining man, a barrel and a brick oven.

Peasant Scene

Maria Katharina Prestel, 1782

Grey wash seascape showing sailing boats and rowing boats on calm water beneath a cloudy sky.

Seascape

Maria Katharina Prestel, 1782

Engraved title page Nova Reperta with a printing press, world map, compass rose, and allegorical figures flanking the scene.

Title Page for "New Discoveries"

Theodor Galle after Jan van der Straet, 1580

Engraving of an explorer with a banner beside a nude woman in a hammock, with ships, animals and a volcano behind.

America: pl.1

Theodor Galle after Jan van der Straet, 1580

Engraving of a scholar at a desk with navigational instruments, a hanging ship, a lodestone, and a dog.

The Magnetic Pole: pl.2

Theodor Galle after Jan van der Straet, 1580

Engraving of workers casting and boring cannons in a foundry, with molten metal pouring and cannons firing on a city.

Casting of Cannons: pl.3

Theodor Galle after Jan van der Straet, 1580

Engraving of printers working in a vaulted workshop around a wooden printing press, with hanging paper and stacked books.

Printers at Work: pl.4

Theodor Galle after Jan van der Straet, 1580

Engraved scene of a clockmaking workshop with craftsmen at benches, gears, wall clocks and a forge fire.

Clockmaking: pl.5

Theodor Galle after Jan van der Straet, 1580

Engraving of a sickroom with a patient in bed, a kitchen with a woman weighing ingredients, and a Latin caption below.

Medicine: pl.6

Theodor Galle after Jan van der Straet, 1580

Engraving of an alchemical workshop with men and children working at a copper still, mortar, and furnace.

Distillation: pl.7

Theodor Galle after Jan van der Straet, 1580

Engraving of a crowned ruler on a throne with a kneeling figure, and a background scene of workers producing silk from silkwo

Silk Manufacture: pl.8

Theodor Galle after Jan van der Straet, 1580

Engraved full-length portrait of a woman in an ermine-trimmed royal robe beside a gilded chair and crown.

Marie Therese of Spain, Dauphine of France

Nicolas de Larmessin

Engraved oval portrait of a young king in ermine-trimmed royal robes, framed by fleur-de-lis drapery and a crowned coat of ar

Louis XV

Nicolas de Larmessin, 1720

Engraved title page with a bust portrait of a man with curly hair and mustache on a pedestal with Latin inscription.

Self-Portrait

Anthony van Dyck and Jacobus Neeffs, 1626

Engraving of Triton embracing a siren on a sea creature, with cherubs, billowing drapery and clouds in the background.

Siren and Triton

Theodoor van Kessel

Engraving of a kneeling Christ on the Mount of Olives as an angel offers him a chalice, with sleeping figures below.

Christ on the Mount of Olives

Pieter de Bailliu after Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Engraving of a satyr joining a peasant family at a table with a dog, rooster, and pitcher in a rustic kitchen.

A Satyr Visiting a Peasant Family

Jacob Jordaens, 1640

Pencil drawing of tall trees and willows beside a calm river with pebbled banks, by Frederick W. Watts, 1826.

Trees by the River at Castle Bromwich

Frederick William Watts, 1826

Engraved oval portrait of a clergyman in ecclesiastical dress with a cross pendant, inscribed frame and coat of arms below.

Michel Colbert

Pieter van Schuppen, 1680

Engraved oval portrait of a man in armor and lace collar, with ribbon garland frame and coat of arms below.

Charles de Houel de Morainville

Pieter van Schuppen, 1668

Engraved oval portrait of a man with long curled wig and white collar, inside an ornate decorative frame with a coat of arms.

Nicolas Le Camus

Pieter van Schuppen, 1678

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded cardinal in clerical robes, framed by allegorical vignettes and a coat of arms.

Cardinal Jules Mazarin

Pieter van Schuppen, 1661

Engraved portrait of a man with long curly hair and a white collar, set in an octagonal frame above a coat of arms.

Pierre Ignace de Braux

Pieter van Schuppen, 1661